full of it

I was on a flight this morning to LAX and sleeping when my wife snapped this picture of me. I realized a few things about myself. First apparently when I lean my head back to get some rest my neck disappears, and second when I trim my sideburns they don’t quite attach to my hairline. I am one ugly dude.

As a side note, this is the first post I’ve created remotely with my iPhone and the new Wordpress application which is pretty smooth. I am actually sitting on the plane still while they wait for our gate.

Today in the great state of Utah, Pioneer Day is celebrated. This is the day that the Mormon pioneers first entered the Salt Lake Valley. I was suprised when I first heard of this Utah tradition and couldn’t believe it was actually celebrated. I had always wondered about what people were talking about this “Pioneer Day”. Utah doesn’t play around with this one folks. Its a pretty big deal around here, actually its a huge deal. I don’t think I’m going out on a limb when I say that it gets more celebration and attention than July 4th. The parade is bigger, the fireworks are bigger, stores are empty, its crazy. The only problem with this holiday is that apart from Utah/Idaho, Pioneer Day isn’t recognized and corporations with employees all over the states don’t really care as much for the holiday as those with pioneer heritage. Needless to say I’ve spent my last two and only two Pioneer Days at work.

A few Saturday’s ago I didn’t feel like showering. Kill me. I did however feel like going to get a tasty burger at Five Guys, Utah’s newest burger joint (Five Guys is of course a well established chain on the east coast).

Because I didn’t feel like showering and washing my out of control hair, I did the next best thing. I threw on the only hat I could find.  Select Series it was. This bright red hat just happened to match my bright red shirt. Needless to say I was looking rosy and probably like i couldn’t dress myself. But seriously, I would rather look like I can’t dress myself any day of the week than look like I can’t clean myself.

The best part about my clothes for the outing was the fact that I perfectly matched everyone behind the counter at Five Guys.

if i was wearing a hat right now it would go off to those who created tabbed browsing. i don’t even remember how i survived on the internet before tabs. it must have been a dark and dreary place (i’m picturing labyrinth like with less david bowie). come to think about it i don’t even remember when they came about. somehow in the mix of things i learned of them and my life has never been the same.

oh, how were you able to see the longing of my internet soul for something more?

without these amazing tabs my life would be a chaotic mess of endless windows. i will be forever grateful to the creaters of browser tabs.

is it just me or did anyone else feel completely ripped off by network television this season? i’m not a huge television watcher. when i do watch its usually sports, and there are a a few select sitcoms that i enjoy.

needless to say this fall when the writers strike occurred i was bummed, but i thought like all things it would pass. as i predicted, the networks and writers reached their agreement (i think they just agreed that they all make way more money than me) and resumed their seasons only to END THEM! what the crap is that about? i’m looking forward to a season of my favorite shows, not a few episodes placed around months of reruns and bad tv. can’t the oh, so hurting networks give their fans a break? it is their fans that are ultimately their source of income.

i better stop before i become too bitter. still, 5 bucks says they charge the same ridiculous price for the watered down season next fall when it comes out on dvd.

so, a few weeks ago southwest airlines gets tacked with like a $10 million fine because their planes had missed some safety inspections. what i find intriguing is the fact that during the next few days delta, american and a few others canceled all these flights saying they needed to get their planes up to code. nice. how long would they have gone without all the safety inspections if southwest hadn’t been caught?

the thing is that these cancellations haven’t really stopped since southwest got caught. this past week american airlines that was under fire. they lost millions canceling some 2-3 thousand flights to get some of their planes up to code. and thats not even mentioning the fact that american shares tanked and dropped 11% in one day.

you may be asking, does this have anything to do with you? why are you rambling?

first i work for an airline, so i’m automatically interested. and second i was trying to fly to north carolina for this weekend. good luck trying to get on a plane with all those american airlines passengers that were now stranded.

two things that i would like to get rid of.

so today i’m driving and my car just dies. no sputtering, no noises, it just decides to stop being a car. it is in it’s adolescent years, maybe it felt like being a teenager and breaking away from the norm. i don’t want to be like all the other cars! and the door slams.

after a few seconds and false starts my car got me safely home. i have a feeling that we won’t be making too many more trips home together. unlike the parents of teenagers, i can get rid of my “child” and not be questioned by authorities.

as for my couch…anybody want it?