sitting in an airport lounge, and later on the plane...
sitting in an airport lounge, and later on the plane…
interesting japanese thing of the day: a woman walking around wearing black pants with white lettering, old english, that said “High Maintenance”. Truth in advertising, how refreshing.
we took a shuttle from the base to the airport. It was almost 2 hours, and neither of us was properly prepared for the length of the drive, having drank some coffee in the morning.
When we got there, we decided to have some food at a restaurant, using up the rest of our yen. afterwards, we stepped outside for a smoke, had an interesting conversation with a canadian from vancouver. discussing the weather, smoking, and visiting japan while knowing very little japanese.
When we finally went through the gauntlet (i always feel like i should go through with my hands up, not entirely sure why I feel like this is importatn, but i do) It seems easier to get a lighter through this ordeal if you have it amongst a bunch of other electronic junk.. say, the power adapter, mouse, etc that might accompany a laptop. It’s worked for me so far.
We went to the duty free store and finally found a sake box for Dave (the only specific thing we were looking for that we hadnt found yet) We spent some time in an airport bar that seemed to be full of US Servicement who were talking all about Afghanistan & Iraq. We gathered that one that had been there a while was a Ranger.. I was explaining the different between rangers and green berets to M, and pointed out another guy who i said i thought was a civilian contractor. the two guys at the next table said “i agree”.. busted.. not often that i get busted by someone people watching me while i am people watching.
Earlier, we had a nice conversation with a woman who had a strong Aussie accent, but we learned that she has lived in Hongkong for 10 years. (isnt that about the time that it was turned over to China?)
so now I”m all pissed off because my ipod is not acting nicely, won’t play anything. I even tried to restore it from this laptop, but apparently you have to be connected to the internet to do that.. what a crock. So I’m stuck the next 5+ hours on this flight with nothing but the music they provide or movies. One of the movies provided this time is Pan’s Labyriinth.. i don’t think i want to watch it 4+ times.. and of course, sleep is not likely to come, at least i wasnt a vegetable walking onto this plane.
I’m watching the battery dwindle steadily. guess i’ll shut this down now, maybe write more in the airport. Gotta get through customs, that’s gonna be a new experience..