The Sheriff Is A Blogger!

Welcome to the first post of the new year on my fresh and timely blog.

2010 has officially kicked off with back-to-back flight failures, effectively trapping me in New York and waiting desperately for a plane back to LA. The good news is, it's still vacation, and nobody's really doing anything at home, anyway. The bad news is, they're gonna start back up sooner or later, and I'd kind of like to be there when the city revives.

I did enjoy the opportunity to spend New Year's Eve at home in NY, because it enabled me to make an unexpected crashing of the traditional New Year's party my friends hold. It was that or wander around empty Los Angeles, so losing that flight ended up being a pretty decent trade, minus the inconvenience it caused others back in CA (I'm supposed to be dog-sitting for a friend, but long-distance dog-sitting is a trick I haven't learned yet).

There's a plane leaving for Chicago and then LA later, so I'm waiting at the airport (again) for that. Honestly, the worst thing about trying to catch planes every day is having to go through security again and again. I'm really, really sick of throwing jumbled messes of wires onto the counter to dig out a DVD binder, and I hate even more trying to cram it all back in neatly without busting the seams on my bag, or holding up the line for hours. I have nothing but carry-on, so sometimes it feels like I need to literally pounce on my bags and stuff everything in with my feet to fit it. Shirts, shorts, games, headphones, instant mashed potatoes, and underwear were not meant to be stored in an occupied laptop bag.

I'm meeting somebody for lunch here, since the alternatives are starving and airline food (bleagh! Give me death!). I should probably wrap up so as not to keep him waiting, especially since delaying lunch means delaying getting back to the airport, which delays getting me through security and, therefore, potentially delaying me from making my plane. I'm bringing my collection of movie tickets back to LA, where I have other ticket stubs stored, so I can put together my traditional Yearly Movie Review. Yay.

Best thing about 2010, mates, is that Nicolas Cage is in no fewer than FIVE movies this year. Bam, instant win. In the wise, wise words of Harrison Ford: "I've got a bad feeling about this..."