Because I really needed to get addicted to another tv show

Why did I make the mistake of renting Season 1 of Heroes from Netflix? Actually I rented the first 5 discs from Netflix, then got impatient and bought the last 5 episodes from iTunes. It took me about 12 days to get through 18 hours of this show and starting Monday it will be back on the air. The show is consistently fantastic, though the season finale felt a bit anticlimactic - now I know why the buzz was that Heroes should have taken a page from Lost's book on that front. I think I'm now trying to follow something ridiculous like 10 shows this fall, which will be fine until I start working full force again starting mid October, and then I start falling way behind. I guess I should enjoy it why it lasts!

Adventures in air travel

I went to San Francisco for the weekend to celebrate my friend's birthday and had unusual experiences flying there and back.

On the way there I was walking up to the security line escalator and a couple of people with "crew" badges said to me, "don't look at the camera, just keep walking straight". The next thing I knew someone yelled "action" and a bunch of actresses and actors dressed as flight attendants were walking next to me. I looked around at the lighting, cameras and white screens surrounding me and realized I was on set of some massive production (which someone later told me was a TV ad). It was very sneaky of them to use me as a cheap extra, plus I have no idea how they were allowed to film in the main American Airlines terminal of LAX on a Friday afternoon. If anyone spots me in a commercial, let me know!

Then, on the way home I got to the San Francisco airport at 1 pm, checked in, walked up to my gate, and found out that my flight to LA (as well as almost all others that day) was cancelled. Having learned my lesson from past experiences I phoned the AAdvantage Platinum desk (it pays to have status!) and asked for another flight. The earliest they had room on was in 7 hours so I strongly insisted they look on another airline. They found me a flight departing 3 hours later on United, so I checked in and stood by on an earlier flight, then lucked out and caught a standby seat on an even earlier flight that had been delayed an hour, getting me into LA about 10 minutes later than I would have on my original flight. Much better than waiting 8 hours at the airport! I was proud of my airline maneuvering skills.

I have interesting things to say, I swear

I feel as though I haven't been able to post anything really juicy that's been going on with me for fear that the wrong person might come across it, which is kindof ridiculous seeing as though the blog gets 3-10 visits per day. But I live in perpetual worry that I'll piss someone off or lose an opportunity by yapping about it in public. I know I could make the blog private but am concerned that people would find it annoying to have to log in on the time. Then again I think most of my readers (i.e. the two of you?) are on Blogger anyways. What to do?

Weddings are fun... really

We just got back from Courtney's lovely wedding in sunny Edmonton, Alberta (our first time there) . Recently, I've had the revelation that I love going to weddings. I feel like a lot of people complain about them, and those people probably have about 30 times as many friends as I do that invite them to their weddings, but I think I have the perfect amount because I've been really happy to go to all the ones I've been invited to. I only declined one invitation when I first moved to New York, and to this day I feel guilty about it, but really, this wedding was in Fayetteville, Arkansas and I pretty much only knew the bride, so the whole ordeal might have been a bit awkward, particularly since I was too young to rent a car. I find that living in LA most weddings I'm going to require extensive travel but I don't mind, especially when I get to bring a guest to explore the city with. That said I am definitely looking forward to the next wedding on the calendar that is located about 5 minutes from where I live!