well, my trip to LA was pretty great. The Chuck Palahniuk book signing was incredible. there was a Bride costume contest. there were men and women everywhere wearing wedding dresses and veils.
He read a couple of original short stories. He asked trivia questions. the winners got an inflatable moose head that he signed. we won. it was pretty sweet.
Monrovia and Pasadena were gorgeous. i loved those cities. LA and HOllywood were .... something. and Long Beach was surprisingly beautiful. i was expecting a dangerous scary place... it was friendly. nice. beautiful. spotless!! we visited the pirate store. the aquarium of the pacific... it was fucking fantastic. i hated to leave.
but when i did... i was almost late to the plane because security wouldnt let my snow globe go on the plane with me. then i race to my terminal after checking in my carry on bag... the plane was luckily delayed. we get in the air... almost to dallas... and we end up circling DFW airport while we wait out storms to past. 15 minutes becomes 30... 30 becomes an hour... after nearly two hours, they send us down to Austing. DFW closed down!! and we were running out of fuel.
so we go down to Austin. we're 12th in line for fuel. great. meanwhile... my phone died. i got a voicemail before it died from my sister, who was picking me up.... her phone died too. great. our captain informs us the crew is no longer allowed to work. they have gone over their legal limit. so we combine our small 50 passenger load with a flight from san francisco to dallas. they were also a light load. sadly, our luggage was going to stay behind. or so we thought.
we were all set to take off.... then suddenly we have a maintenance problem. so we wait.. and wait.. for a mechanic to come fix it. finally we take off.... and land in dallas.... 5 hours after we were supposed to. our luggage beat us there. but... my sister was still there waiting for me. and my luggage was NOT lost. so all in all... i'm pretty thankful.
He read a couple of original short stories. He asked trivia questions. the winners got an inflatable moose head that he signed. we won. it was pretty sweet.
Monrovia and Pasadena were gorgeous. i loved those cities. LA and HOllywood were .... something. and Long Beach was surprisingly beautiful. i was expecting a dangerous scary place... it was friendly. nice. beautiful. spotless!! we visited the pirate store. the aquarium of the pacific... it was fucking fantastic. i hated to leave.
but when i did... i was almost late to the plane because security wouldnt let my snow globe go on the plane with me. then i race to my terminal after checking in my carry on bag... the plane was luckily delayed. we get in the air... almost to dallas... and we end up circling DFW airport while we wait out storms to past. 15 minutes becomes 30... 30 becomes an hour... after nearly two hours, they send us down to Austing. DFW closed down!! and we were running out of fuel.
so we go down to Austin. we're 12th in line for fuel. great. meanwhile... my phone died. i got a voicemail before it died from my sister, who was picking me up.... her phone died too. great. our captain informs us the crew is no longer allowed to work. they have gone over their legal limit. so we combine our small 50 passenger load with a flight from san francisco to dallas. they were also a light load. sadly, our luggage was going to stay behind. or so we thought.
we were all set to take off.... then suddenly we have a maintenance problem. so we wait.. and wait.. for a mechanic to come fix it. finally we take off.... and land in dallas.... 5 hours after we were supposed to. our luggage beat us there. but... my sister was still there waiting for me. and my luggage was NOT lost. so all in all... i'm pretty thankful.
i would have been one upset lady had i been on that flight.
not that i could have done anything about.
'cept maybe DRIVE back to DFW .. and beat the plane