NationStates Jolt Archive

while you guys are still here bitching and moaning over various political problems of the world. sick over the prospects of the WRONG person winning the US presidential election. in despair over the thought that some gay guys might some day get married legally.....

ill be in ARUBA, lying in the sun, drinking an obscene amount of alcohol, playing poker all night, drooling over handsome men with dutch or venezuelan accents.

http://images.ofoto.com/photos914/5/12/39/31/17/0/17313912506_0_ALB.jpg

its a tough job but someone's gotta do it

i know you'll miss me wicked.

wondering where aruba IS?

heres a map
http://aruba.cchm.ca/Aruba.gif

its very much NOT to scale, aruba is 80 miles off the northern coast of venezuela. *smack* venezuela is in south america.

Sounds nice. I might be going to Vietnam or India next year.

I hate you I hate you I hate you I hate you I hate you can I come?

*looks out the window, sees rain/fog/cold (yes, you can see that!), starts sobbing*
way to go to depress me like that.
i've never done anything to you!
why are you this mean?
*runs away, crying*

*looks out the window, sees rain/fog/cold (yes, you can see that!), starts sobbing*
way to go to depress me like that.
i've never done anything to you!
why are you this mean?
*runs away, crying*

*goes outside, sees own breath*

Please can I come?

*goes outside, sees own breath*

Please can I come?
if you don't freeze on your way over here... you're more than welcome to ;)

I hate you I hate you I hate you I hate you I hate you can I come?
brrrr i grew up in maine, i know how you are suffering!

if you weigh under 70 lbs you can be my second suitcase

Hey Ash, have fun!

I was in Aruba this past summer; it rocked!

brrrr i grew up in maine, i know how you are suffering!

if you weigh under 70 lbs you can be my second suitcase

If I weighed under 70 lbs. I'd have more pressing concerns than the cold weather.

Heh. Now I thought about this some more...

It was 30something degrees (celsius) here today. Thats around 100 in your backwards system.

Ashmoria, I can lie in the sun (on the beach, naturally) and drink an obscene amount of alcohol almost every day until about March now.

Suckers. :D

Heh. Now I thought about this some more...

It was 30something degrees (celsius) here today. Thats around 100 in your backwards system.

Ashmoria, I can lie in the sun and drink an obscene amount of alcohol almost every day until about March now.

:P

Suckers. :D
im on my way!!!

Heh. Now I thought about this some more...

It was 30something degrees (celsius) here today. Thats around 100 in your backwards system.

Ashmoria, I can lie in the sun and drink an obscene amount of alcohol almost every day until about March now.

Suckers. :D

I am going to stab you all.

I can drink an obscene amount of alcohol every day until I feel like stopping. I win!

I can drink an obscene amount of alcohol every day until I feel like stopping. I win!

So can I, but I was talking about the weather :p

Heh. Now I thought about this some more...

It was 30something degrees (celsius) here today. Thats around 100 in your backwards system.

Ashmoria, I can lie in the sun (on the beach, naturally) and drink an obscene amount of alcohol almost every day until about March now.

Suckers. :D
hahahah
yeah but what about the handsome men with dutch accents??

not that i'd reject a handsome man with an aussie accent who wanted to help me out by putting sunscreen on my back...

hahahah
yeah but what about the handsome men with dutch accents??

not that i'd reject a handsome man with an aussie accent who wanted to help me out by putting sunscreen on my back...
I met a family that came from the Netherlands while there . . . their accent is actually nondescript.

So can I, but I was talking about the weather :p

So in the winter you drink less??? What is wrong with you?

So in the winter you drink less??? What is wrong with you?
i know... in winter you drink more just to stay warm.
vodka, anyone? ;)

hahahah
yeah but what about the handsome men with dutch accents??

not that i'd reject a handsome man with an aussie accent who wanted to help me out by putting sunscreen on my back...

Uh, i'd have to check (lol), but I don't think we have those. You'll have to settle for an Aussie guy :)

i know... in winter you drink more just to stay warm.
vodka, anyone? ;)
In Soviet Russia, vodka drinks you!

hahahah
yeah but what about the handsome men with dutch accents??

not that i'd reject a handsome man with an aussie accent who wanted to help me out by putting sunscreen on my back...

I could fake an Aussie accent....;)

In Soviet Russia, vodka drinks you!
...in soviet russia.
but i have no intentions of going there. :p

So in the winter you drink less??? What is wrong with you?

Beer for a hot summer day, spirits for winter :D

(Then again, our winters never really drop below freezing point...)

I could fake an Aussie accent....

Hahaha, we don't all speak like Steve Irwin or Crocodile Dundee.

Beer for a hot summer day, spirits for winter :D

(Then again, our winters never really drop below freezing point...)

How about...

Beer AND spirits on hot summer days, and beer AND spirits for winter?

Beer for a hot summer day, spirits for winter :D

(Then again, our winters never really drop below freezing point...)
:eek: they don't? why did no one ever tell me that? I'm... I'm....I'm...
I'm moving!! :D

How about...

Beer AND spirits on hot summer days, and beer AND spirits for winter?

You learn fast!!!

Say...you could be an Aussie after all. :D

:eek: they don't? why did no one ever tell me that? I'm... I'm....I'm...
I'm moving!! :D

It's true. 57 degrees F would be considered a really cold day (colder at night, obviously). And I live in a fairly cold state, by comparison :) Would you believe i've never seen snow in my life?

It's true. 57 degrees F would be considered a really cold day. And I live in a fairly cold state, by comparison :)
..you are talking about winter, right??

It's true. 57 degrees F would be considered a really cold day (colder at night, obviously). And I live in a fairly cold state, by comparison :) Would you believe i've never seen snow in my life?

57 Fahrenheit? I'd kill for that now!

..you are talking about winter, right??

Yep. :)

70-105 degrees F would be the normal range for summer.

Yep. :)

70-105 degrees F would be the normal range for summer.

Did I mention that I'm going to stab all of you?

Did I mention that I'm going to stab all of you?
can i join in your stabbing? and then when they're all dead, we'll take over australia.
yaay!

Did I mention that I'm going to stab all of you?

Several times, I believe.

Man, it's hot in here. *Opens window* :D

Several times, I believe.

Man, it's hot in here. *Opens window* :D
*throws neares object at kanabia*

*Thump*

Oww!!

...Hey...you're a good throw. Ever consider becoming an olympic shotputter? You could move over here and play for Australia. Hell, we treat anyone with even the most minor link to the country as a purebreed :p

*Thump*

Oww!!

...Hey...you're a good throw. Ever consider becoming an olympic shotputter?
i know... considering i just threw my lamp all the way to the other side of the world and I still hit you... ;)




... can i get my lamp back, though..it's kind of dark now.

Ever consider becoming an olympic shotputter? You could move over here and play for Australia. Hell, we treat anyone with even the most minor link to the country as a purebreed :p
sports? nah... not really for me.
but hey, I'll move over there anyways and get famous for whatever and i'll still be treated as a purebreed ;)

*throws neares object at kanabia*

Hey, would you look at that! I've got a knife just lying here unused by my side.

Kanabia, catch!

i know... considering i just threw my lamp all the way to the other side of the world and I still hit you... ;)




... can i get my lamp back, though..it's kind of dark now.

*Cricket bowls lamp back to Alinania, bouncing somewhere in Africa along the way*

It's true. 57 degrees F would be considered a really cold day (colder at night, obviously). And I live in a fairly cold state, by comparison :) Would you believe i've never seen snow in my life?
ya but y'all have mountains high enough for snow dont you? you wouldnt have to leave the country to see snow?

*Cricket bowls lamp back to Alinania, bouncing somewhere in Africa along the way*
*trying to imagine what cricket bowling looks like* ;)
thanks!
*turns on lamp*
so much better.

sports? nah... not really for me.
but hey, I'll move over there anyways and get famous for whatever and i'll still be treated as a purebreed ;)

Sure, but if you steal my spotlight, I won't be happy. lol

Hey, would you look at that! I've got a knife just lying here unused by my side.

Kanabia, catch!

*Simpsons quote*

Ya call that a knife?!? THIS is a knife!!

ya but y'all have mountains high enough for snow dont you? you wouldnt have to leave the country to see snow?

Thats true. It's only a couple of hours drive from where I live, but i've never been. There wouldn't be much there this time of year, though. Maybe next winter i'll go check it out.

Thats true. It's only a couple of hours drive from where I live, but i've never been. There wouldn't be much there this time of year, though. Maybe next winter i'll go check it out.
don't bother... it's just white and wet and cold. especially the third one. looks so much better on pictures, when you're someplace warm and can point at all the people in their funny clothing...

I don't know...I think the first good snowfall of the season is the most serene and beautiful sight ever. Before it's spoiled by 10 trillion tons of sand.

I don't know...I think the first good snowfall of the season is the most serene and beautiful sight ever. Before it's spoiled by 10 trillion tons of sand.
sand?

don't bother... it's just white and wet and cold. especially the third one. looks so much better on pictures, when you're someplace warm and can point at all the people in their funny clothing...

lol. I guess. But then again, you've grown up with it, so it's nothing special for you. It would be interesting just once at least, I think.

(Though actually, its interesting to note that the skifields on those mountains are heavily dependent on artificial snow...So even so, that gives you an idea that even in the mountain regions its just barely cold enough to support it)

sand?

For the roads. What do you use?

(Though actually, its interesting to note that the skifields on those mountains are heavily dependent on artificial snow...So even so, that gives you an idea that even in the mountain regions its just barely cold enough to support it)
they use these in many places now. especially touristy areas ;)

don't bother... it's just white and wet and cold. especially the third one. looks so much better on pictures, when you're someplace warm and can point at all the people in their funny clothing...
no snow is great but you really have to try a place where they get lots.
the moon shining on the snow can make it as bright as dusk in the middle of the night. the "whole world" is transformed into something beautiful by a thick coat of snow.

ill try to think of that when im leaving the casino at 2am and its 80 degrees out.

they use these in many places now. especially touristy areas ;)

Yep, and considering that these mountains are the only ones with snow in Australia (to my knowledge...there might be some in New South Wales as well), they're pretty touristy. Though its not expensive to travel to New Zealand and check out some real snow.

For the roads. What do you use?
oh, sorry. we use salt (i know its bad for the streets, but it works so well) and gravel.

ill try to think of that when im leaving the casino at 2am and its 80 degrees out.

Haha, thats what it's like here now. Except later.

no snow is great but you really have to try a place where they get lots.
the moon shining on the snow can make it as bright as dusk in the middle of the night. the "whole world" is transformed into something beautiful by a thick coat of snow.

yes. very romantic. and then you have to get up at 7 the next morning and slide your way to the busstation, still half-asleep and half-frozen, then you're squished in the bus between other poor souls that have to go to work, wearing heavy coats and jackets, and of course it's way too hot inside the bus to wear a coat, a scarf, gloves, hat, etc, but there are too many people in there for you to be able to take off any of that. then when you finally get to your station you get out of the bus, sweating like mad, but it's cold again. and everything is white and slippery (because that early in the morning, they haven't gotten around to salt the sidewalks)... and ....
sigh...i can't wait for all of that ;)

Goddamn. I'll remember you next time i'm shivering at the train station (In temperatures that you would consider warm ;)) during winter.

Anyway...bedtime :)

...and i'll definitely remember you next time i go outside *shiver* ;)
good night...

welp
thanks for the responses to this thread

ill see y'all in 2 weeks, unless i post some aruba pics just to make y'all crazy between now and then

*grabs her bikini, sarong, and flip-flops and heads out the door*