This thing here, every (hu)man in the world goes through

Last night I had takeout pizza with Madness Librarian Friend (by the way, his name comes from the music group Madness), and then we watched Coyote Ugly. "Now tell me how I can help you, please, because I am dying to make YOUR dreams come true." Uh, yeah. I mean, it was pretty bad, though parts of it were good bad. The bar-owner was sorta hot and SO dykey, but what the hell was that bar doing in the middle of New York City? I thought based on the premise it would be some roadhouse place. Or at least an L.A. bar. About 5 times during the movie I busted out with "the following scene was filmed before the tragic events that occurred in NYC", mostly because there were so many silly caricatures about the whole "new girl in the city". For some reason, I even predicted she would hide her money in the freezer.

And what was up with the random cameos? Ellen Cleghorne, Alex Borstein, Alanis Morissette, Bud Cort (aka Harold from Harold and Maude), John Fugelsang (ex-VH1 VJ) and LeAnn Rimes? That final scene with Leann was such her pre-Britney "I'm not a girl not yet a woman" statement. I can't believe I just said that. I have too much pop culture in my brain apparantly.

Jerry Bruckheimer. Now there's a man who should be forced into early retirement.

I'm starving right now, but I'll wait for Sparky to come over and we can have a picnic lunch in our office conference room.

Raybear's Summer Vacation

I know it's early, but I'd like to have a general idea of what I'm getting into. So please answer to the best of your knowledge, and I understand that things will possibly change.

Here's what I'm looking to do. Fly into NYC on Thursday, July 11th, stay in the city until Sunday evening, then take the train down to DC and hang out there until July 17th (when I will be taking a car trip down to Athens, GA). But I may flip the schedule -- I haven't booked any flights or trains yet.

I'm looking to stay in the homes of various folks, probably for only one night -- at most two (so don't worry about me hanging out for too long). I'm extremely self-sufficient and I'll probably want to spend some time exploring alone anyway, so don't worry too much about being the super entertaining host, esp. if you work during the day.

So to help me in my travel plans, please fill out the following poll (assuming you're in the areas!). I'm not allowing the answers to be viewed by the general public, just in case you don't want folks to know where you live or whatever. I'm sure it sounds weird, but it just occurred to me to maybe try and maintain some folks' privacy in this matter.
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