*grumbles quietly to herself*
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
I'm not going either, Raia. I think I'll join you in being jealous. Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
Me too. Posted by alluvion (Member # 7462) on :
Raia,
what are we waving for?
Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
Alcon leaves for Hawaii in four or five hours. Something like that. We're waving him goodbye. Posted by Stan the man (Member # 6249) on :
Have fun, Alcon! I know I did both times, though a bit blurred. Posted by Grisha (Member # 6871) on :
I wonder if he will get to meet Zotto while there, that would make me really jealouse. (green with envy)
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
Eh. Hawaii's overrated.
Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
Eh... so's Zotto!
(Just kidding, Jeremy dear... )
Posted by Soara (Member # 6729) on :
my friend's in Hawaii. she says there's mongeese in the yard. *dies with jealousy*
Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :
I've never been to hawai'i =(
It's on my list of things to do before I die. (even if it IS over rated.)
I AM however, going to Vegas next week =)
Posted by Lady Jane (Member # 7249) on :
It isn't overrated - it really is beautiful there. My cousin got married on the beach in Hawaii, in a tiny little chapel with a wall of windows from which you could see the water twenty feet away. It was magical.
Posted by maui babe (Member # 1894) on :
It's raining here anyway.
And forget anything you've ever saw on Riki Tiki Tavi, mongooses are nasty, flea bitten vectors.
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
It's totally overrated, only if that is just to make me feel better.
But Israel's overrated too, from what I hear.
Posted by maui babe (Member # 1894) on :
It's not overrated, just overpriced.
Which may add up to the same thing.
Posted by TheHumanTarget (Member # 7129) on :
I like the Tiki Trains at the airport. I'm not so sure about the rest of the island, as I was on my way to Guam and didn't get to leave the airport.
Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
Israel's totally underrated.
Nobody comes here. Posted by Altáriël of Dorthonion (Member # 6473) on :
Damn it. I wanted to go too!!!
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
I did not think Hawaii was overrated. Plus I got to have dinner with maui babe. Next time I have to find a way to meet zotto! too.
But next year I am going to Florida in February. Hawaii will have to wait.
Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
I'm ten times more jealous than raia. It's *my* orchestra, that I put four years into, and went on four trips, and did all sorts of stuff (like photo copied everything a million times) and the minute I graduate, they go to hawaii. But this isn't a sarah is bitter thread, so I'll stop whining and wish good luck to Alcon and Allegra.
Posted by Da_Goat (Member # 5529) on :
Dude, three of my friends left for Hawaii today, too. One of them just text messaged me saying his plane just landed.
Stupid Hawaii. What does that place have that we don't?
And, yes, that was a rhetorical question. Please, please don't answer it.
Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
I'm betting it's warm in AZ though, DaGoat, it's freezing and snowed a bit today in Bloomington IN where Raia's friends are from (it's warm in israel too) so no whining.
Posted by Da_Goat (Member # 5529) on :
Actually, it was snowing yesterday (a foot in Flagstaff - Prescott just got flurries), about 28 degrees this morning. I think the high for today was in the mid-fifties.
So, not freezing, but I wouldn't call it warm.
[ March 15, 2005, 07:41 PM: Message edited by: Da_Goat ]
Posted by tt&t (Member # 5600) on :
Yeah, STUPID Hawaii.
Stupid.
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
One day, I was driving back from working at Big Sky Floral and Design. (Big Sky is a totally artificial tourist town in the mountains near Yellowstone Park with an average yearly income of something insanely higher than anything I'll ever make.) Traffic on the windy mountain highway was mind-numbingly slow and I was grumpy that I couldn't get any radio stations yet and I wouldn't be back home in time to go to dinner with my friends.
I then looked over my shoulder and saw a raft full of rich tourists headed down the river canyon below, bursting through sprays of white water. I realized that those people down there had paid thousands of dollars and waited months just to get here and ride down a river canyon that I commuted through every day. Some people get off an airplane in my state and feel invigorated with an immediate thrill of adventure and awe at the geological beauty.
Ever since then, I've tried to be more excited about the places I am. This gets tough - I've been cursed with incurable wanderlust - but can be satisfying. Whether I'm walking down a dirt road in miserable middle-of-nowhere pristine wilderness complaining about the lack of decent Chinese Food or driving through rush hour traffic in one of my frequent trips to larger cities wishing I could just get out and take a hike, it really helps for me to stop and re-evaluate and try to appreciate the value of whatever place I'm currently in.
Posted by J T Stryker (Member # 6300) on :
*turns on sun lamp*
Ahhh
*puts up hamock*
And they have to spend hours on a plane to get this... loosers....
Posted by Grisha (Member # 6871) on :
quote: I'm betting it's warm in AZ though, DaGoat, it's freezing and snowed a bit today in Bloomington IN where Raia's friends are from (it's warm in israel too) so no whining.
eh, I'd still rather be in Bloomington IN than Hawaii right now. Though I'm not there either... Posted by Stan the man (Member # 6249) on :
Hawaii is neither over or under rated. I liked it a lot the two times I was there. Of course I didn't have to pay traveling expenses. However, I had also been to places that were just as nice if not nicer in some ways.
Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
We've had 70 degree whether since the middle of February, and I'm actually having to mow my lawn. All of the trees are blooming and Meat Dan's allergies are already starting to act up.
So, basically, Portland is not only hip and cool and has me, but it's also experiencing PERFECT whether.
Hawaii - bah.
Posted by Verily the Younger (Member # 6705) on :
I guess I'll have to go to Hawaii someday. I'd like to eventually visit all of the states, and Hawaii counts.
Okay, I kind of resent Hawaii. It's the only state that's actually more remote than my own, but since it's warm, people actually go there. Stupid Hawaii, thinks it's so special. Posted by maui babe (Member # 1894) on :
Yeah, it doesn't get any more remote than this... which is okay sometimes (when you have a stalker, for instance), but can be a bother, too.
Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
Hey breyerchic, just cause it's your orchestra doesn't mean you're more jealous than me. MY boyfriend is off vacationing in Hawaii while I'M stuck in classes...
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