How I spent my autumn vacation, part 1

Friday, October 26
The alarm rings at 3:30am, because Misha and I need to be at the airport at 4:30 for our 6:30 flight. Actually, it turns out that we should've been at the airport before 4:30, because by 6:00 we're still waiting in the security line, and have to be brought to the front along with everyone else who had no idea it would take so long. Then, at the gate, we're both taken aside at random for a closer screening: our bags opened and hand-searched, our bodies hand-scanned.

Fortunately, that's the only hassle with the whole trip. ( Read more... )

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I rode the MARC train to work on Thursday. It was the day after Halloween, so they had a little bowl of lollipops by the cash register. I took one with red printing on the wrapper, because I usually like cherry and strawberry flavors the best.

This evening I found the lollipop in my jacket pocket and unwrapped it. The actual lollipop was yellow, not red, so I figured it must be lemon or something.

It was not.

Buttered popcorn flavor.

Buttered popcorn flavor.

Buttered popcorn flavor.

I want to amputate my tongue.