The view from 35,000 feet:
I've never watched the sunrise from above the clouds before. Patches of orange break through at the horizon. The tangerine glow of the sky resembles what it looks like when there is a fire in the distance. "Here comes the sun, do dee do do, here comes the sun, I say, it's alright." -George Harrison
When you're on the ground the clouds look like they are all on the same level. From above I can see clouds above clouds, and more clouds above those. And I can clearly see the different types of cloud; cumulus, nimbus, cirrus. Don't ask me which is which.
Harry Potter movies are just as annoying and unentertaining without sound. And what is Kenneth Branagh doing here? Come on, Kenny, you're better than that! And, when did Hermoine become such a stonecold fox?
We all have little thoughts of evil from time to time, don't we? Right now I'm wondering what kind of items I could put in the gigantic open mouth of the woman sleeping next to me. There isn't a lot at my disposal, but I'd like to put these complimentary earphones I'm not using in there... and then quickly go back to typing so that when she wakes up disoriented and asks how a pair of airline issued earphones got in her mouth I can look confused and say, "What? I'm sorry I don't have time for games, I have a deadline." And then ignore her for the rest of the flight. :)
Required elements of any flight:
Unsatisfying meal- CHECK (Do hospitals and airlines contract the same Culinary Arts School dropouts?)
Mandatory screaming baby- CHECK
Sexy Flight Attendant- CHECK x2! (One is British, one is Scottish... nice work United Kingdom, off to a good start!)
It's completely daylight now. Blue skies above the clouds. My computer reads 2:53am!!! So that's why we have timezones...
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3 comments:
Hey MoJoe,
I love the way you write. You write like I would write if I was not busy writing research all the time for this stupid PhD. Maybe I am in the wrong field. I happy to hear you made it safe to the UK and I have enjoyed my first visit to your blog. Clouds, Zombie Ducks and Earphones are such overlooked things in our day to day lives. I love the mesed up urges we all get. When I was on a plane last week I scored a window seat in an exit row. Once we landed in Edmonton I found myself wondering what would happen if I yelled "We're trapped" and then proceeded to open the door. Would it be easy? (the flight attendant seemed to feel I was capable of doing it) Would I get in trouble? It felt like I was trapped cuz no one was exiting. Is that a good enough reason?
huh very typical Nathan tangent. Hope you are having a blast and don't waste time with the British tea just go for the BEER!!!
Nate
haha that's what time zones are for... love it!
stuff you ususually get on trans-atlantic flights as well:
- delays
- beverages in tiny cans and
- a nice little jetlag (at least when heading east) :)
hear from you soon buddy!
carl
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