Airport Observations

Well today has finally arrived. All the moving, cleaning, throwing
away stuff, packing has come to this. Sitting on the ground next to
Gate 105 at LAX, waiting to board the plane that will first take me to
Hong Kong, then off to Shanghai. First some good news, my luggage was
not overweight. I weighed them multiple times at home and I think it
came in right at 50 pounds each. Second, some not so good news. My
lower back is fcking murdering me. Not something that I want before
getting on a 15 hour, 25 minute flight. There could be many reasons
for this, but I attribute it to the fact that I'm 6'3" and nothing
(and I mean nothing) in this world is built for me. Being tall is
worse than being left-handed. 30+ years of contorting my body to fit
in cars, small desks in school, and even simple stuff like brushing my
teeth at a counter that's way too low has taken its toll. Woe is me.
Or more like woe is my back, but I digress.

Anyhow, some airport observations. First, LAX sucks. The airport is
always under construction and it will probably never finish b/c both
the City of LA and the State of CA is running huge budget deficits.
Also, they will never finish b/c constant construction means more
jobs for labor unions. Don't even get me started about the utter
insanity of labor unions. Perhaps I'll save that for another post
where I can rant and stuff. Second, I realized that I'm now leaving
the friendly confines of the United States and will probably start
running into more douchey Euros. Look, as a minority, I know what
it's like to be discriminated against, but let me tell ya, I can't
stand douchey Euros. I actually happen to like many things Euro.
Daft Punk is my favorite band/music group. They are French. The
whole crew at Ed Banger Records - Busy P, Justice, DJ Mehdi, Feadz,
Mr. Oizo, etc - are French, I think. But they are cool. But then
there are those douchey Euros. Again, that will probably be another
post when I get my first frustrating interaction with douchey Euros.

Ok well I'm gonna save my macbook battery and perhaps blog another
post while on the plane, if I can find the time between watching
movies, eating ice cream bars, and sleeping. Ciao.

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