Jason's Daily Notes

Spring Term 1 came and went really fast, as I might have expected.

Friday, March 2
Flew out from NC. The flight was very bumpy to Nashville, as we flew through severe thunderstorms. The "fasten seat belt" sign was on for the entire 1-hour flight, so not even the flight attendants got up. Nashville airport was nice, or at least the bathroom was; in the 45 minutes that I was there, I spent most of it re-charging my iPhone and iPod. The flight to LA was nice; I got a middle seat (luckily I wasn't the poor guy who had to take the seat next to an obese woman whose fat was flowing over the seat handles). My only entertainment option was to watch The Help on my laptop (it was the only movie I had), which was a good movie, but the noise of the plane made it hard to keep up with the dialogue. A few hours later we were descending into LA!

This was it. After 10 months away, I'd soon be home! The plane descended above the sprawling metropolis, and I pointed out places out the window to the woman sitting next to me (who was continuing onward to Sacramento). I gleefully walked off the plane and headed down to baggage claim to meet my mom, who was waiting for me. As we left LAX, it felt immediately weird to be home. This time, what was most weird was the cars. There were so many cars, everywhere! It was complete chaos. In North Carolina, you would never see as many cars in one place as I saw (and this was at 3pm on the 105 freeway - imagine the 405)!

I settled in to home and soon I was contacted by lots of friends who wanted to catch up immediately! I proposed that we go to the Bucket, and there I met a bunch of friends! It was great to see everyone, and almost overwhelming because none of them had any idea how much I had simply been through (and conversely, I had almost no idea what they were up). So I got a brief update on each of my friend's lives. Then, the waitress informed us that they were out of burgers! WHAT?! F this place, so we just went to Roscoe's in Pasadena. There, it was really crowded (restaurants simply don't get that crowded in North Carolina, and restaurants wouldn't have that much space to begin with in London). So we split up amongst two tables. More catching up - everyone was now working or making real progress with their degree. It was good to hear of everyone being so active. Fernand was driving!

The evening progressed from there to Lucky Baldwin's on East Colorado. We gathered around outside and played octopus into the evening. Then, after that, some people (Matt) went home while we headed to North Hollywood to meet Kevin, whose work friends were out at No Bar. The others should have joined, but some got sick and others simply went home. No worries, though. I met Todd and Patrick, some friends of Ang's. We stayed out til close to closing time, then finally, exhausted, I arrived home.