5 Days to Go, and Life is Unfair

Well, we're getting ever closer until this blog finally gets somewhat serious. Until then, I figured that I would share the simple news that we have five days to go before I am gone. What new, exciting things have happened? I have spent most of the past few days not even going outside. I am rather reclusive right now because... well, I am trying to get everything ready.

Okay, so that is a broad overview, and for the most part, I haven't done much in the preparation department outside of talk to people. Still, I sometimes feel like I still have no idea what's going on. As Tom Waits said recently, I want to go get lost. Who knows if I even make it to England. I probably will, but from what I know, I will just be spending a lot of free time with Alex doing something that I am not quite sure of.

For starters, nothing has eaten up more time in my recent life than making myself acquainted with my glasses. Yes, I have written a good four hours with them on, and I cannot tell if my progress is that considerably different, but at least the screen looks nicer. I also took time out of my day to watch Inglourious Basterds, thinking that it would be an easy way to test my reading comprehension. Truthfully, I find a few issues. That movie doesn't work on a smaller screen. I can read the subtitles, but the text blurs in with the lighter regions of the screen, and that is impossible to see on a smaller screen. 

Seriously, you try reading the last part. Don't assume the text. Still, my glasses are good to go. I still fear about actually scratching them up or handling them improperly, but for the time being, I feel like I am better off with these glasses. 

Otherwise, bags are packed. Actually, I am calling it Trial 1. Trial 1 of packing is done. I still need to pack essentials like toothbrushes, deodorant, what have yous. However, I doubt that I will really be doing myself any favors by doing it ahead of time. You get the gist. Otherwise, I have majority of my clothes packed and ready to go. It took close to an hour to do it right, but I hope that I have enough of everything. 

I also discovered that I have a plethora of socks. Yes, I have enough for my trip, but I sort of feel like I have enough for an orphan with four feet to last two weeks. I don't know how I came across so many pairs of socks, but I really don't feel like me keeping them will be a great long term goal, speaking that I have worn a specific batch for years now while others I have found in the back of my drawer. 

Anyways, enough about socks. I am not even going to pretend that I had a transition here. 

So, I am so close to being ready to go. I have been talking to Viv about how things are looking out there. From what I know, I will be acquainting myself with public transportation quite a bit. Should be fun, as I haven't done anything that didn't involve a car in quite awhile. I assume that this will happen:

Yes, I like to think the world naively dances at every turn of events. We have come a long way since John Travolta hijacked a train and Denzel Washington had to save us. I actually think that we are safer now. So, I don't know what I will be riding, but it will be fun to be on somebody else's schedule. Really, I am planning on getting as much out of this as I am putting into it. Bare minimum thought, I guess. I really don't know... England's a nice country and I'm sure Alex knows where the cool places are.

However, I must state that as I leave on Sunday, I have discovered that I will be missing a few things that seem almost unfortunately timed. For instance, this is one of the things:

As much as I say fuck the Golden Globes, I watch anyways because I cannot fathom to watch MTV garbage. I like my failures to at least try, and no one doesn't get comedy more than the Foreign Press Association. I will be in the air during this time, and seeing as I don't like posting much on my phone (the absence of buttons is the downfall of technology), I won't have as many bitter rants. Still, I guess that is an easy way to keep me entertained, though I will have no idea when those awards are on because, well, I'll be in a million different time zones as things happen.

I will also be missing:

Yes, the much anticipated Donald Glover on Girls will not be on my TV. In fact, I am disappointed in myself for not paying one iota of attention to promotions. In fact, I feel like I will not understand the internet because of my lack of Lena Dunham awareness. I'll try to get over it, but seriously, when a Judd Apatow show makes it to a second season, you have to support it while you can. 

So to compensate, I have been packing to the glorious season 1 DVD that came out in December. This is probably the fourth time that I have seen these episodes, and I keep finding more endearing reasons to love it. Notably, my Optigrab TV recaps are embarrassingly on my mind whenever I watch it because, well, I think they are a living example that I don't understand how TV works or relationships in general. Also, I linked to the wrong Allison Williams on Facebook a few too many times. Finally, I am beginning to think that I never have heard a woman in person say vagina. I probably have, but not in casual context. What world am I living in?

But man, I saw the original teaser, and my fantasies for the show seem to be happening. It almost seems a tease for me to have to hold off. However, I will say this, the episodes get better with age. 

I will also be missing:

Yes, I actually am not making this up. My job at CinemaBeach gave me the opportunity to be apart of press for Sundance. A lot of the staff is going, and I was so devastated that I couldn't go. However, I think Alex will win in the end, even if I will miss TWO Ellen Page movies. I mean, how can you say no to this?

I have no idea either.

Anyways, I feel like this is my most rambling entry to date, and I feel like I lack any real purpose other than to say that I have five days and that life is unfair. I miss a lot of great opportunities to progress at my job in order to clear my head and enjoy life. Irony. However, in the end, I am almost sure that I made the right decision. Being around here is fine, but I just need to look at the world differently. Maybe even talk things out with Alex. Just do something different. I figure that January is a good time to do that.

Until my next sporadic post, which may be about in flight entertainment, I hope that you are prepping yourselves for when I get serious with this blog. If you have any travelling tips, just inform me. I could use all the advice that you have. Otherwise, I'll leave you alone for now.
Side note, I just bought this book, and it may replace Uggie's biography as my choice airplane reading. If you haven't checked him out, Alan Sepinwall is a really ace TV critic and I cannot wait to read his thoughts on how these dramas shaped TV.