Friday, March 12, 2004

From Dominica to San Juan

We left later than expected for San Juan which is going to create a mild crunch for me to get to my gate and boarded on my plane for the Dominica flight. I've got this super rude guy sprawled out next to me. I think he's from France although I'm not sure. He walked up to me, brandishing his ticket, and informed me that I was in his seat. In fact, I was not in his seat, I was in my seat. He had the window and wanted the aisle. NO SIR. I sit on the aisle so I can poke my legs out. He went up a row and sulked until take-off. And now he's sleeping with intermittent moments of waking up and glaring at me. It's great. It's at times like these I think that people should remember that being in my country is a privilege. Just like me traveling to their country is a privilege. So take your foreign visa, sit down and behave with your gaudy Dolce and Gabbana (sp) belt.
I thought that we were going to be arriving around 11:00 a.m. in San Juan. Well evidently we are arriving at 11:27 a.m. so I'm going to be booking it to get on my flight to Dominica. I think that it leaves at 12:45 or something. God, I'm stupid I haven't even checked. I think that I should do that now. Ok, checked. And once again I had it in my head wrong. We're actually right on time. Damn and I was working up another good case to hate AA. The only reason I really don't like them is sometimes their interiors are shitty. This plane smells moldy. Oh and yeah, Tom can't get me an Exit row seat. I FEEL SO CRAMPED AND UN-PARTIALLY-SPOILED! Having people like Tom take care of me is a great reason to fly CO, and I guarantee that if they flew to Dominica I'd be on CO all the way, even if it was more expensive. So far this flight is much smoother than yesterday's flight.
OK, I'm officially bored these short flights are nice. I don't have to worry about entertaining myself for a very long time.
OH, I just found a reason to hate AA, beverage service only. GIVE ME A BREAK, at least some pretzels. Last time I was marooned on an AA flight we had stale chips and stale hoagies. THAT'S YUMMY. Ok fine, I just like CO. Oh almost tasty beverage time. Thank goodness I brought my own breakfast. CAUSE WHO WOULD WANT BREAKFAST at 8:00 in the morning. Certainly no one that I know. The RUDE guy woke up now he's leaning on the seat in front of him. I think he's hung over or maybe he's a terrorist. The world may never know. Ok, that's enough for now. The guy in front of me is creeping his seat back. Time to lock my knees.

Thursday, March 11, 2004

IAH to FLL

Lifting off the ground means breaking free from the constraints of work, school and other home related commitments. The flight feels good, and I remember how much I love night flights. I'm sitting beside some cool guys who enjoy talking.
This time CO checked my luggage all the way to Dominica which is really good, I think. I have extra luggage with me so long as my luggage isn't lost for to many days I should be fine. The most valuable thing in my other bag is John's extra clothes. I think I feel like watching a little bit of family guy right now.