0) Lose ten pounds so I'm not ashamed to be in a bathing suit at Kama Con
Last week: 1) Go over and check out facilities.(check) 2) Post report on facilities to hatrack, including final pricing on hospitality room. (people still reserving but I should call Wendy today)
This Week: 3) Find Pizza coupons (I have a couple of people here at work keeping their eyes out for me) 4) Check out cost of cold cuts platters at Costco and Sams
Kama Con Week 5) Pre-order Pizza and coldcuts (wednesday deadline on pizza order) 6) Finalize airport pickup schedules (doing fairly well at this) 7) Get my own crap together and pack (will be last minute knowing me)
Anything I'm forgetting, that you guys can think of?
AJ
[ August 04, 2004, 12:46 PM: Message edited by: BannaOj ]
Posted by Eduardo_Sauron (Member # 5827) on :
Buy Eduardo_Sauron a plane ticket, so he can come from Brazil? Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Where along the line did KamaCon start being Kama Con (two words?)
I agree with your #0 -- I really wish I could drop weight before then. But probably not going to happen -- especially since someone just brought four dozen Krispy Kremes to work this morning...
Farmgirl
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Don't worry Eduardo -- next time we will HAVE it in Brazil -- so we can all be world travelers...
FG
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
Happier?
AJ (actually my "official" thread has always been two words.)
[ July 26, 2004, 11:37 AM: Message edited by: BannaOj ]
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
It's not a matter of making me happy. I really don't count. I had just noticed it on several threads -- whereas the original threads, and the tee-shirts, have it all one word....
Farmgirl
edit: okay, maybe not on the original threads..
[ July 26, 2004, 11:40 AM: Message edited by: Farmgirl ]
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :
0) Hah! I get out of this one by not owning a bathing suit. I'm over-weight though so if I did own one then I'd be with you on that.
1) Buy AJ a present 2) Get to Indiana 3) Figure out what the heck I'm bringing 4) That's about it
Hobbes
[ July 26, 2004, 11:48 AM: Message edited by: Hobbes ]
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
I don't think it actually matters, especially since Jon Boy isn't coming to Kama Con <grin>
AJ
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Jon Boy is hardly the only grammar/spelling/usage nazi.
And Hobbes, why are you pickling stuff?
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
quote: Don't worry Eduardo -- next time we will HAVE it in Brazil -- so we can all be world travelers...
I'm soooooo in favor of that. Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :
Gs are such evil letters, I just hate typing them.
Hobbes Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
They ARE? Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :
Ummm... yes?
Hobbes Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
<-- is 'oin' to have to chan'e her middle name
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :
At least you don't have to deal with Han invaders.
Hobbes Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
True. I think.
Who or what are they?
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :
*blink* Oh, you mean an actual historical invasion.
I thought this was an SF/F reference.
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :
Why is there an add at the bottom of this for Pregnancy fitness"?
Hobbes Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
You can lose ten pounds, but since you'll be eating nothing but bad junk food at the Con, you'll put the weight back in spades, which will make it even harder to get off later if you so choose.
Better to just stay as you are and keep the weight evenly balanced.
-Trevor
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
Wait...there's swimming involved?
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
I wonder if anyone ever told them that you're not supposed to get felt wet...
edit - Er... that is, the felt on a pool table, not felt as in.... Awww crap.
[ July 26, 2004, 12:47 PM: Message edited by: Happy Camper ]
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
Raise your hand if you think AJ is the coolest girl in the world.
Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
Camper:
I deleted my response to your post because it was to obscene for me, never mind the board.
-Trevor
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
The Engineers Club Lounge where I used to go to school, used to have several signs promeninetly posted around the pool table.
"NO SEX ON THE FELT"
Of course if people hadn't got caught, the sign would have never been necessary...
AJ
Posted by Kama (Member # 3022) on :
you'll find me sitting in the small thing next to the big pool.
<-- can't swim
Posted by TheTick (Member # 2883) on :
You're not alone Kama - I can't swim either.
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
Or I could teach you how Kama. I spent several summers teaching adult beginning swimming.
AJ
Posted by Kama (Member # 3022) on :
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
You think we could learn over a couple of days?
< -- doesn't know how to swim either.
However, I can have fun just playing in the shallow end...
Farmgirl
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Wow--three people here don't know how to swim? Knowing how to swim is just something that I've always taken for granted (although I nearly drowned in a lake when I was about 3). You guys should really let AJ teach you; it's incredibly fun, and great exercise.
Kama, is it common for people in Poland to not know how to swim? I *think* that it's fairly unusual here in The States.
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
I could probably teach some basic survival skills in an hour or two to three people. The biggest thing though is if you were ever accidentally pushed into deep water, is to relax. When relaxed the human body has generally enough fat in it to float to the surface (unless you are horribly scrawny or incredibly muscular) There are a few techniques to be able to breathe from a floating position that are easy to teach. Once you have those basics the rest of swimming comes quite easily.
AJ
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
I can swim, I just make it policy not to. Posted by Taalcon (Member # 839) on :
That's so she can get Dashing Men to rescue her when she appears not to know how. Sneaky sneaky sneaky genius evil girl. Hobbes, you got a winner.
Posted by Kama (Member # 3022) on :
Nope, I'm very much uncommon in this respect.
Posted by Kama (Member # 3022) on :
Actually, I can float on my back pretty well.
Posted by Bob the Lawyer (Member # 3278) on :
Must not make obvious joke about kama on her back... must show self restraint... must make allusions to said joke and plead innocence when asked what I mean...
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
Then Kama I will teach you the T-stroke, known also by the infamous name "Chickens, Airplanes, Rockets" and how to flip from your front to your back if you don't already know that, and we will have you watersafe in no time!
AJ
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
I'm a lifeguard.
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
Wre your certs current mack? I was one for years but my certs have expired. I'm not sure how long the Red Cross Water Safety Instructor actually lasts for. The CPR and the First Aid are long overdue for renewal and I haven't bothered.
AJ
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
You're officially in charge of keeping Kama, Farmgirl, and TheTick from drowning then. I say you force the three of them to carry a fun noodle at all times, regardless of their proximity to the pool, just to be on the safe side.
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
<-- likes to play with fun noodles.. Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
Farmgirl - my friends and I during trips to the lake would hold noodle rodeos. We were quite adept at standing on noodles underwater and other such daring feats. Occasionally, the noodles' desire to float overpowers your balance and skill and it bucks you off. My now-married friend and I tried to relive the noodle rodeo excitement recently, successfully convincing her husband that her crazy high school friend really is totally nuts. Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
Instructor certs expire after a year and a half if you don't teach it during that time and file the documentation with the Red Cross.
ALL of my certs are expired and I had a lot--lifeguard, kayak, canoe and rowing instructor, sailing instructor, first aid, CPR for professional rescuers...I think that's it.
Posted by Bob the Lawyer (Member # 3278) on :
So you're saying you're not actually a lifeguard, right?
Posted by Happy Camper (Member # 5076) on :
T-stroke? Elementary Backstroke? That's a good one. Anyone know the Trudgeon?
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
Marco Polo?
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
yeah, sigh, how quickly qualifications expire. My brothers are still current of course since they both professionally lifeguard.
I had WSI, Lifeguarding, CPR for Professional Rescuers and First aid. All gone now... though the knowledge really isn't.
AJ
Posted by Happy Camper (Member # 5076) on :
I had that exact set of certifications. Long expired now as well.
[ July 26, 2004, 03:56 PM: Message edited by: Happy Camper ]
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
I let my EMT license expire, so now I can't even revive myself if I drown...
FG
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
T-stroke is elementary backstroke arms, with a flutter kick, much easier to teach than elementary backstroke with its "down, out and around" leg movements.
We'd teach T-stroke before we taught freestyle because it was the easiest to build confidence since they could breath mostly normally, while freestyle requires controlled breathing.
I know that the double trudgeon is some wierd variation on sidestroke but I never learned it.
AJ
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
I can keep from drowning, but I never did figure out the breathing while freestyling thing. If you're teaching that, I'd be happy to learn.
Posted by Happy Camper (Member # 5076) on :
Trudgeon is like an overarm sidestroke, while double trudgeon is a really odd cross between crawl and sidestroke.
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
I'm making myself jealous of my brothers as we speak. Realize that they are both currently lounging on lifeguard stands looking out at the Pacific Ocean somewhere in Southern California as I type. I didn't have good enough eyesight to be a beach lifeguard. I'm sure they are keeping vigilant watch, but I've heard stories of how often they get hit on too...
AJ
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
I found lifeguarding to be terminally boring. I also hate swimming.
Yeah...you never lose the knowledge. I sailed a sunfish around last weekend and hadn't been sailing in over a year. I was able to put up the running rigging (sunfish really don't have any standing rigging) and go without difficulty. I even capsized because of a gust of wind from another direction (storm was brewing) and was able to right the boat in less than a minute.
After practicing all of those skills so many times, you just don't forget.
Posted by Rappin' Ronnie Reagan (Member # 5626) on :
Horrific giants? I always thought sunfish were kinda cute, if a little oversized. AJ
Posted by Rappin' Ronnie Reagan (Member # 5626) on :
Heh... you should talk to Myr about them. She seems to like them. A lot, if ya know what I mean.
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
I find them just a tad bit freeky.
Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
quote: "NO SEX ON THE FELT"
Lol!
That reminds me of a time at my gay bar I used to go to... one day it had up this big sign saying "This is a gay bar, not a sex club".
Suuuuuuuure...
[ July 27, 2004, 02:29 PM: Message edited by: Telperion the Silver ]
Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
*snicker*
If my friend is to be believed, there is little distinction.
When you put sexually hungry men and women together in the same area, it's a sex club.
When you put sexually hungry gay men together, it's a gay bar.
I'm just going to stick to my corner pub and continue to swear off women.
-Trevor
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
When you put sexually hungry women together, it's a therapy session.
Posted by Bob the Lawyer (Member # 3278) on :
That you can sell for 3 easy payments of $9.99 on the internet.
Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
Bob,
-Trevor
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
*bump* though the thread got derailed I've updated my own list.
AJ
Posted by ghost of xnera (Member # 3920) on :
Note to those who will be traveling via public transportation sometime during the weekend: PACK A SWEATER!!! It is COLD on public trans! At least it is on the Pace and El. Seriously--one day I was wearing long slacks, a long-sleeved shirt, and a cardigan, and I was STILL freezing. Brrr!
Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :
I bought a new swimsuit just for Kamacon. Or my mom bought it for me anyway.
Too bad I can't buy a new body... Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
You can trade for mine, Abby. I'm sick of this model.
Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :
You don't want it... :/
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
I'm willing to trade PARTS of mine.
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
Ooh... can I have your muscles, Mack?
Posted by TheTick (Member # 2883) on :
::starts to make a comment::
::thinks better of it::
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
Good thing. I have swords.
Posted by TheTick (Member # 2883) on :
The Tick = nigh invulnerable.
Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
Gee, what's wrong with my asking Mac for a little prick?
-Trevor
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
The nigh being the most important part.
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
Trevor, please, PLEASE don't leave me openings like that. Ever.
Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
Oh c'mon, I practically handed that to you gift-wrapped.
-Trevor
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
EXACTLY.
Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
Dear Mac - do your worst.
-Trevor
Posted by Richard Berg (Member # 133) on :
Another lapsed lifeguard certification here. I also can't swim in a straight line without goggles if my life depends on it, despite many miles of laps in my past.
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
Good thing lifeguarding means someone else's life depends on it.
Posted by Jenny Gardener (Member # 903) on :
I get a little shy when I'm wearing a swimsuit, unless I make myself forget people can see more of my body than usual. So, I'll act silly and playful and talkative in order to pretend I have lots of clothes on.
Posted by Christy (Member # 4397) on :
Yaay, me! I'm just a month recovering from having Sophia and I went out and bought a swimsuit yesterday. And it even shows a BIT of tummy. Of course, I'd rather it didn't, but it was too cute to pass up.
Swimming pool here I come! Now, perhaps I'd better look for a swim diaper. *grin*
Posted by IvyGirl (Member # 6252) on :
Hey, do you think I could get some swimming tips too? Although I can stay afloat in deep water and am not terrified of it (I would even jump off a diving board if I was allowed ), I don't know that much about swimming really.
Ivygirl
Posted by IvyGirl (Member # 6252) on :
Also, my swimsuit is rather old and misfitting, but I'm going to have to make it work out. But that means NO PICTURES! I'd like to get a new one, but.............no can do.
Ivygirl
Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :
::comes in and breaks up the innuendo::
And Jamie is sexy hotness, so there. Posted by Happy Camper (Member # 5076) on :
Looks like we're gonna have a Hatrack swim class . I think there are enough of us with some background in teaching people to swim that we could probably come up with something. Though I was always much better with little kids who are just learning the basics than really teaching any technique.
Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
Bah, just toss them in the pool.
If you're lucky, you can combine swimming with CPR lessons.
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