- book a flight to Rome
- book a flight to Burbank
- get booking confirmation from Hilton Rome
- decide how long I want to stay in Burbank and book a room at Marriott
- upgrade Demon pass if possible
- get a part-time job
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Pearls of wisdom III
SILVER TICKET
Silver tickets are virtually unsalable and... *thinks* No, actually that's pretty much it. You'll have to give a huge discount if you want to get rid of them. Sorry.
Silver tickets are virtually unsalable and... *thinks* No, actually that's pretty much it. You'll have to give a huge discount if you want to get rid of them. Sorry.
Friday, August 5, 2011
Pearls of wisdom II
DESSERT PARTY
To go or not to go?
Well...
Don't get me wrong, I usually go, but it definitely IS skipable. It mostly comes down to how badly you want a chance to maybe talk to some of the actors. I mean, yeah, talking to other fans is great and I'm pretty sure they have some kind of desserts there (right?), but the "party" usually goes on until the wee hours of the morning which makes for some very tired ppl at breakfast and Jensen and Jared photo ops on Sunday morning. And nobody wants bags under their eyes in their once-ish in a life time photo ops with Js.
So, as great as a nice chat with a netbook stealing Misha is *grins*, sometimes a person just needs their beauty sleep.
To go or not to go?
Well...
Don't get me wrong, I usually go, but it definitely IS skipable. It mostly comes down to how badly you want a chance to maybe talk to some of the actors. I mean, yeah, talking to other fans is great and I'm pretty sure they have some kind of desserts there (right?), but the "party" usually goes on until the wee hours of the morning which makes for some very tired ppl at breakfast and Jensen and Jared photo ops on Sunday morning. And nobody wants bags under their eyes in their once-ish in a life time photo ops with Js.
So, as great as a nice chat with a netbook stealing Misha is *grins*, sometimes a person just needs their beauty sleep.
Thursday, August 4, 2011
*sigh* Moneybookers
Y'know how they say, if you have nothing nice to say about something, don't say anything? Yeah, fat chance of that.
I mean, I'm pretty sure there has to be something good about Moneybookers, I just haven't found it yet. It's obviously very well hidden.
Five days ago I wanted to pay for JIB photo ops with Moneybookers.
I'm still trying to find out how to do that.
Cause why would they make it easy if it can be complicated. Moneybookers' goal: Let us NOT be user-friendly, with a capital N, O and T apparently.
My Moneybookers account is held in $. And therein lies the problem. I'm reasonably sure that it's possible to send euro even if your account is held in $, it's just impossible to find out exactly how to do that. And I have no intention of using the ole trial and error method. I'm still stuck on step 1: uploading funds. How many $ do I have to upload if I want to send someone €300? There are fees for this and fees for that, for sending money, for currency conversion, for using my credit card... For heaven's sake, I just want to log in, type the amount and send it!!!
I'm slightly ticked off. Can you tell?
I really, really hope JIB will go back to accepting PayPal. (I'm sure PayPal has its flaws, but I never had any problems with it. *knocks on wood*)
Or better yet, they should just let us pay with a credit card. Like Creation Entertainment. It's easy and it's cheaper and it doesn't end with me having a headache for the rest of the day because I had to go to the bank to transfer money and my head really hates summer temperatures.
No, really, what's up with that? :( Why can't we just go to JIB website, order tickets and pay with a credit card? I'm gonna hazard a guess here and say that it has something to do with the whole donating contributions thing. If they can't sell the tickets, they could just put a Donate button on their website and problem solved. It wouldn't be the first time I donated money for photo ops, but this would be SO much easier and cheaper.
I mean, I'm pretty sure there has to be something good about Moneybookers, I just haven't found it yet. It's obviously very well hidden.
Five days ago I wanted to pay for JIB photo ops with Moneybookers.
I'm still trying to find out how to do that.
Cause why would they make it easy if it can be complicated. Moneybookers' goal: Let us NOT be user-friendly, with a capital N, O and T apparently.
My Moneybookers account is held in $. And therein lies the problem. I'm reasonably sure that it's possible to send euro even if your account is held in $, it's just impossible to find out exactly how to do that. And I have no intention of using the ole trial and error method. I'm still stuck on step 1: uploading funds. How many $ do I have to upload if I want to send someone €300? There are fees for this and fees for that, for sending money, for currency conversion, for using my credit card... For heaven's sake, I just want to log in, type the amount and send it!!!
I'm slightly ticked off. Can you tell?
I really, really hope JIB will go back to accepting PayPal. (I'm sure PayPal has its flaws, but I never had any problems with it. *knocks on wood*)
Or better yet, they should just let us pay with a credit card. Like Creation Entertainment. It's easy and it's cheaper and it doesn't end with me having a headache for the rest of the day because I had to go to the bank to transfer money and my head really hates summer temperatures.
No, really, what's up with that? :( Why can't we just go to JIB website, order tickets and pay with a credit card? I'm gonna hazard a guess here and say that it has something to do with the whole donating contributions thing. If they can't sell the tickets, they could just put a Donate button on their website and problem solved. It wouldn't be the first time I donated money for photo ops, but this would be SO much easier and cheaper.
Dating coordinator
When I saw the words dating coordinator (m/f), I kinda thought - probably speed dating. Then I read the ad and a few things on their website. Now I'm mostly thinking - pimp/madam.
I mean, the pay is excellent. Almost twice what I'm making!! And there's stuff on their website that can be somewhatmisleading (like their guide to oral sex). But yeah, it could go either way, really.
Somebody remind me - just how desperate am I to get a well paid part-time job?
I mean, the pay is excellent. Almost twice what I'm making!! And there's stuff on their website that can be somewhat
Somebody remind me - just how desperate am I to get a well paid part-time job?
Monday, July 25, 2011
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Procrastination FTW!
And ppl say that there are no upsides to procrastinating. *snorts*
Let's face it, if I wasn't such a die-hard procrastinator, right now I'd be stuck with a non-refundable plane ticket to Rome (and back). Procrastination, my bank account salutes you.
I guess the curse of Friday the 13th struck again. (lol?) Due to two reasons that answer to the name of Jensen and Jared, JIB was postponed for two weeks. It really makes no difference to me. Yeah, I'll have to change my hotel reservation, but that shouldn't be a problem. As far as I'm concerned, this new weekend is as good as any other. *shrugs*
I was lucky. I meant to book a flight, but never got around to actually doing it. I'd probably be somewhat less nonchalant otherwise. But as long as they don't change the dates again (after I buy my plane ticket), I'm good.
Let's face it, if I wasn't such a die-hard procrastinator, right now I'd be stuck with a non-refundable plane ticket to Rome (and back). Procrastination, my bank account salutes you.
I guess the curse of Friday the 13th struck again. (lol?) Due to two reasons that answer to the name of Jensen and Jared, JIB was postponed for two weeks. It really makes no difference to me. Yeah, I'll have to change my hotel reservation, but that shouldn't be a problem. As far as I'm concerned, this new weekend is as good as any other. *shrugs*
I was lucky. I meant to book a flight, but never got around to actually doing it. I'd probably be somewhat less nonchalant otherwise. But as long as they don't change the dates again (after I buy my plane ticket), I'm good.
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