It's 7:30 am here on the east coast and after a day of scrambling, packing, cleaning, loading and flying, I'm home. And while I had to briefly trust the well-being of a suitcase full of my worldly possessions in the hands of a Dollar Store rope and I have never seen a Ford Escape (or any car for that matter) packed so heavily, I have made it back to Andover with relatively few issues. With any luck, our strict apartment-cleaning habits that we have maintained throughout the year with leave us with minimum cleaning fines courtesy of the University of Southern California Housing Dept. But just in case, we credited any damages to Benjamin Weinberg. But this long and stressful traveling has proven to be the major event of my last 24 hours. Which brings us to our Daily Topic: AIRLINES
In my recent international relations class, we discussed at length the idea of interaction capacity. Interaction capacity is the capability of humans to interact with each other, whether it be a social capacity or a technical capacity. Advancements in the realm of transportation represent an example of a development in interaction capacity. However, the esteemed scholars Barry Buzan and Richard Little have predicted that in the coming decades, major improvements in interaction capacity are unlikely. And this worries me. Considering that I take six or seven cross-country flights a year, I am concerned with these predictions. There has to be a more efficient way to make that trip. After I was charged $20 for a second (yes, second) checked bag and paid $70 for a bag that was eight pounds overweight, I struggled through security, removing my shoes, belt, computer, hard drive and dignity. Then, after climbing the stairs off the tarmac and fighting my way to my seat, I climbed over the people in my row to my window seat. After being instructed on how to buckle my seat belt and watching the man next to me yell at the small child behind us twice, we took off. Not sure where to put my feet or head, I tossed and turned for the next five hours. Now while I prefer to jet with JetBlue, I know that we can do better. My proposition? Teleportation. As we all know from watching Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, teleportation is a completely plausible and safe form of transportation. Similarly, instantaneous transportation is represented in Harry Potter with floo powder and apparating. So while many (all) scientists say that it is currently impossible to travel faster than the speed of light, I'm going to be a bit more optimistic and say that teleportation will be a viable mode of transportation in the next five years.
Loyally,
-ROF
Daily Food: Terra Chips and Chocolate Chip Cookies
Daily Activity: Travel
Daily Song: Genesis - Justice
Daily Attire: Nikes
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Daily Life Goal: Go Back To School
Daily Complaint: Airline Baggage Policies
Daily Drink: Coke
Daily Movie: Wedding Crashers
Where to begin...
ReplyDelete1- I miss you. We have the same Daily Life Goals.
2- You took my Daily Movie suggestion :)
3- You studied MY art of packing (with a little of your own) but i'm pro
4- My car is honored.
5- I'm saving the dollar store rope.
6- I hope Benjamin never reads this. He would NOT be all about paying all of your room damage fines.