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Getting Time Off
crackgoblin
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Just wanted to see if anyone else still had their schedules up in the air around the expo time. Im a medical student and ill be on hospital rotations around then. Im hoping i can get a day off way in advance.
any old pax goers who have advice on getting time off, do share
any old pax goers who have advice on getting time off, do share
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Why couldn't PAX be the last weekend in Aug like it's supposed to be!?!!?!? /end rant
NEW ALBUM OUT, NOW WITH 100% MORE SHEEP!, have a listen will ya
i could do that, but then id be in an assload of debt and would end up selling my soul to some fast food chain to pay the bills. biology degree- sooo useless
Hehe, and I was afraid I was gonna miss PAX because my sister's wedding is the same weekend PAX was last year. Now I can actually go. I guess it just works in favor of some and against others.
I usually put in my time-off request a few months ahead of time and it doesn't cause any issues.
{Fondly remembers the PAXTrain}
I've been in financial trouble for long enough, and can't really see any future for myself at the time being, so I try to have what fun I can, and PAX is the best place for it. IMO It's the best weekend of the year, and soon there will be two a year, which I'm already over-excited for, and I'll do whatever it takes to go to both each year.
... Like I said, I'm crazy. :P
"It's a gaming convention"
"Like poker and slots?"
"No, like video games"
"Oh, you're going to a Donky Kong tournament? I remember those back in the day."
"No, not exact-...uh, sure whatever."
That was the actual conversation. No one understood either why I would travel all the way across the country by myself for this. They thought I would be lonely. I was like "No, not really".
PAX>DragonCon
really...thats no excuse
NEW ALBUM OUT, NOW WITH 100% MORE SHEEP!, have a listen will ya
And by largest, he means still smaller and less awesome than PAX
lol, that's classic
That, oddly, sounds like my office. And the only day that week I need to work is that Monday since it is the last business day of the month (meaning August.)
ha ha i have a similar problem explaining what it is to people.
"PAX? What's that? some sorta Christian thing?"
"What? No . . why would you . ..never mind . ..It's the Penny Arcade Expo"
"Oh . .. so . . so like antique coin machines right?"
"Uh noooooo . . "
and then it pretty much goes word for word what you just did up there.
{Fondly remembers the PAXTrain}
ha, its going to be my first year but i have a feeling ill experience the same conversation.
It's a good thing you didn't show them the logo, because my mom sure thought that the X was a cross when she first saw my t-shirt.
As for time off, I requested mine at the beginning of December.
I hope you mean September >.<
No, as in that's when she asked to get the PAX dates off.
Always good to get those in /early/
Problem solved!
Or 4 times as large. It's pretty crazy. Either way, I'll be at PAX this year, and both next year.
Week and a half of pure partying?
I would assume so, if I remember correctly, MeeOk turns 21 sometime around the end of August (correct me if I'm wrong) ;-)
I know I'll be taking at least a week off and partying for sure, turning 21 in just over a month so i can hit the pub crawl and all that.
My birthday is August 30th. XD Yes, there shall be much partying. I know of at least two groups that want me to celebrate it with them.
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.. dammit now when I think of being 21 and hitting up the pub crawl, I forget about all the other pre-pax events... *sigh*
we should definitely throw a party for you on the 30th though.
I usually tell people I'm going to Bumbershoot
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ah, the days of school. im horribly jealous. its going to be my second week of hospital rotations. i can imagine the conversation now:
"i know that mrs. jones has her bypass scheduled on friday, but have you SEEN the new Diablo III?"
THEY MADE IT DARK!