Frequent flier

Within the next 8 days, I will have flown to Houston, San Francisco and London. I will have also visited Visalia (my hometown, three hours north of Los Angeles). I'm tired just thinking about it! Luckily, I'm prepared with my MP3 player, knitting, reading (personal) and reading (work). I just hope with all this rainy weather that the turbulence isn't too bad. I hate turbulence. I blame the ABC show, Lost. Everytime I fly now I'm sure the plane is going to crash on some remote island, where I'll have to escape from some mysterious monster and a crazy French woman who's been stranded there for 16 years. At least I'll have fun learning about everyone's past.

On a no-way-related note, I forgot to mention a pseudo-celeb sighting I had this weekend - Elizabeth from season 2 of The Apprentice. Brent and I sat next to her in a vegetarian restaurant in Culver City. I dreamt I saw Vin Diesel last night, only to wake up and realize that wasn't true. Oh, maybe I'll see some celebs at the airport today! I'll have to keep my eyes open.

Here are some real examples that have been heard or reported as funny inflight announcements:

There may be 50 ways to leave your lover, but there are only 4 ways out of this airplane..."

After landing: "Thank you for flying Delta Business Express. We hope you enjoyed giving us the business as much as we enjoyed taking you for a ride."

As the plane landed and was coming to a stop at Washington National, a lone voice came over the loudspeaker: "Whoa, big fella. WHOA!"

Once on a Southwest flight, the pilot said, "We've reached our cruising altitude now, and I'm turning off the seat belt sign. I'm switching to autopilot, too, so I can come back there and visit with all of you for the rest of the flight."

Part of a flight attendant's arrival announcement: "We'd like to thank you folks for flying with us today. And, the next time you get the insane urge to go blasting through the skies in a pressurized metal tube, we hope you'll think of us here at US Airways."