Hello from the Left Coast......

[jakez4ut]

Good evening nationals.....it's 10 pm local time, which means most of you are sleeping thru the middle of your night.

a few observations about cross country travel, in coach (it's been a few years since i've come out here):
1. You know it's just not your day when you sit down, and there's a 14 month old to your left, an 8 month old to the right, a 2 year old behind you.
2. I knew i was on a flight full of people going BACK to L.A. when i heard one of the passengers tell the flight attendant he needed to "bounce". i was supremely proud of said attendant when he replied, "bounce? you better sit down and shut up before i bounce you off this plane."
3. referring to 1 above, i have an 8 month old at home, and that didn't make me feel any more patient with other people's kids. that may be wrong, but it's simply the truth. I don't have to like your loud ass kids.
4. 5 1/2 hour flight with two week old magazines, the sunday paper and an ipod and the in flight movie leaves you with about 2 hours of solid "nothing to do time".
5. next time i'm sleeping on the plane. no matter what.
6. i didn't know you could see smog at night?
7. has John Cusack ever done a movie w/out his sister being in it, playing his sister?
8. I am having to spend the work week in California with what i could only say is the equivalent of John Candy's character in "Planes, Trains and Automobiles", except w/out the happy ending. I literally had a conversation with him today where i never responded with more than a one syllable word, and it lasted for over a 1/2 hour.
9. the Vandy game is on at 6 tomorrow. at least i have an excuse for not having to eat dinner with 8 above.
10. it was much harder leaving my wife and daughter than it ever has been to simply leave my wife. that sounds a lot worse than i'm intending to.....

look forward to the return trip on Friday. y'all have a great day......Go Vols, Beat Vandy.

[VOLatile]

I'm still awake... but I shouldn't be.

[rbroyles]

At least you weren't on the plane from somewhere in Latin America that flew all the way to N.Y. with a dead passenger who was a heart attack victum. Then again, having been on a flight to St. Martin sitting behind two sreaming kids, the corpse would have been preferable.

[vader]

Originally Posted by jakez4ut

8. I am having to spend the work week in California with what i could only say is the equivalent of John Candy's character in "Planes, Trains and Automobiles", except w/out the happy ending. I literally had a conversation with him today where i never responded with more than a one syllable word, and it lasted for over a 1/2 hour.

Those aren't pillows!

[droski]

i've lived in LA for 20 years and still haven't seen smog since i was 5. fog is not smog.

[orange+white=heaven]

8. I am having to spend the work week in California with what i could only say is the equivalent of John Candy's character in "Planes, Trains and Automobiles", except w/out the happy ending. I literally had a conversation with him today where i never responded with more than a one syllable word, and it lasted for over a 1/2 hour.

The conversational equivalent of a 'weekend in review' post!!!!

You didn't deserve that Jakez, but I couldn't resist...

[jakez4ut]

Originally Posted by orange+white=heaven

The conversational equivalent of a 'weekend in review' post!!!!

You didn't deserve that Jakez, but I couldn't resist...

don't worry, i knew as i typed that, there was some irony involved.

and you'd be surprised, as much as gush here, i'm not one for long, drawn out, meaningless conversations.

say what you have to say, mean it, and be done with it.

honeslty, i could care less about.....well, i can't even remember half the crap he's talked about so far, that's how relevant it's been.

thank you to the nation though for allowing me the medium to get all this crap off my chest.

even if half of you don't want to spend the time to read it!

[Plano Vol]

soooo Jake...are they heavier on the fruits or the nuts out in Cali land?

[jakez4ut]

i have no idea, i've spend the past two days stuck in a truck terminal doing audits. i swear with the time change and lack of sleep, i thought it was already Thursday.

[BigPapaVol]

jake,

there must be a rub n tug out there that will provide you a happy ending.

[hmanvolfan]

Originally Posted by droski

i've lived in LA for 20 years and still haven't seen smog since i was 5. fog is not smog.

That's because you're smog blind and have become immune to the fumes.

[jakez4ut]

Originally Posted by BigPapaVol

jake,

there must be a rub n tug out there that will provide you a happy ending.

[jakez4ut]

smog does exist btw...as i drove in to the valley this afternoon, the sky was blue, the sun shining, and a thin rusty haze hung over the skyline, just below the mountain tops.......reminded me of Houston. except minus the mountains.

[milohimself]

And minus the suckiness of Houston.

[droski]

Originally Posted by jakez4ut

smog does exist btw...as i drove in to the valley this afternoon, the sky was blue, the sun shining, and a thin rusty haze hung over the skyline, just below the mountain tops.......reminded me of Houston. except minus the mountains.

that's why i don't go to the valley. outside my office in downtown LA i have a nice view of the santa monica mountains and hollywood. clear as a bell. you do see some smog in the valley, but it is really widely exagerated for the rest of LA.