updates and airplanes

The Roommate update: Kyle has put his pants on, and has decided to talk to this girl about what's going on. The conversation went very well and it looks as though our awkward living room moments will soon be replaced with ... well.... awkward living room moments in which there is so much love in the air that I must retreat to the safety of my room in order to keep what little stability I have...

The Flight from Arkansas: So everything went well, and the incident took place right after we landed at RDU. It has been a long standing policy in my life that when I fly I like to have a tie on because the security people leave you alone when you are dressed up. The downside to this plan is that business people think you are one of them, so they want to talk to you. As we were standing up to "deplaine" (a word that, despite it's constant use by Northwest Flight attendants, neither I nor my spell checker believe to be real) A very tall business man stood up and began complaining to me and the gentleman in front of me about his seat. Allow me to quote "I don't know what it is, but i think these seats are getting smaller.... it's like they don't put as much padding in them anymore... I guess it could be that my A** keeps getting smaller while my wife's A** keeps getting bigger!" and immediately the small section of business men around me erupted in laughter. I was silent. Not because it wasn't funny, but because I saw what was coming: in front of the men, were a section of older business women, who promptly turned around and informed this gentleman and all those who would have dared to laugh that this was indeed not funny. The plane went silent; all except the man who quickly began to back peddle... as we was furiously trying to get out of the situation, all of then men bailed on him like a sinking ship! finally he just shut up and hung his head, knowing that yet again a man was beaten down by the glare of a woman. The funny thing is that he showed me a picture.... he tells no lies....