Right now it's 5:36 your time and we are four hours in on our 15 hour flight. Tactically, our best bet is to stay awake for the next 2.5 hours at least. The absurdity of the sleepiness that I feel right now is indescribable. I know I've been more tired than this at other points in my life, but
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I forgot where I was going with that.
The plane has these cool screens which show graphics of your flight speed, the local time in both airports (NY and Taipei), the flight altitude...it also shows a little plane icon on a line graph that represents your distance to your destination as well as a number that says how many kilometers you are from there. This is bad. I have been obsessing over these two numbers for the entire trip. (Incidentally, we are currently 3563 km out from NY and 9789 km).
The entertainment offered by this device includesto a wide selection of possibilities--from electronic pachinko to recently released movies (Andrew and Christina just finished Captain America 3) to a variety of July Pop and Malaysian artists to sample. A literal "Who's who" of musicians--because I have no clue who any of them are.
The seven of us on this trip are a motley crew. Jimmie is a salaryman working for a company and he's used to the traveling; he bought his tickets with points. He's a bit quiet, but maybe that is just in comparison to Andrew. Andrew is my freshman year roommate and eventually my Senior year apartment mate and my gradschool...what do you call a guy who bums on your couch every once in a while? A friend? A cat?
Yaki (I don't know his real name) is the one who I have the least grip on. He's another quiet type. The whole group keeps talking about anime and Pokemon Go and I feel a *bit* left out. I don't watch many animes.
Christina and Andrew and I have been (and most likely will be) hanging out the most together for this trip. Christina is a funny girl with a deadpan delivery. I met her at Anime Boston a few years ago and her and Andrew were dating by the end of that very month. They've moved in with each other and apparently they work well together. She's quiet and he's loud, but they're both cognizant of each other's unique ways of reacting to a situation and can adapt accordingly. I feel equally comfortable being around one as the other.
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Sorry, dozed off there for about 30 seconds. The micro-naps are coming with increased regularity. 5:56am where you are right now. The plane icon is informing me that it is now 9582 km to Taipei.
The final two on this trip, I would have to say, I know the least about. Mel is the name of the "she" character and the name of the "he" has escaped me...something with a "C"...Colin?...Corey?
A child has just started a rebellion. I'm not sure what its infernal cries are in response to...probably the economy...or perhaps he's a Bernie-or-Bust person. More likely, it's because the creature is as tired of being conscious as I am (6:03am/9467km).
I'm losing my schwerve. It's time to pace the plane again and splash water on my face.
6:13am/9312km
I suppose there's no way of knowing if I've gone insane at this point from the waiting.
We will be landing in Fukuoka and spending the day at a Godzilla Museum. I anticipate that most of my "camera film" (as if, right? who uses real cameras anymore, right?) will be used up tomorrow/today/I have no conception of how to describe this.
6:32am/9043km
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