Saturday, July 19th, 2008

Time	Event
10:56a	Well well. 4 hrs from my flight out of WLG. Which means that in less than 24 hrs I'll be back in the ConUS for the first time in 4.5 years (though only to transition through LAX on to Frankfurt). Still, will be odd to be back after such an absence. Pity I'd not known the company travel policies before I booked. Turned out they'll happily give you a layover if your flight time exceeds 12 hrs, I could have taken a few days layover in LA on the way out as well. Next time. (1 Comment | Comment on this)
6:04p	Xmas in July One of the xmas pressies this year from Pops and Suellen was Phil Lesh: Searching For The Sound. The epic air adventure is finally giving me time to read it. As a well studied deadhead I'm of course well aware that Phil had significant training and background in classical music before he caught on to jazz and later became a founding member of the Dead. But reading his firsthand accounts is pretty fascinating. Particularly his recollections of his first times on pot and lsd, which had the very respectibiggle soundtracks of Stravinsky and Mahler, respectively. That's my kinda hippie. Rather enjoying the book, gonna have to exercise some self control and study my music whilst idling the time away. Could quite easily devour it in one sitting if I'm not careful. In AKL now, next leg is to LAX. About 2 hrs there, then Frankfurt, and another couple hours then Paris. Roughly 36 hrs after leaving home. *sigh* (4 Comments | Comment on this)

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