I am staying in a hotel for one night for a meeting out of town. I had to drive 45 minutes or so for the meeting and the first thing I did when I got to the room (after I took pics of the view) was take a shower.

I wasn't on a transatlantic flight or anything so it seems weird for me to do it, but it is my habit after checking in.

What is the first thing you do after you check into a hotel room?

What is the first thing you do after you check into a hotel room?

Unpack.

Make sure I am connected to the internet

Not just in the head of the Cassiepants. It totally changes the conversation.

I'm not sure if I'm blowing every ounce of social capital, or if I even have a voice that's heard anymore, or maybe I'm overtired and PMSy or what, but I have a huge screaming ball of DO NOT WANT at the thought of images here. Not because of not wanting to share kids and weddings, but because I need a place that isn't full of the same fucking image macros that are everywhere. I like that this is a word place, and I'm basically fighting tears at the thought of it changing because so many other places I've loved have died or turned to passive looking-at-not-talking headache-inducing oh god stopping now.

I like that we give context to our image links by the way we introduce them into the flow of conversation. I even like it that there's a non-trivial risk (and a certain thrill/danger) when someone doesn't, because that's part or the conversation too. I like that we have real voices. Even those of you I haven't met offline. And I deeply fear losing the voices in my head.

What is the first thing you do after you check into a hotel room?

Plug in my phone.

::Hangs blinky lights on cass' and amych's posts::

I turn on the tv, for some reason, then unpack.

Get comfy. Probably take ff my shoes, bra, and possibly pants. ;)

Like Lee, I connect to the internet.

t deletia

Not every thought needs to be shared. You'd think I'd learned that by now.

t /deletia

I do like the wordiness of here. I wouldn't mind the ability to have an avatar again, but I don't need a bufftumblr.

No social capital blown at all, amych. I'm confident that your feelings are shared by many. We are talky meat! I can see the usefulness of pictures in some threads as has been suggested. But I get plenty of graphics on Facebook, ok I understate, too many, and there are many sources for awesome tumblr content, most of which I found linked here.

I think it is a useful discussion to explore the possibilities and the only way we know where we stand is to speak up. I loved the avatars we used to use. I don't know which threads might be enhanced with images, if any. I don't know what technical changes would be required.

That said, when I get to the hotel room I plug in my phone and computer. Then unpack.