Something About Airplanes

7:45 a.m. PDT
I'm sitting at the gate, waiting for boarding to start. Check-in was mildly uneventful; the lines were confusing and at security I was held up because of a CK One-shaped eraser, but otherwise, things have gone smoothly and there are unlikely to be any delays.

There's a list flashing in front of me of customers waiting to upgrade to first class. It was about three people when I got here 20 minutes ago, but it's grown to about 15.

When Lisa and I were in Europe, there were two men, obviously rich, extremely fashionable. We imagined them to be lovers; one was American, the other European, and they seemed to be on some glamorous vacation. We saw them a few times, but the first time was at the American Express, where they were waiting to make reservations of some sort. Apparently there were some issues, but they were resolved, the European coming back to tell the American that "They didn't have first class, but it's okay because we got better than first class!" Better than first class! Who knew?

Will I ever be one of those people? Probably not. Al Gore encourages people to fly economy. It's more fuel efficient, you know.

11:25 a.m. PDT, although I'm near Greens Ferry Lake in Arkansas right now, so maybe I should switch to EDT?
Just finished watching The Devil Wears Prada, and I liked it in a way I didn't expect. It was surprisingly fitting for the state my life is currently in (career crisis, selling one's soul to get ahead), although in the movies, enviably, the resolution comes much more quickly. Alas, I'm still looking.

Counting my upcoming landing in Brazil, I will have been in six countries since June including America). I think I've become immune to the 'moving' part of traveling. I didn't actually notice when we took off because I was too engrossed in a magazine (thanks, Appa), and the past three hours have gone by rather quickly. I'm a bit perplexed by time zones, though. Apparently we're arriving in about 45 minutes, but I thought we were scheduled to arrive around 4 p.m. EST. Are we that ahead of schedule?