Comments | cloudatlas: Finally, an entry actually involving clouds

cloudatlas

Finally, an entry actually involving clouds

Jun 14, 2006 15:24

I had a window seat on the flight from Boston to Denver. Halfway through the flight, I was looking out the window and saw a 737 fly past in the opposite direction. The plane wasn't leaving any contrails, but since it was so close and slightly below me, I could see the engine exhaust against the clouds below, a dirty brown against a perfect white ( Read more... )

travel

Comments 7

etherealana June 14 2006, 22:22:50 UTC

Man, I love airplane moments. Yay for window seats.

cloudatlas June 16 2006, 05:41:30 UTC

Seriously, who would prefer an aisle seat? Unless you enjoy watching a flight attendant distribute drinks, the window seat is where the action is. For me, 90% of the appeal of air travel (other than going to sleep in a different place than where you woke up) is watching thousands of miles slide by the window. Seriously, it's almost meditative.

Then again, I may just be the son of a pilot. So there you go.

etherealana June 18 2006, 14:37:26 UTC

I am not the child of a pilot, and I agree with you 100%, so there.

kourei8264 June 15 2006, 02:04:57 UTC

Nashville...well, hopefull something comes together. Thought I would give you some good news that you've probably already heard, but in case you hadn't - Smashing Pumpkins are getting back together. TA DA

cloudatlas June 16 2006, 05:23:18 UTC

I have heard about this, but am unsure what to think. On the plus side, the quality of Billy Corgan's music has been steadily declining since the Pumpkins disbanded. There were less people around him to say, "Hey, maybe you should put spaces in your album title," or "Hey, rainbows are now a symbol for the homosexual community and might be a weird symbol for your band," or even "Hey, the guitar effect sounds like crap, maybe you shouldn't use it on every single song on your solo record." So maybe reuniting with people who can tell him "no" will result in BC no longer sucking ( ... )

changing musical taste denvermarmot June 17 2006, 14:23:02 UTC

I'll probably buy it and may even enjoy it, but it's never going to be the same.

Yep, that happens to us all as we get older. Which is why nobody under 30 should be allowed to tattoo music group logos on themselves. If your tastes don't change as you mature, you end up like the pathetic dudes with receding mullets who sport "Def Leppard" or "Twisted Sister" tats and drag their grandchildren to "Journey" reunion concerts. Just sad.

A driving moment amyrose8 June 15 2006, 02:11:59 UTC

I highly recommend listening to "Selfless, Cold, and Composed" by Ben Folds Five while driving on the Verrazano Bridge (or any pretty bridge) at night. I pretty much melted.