Yeah, after last year's repeated price hikes and the general uncertainty of the COUP trip, we opted to just go to the beach by ourselves last weekend. We only stayed for one night and it cost $70 total for the room, so it was ultimately an effective cost-cutter. We figure we'll get our social trip at Dragon*Con.
As for our lack of COUP attendance this summer, honestly it's a lame schedule and we don't want to build our carbon footprint to catch it. It's about 25-30 miles from our apartment to COUP and we just don't want to make that trip for mediocre shows.
Given Geneva starts at NCSU this Fall, I don't expect us making COUP that often then either. COUP eats pretty much the entirety of Tuesday night and she won't likely be able to handle that while studying and finishing homework. I've been going to COUP regularly for four or five years now, but it was a lot harder when I was a student and I'm certainly not going to push that onto someone who is taking "real math" and hard sciences. We're hoping to still attend events and occasionally make it to first half movie COUPs, but we'll be playing that by ear.
If you're looking for new groups to socialize with, I imagine you could check out some of the local writer organizations. You're going to NASFIC, so I'm sure there will be plenty of adult nerd networking opportunities.
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Date: 2010-07-17 04:38 am (UTC)From:As for our lack of COUP attendance this summer, honestly it's a lame schedule and we don't want to build our carbon footprint to catch it. It's about 25-30 miles from our apartment to COUP and we just don't want to make that trip for mediocre shows.
Given Geneva starts at NCSU this Fall, I don't expect us making COUP that often then either. COUP eats pretty much the entirety of Tuesday night and she won't likely be able to handle that while studying and finishing homework. I've been going to COUP regularly for four or five years now, but it was a lot harder when I was a student and I'm certainly not going to push that onto someone who is taking "real math" and hard sciences. We're hoping to still attend events and occasionally make it to first half movie COUPs, but we'll be playing that by ear.
If you're looking for new groups to socialize with, I imagine you could check out some of the local writer organizations. You're going to NASFIC, so I'm sure there will be plenty of adult nerd networking opportunities.