The Woodlands Biotch

i thought she was kidding. seriously. the ticketing area was completely deserted, so at first i didn’t know if she was kidding, or if i should just kiss my a$$ goodbye because there was apparent imminent danger. we dropped off the rental car and arrived at the check-in counter at LAX at 5:40. the departure [...]

so after much delay, we arrived. once we got past the air-travel debacle, everything was perfect. more than perfect, really. the weather, beautiful. the drive, gorgeous. the hotels, wonderful. the mountains - cool, the air - crisp.

we’ve charted a 1,000 mile trek over a six-day period. we started in the mountains in [...]

some things you should know about air travel. no matter how cool you think it is, no matter how normal you assume you can make it, no matter how much it’s just a hollow metal tube with wings on it… it’s completely unpredictable.
it all started with the outbound flight. apparently, when there are scattered storms [...]

i’m leavin’ on a jet plane…
chaos is sure to ensue. i’ve been planning this vacay for the better part of two months now. it’s been publicized and talked about that whole time. and then, inexplicibly, today, the boss has decided that maybe we need a temp to cover me while i’m out.
you think, maybe? hmmmmmm?
bloody [...]

every year i tell myself i’m not gonna let it bother me. and every year the fall comes and with it the memories.
 i can feel it coming back again, like a rolling thunder chasing the wind; forces pulling from the center of the earth again… i can feel it

teetering close to the edge of t.m.i. [...]