Six On A Plane

[icebluenothing]

So my publisher is having me flown down to San Francisco for the weekend so I can attend the World Horror Convention. (There is no way I can say that and not feel like a rock star.) I leave this evening and will be back Sunday.

This is the first time I've been on a plane since I was about 12 years old. I'm a little nervous. Not about the plane falling out of the sky or being high-jacked by mad Arabs -- more along the lines of "ohmigod there's a thousand rulesandregulations and what if they send me home for having the wrong size carry-on luggage??"

*deep breaths*

Ah, well, onward and upward (literally). Things to do, people to scare.

Comments

[cupcake-goth.livejournal.com]

You ARE a rock star! Have fun at WHC.

[kickaha.livejournal.com]

*rawk*

That's just too cool. :)

[georgmi.livejournal.com]

You might be the only person in the world who's concerned about whether or not their carryon item is the right size. You should see the monsters some folks try to cram into the overhead bins.

[saheeb138.livejournal.com]

Only thing that you need to be scared about is sitting next to a fat, sweaty guy that smells like cheese while you are crammed in to your tiny, economy seat.

Now that's horror.

[speedie316.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but he faces that fear at every con he attends...

[speedie316.livejournal.com]

HOLY CRAP CONGRATS!!!! W00T!!!!

[gwyneira.livejournal.com]

That is excellently cool and rockstar-ish!

The rules and regs aren't as bad as they were a year or two ago (I could knit on an airplane now if I wanted to, though I think they still don't like long circular needles, because, you know, I might just try to garrote someone with them). Just make sure you get to the airport earlyish, because the lines at the security checkpoint are sometimes quite long (though hopefully a Thursday evening won't be too bad).

(I like parentheses too much, I sometimes think.)

[pulpguy.livejournal.com]

Sweet! Enjoy SF and the Con.

BTW - Nice seeing you driving around the other night!

[mahariel.livejournal.com]

The fact that you're worried about it means your bags will actually be of the proper size.

Bring lots of snacks - most flights are food for purchase nowadays, and the idea of spending money on what they try to pass off as edible is almost as terrifying as some of your stories.

And congratulations, also. They're lucky to have you attend.

-Victoria