[Kzin]

Slept in and packed this morning in Tokyo, had breakfast at the hotel (never got a pic, but the dining room was pretty cool, 5-story slanting atrium ceiling looking out onto a garden patio) ... checked my luggage at the front desk after checking out and paying my bill, then made a shopping trip to Shinjuku on the subway, came back and retrieved my luggage, cab to Tokyo Station, Narita Express train to the airport (55 minutes nonstop at high speed, the airport is NOT close to downtown), cute Japanese girl at the J.A.L. check-in counter sees I'm going to Seattle and tells me in her basic English that she's been there, her boyfriend lives there .... was she saying I'm her boyfriend?



Long uncomfortable flight to LAX (why must the plane be a fucking sauna?), 2 hour layover there (still an armpit), then an early departure for Seattle.

Left Tokyo at 5:20 p.m. Saturday ... arrived Seattle 4:20 p.m. Saturday.



I am now re-adjusting to U.S. conditions with pizza, beer, and the World Series.

I feel adjusted already.

[BrentStargazer]

Was this a play on words from the movie "The Longest Day" ?

[Kzin]

Originally Posted by BrentStargazer

Was this a play on words from the movie "The Longest Day" ?

Yes ... I apologize, I've had about 3 hours sleep in the last day-plus.

Did you watch the new episode of Battlestar Galactica yet? It's incredible!

[Corbu]

Kzin using freaks my shit out.


Seriously, it's like a (today's) 13 year old learning that his dad likes System of a Down, too.

[Kzin]

Originally Posted by Corbu Mulak

Kzin using freaks my shit out.

Seriously, it's like a (today's) 13 year old learning that his dad likes System of a Down, too.

The reverse is true when the kid tells dad he likes King Crimson, btw.

For the record, my use of psyduck has been rare and restrained, but seemed appropriate in this case.

And after 11 hours of sleep, boy do I feel better!

[Kryzilya]

Originally Posted by KzinKiller

The reverse is true when the kid tells dad he likes King Crimson, btw.

For the record, my use of psyduck has been rare and restrained, but seemed appropriate in this case.

And after 11 hours of sleep, boy do I feel better!

Jetlag sucks, but sleeping for 10+ hours straight is awesome. I did that when I came back from London in the spring.

[Kzin]

Originally Posted by Kryzilya

Jetlag sucks, but sleeping for 10+ hours straight is awesome. I did that when I came back from London in the spring.

I'm not even clear now how many hours it was ... I think I napped on the couch for an hour or two, woke up around 10 and got motivated to reach my bed, conked out before 10:30 and woke up at 8:30.

Hopefully this gets me back on west coast time, but you never know.

And weird airport moment ... right after I cleared security in Seattle and I'm heading to luggage claim, I hear somebody call out my name .... it's my boss! Too weird, she was at the airport with her sister to pick up her elderly mom and friend who were returning from a Hawaii cruise, and they were on the same flight from LAX as me.

[Corbu]

I had jetlag when I came back from Korea, and I had school that same day and my mom wouldn't let me miss it. I was completely out of it the entire day and went to sleep as soon as I got home.

[attackrat]

Trans-Pacific jet lag is an absolute beast. I spent close to three days in bed when I got back from Korea, and my waking hours were spent trying to figure out what fucking day it was.