Went on my second flight today. This time it was just me and the instructor in a tiny Katana which was approximately 10,000 times better than the larger Warrior. I could actually SEE!!! I also brought a pillow to sit on,but I barely needed it. It was an interesting day — I went right at noon when there were a bunch of thunderstorms rolling in. The air was a bit bouncy, and we flew through rain and sun alike.

I didn’t feel sick this time. See, it’s all in the eyes (or lack thereof). I flew the plane for 1.1 hours — in the last 15 or 20 minutes I started feeling a wee bit queasy but it was nothing like flying the Warrior. And this time I had much better reason to feel queasy — I spent a good 30 minutes doing 50 degree donuts to both the right and left, and then we purposely stalled the plane a few times and let it waver and wobble down through the air a bit before bringing back the throttle.

It was fun! I feel much better about the whole thing now that I know I’m not destined to always be carsick. Went after the lesson today to buy myself a good headset and a trim little flight bag to keep my log book and headset and so forth in. My instructor said that I’m going to be an excellent pilot! That’s why he let me stall on second time out. He was pleased that I am not timid with the aircraft. Timidity, bah! We all know how good I am at pushing the limits…

I also got a really good flight simulator, X-Plane. Problem is, I don’t have a joystick so the first time I tried, not knowing the control keys, I had my poor little Sim plane on fire within 5 minutes. Very realistic smoke. Ah, well…

I’ve been having these horrible sick headaches lately. Well, more than just lately. I’m sure it’s because I’m looking at the computer too much – wearing my glasses seems to help but not that much. Maybe I should go back to the optometrist… or maybe stop using the computer so much…? Speak of the devil…

*poof*

Since when was midget fighting a sport??

I was thinking about my previous post and was feeling all sad etc. and then hyperfl0w sent me that…

Can someone please tell me what in the hell has happened to Winamp? Where is that tidy efficient and visually pleasing little program that I came to love and use over the years? WHERE IS IT? WHAT DID THEY DO TO IT???

Because it sure as hell doesn’t work like I want it to anymore. It has become just as vile, recalcitrant, and bloated as all the other big shits out there — windows media player and realplayer and the like.

Go to weather.com and put in zip code 02135. Should I just kill myself now?

This is definitely the worst spring, by far, that I can remember in my whole life. Weather-wise, that is, which for me, being a weather-dependent moody person, amounts to almost everything.

LA was great. Just what both me and Zaubi needed. Friday was his sister’s birthday, so his mother had cooked up this *ridiculous* amount of food and all the family friends came over and we ate. Saturday we went to the beach with his father (who is 72 years old, and as scrawny and spry an individual as you can imagine, and likes to go swimming in his briefs) and it was just perfect, there was no marine layer at all, and the sky was as clear and blue as you could want.

The water was too cold for me to go into, though. I’m no pansy, but there is something about my ankle bones that can’t take cold water: if I step in really cold water above my ankles, the pain is so great as to make me nauseated.

Anyway, Zaubi’s sister and I both got completely burned in certain uncomfortable places (she’s been living in DC and is almost as white as I).

Then that night we went to a reunion and Zaubi’s sister’s friend gave me a very interesting shirt. Since I had forgotten one! The reunion was dull and mildly disturbing but the food was great and we all know that’s what matters most!

Sunday we mostly just bummed around in the yard. Zaubi’s mom has an outdoor Jacuzzi and we steamed ourselves in there frequently. The air is so sweet there, the sun was so warm, there are oranges and lemons and avocados galore in the yards, and so many bright fragrant flowers. Every time I go to Cali I feel inspired to buy one of those cute little tidy pink stucco houses and live in it, pottering in and out and planting beautiful things in my garden and eating avocados all day.

I’ve never ever for even a second been inspired to buy a house here in New England.

Zaubi’s mom sent us home with a whole cooler full of leftovers — homemade potato salad, German sausages, home grown avocados, fruit, dates, salsa, cheesecake, grilled steak and chicken… We are going to be eating for weeks!

My mood is as grey as this rotten rainy day.

It’s lucky I have my star player, Meredith Monk, to cheer me up!

hyperfl0w thinks she sounds like Adam Sandler. Although it never occurred to me before, I think maybe he’s right.