i'm in an airport

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

some kids just asked me what time it is.

Damn, gr8080. :-( Sucks and a half.

this is because every time I enter an airport I am already psychologically prepared to die and spend eternity in hell

it is kind of a viking mindset

I can hang out in an airport for hours and hours and not get bored

i can too usually, but not on this side of security. actually since i have wifi i'm not really too bored. just kind of crushed.

people with children eating fast food and talking on cell phones about nothing but very loudly in close proximity for all eternity

hey i just remembered i have a mini-bottle of cuervo in my bag that the barbershop in the east village gave me as a holiday present.

all the bars in o'hare are on the other side of security?
and you can't get on standby for five hours?

that's pretty extraordinary circumstances

i am an extraordinary traveler.

i don't mind being in airports forever

good to read stuff and if there is wireless available i could deal

i would get tired of the seats tho

seriously: hilton

but first milk that shot of cuervo

hiltooooon

drinking and layovers were made for each other

drinking and _____ were made for each other

travelling without drinking? I'd rather listen to jamiroquai

btw: that pint of gin&tonic ended up costing me $12. at least it was tanqueray and not well.

the only thing on this side of security is a starbucks and i think its closed now. i "landed" and got my luggage on airline A, but 12 hours late to catch my flight on airline B. Airline B's ticket desk isn't open till 5:30 AM, and even though they were there when i first got there, they couldn't get me standby for friday travel until friday.

airline A is the one that fucked up, but basically i fucked myself by trying to think this would work.

also, airline B is the expensive flight that work paid for and airline A was the cheap one i bought on my own.

jesus christ.
well, you live and learn, I suppose. I have had similarly extra-long standby layovers but never overnight.

I will use MINDWAVES to send you some MINDWINE

RED OR WHITE

i'd take a MINDBOARDINGPASS over mindwine.

tomboto are you extracting the mindwine from your very own mindgrape?

zing?

lol no 30 rock ref idk if tombot watches it tho

gr80 does o'hare have free wireless?

yeah i'd probably take having a seat over both alcohol and not listening to jamiroquai, but the important thing is once you have a seat you can do both of those

the worst is trying to stake out a spot for leg-resting and maybe lying down... hopefully you don't have to deal with tvs tuned to cnn every twenty feet since you're not past security? then again it's probably linoleum instead of carpet, yikes.

yeah i am sitting on the ground at the bottom of the escalators that people arriving come down to the baggage claim area on.

wifi is $6/24hrs which i figure is worth it in this circumstance.

i think i might pack up computer and try and sleep for a little bit.

now my phone's fully charged again so i can move to a more comfortable spot, too.

I don't watch 30 rock but I am sad that MINDWINE is not my og idea

grady in your situation I would consider hitting up some free online games

doukutsu is pretty good

also the demo for weird world return to infinite space

also N

seriously just google search for the letter N

where you at gr8ee, newark?

i'm at o'hare, max.

my ipod is charged now too. i think i'm gonna try and find a safer/more comfortable spot to curl up for a few hours.

future tip for all fliers: if youre somewhere around a continental "president's lounge" you can get free wireless just by parking near there

i got about 3.5 hours of sleep on a wooden bench.

the ticket desk that wasn't supposed to be open till 5:30 was open at 4:00. its a good thing too, because my situation required i get in a separate line being serviced by only two ticket agents. when i got in line there were only three or four people ahead of me but by the time i was at the front, there was a good 40 people in line behind me. apparently an entire flight to orlando got cancelled.

but i got on standby for the same flight i missed yesterday, and as of 30 mins ago i was the only one on the standby list.

i just had a breakfast bagel and i think i'm going back for another.

also, i'm at a little desk with a stool that looks like it used to have payphones at it as i type this. not slouched on the floor somewhere. life is so much better this side of security!

i just had a breakfast bagel and i think i'm going to have another.

Is that 2 or 3?