in the distance

kevin drew hassling airline personnel at toronto international.

a couple observations i had over the course of my 24 hours of travel the other day.
1.) it is apparent to me that my loyalty to american airlines is based solely on my crack like addiction to accruing as many AAdvantage miles as is humanly possible. because if it weren't i would never fly their shitty airline again. basically (other than the leg room) economy sections in most other (non US) non US airlines is better than American's business class. Air Canada had like 30 different movies to choose from on a 5 hour fight to vancouver. Air New Zealand had "over 450 hours of in flight entertainment". i watched Control, the joy division movie on my plane. that tells you something. oh yeah and both airlines did not edit out boobs.
2.)fat little 30 year old dudes traveling with their moms are dicks. it's not my problem that you thighs are so big they force your legs apart. i don't need to listen to you complain and kick my seat, which is not even reclined as far as it could possibly go, for a 14 hour flight. if your mom can be trapped in the middle seat you can suffer the aisle like a man and shut the fuck up. tiny legs do not get to complain. Air new zealand has some comfy economy seats.
3.) hmmm i can't remember my other observations although i am quite sure there were more.

anyway, i arrived in new zealand the other day feeling so great! it never crossed my mind that the west coast is really only 3 hours ahead of new zealand, but one day behind. so my 14 hour flight from vancouver was a breeze. basically i missed a day and that was monday so who really cares. when we arrived i realized that incubus was there. i didn't realize cause i was stuck on a holding couch with the main dude from that band, who was very nice. i only realized it when i saw their road cases come out in the baggage area. this is especially coincidental because a friend of a friend works for incubus. joe had written me a few months back and (classic) i never responded. pretty cool i thought. here we are 1/2 way around the world and we are at the airport. i didn't get to see him tho cause his bags were lost but i told some other crew dudes to say hi. he came to the show the other night and i was happy to meet someone a friend randomly in auckland. of course i have no photo.

it's been a frustrating first few days with broken social scene. part of their charm and aesthetic is their ramshackleness. seeing as my job is to make things run smoothly it can be a little annoying. that said, they like to have fun, so two hours after we landed in nz we were at the beach. some beach called piha about 40 minutes outside of auckland. it was an awesome color of gray and the drive there reminded me so much of kauai. we rounded a corner and this was the view.

we parked the car in front of neil finn's (!!!) beach house and went to the beach. it was massive! like from scrubby brush by the road to the water was like 250 feet. like i said it was GRAY and i felt a little wary of the water so even tho i had been prepared to swim i climbed the giant rock with justin and some others went swimming.

but i didn't stay up there too long cause you could only go about 1/2 way. so i decided that i was gonna go swimming. i didn't fly 12.000 miles to not go swimming. there's nothing like being in the southern hemisphere. i love it i don't really care about australia. like NZ is way better. if australia were in north no one would care about it.

the water was great. it went out for like 50 feet and was only 2-3 feet deep. the waves were small but intense. and the water was slightly warmer than hawaii. then we went and did some interviews and now i am literally falling asleep. so i am going to go to bed.

oh yeah! look who else is here....bss incubus,and LOLrus.

zzzzzzzzzzzzz

Comments

[kime]

You are classic. It's nice when you hit the road and that devilish wit gets in you. My old boyfriend lives in auckland, too bad he makes "Into the Wild" look like a cake walk...and you'll never find him to meet him. Have fun in strange places.

[Maddy]

Stunning pictures! Makes up for the grey weather we are having here just now. Have some burnt almonds for me down there. Safe travels! x

[lexi]

Air New Zealand DOES have the most comfy economy seats! I had the best flight of my life on that airline. I slept for 10 hours straight. I don't sleep for 10 hours straight in my own bed!

Your pictures are so gorgeous, and I can't believe the water was warmer than in Hawaii! That is nuts.

[Jen]

you skipped some words. i am confused. you met joe or no? he is nice no? i enjoyed the incubus show in BA....