Prodigi wrote:
What's hell is coming off an international flight, clearing customs, rechecking baggage, changing terminals and boarding another flight at LAX.
... in an hour.
Heh, same for me, except on the other side of the US in EWR. I had the balls to try and use the bathroom during this time as well. I made it to the terminal just as they were calling my row of seats.
Let's see... in my personal experience (and I only have one from when I did study abroad), how much I liked airports was entirely dependent upon what one I was in. O'Hare is set up fabulously, EWR is just as good, Madrid made me want to commit ritual suicide (I had
three hours to find my terminal, and only just barely made it there on time), and Seville was pretty easy. My return flight was more or less the exact same thing in reverse, time intervals and all. As mentioned, it was my first time flying, and I was alone, and I kind of started crying out of frustration in Madrid both times, but aside from that unfortunate experience, I didn't have too many issues.
And just to validate this post, we'll add ten more things.
11. I have never changed my avatar in all of the time I have been on the .org.
12. Despite the increasing numbers of female gamers out there, I have never met one in person who liked games even half as much as me. The only other girl gamer I know in "real life" is my best friend... and I was the one who introduced her to games in the first place.
13. From age nine to twenty-one, I used the same little Winnie the Pooh alarm clock. It even came with me to Spain, and then promptly broke afterward.
14. Until around age twenty-one, I was very simple about my fashion. Jeans, functional shoes, and about fourteen copies of the same shirt in different colors, every single day, year-round. Since seeing how the other side of the world does it, I have become much more selective about my wardrobe. Sometimes I lament the loss of simplicity, but then, on days when I'm not out and about, you're still likely to see me wandering about in one of those fourteen shirts.
15. Speaking of fashion, while I of course still buy stuff in stores, I have become a fan of handmade jewelery, and I always set some time aside at ACen to peruse the artist's alley and buy a few neat pieces. My favorite by far are these earrings:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v711/ ... seEver.jpg Those are the T-virus and anti-virus from Resident Evil. $33, the most I have ever spent on a piece of jewelery (yes, I'm cheap), and worth every penny.
16. I once held Ying tightly against my breasts... and by that, I mean a paper cut out of the smiley in order to protect it from the light rain at ACen a couple years back.
17. I don't do well in groups. At all. When I'm being social, I can't handle more than two or three other people. This largely has to do with the stuttering problem that I mentioned last time. I can't interject statements over the top of people, and if I'm interrupted, I am unable to continue where I left off for several moments. This isn't a personality thing; it's actually physical. I can't make words come out, even when I want it. The more people, the harder it is to speak, and then people think that I'm just being fickle because I'm not getting attention. Not the case at all. Believe me, even if I'm not talking, I am paying attention and am probably very interested; I just can't participate easily.
18. I want to learn to sew properly. I can hand stitch, and although I have no sewing machine on which to practice, I would love to make clothes and costumes someday. I have lots of great ideas but no ability currently.
19. I just had my last band concert ever last night - the last one of college, and more than likely the last one of my life. I almost got a little teary-eyed during the final piece. Poor saxophone will be collecting dust after this.
20. I frickin' LOVE rollercoasters. I wish I could ride one as a means of transportation to everywhere I have to go. Sure, a trip to the grocery store would result in scrambled eggs by the time I got home, but it would be
so worth it.
- Jen
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