NBeast
This weekend we went to NBeast!
Posted by lisa @ 11:34 PM EST
Thank you!!
I was quite surprised to find a check from CafePress in the mail recently. It wasn't a big check, but in the thought-that-counts department it was huge, especially since i had not bothered to create new designs for this year and didn't expect to sell much of anything.
Now that CafePress is offering so many different items (an Allpods bike courier bag, anyone?) I'll really have to go to town with it next year.
Anyway-- thank you. Your support of the Allpods project is greatly appreciated, and I hope you're enjoying the shirts. I have heard (from more than one person!) that they can be good for your love life :)
On a completely different note-- I had a dream last night that I went to Roswell, but forgot to bring my camera and video camera. It's a little early to be having anxiety dreams about Roswell, honestly!
Posted by lisa @ 11:37 AM EST
Sunday & Monday - Roswell to Santa Rosa NM by way of Albuqurque; Santa Rosa to Big Cabin, OK
Big long days of driving-- making sure Stephanie gets back to her new job on Wednesday! Really no time for updates and whatnot-- most will probably wait til i get home :( unless i do some from the car tomorrow.
Thanks for all the patience and support!!!
Posted by lisa @ 12:46 AM EST
Roswell2K.v3 car show winners
(disclaimer: many of these names WILL be mispelled or even completely wrong. I basically wrote them down as david allen read them aloud to the crowd at then convention center. I will add in car names if I know them - David did not read car names.)
Barbie New Beetle winners:
Alien Theme: Jennifer Russell - star wars pod racer
Barbie Theme: Lisa Herr - Girls' night out at the drive-in
Best Paint: Stephanie Weisenstein - Beach party
Most Unique: Ken Sturges - top gun fighter
Best in Show: Ivy Emerson - Marilyn Monroe
Car Show winners:
Most miles travelled to get to the show: Amber Perry, over 2200 miles
Best Alien Themed Display: Gary Paul Norwood
Best Exterior Graphics: Chris & Carrie Haze "Magu" (the Route 66 bug)
Best Budvase Display: K.D. Burns "Small But Mine"
Best Toy Display: Terry Sanders "Fever"
Alien's Choice: Rhonda Murray "Blue Coca-Cola"
Best in Show: John Moscachetti (blue flamed beetle)
1998, Stock
- Angela Gentry
- Mark and Linda Gilson "Neingas"
- Cameron Talley "Tommy"
1998, Modified Stock
- Dan George
- Terry Sanders "Fever"
- Mary & Leon Prause "Jitter"
1998, Custom
- Earl McCutcheon "Cueball"
- Beth Henderson
- Lisa Herr "Dayz Bug"
1999, Stock
- Patricia Thompson
- Lou Hall
1999, Modified Stock
- Shelley Keys "Kirby"
- John "Cetacean" Steele "Cleo"
- Jacob Shirley
1999, Custom
- Jeff & Sally Attig (flamed convertible)
- Debbie Duderstadt "Deja VW"
- Tina Ferrel
2000, Stock
- Mary & Christina Lopez "LuvBug"
- Gloria Algona
- Jenni Lafferty "Mojo"
2000, Modified Stock
- Sue Isley
- Marcia Delano
- Gary Paul Norwood
2000, Custom
- Eddie Bradshaw
- Amanda Holland
- Dusty Sylvester "BumbleBug"
2001, Stock
- Jennifer Russell "Blue Smiley"
- Rolland Hedges
- Susan Gentry
2001, Modified Stock
- Susan Hester "BlueBee"
- Frank Barricone
- Rick & Sue Cowling
2001, Custom
- Alan Arnsley
- Heidi Amendi
- Thomas Respa
2002, Stock
- Wayne & Ruby Alexander
- Elise Paulson
- Bob & Jean Buchenstein
2002, Modified Stock
- Carolyn Fleet "Bumblebug II"
- Gene & Phyllis Smith
- Mike & Amy Burks
2002, Custom
- Anna McCollum "Shaft"
- Kevin Buchanan "Spirit of VW"
- The Shamu Cruisers
Posted by lisa @ 06:35 PM EST
Friday: Setup, Registration, Skywatch Party, no Bug Glow :(
Headed out to the convention center in the morning and found most of the Central caravan folks hard at work stuffing our goodie bags. Marcy, Terri, Mark and Linda Gilson, David Toney and Julie, Rick and Randy Carlson, Howie, Mrs. Howie, and Howie Junior, and of course the head alien, David Allen, were all there, and many others I didn't know. Tina was there too, shooting video of the proceedings. Looks like there's going to be LOTS of video from this year.
David and Julie had a close call on the trip in. A woman in the car next to them (not a caravan member) reached back to pet her cat, swerved, clipped them, causing them to spin twice. Other caravan members and a semi had to work hard to avoid running in to all of this. Fortunately, no one was injured and although Figment suffered a trashed rear fender, he is still driveable and basically ok.
Posted by lisa @ 11:58 PM EST
Friday morning -- I'm in ROSWELL!
Long day of travelling yesterday. Two planes, then four hours in a little tin can rental car through the desert. When i stepped out into the rental car parking lot, the attendant asked me if the heat was getting to me. "No..." I said, taking a deep breath of the clean desert air, "no, actually it feels really good!" He laughed and said, "Where are you from?" "North Carolina. We get heat like this, but with 100% humidity."
It is very strange to roll into this city alone and pod-less. I really miss Spacepod and desperately wish he were here. But I'm still very, very glad to be here. more...
Posted by lisa @ 11:01 AM EST
wednesday wonders
Well, we made it to Little Rock. I joined the Eastern caravan in Memphis this afternoon; we had eight cars, including a black custom-done convertible and a car with custom paint that changes from red to orange depending on your viewing angle.
After establishing a meeting point with Russ, I waited for the caravan at a truck stop. I parked facing the off-ramp and they spotted me immediately. It was so nice to be part of a caravan again after driving for almost eight hours by myself! We went through a lot of construction in Arkansas and finally made it to the hotel around 6:40 this evening. I'd been on the road for more than 11 1/2 hours and was ready for a break.
I'm really glad to see everyone again this year and meet some new folks, too. I wonder who will arrive during the night... usually we leave an overnight stop with more cars than we arrived with. The one thing I'm sad about is that Lisa isn't here. I'm writing this on Lisa's iBook, which she sent with Dan (along with the rest of the Web cam stuff). The last two years I thought it was fun just to be on the Web cams occasionally, but learning about how they work is even more fun!
Phoebe, my Beetle, has been quite a trooper -- we drove more than 600 miles today and she never skipped a beat.
And Mom, if you're reading this, my back feels okay. (For those of you who don't know, I strained my back three and a half weeks ago. I'm recovering pretty well, but I really miss skating.)
Tomorrow we go on to Sweetwater, where we meet up with lots of Dallas and Houston people (I think).
Posted by stephanie @ 12:00 AM EST
durham, nc to silver spring, md. goodbye to fred rosberry.
today we said goodbye to my grandfather, fred rosberry. we also drove a lot, hung out with the family, and ate some really good seafood.
i've gotta say that it was really nice to be with the family, see some cousins i haven't seen in a few years, meet my uncle rick's fiancee. more...
Posted by lisa @ 10:26 PM EST
it gets a little crazier...
couldn't get hold of mom last night or this morning. met dan as planned at the mellow mushroom in asheville; he somehow managed to park near a vortex nb. (note for future meetings in asheville: the mellow mushroom is really easy to find, the food is fab, as is the outdoor seating in the summer. just meet there, don't mess with trying to find other places to meet.)
lots of discussion over lunch about the cams and everything. looks like dan is going to run the cams in his car during the day and do one big upload at night. tonight i tried to make some adjustments to the web cam pages and scripts to accomodate what i think is likely to happen. we'll see. check the web cam pages at night (like, after a late dinner) and the slideshow page. you might find a little something there.
oh just a note about stephanie-- lest her new co-workers think she's gone off home to just doo-dad around the house for the next week and a half, not so. she got phoebe all buffed, polished and de-cluttered today, and is heading out at o-dark-thirty tomorrow to meet up with the eastern caravan somewhere along the road between memphis and little rock. more...
Posted by lisa @ 12:56 AM EST
on the road... but not with the caravan
today i'm driving to asheville, nc, to meet dan for lunch. i'm going to hand my web cam equipment over to him and he's going to transport it to roswell for me. he's probably going to run a cam in his car during the trip, and upload the pictures at night.
then i will, sadly, turn around and go back home to durham. i wish i had time to meet the caravan folks in knoxville and spend the night there with them, but it would make wednesday way too difficult if i did that.
Posted by lisa @ 09:11 AM EST
My grandfather died today.
we knew that this was coming. everyone went to see him on Mother's Day weekend. i am so glad that i did see him one last time, and that Craig met him before he went.
everyone in my immediate family is currently travelling-- my mom and stepfather are in savannah, and my little brothers are doing a service project somewhere close to there.
i hoped that i would not be faced with a choice between roswell and my grandfather's funeral. fortunately, both stephanie and craig were here when i got the call, and they helped me work out a plan.
steph is flying home tomorrow morning. she's going to drive phoebe out to roswell.
dan and his pod inky have graciously offered to be the "beast of burden" and transport all of my web cam equipment and the awesome looking diorama and other set pieces to roswell. i'll drive out to asheville and meet him as planned for lunch there.
on wednesday, craig will drive up to maryland with me and we'll go to the funeral on thursday.
first thing friday morning, i'll fly out from dulles airport to albuqurque, rent a car, and arrive in roswell around the same time as the caravan.
stephanie and i will use phoebe as the web cam car up at registration... and the rest of the weekend will go as planned.
i'm very sad, and i guess it hasn't really hit me yet, but i'm so thankful that craig and stephanie were here with me when i got the call and they were able to help me find a way not to have to choose between my grandfather, who was very dear to me, and this trip, which is so important to me, too.
Posted by lisa @ 12:16 AM EST
All Pods Go To Roswell!!!
it's late, it's been a long day of working on the web site, but i am so happy to be posting the first real entry to this year's allpods site.
preparations are well under way. stephanie, my co-pilot, will be arriving in less than a week! spacepod has been detailed, the first big webcam test has been completed, the site is all but ready.
my wonderful boyfriend craig came over today and built a diorama that i can put inside the car during the car show-- to present the web cam stuff in a slightly more polished way. This is the first year i have put real preparations into how that stuff will look.
this year i'd like to link to other sites which are going to be updated with roswell photos, travelogues, etc during the trip or immediately after. it should be easier for the folks at home to find pictures and stories on the web.
if you have a site that i should link to, please send me your info--the name of the site, the url, your timeframe for making updates.
SYIR!!!!
Posted by lisa @ 01:38 AM EST
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