i'm in an airport

memphis has a bar you can still smoke in. in terminal c i think, i know it's not in the same terminal as american airlines.

Nice BBQ place, too.

I will be in two airports today. Except they're Orange County's and Oakland's, and therefore there is nothing to say about them.

I am eating bbq in a terminal.

I'm not in an airport, tho.

I remember standing outside Oakland's airport, trying to work the machine that gives you a bus ticket to the BART station at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. It ate all my quarters and I just stood there wondering what I was going to do when the bus came. (It finally spit out a ticket saying that I still owed a dollar.)

I got on the bus and sort of spazzed out trying to explain to the driver that I had put in the full fare into the machine, but it had short-changed me.

She responded by saying "It's cool! Relax, man. Have a seat." That was the moment that California won me over.

ill be in little rock airport today but not going anywhere. just dropping off.

anchorage airport is pretty sweet at midnight in december.

where is jbr going?

my favorite airport in the LA area has got to be Long Beach. that place is great

Little Rock's cool since they added the video screen showing weary passengers stomping up the departure corridor.

oh that is awesome!

I walk like a monkey, staring straight into the camera, when I'm walking through there.

my favorite airport in the LA area has got to be Long Beach. that place is great

long beach is awesome, burbank also awesome. lax = not awesome, except for the encounter.

where is jbr going?

jbr -> nyc

I almost just asked where your layovers were before remembering that those some cities have direct flights to places.

my layover was in denver (frontier's hub). it was fine; i was able to get some edible food at a sitdown "bistro."

See any Masonic wonders?

i dropped off a friend at the Little Rock airport last night. it looked pretty cool. i didn't get to see the aforementioned screen though.

It's in the new waiting area since you can't go into the actual terminals anymore.

Another Little Rocker?

nah. I was over there for work for the last couple of weeks. Little Rock is OK! I'd never spent any time there, other than passing through going to TX. Perhaps a little on the sleepy side, but they seem to have done a lot of things right that Mem got wrong.

Tomorrow I go from SNA to SEA. The best thing about SNA = the "FAA approved" takeoffs for reduced noise. Basically wind the plane up hard on the tarmac, release the brakes, zoom sharply up to a couple thousand feet, then cut the engines and coast out over the ocean. Eventually the engines get kicked back in and away you go.

LR copied Memphis and put a damn trolley downtown that nobody ever rides.

We also have a submarine that the mayor desperately wants everyone to see. Maybe when Raggett comes to town.

LR copied Memphis and put a damn trolley downtown that nobody ever rides.

yeah it's dumber than shit (as is ours), but at least it's more or less confined to Markham(?) in the downtown mall area. they extended ours (which is embarrassingly empty) off of Main, through the medical district where it finally peters out in Midtown, for no other apparent reason than to completely muck up the traffic flow on Madison. The way I go to work. Brilliant.

i am not in an airport yet, but will be soon. i just checked and my flight appears to be delayed approximately an hour. should i go later than i planned, or just sit through the delay in case it somehow ends up leaving earlier?

My dad recommended I go on time. Now it's even more delayed and I'm drinking a pint glass sized gin and tonic at the airport chilis oh my

that's like 100% of the fun of getting delayed

I love giant fuckoff adult beverages at airports

I am getting drunk and watching people get wanded cause this place is right by security

Hey guy in flight crew uniform: are you about to order booze then fly a plane? I'm watching u!

Hispanic waitress calling me mami and singing rockin' around the christmas tree: you are quite a lady

Ok the novelty's worn off. I just want to leave now ugh.

i'm in an airport.

and i'm stranded.

at least you have internet. what airport?

o'hare.

never ever try traveling on two separate airlines in the same day. especially around the holidays. if one fucks you over the other couldn't care less.

i honestly might be here for a day or two.

:( good luck

i'm camped out next to some payphones because its the only electrical outlet i could find. one of the payphones was ringing so i picked it up and said "hello?" a woman on the other end asked if Drea was there and i told her no Drea had left.

fuck i am bored.

oh grady :(

go to bar! seriously, it helped me for about an hour. maybe they are closed now though? i was about to murder people by the time my plane finally boarded.

i once did 2 different airlines for international travel: super bad idea.

the thing is that i cant get through security until i'm signed up for standby and i cant do that for another 5 hours.

there is this hilton right across from where the taxis pick you up. i suppose i could get a drink there.

DO IT.
Stay out of security as long as you can... once you're on the other side, it's soooo hellish.

a guy just came looking to plug his phone in but i'm using the only two outlets. i offered to unplug my computer for a while but he said nevermind and walked away.

don't eat sbarro

but that's general airport advice

solitaire

vegas style

no nevermind drink at the hilton

i am going to eat the shit out of a Great American Bagel® breakfast bagel as soon as i can get on the other side of security. best food in o'hare.

EAT AT SBARRO ROMANTING CURTAINS PARMAZING CHEESE DISPENDER!!!!

no, don't. it's awful and scary.

yes otm. always eat there @ st. louis airport

about great american bagel that is

dude on payphones is fucking pissed because whoever was coming to pick him up (in the cold, in the middle of the night, from Gary, IN) got a flat tire and the spare was flat to begin with and they have no money for a tow truck.

well that's what they get for living in Gary, IN!

gr80 needs to attend the el tomboto airport party clinic
I can hang out in an airport for hours and hours and not get bored