{"id":429,"date":"2009-04-08T13:37:03","date_gmt":"2009-04-08T03:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hatfullofsky.net\/littlewords\/?p=429"},"modified":"2010-08-06T23:47:15","modified_gmt":"2010-08-06T13:47:15","slug":"well-here-i-am","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hatfullofsky.net\/littlewords\/2009\/04\/08\/well-here-i-am\/","title":{"rendered":"Well, here I am&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m sitting at the Daily Grill at LAX. Sandy, my waiter was nice enough to mix me up a cherry cola as they don&#8217;t have any here. I really shouldn&#8217;t be drinking a second one but I figure what the hell? It&#8217;s not like I can buy it when I get home. (I could just buy some cherry flavoured syrup and some coke but I bet it doesn&#8217;t taste the same.)<\/p>\n<p>Just to prove I wasn&#8217;t making things up&#8230;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/members.iinet.net.au\/~wordnerd\/media\/seattle2009\/070.jpg\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"450\" height=\"315\" \/><br \/>\nThere. A fish being thrown.<\/p>\n<p>It feels strange to be here already. The trip has gone by so quickly. It feels like it should just be starting when it&#8217;s over already. So much planning goes into something like this and it&#8217;s over in the blink of eye. But I&#8217;m so glad I did it. It&#8217;s been worth the debt, the hassle, the constant explaining that yes, I&#8217;m going back again even though I was just there. It&#8217;s worth the aches, pains and bruises (I&#8217;ve got a fantastic one on the inside of my left arm). I&#8217;ve loved it, every second of it even including the ridiculous amount of time I spent in Barry&#8217;s line and I hate queuing. I&#8217;d do it all again in a heartbeat.<\/p>\n<p>I think is what traveling overseas should be all about. I&#8217;ve had a brilliant time, got to hang out with fabulous people and experienced some more of the world. I&#8217;ve expanded my art collection and my horizons. <\/p>\n<p>The best thing is that I got to spend time with some of my favourite people in the world. It makes me wish I wasn&#8217;t so far away but I suppose that&#8217;s what makes it special. We don&#8217;t have the opportunity to get sick of each other. We get together and it&#8217;s great. It&#8217;s funny, I&#8217;m such an anti-social person these days but these guys make me want to get out of my safe little shell. I just know I can trust them and I think that&#8217;s a rare thing to find. It doesn&#8217;t matter how far apart we all are, they&#8217;re my peeps. They&#8217;ve expanded my world and I&#8217;ll always be grateful to them for that.<\/p>\n<p>Anyhoo&#8230;. two final photos before I disappear for a day.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/members.iinet.net.au\/~wordnerd\/media\/seattle2009\/071.jpg\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"338\" height=\"450\" \/><br \/>\nIt&#8217;s a real, proper snow covered mountain range.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/members.iinet.net.au\/~wordnerd\/media\/seattle2009\/072.jpg\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><br \/>\nThe wing-tip of a Virgin America A320.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m sitting at the Daily Grill at LAX. Sandy, my waiter was nice enough to mix me up a cherry cola as they don&#8217;t have any here. I really shouldn&#8217;t be drinking a second one but I figure what the hell? It&#8217;s not like I can buy it when I get home. 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