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May 04, 2005
travel report, or: fuck wordsworth
the sixth aircraft is a lufthansa relic, seats upholstered in busted grey leather lined with grimy ex-yellow seams. the unfortunate colors match those of the tray and duplo style coffee mug, served by the distressingly attractive stewardess with the dark complexion and mysterious last name. the coffee is kind of toxic but astoundingly not the standard airline hydrochlorine poisonate. at this altitude, the sun has a special 'celestial blaze' setting. i am happy because i have double the usual leg room: i sit on the 10th passenger row in a 737, almost next to a sign daring me and/or the dozing german backpacker to Ziehen Pull. i don't see his carry-on luggage. i wonder if we have the exact same carhartt bag. this flight, the last leg, is shorter than my coffee. i still like flying for the view. the clouds look huge, bright, substantial from above, like joyous marshmallows. but they are assholes. as long as you're above them they dance and pose for you and reflect all the light in the world back to you and generally provide the dreamy ambience of a secret level in super mario, but to the masses below, oh, they show no mercy: they piss on you, keep you in the dark, crowd up in your horizon, play rorschach mind games on you and part-time as dark metaphors.
Posted by matti at May 4, 2005 03:04 PM
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i am jack's celestial blaze setting. :)
Posted by: joh at May 6, 2005 12:32 PM
But oh my, I thought we covered this in Gothenburg - the outstanding beauty of flying is the airports!From the over-made-up personnel to the trash paper-back novels to the very clear-colured, caring signs.. It's pure love!
Posted by: ellinor at May 9, 2005 04:00 PM
don't forget the arlanda 'death by beer' trap. i'm not sure, exactly, if it's for or against your case :)
in any case, screw transit: my return from düsseldorf took a retarded 24 hours due to a series of airline snafus. i'll gladly just hang out in helsinki for a bit (well, almost a week.)
Posted by: m at May 13, 2005 01:09 PM