Alii was not born to fly!

I HATE PLANES.

Few things scare the shit out of me but a plane will do it. They say that planes are safer than cars but ive been in a car accident-a real serious one at that. But im still alive. I don't believe in Plane 'accidents'-

First we arrive at long beach airports. The airport is like in themiddle of the street. The plane runaways/yard is surrounded by a chainlink fence thats was so tore up we could have just walked right through it. Clark Atlanta has a better gate, even with those huge gaping holes that we climb through to get to woodruff on the weekends. So this airport has all of like 4 airlines all crammed into one half terminal. The baggage claim is outside under this circus tent . To get to airline, you then walk outside then back inside to scan your stuff.

Usually before i fly- i get drunk as all hell to alleviate my anxienty. But no not here. They had a snack table- you know- like a friggin bake sale. Cookies in a basket kinda thing. I then waited for my plane to board. Not in one of those extendible corriders thing, but we walked halfway across the yard, following some cones and up the side of the plane.

I shoulda known the drama was over.

Why when we walked on the plane were thre no lights? Hellll no.

Meanwhile the lights started flikkering as he started up the engine. He announed that there were some mechanical errors that needed to be taken care of so there would be a slight delay. I'm like- well shit- i can go tomorrow. So a gang load of mechanics entered the plane and started
hammering. I'm about to pass out. Soon he starts the engine and were cleared for landing.

Of course the plane was making this strange noise as we were ascending. I'm looking at the flight attendants looking for some sign that that shit is normal because it didnt sound normal. We finally reached cruising altitude- 33000 feet. It wsa jetblue so we had some TV's to look at. And just as we get somewhat comfortable- a big news flash comes across the screen.

An altitude 7.2 Earthquake has just hit northern California- Tsunami warning set for the entire coast of california.

The woman next to me started screaming bloody murder. I put my arms on her an assured her it was going to be okay- despite the fact that i didnt think so. She started crying saying that when we landed -a big wave wwas going to sweep the plane into the water. I held her hand for 15 minutes as we landed. Its a sketchy landing- especially at night becuase its right above the water and you cant really see anything.

I love the ground. I love when the plane hits the ground. Its the most sturdy feeling in the world to me. some people are water people, some love to fly...but me?

I love the ground