XemaSab
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Thu Jul-14-05 06:19 PM
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What do I do this weekend? |
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Tomorrow night there's a party at Bass Lake.
Saturday is the Berkeley DU meetup, which is about 3 hours from here one way, and driving there and back in a day would be a PITA, so I'd want to leave tomorrow evening OR come back sunday.
Also on Saturday the new Harry Potter comes out, but I am skeptical that I will get it on Saturday and not Monday, so I am reluctant to make plans around that.
Additionally, a friend invited me to go rafting on the Merced on Saturday, but I am worried that if I do that, I will give up my chance to get the Harry Potter book Saturday.
Sunday I was asked to give a short talk about birds to the children at the church, but I can beg off if I have to.
Finally, there's a Philadelphia Vireo over at Mono Lake, which is a 3 hour drive if I go when there's no traffic, ie very early or very late. I really want this bird. It's a bit of a nemesis. There's also a lot of good stuff happening at Mono right now. But like the DU meetup, it's not a day trip.
An ideal weekend would involve going to Mono and a mixture of Harry Potter and birding, but I fear that I wouldn't get the book Satuday and I would dip on the bird and miss all the other fun options available to me.
So what to do?
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Thu Jul-14-05 06:21 PM
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1. I'd go to the DU meetup. DUers rock! |
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Thu Jul-14-05 11:59 PM
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Fri Jul-15-05 12:03 AM
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3. What, exactly, are you planning to do to get the vireo? |
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Fri Jul-15-05 12:37 AM
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6. Go to the CG at mono lake and wait for the booger. |
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The vireo is sinking in terms of priority.
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Fri Jul-15-05 12:04 AM
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4. I'll buy you a beer if you show up at the DU meetup. |
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Fri Jul-15-05 12:37 AM
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7. How long do you think it's going to go? |
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Fri Jul-15-05 12:41 AM
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Fri Jul-15-05 12:50 AM
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9. 'Cause I sort of had the thought |
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Edited on Fri Jul-15-05 12:50 AM by XemaSab
that I could go to the boat party, get the book, go to berkeley, bird alameda county, work my way to the mountains by dusk, camp out/read harry potter, and get back to church in time to show the kids some birds.
on edit: still too much driving saturday. nuts!
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Fri Jul-15-05 12:51 AM
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10. Do what you have to do. |
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Fri Jul-15-05 12:56 AM
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11. Blow off work next week |
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Fri Jul-15-05 12:08 AM
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Fri Jul-15-05 03:20 AM
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12. A bird in the hand is worth two at Mono Lake |
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I'd prioritize the "sure things" and social things -- DU and/or rafting -- over the long shot at the lake and the time-flexible Harry Potter reading. Don't let the hype over this book drive you indoors and isolate you -- it'll be there all next week and for the next 50 years or so.
Teaching the kids about birds is also a very good thing -- maybe you can tell them how they EVOLVED. ;)
Whatever you do, give us a full report.
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Fri Jul-15-05 10:09 AM
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I am thinking prioritizing the local things might be the strategy.
The thought of driving to Berkeley tomorrow makes me want to hide under my bed.
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Fri Jul-15-05 12:31 PM
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Well, the DU thing is a one-time event, right? The river will be there next weekend. Just a thought...
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Fri Jul-15-05 12:39 PM
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but my buddy is on call next weekend and can't do it.
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