lucky 7

happy 07!

i decided to be simple; it's only the Third day of 07 & i became a camper @ a hub over the holidays. flying used to be Kewl, sheek-in the 80's you wore your best clothes & clutched your paper ticket like it was gawd. movies where shown months before they got to the theatre; giving me well earned bragging rights as a teenager, those hey days are over. in the decade of nine eleven, air rage & people lighting matches in the cabin, irate crews, mean gate personnel & land fill snack boxes with every additive ever invented. the flying bus has been born& deliberately over-booking flights leaving families stranded.

i miss the hey days when customer service meant something, not just functioning as a PR machine where you can call angry & get thanked. Ironic. i learned is that i have to mind the gap-between the train & platform (stupid is this sexy?) who doesn't know about the gap? don't answer that! i made a mistake this past holiday season attempting to cross through times square (i nearly lost my cell phone in a zipped pocket-while every tourist where losing their wallets-looking up)

my favorite on this past trip this is my version of whatNOT2wear:

-heels over 3 inches you couldn't walk in @ the store or when you're walking to the gate.
-lettered shirts: on this trip i saw a woman wearing NYC logo's on all her clothes-they didn't match, reminds me of a jeff foxworthy joke.
-wearing jeans you still don't fit in-soo tight your bulges stick out, sweats that looked like you picked them off the floor.
-comefcukme boots, wool boots? going to aspen? you're paris hilton wannabe from last march!
-wearing white jeans: arriving with scuff marks, unknown stains, blotches
-cleavage shirts do you work @ hooters? aspire to travel like infamous celeb?
-flip flops are great on the beach.

this list can go on & on; i miss the heydays when customer service wasn't just lip service, but Actual service. i flown a few times in my life to know that on busy days good transportation accommodates the crowds. MTA in NYC adds extra trains, when the wannabe sports teams play in my city the local bus system adds extra buses. on one of the busiest travel days of the year the carrier i was attempting to fly back to my city had over booked enough flights that they could have filled an Extra Plane. deliberately over booking became a way for most airlines to survive after nine eleven, chapter11 & forcing retirement on pilots& crews. now, it's just another way for them to Not accommodating their supposed customers& bribing other passengers with free trips in order to have space. i watched families taking their kids from one gate to another for up to 6 hours they where under 10 years old.

i did enjoy being back in the tri-state area, people watching, spending hours in & out of changing rooms, eating bagels with lox on pumpernickel with horrific cups of coffee. on my trip i was forced @ one point to drink dunkin donuts an experience i'd rather forget. i realized on my trip why i live on the Right coast of the country, lack of stress in my city, the fact that coffee tastes like coffee here?!

new years eve was great!-i had an excellent glass of champagne and i don't even like the stuff. i have decided to Not have any resolutions this year. No higher expectations about my endeavors i have spent most of the last 9 months Single-Intentionally.(see previous entry for explanation) i was chasing subways in NYC this past week. 6 minute waits didn't seem long, my only resolution is a personal one, stepping into the future armed with boundaries i have finally become comfortable with like my favorite fleece pants.

whatever Lucky07 brings i'll be ready i will observe my friday & saturdays Lucky enough to have been part of holy Sabbath with a close friends. when good things happen i will say Thank You-when chalk line has been crossed & smudged i will walk away without Guilt or Fear. ce la vie.