{"id":416,"date":"2006-04-20T17:22:41","date_gmt":"2006-04-20T17:22:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nargalzius.com\/blog2\/http:\/www.nargalzius.com\/blog2\/archives\/2006\/04\/2006_04_21_0122.php"},"modified":"2017-02-10T02:19:32","modified_gmt":"2017-02-10T02:19:32","slug":"just-for-the-heck-of-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nargalzius.com\/blog\/archives\/2006\/04\/20\/just-for-the-heck-of-it","title":{"rendered":"Just for the heck of it"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been opting to stay-in whenever I can while the rest of the group go on their respective “excursions.” I guess I’m lucky that so far, all the houses I’ve been to have WiFi (I’m not surprised, but it is<\/em> a good bonus nonetheless).<\/p>\n

I guess I might as well post since I got nothing better to do.<\/p>\n

We’re in Los Angeles right now, and we still got 2 days till our concert… that means I’m staying in for two more days. It isn’t really a big deal since I’m used to it. Plus the fact that I pretty much have been to the places worth visiting here from our last tour. I’ve been able to save quite a lot because of it, so I’m not regretting it one bit.<\/p>\n

To give you an idea, a safe amount I usually allot for a trip to the states (exclusive of plane fare) is at least<\/em> 500USD for pure needs<\/em> (e.g. transportation, food, etc.). That’s your minimum.<\/strong> Put shopping, theme park hopping, etc. in there, and that budget goes up dramatically.<\/p>\n

We’re at the 2nd leg of the tour and I’ve only spent about 63 dollars. 34 of which, I could’ve avoided if I hadn’t let people persuade me to gimmick with them on our first night in NY and gotten a cheaper metro card (I got a 7 day unlimited pass… which I only used about 5 times) I’m making sure these things will never happen again.<\/p>\n

In any case, that’s quite an accomplishment… and proof of sheer willpower hahahaha.\"Taylor<\/p>\n

I’m sure you now think I’m a square – which I really am come to think of it. But the main reason why I’m fine with the lack of social activities is because I already have something to look forward to, which means more to me than the trips.<\/p>\n

Technically whenever anyone tells me how much of a scrooge (or killjoy) I am for not wanting to go out and spend… I just ask them how much they’ve already spent, then tell them how much the gear I had ordered costs – that pretty much shuts everyone up. I think there’s only one member close to what I’ve spent… and he got himself a MacBook Pro, still that’s only about 2\/3 – so I still win hehehe.<\/p>\n

The “stuff” I’ve ordered already arrived at a friend’s house in San Jose… which we will be at on the 26th. He already sent me pictures (to the right) and a sound sample. I’m extremely stoked!<\/p>\n

I’ll take another picture with the 20D when I get home (with all the gear). I’m posting the pic anyway – cuz I want to test how Flickr handles static hotlinking. I’m planning to put all my blog pics on Flickr starting now, so it would be easier to point to them – and reuse them for different purposes (e.g. hotlinking on a board). But for the more important photos I have, I’ll still use my own gallery.<\/p>\n

The gear is comprised of:<\/p>\n