Seven random things about me
I didn't realize I had been tagged by Gnome and Scurvy! Normally i ignore these kinds of chains, but here goes:
1). I have extremely quick reflexes, I can usually catch things that tumble off of tables without even having a good line of sight on them. Gnome is faster at air hockey though.
2). I run like a cat. The bottoms of my running shoes after 500 miles have hardly any wear on the soles, even though I run everyday on concrete.
3). I believe in miracles. I've walked away from a 60 mph crash on Interstate 40 in North Carolina vs. concrete. No one in the car was wearing seatbelts. My namesake, my would-have-been uncle, drowned in the Merced River near Yosemite when he was 13 and I've always thought he's always looked out after our family (my other uncle routinely piloted American Airlines' Flight 11 from Boston to LAX but didn't happen to be flying on Sept. 11). My parents made sure I was a really fucking strong swimmer.
4). Every time I face the Pacific (whether from Cali or the Far East), I always put my hands in the ocean.
5). Every time I board a plane I touch the rivets and the outer skin as when Geordi La Forge and Data inspected the warp drive ship in Star Trek: First Contact.
6). I have an unbroken streak of trips in Europe where someone at some point in the trip stops me and asks for directions.
7). One of my favorite images ever was looking out the window at a Japan Airlines pilot inspecting his Boeing 747 before taking we took the all-night flight from Narita to LAX. It demonstrated to me a dedication to his craft, a relationship between human and flying machine.
1). I have extremely quick reflexes, I can usually catch things that tumble off of tables without even having a good line of sight on them. Gnome is faster at air hockey though.
2). I run like a cat. The bottoms of my running shoes after 500 miles have hardly any wear on the soles, even though I run everyday on concrete.
3). I believe in miracles. I've walked away from a 60 mph crash on Interstate 40 in North Carolina vs. concrete. No one in the car was wearing seatbelts. My namesake, my would-have-been uncle, drowned in the Merced River near Yosemite when he was 13 and I've always thought he's always looked out after our family (my other uncle routinely piloted American Airlines' Flight 11 from Boston to LAX but didn't happen to be flying on Sept. 11). My parents made sure I was a really fucking strong swimmer.
4). Every time I face the Pacific (whether from Cali or the Far East), I always put my hands in the ocean.
5). Every time I board a plane I touch the rivets and the outer skin as when Geordi La Forge and Data inspected the warp drive ship in Star Trek: First Contact.
6). I have an unbroken streak of trips in Europe where someone at some point in the trip stops me and asks for directions.
7). One of my favorite images ever was looking out the window at a Japan Airlines pilot inspecting his Boeing 747 before taking we took the all-night flight from Narita to LAX. It demonstrated to me a dedication to his craft, a relationship between human and flying machine.
posted by kurokitty at
4:39 PM
5 Comments:
Very cool. I had forgotten about our air hockey matches -- we'll have to play again soon.
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Gnome, at 7:43 PM
I tagged you first, cat...
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Craig Cunningham, at 12:57 AM
Three times? That's too funny!
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kurokitty, at 8:56 AM
All pilots need to inspect their planes before departure. It's part of the operating procedure. And extreme CYA as well.
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KajaPoker, at 12:35 PM
Well, it's not just that. It's the image of the Japanese pilot, wearing his pilot's hat and uniform, walking around a ginormous plane. This before our all-night flight.
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kurokitty, at 3:41 PM
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