This really is it.
The TWELFTH FLIGHT. Lemme see if I can write out
everything. Oooooh I should make an Indiana Jones
video of it all. Done. More work. (sigh)
Flight 01 - Los
Angeles to Boston (layover)
Flight 02 -
Boston to London
Flight 03 -
London to Amsterdam (layover)
Flight 04 -
Amsterdam to Nairobi
Matatu
(mini-van) - Nairobi to Masaii Mara
Matatu
(mini-van) - Tanzania (border)
Matatu
(mini-van) - Masaii Mara to Nairobi
Bus - Nairobi
to Mombasa (layover)
Matatu
(mini-van) - Mombasa to Malindi
Matatu
(mini-van) - Malindi to Mombasa
Bus - Mombasa
to Nairobi
Flight 05 -
Nairobi to Paris
Flight 06 -
Paris to Athens
Boat - Athens
to Agistri Island
Boat - Agistri
Island to Athens
Boat - Athens
to Agistri Island (not a typo, I did this
twice)
Boat - Agistri
Island to Athens
Flight 07 -
Athens to Venice
Train - Venice
to Rome
Train - Rome to
Venice
Flight 08 -
Venice to London
Flight 09 -
London to Boston
Flight 10 -
Boston to Columbus
Flight 11 -
Columbus to Minneapolis (layover)
Flight 12 -
Minneapolis to Los Angeles
Watching it again,
I guess that's kinda Indana 21st Century - the map and
red line just doesn't cut it anymore. :-) As well as
all that? The countless subway rides and local buses
in-between. I'm kinda tired. I almost don't
believe it's over. I feel like I need to go site-see
in LA. Ha! That would be funny as shit. Do a video
like I'm visiting Los Angeles. I so have to do that
shit. Go see MJ's star or some shit. Oh and
BY THE WAY...
In 2003 I had
an idea (that I still think is FREAKING COOL) to get a
bunch of interesting looking rocks, take pictures of
them in cool locations -- here of course, on the star
of your choosing -- and sell the rock and the picture
so you could have it as your desktop with your rock on
your desk/monitor. Just kinda cool for $10. Ya know?
Of course being the uber-MJ fan I took the above
picture. A picture I'm assuming won't be possible for
quite some time with all the memorial shit. Man -
I bet people will be crowding that shit for
years.
Oh and on the
memorial... anyone else think his ass was jumping out
of the casket a la Thriller and just blowing
everyone's mind? I was letdown when they took the
casket away and he really was dead. LOL. And I know
I'm gruesome - but they did open-casket for James
Brown... I thought it would've been cool to see him
lying there. Would've been funny if they just hadn't
told the singers it was open-casket and they come out
singing and lose their shit. God I'm sick. Obviously
the emotional high point was Paris speaking. And it
wasn't exploitive at all - she wanted to say something
and they let her. You know what's exploitive? People
writing headlines saying "Was it exploitive?". Irony.
Love it. Oh and the older son is absolutely Arnie
Klein's kid. They both have that same fucked up left
eye thingee going on. Man I'm all sorts of insensiitve
right now aren't I? Is it mean if it's true? Of course
it is Adam. I'll blame it on the plane and how tired
I am. Paris is pretty adorable though - and
blanket just looked fuckin' terrified. The family sure
seemed supportive and loving - I actually think
the kids have a pretty good shot at being semi-normal
now that they're not trotted out in masks and veils.
How could MJ have ever thought that was a good
idea?
What am I fucking
saying. He slept with little boys AFTER having to pay
that family twenty million and I'm questioning why he
made his kids wear masks? HA. Perrrrrrrrrrrrrspective,
Adam.
And, not to keep
this rant going, but where is all this love coming
from? Seriously - I lovvvvvvved MJ. I had no problem
the last 15 years admitting I loved his music, loved
the videos, just dug him.. but I was fucking
ALONE. I believe Tyson is the only other person who I
mentioned it to that totally agreed and even lent me
some CDs to rip that I didn't have. NO ONE
admitted to liking him and now? You'd think it was
1989. I honestly NEVER would've guessed the absolute
erasure of the last 15 years of his life by the
mainstream public. Now all the sudden we hear "well he
wasn't found guilty". !?!?! This shit won't be
happening when OJ dies, ya know? And it was
pretty accepted that MJ fondled some pre-pubes and OJ
slashed some noggins. And in most circles? MJ's
actions were more heinous! Bizarre public reaction for
sure.
However, I am
glad the whole race issue was brought up at the
memorial (even though the black community seemed to
turn their backs on MJ the whiter he got) because
he and Michael Jordan are absolutely the reason my
generation is comfortable with black people. The two
biggest humans on the planet in the 80s and 90s were
black and it absolutely paved the way for Obama to be
the next biggest thing on the planet in this decade. I
mean it's kinda luck and timing really - both MJ's
just did what they do and it hit... but historically,
they're massive figures.
Kinda sucks that
Ali actually did more and was much more
outspoken... but therein lied the rub. Mainstream
peeps weren't ready for that and there was a backlash.
Jordan's complete lack of standing for anything
actually moved race relations further. See Alanis,
that's ironic. :-)
What a tangent.
Let me scroll up to see what the hell I was supposed
to be writing about. Ahh yes the 12th flight. Uhm...
yup I'm on a plane. Again. I'm totally excited to
sleep in my bed tonight and of course start work on...
you know? First thing I ask them is when all this shit
can be made public. At this point, I have no idea what
telling the May 28th news would possibly hurt. And it
sure will allow the month of June to make a LOT more
sense. Somebody thought the "Today was for me" video
was about being happy I made it to all of those
destinations. (sigh). Yes, I cried like a little bitch
because I traveled. Actually, I don't mean to be so
shitty - for some people that would absolutely be very
moving. For me however, it takes a LOT more. Woah, wow
- we're descending into LA already.
I feel like I
should have more in this entry than thoughts about MJ,
but the truth is - I've written more about this trip
than my last divorce.
<pauses>
Wow, that's not
even a slight exagerration. I mean we've gone a
full 33 entries
away from my beloved blue entry bar of 2009. I will
look forward to seeing it again. God, The Journey does
strange things to your emotions. I miss a 670x90
graphic.
