I am now on the flight to La Guardia in New York and it is bumpy bumpy.... The first Leg of the trip I had taken 3 lots of pills, Gravol, some tranqs and my gut stuff - I had to phone the pharmacy to see if there was danger in that elixir, but she said no, they would just be longer acting together. It worked so well for the first flight I was hoping the effects would live on for the second. Guess I miscalculated that, I am now reasonably aware I have limbs attached so I am thinking I should have taken more. I can also name all but the one Beatle, the one everyone forgets, so I guess I am lucid again - sadly. We are somewhere over Lake Ontario, completely dark out the window and I am thinking maybe the iPad is causing the bumps, sorry the announcement here says turbulence but they are bumps in the road for sure. The first time I powered it up the bumping began. I turned it off and the bumps dissipated. I turned it back on again after a few and for the first 5 mins exactly the same thing. This plane is also being driven by a teenage car racer. Heavy on the gas on the tarmac, hard braking and a very fast take off it seemed, the plane is only half full so maybe lighter. I just hope when we stop there is no parking lot spin outs. I might see that sandwich again. This plane is very noisy...wow. The landing gear drops and your bowels evacuate. Looking at the floor, not cleaned in a decade, it would be hard to see if a splash would be at all visible, I will not worry about that then. Que sera, sera....
Oh, we are decending from the Apple Store (heaven for the non believers) so I need to sign off for a few. "Turn off all electronic devices" TTYL.
So this is the end of the first day entry, I am in the Times Square hotel. Some pictures are attached. The landing into grungy La Guardia airport was rough, so rough I am considering buying some adult sized Pampers. Walking through the terminal building I already knew I was in NY. The people are different - lots of Jewish people, Hacidim too, you never see Hacidic jews where I live, lots of black people...the van from the airport had a police officer from Belize and a computer programming East Indian chicoletta from Vancouver, the driver was from the Dominican Republic. So welcome to New York, it's the place where humans come to get mixed up as a sort of living coleslaw. And for the next two days I am the rotten apple in that salad. Because this particular temporary resident feels like he just landed on Mars.
Times Square is the ephinany of American culture. It's dirty and messy, garish and expensive. And to boot, it's not even a square!
Yes a man is living in a store window, and being America is sponsored by a fabric softener.
Warm grease in the hood.
I went for a walk for a couple of hours, some of the places I have seen before, but, they are colourful. I also ate dinner at White Castle, which was quite a walk into the hood. The food was dreadful, but I can see the addictive quality, it is steamed, greasy and sometimes fried hard mush, but it tastes ok when warm. I would go there again :) Not sure if it will sit well overnight, but I tried to walk some of it off by running around taking pictures. The place has signs that read "20 minutes after buying your food you will be asked to leave. Refusal to obey the rules will result in arrest."
That's a classy joint.
It's Saturday night of course and so it's a bit of a zoo all over midtown, trannies, tarts, tourists and thugs packed into a brightly lit core, note they all begin with the letter T. Perhaps there is a message in that. Oh well off to bed...no time to ponder.
And yes, Mars never looked so good :)
- BlogPressed from my iPad. Click on picture for larger image and gallery.
