The Friendly Skies
I'm sure some of you are going to be travelling to visit friends or family for the 4th of July weekend. The Fourth of July is a time of eating, drinking...and losing the occasional body part. Every year my family heads up to our cabin in northern Wisconsin to sit by the lake, drink, slap some mosquitos and watch the local fireworks. According to AAA, this is supposed to be the busiest 4th of July ever with an estimated 40 million people travelling. With all the planes, cars and buses around it will definitely be a busy weekend.
I've never been scared to get onto an airplane but flying is a necessary evil. The thought of having my life in someone else's hands kinda freaks me out. Especially when there are stories like this. I'm sure everyone thinks about all the what-if's before the plane lifts off the ground. Everytime I get on a plane I think about what I would do if something bad happened. I always come up with the conclusion that at 30,000 feet, me and everyone else on the plane would be fucked anyway. I know the lap belt won't help much if we go into a spiraling freefall.
I don't mean to knock air travel but there are some things I don't like about it. I can't stand the ridiculously small amount of room in the seat airline companies expect you to squeeze into. Who did they use to measure those seats, Happy, Sleepy or Bashful? I'm not that big and I feel crunched in. The asshole in front of me always puts their seat fully back right after lift off. When the flight is over, I'm walking like a baby calf. By now I'm convinced there is a FAA regulation that says a crying baby has to be on every flight.
With all that said, planes are a very convenient way to travel. You get where you need to go for relatively cheap and it's pretty fast. So wherever you go this holiday weekend, have fun. And if you are flying, keep an eye out for me. I'll be in a middle seat next to the blabber mouth with an irritable bladder and a 6-month infant.
*updated babes*
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So they don't get the job?
That's a hell of a bust
Those dirty e-mails to Sean Connery was the tip-off
Marijuana flavored candy?
They obviously don't travel to go to the dentist
posted by blake @ 4:06 PM
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I am ALWAYS seated next to someone who wants to talk nervously through-out the entire flight -- not because they are genuinely interested in me, but because they're scared -- and the crying baby is usually 3 or 4 seats forward. I always try to be on pretty early with book already in hand so all I have to do is smile politely and commiserate for a few brief seconds about how cramped we are. Unless the person is honestly entertaining or hot. :o)
I think the pic of Jennie Finch is the best one this week.
I hate flying too. I'm not going anywhere this 4th. Working in lab, trying to get done. B.t.w. Niki Taylor is definitely the hottest.
Blake - Where are you? I have been checking your blog daily, but every day I feel like crying because there hasn't been an update for so long. Hope you are safe and sound. Nothing happened to you on your flight did it? I know you don't like flying. Sorry about scaring you the other day over IM... I would never want you to feel uncomfortable, I was a little tipsy on the J Juice. Maybe we are moving too fast. You should only come out to Neverland when you feel comfortable with me. He, He, He....Cha' Mon... I have a pair of PJ's that are just your size.
what about the fart smelling pillows?
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