Junk Male

One male in our group here is always making friends on the airplanes and he had occasion to make two friends during our last travel. One was a married norse looking woman with a nose that looked okay from the front, and huge from the side. This woman inexplicably stared and talked for many moments even after her supposed husband came to pick her up at the airport, almost causing a scene. The second woman revealed herself last night after the show. She claimed to have sat across from him on the plane and to have enjoyed the show. I’d like to see the young family I sat next to on the plane with the ten month old baby. Some people would say that it’s a drag sitting next to a baby on a plane but I wasn’t bothered really. In fact, being next to such a patently offensive object as a traveling baby taught me what a joy it is to wear earplugs on a plane. When I took the earplugs out for a little sample of the ambient noise I was visibly shocked (this is when I wish I was on TV, to show my shock to more than the folded tray table in front of me) at how loud the engines are in the cabin.

The plane was well loaded so that we had only one runway option at O’hare, 32L (for Long). I got to listen on the entertainment system provided by United, the only airline to realize how cool it is to listen to the cockpit radio during a flight. Although there was some inense bumping up and down at various times during the flight, I never heard them announce severe turbulence anywhere in the area. They always say “moderate bordering on severe.”

There are many more coffee bars in town than I first thought. I expected that the two-per-bock density was only as many blocks as I had already discovered, but this ratio continues for many blocks in either direction. There is one that I’m excited about that appears to be named some play on the words Namaste and Mocha. What will they now think of.

I’ve learned through the tragedy of murder that lying in wait is a crime. I think they only book you for it if you kill the people for whom you lain waiting, but this is good info to have.

“I'm mesmerized by tigers. Their eyes, their stripes, their constant quest for survival. They almost have a sense of mysteriousness about them. They pull you in and make it difficult to look away. They make you wonder what is behind their gaze. A sense of eerie awe comes over you in their presence. The fear they give you when you pass them is stunning. Behold the beauty of the tiger.” –Britney Spears.