Here are some excerpts from my travels:
* (in Denver, on Thursday) So, I'm in mid-destination reachdom at this point, sitting across from a kid with a broken finger, suede loafers, and camel-colored corduroy pants outside gate B22 in the Denver airport. Hot damn, it occurred to me upon touchdown, looking at the vast oh, shall we say... nothingness, that I don't truly feel like I belong in New York and I sure don't feel like I belong in New Mexico. Truth of the matter is, I might just like New York one whole hot minute more than my romanticized, people-less existence in NM. I quite fancy living in a place that moves quicker than you can blink as opposed to a slowed down, warmed-over, tan fielded, sub-suburbia - OH MY GOD THERE IS A LITTLE SPARROW HOPPING AROUND INSIDE THE AIRPORT.
Uh.... where was I?
* CATHERINE ZETA-JONES IS AN IDIOT (written in Denver)
Case in point:
Harper's Bazaar, December 2004
pg. 202: "Wearing things like asymmetrical Japanese designs just makes me look like a communist."
pg. 202: "My mother says, 'A woman should never, ever wear anything she can't afford to lose,' which is why I didn't bring my diamonds to Mexico."
pg. 205: "Being married to Michael, you see me doing things most 35-year-olds probably don't - meeting presidents, the Oscars, the yachts, having dinner with Kofi Annan."
pg. 205: "Everyone wants her daughter to be be strong and have interesting work, but you lose your femininity when you have a ball-buster exterior instead of a smile that says, 'I'm smart and pretty cute, too.' Being able to enjoy being a woman - and showing that you do - is so powerful. My mother always told me to make the most of myself. It's very seductive to see a very proud woman."
* Note to all that ride airplanes: If the in-flight movie is "The Notebook," do not watch it. DO NOT WATCH IT. It is a trap - set to entice you into the deep, dark world of crying in public. Do not watch it. Put your headset away and fall asleep, my friend. That movie is a tearjerker.