On my way

What am I going to do on a plane for 12 hours?

… I got to work at the Press-Telegram again after the system went down where I work.

It was nice to have one day where we could relive what it was like to work in Long Beach again. I really didn’t get to work in the old sports area since a lot has changed.

When we did comeback, many of the reporters came around to talk to us. I guess we both were a distraction to each other.

The one person I did miss in all of this was James. I could just have imagined what he would say, but I’m sure it would be funny.

… I leave for Tokyo in a couple of hours. I can honestly say I’m nervous about not only the flight, but just being a stranger in a strange land. I don’t know how I’m going to take a lot that I see.

Take for example a Japanese commercial I saw. It was an ad for an automatic toilet, with a seat that lifts and flushes when you are done. It had two mascots that look like a knock off of Big Bird and Kermit the Frog. It was so strange. It that is out there, what does that town have in store for me.

… I did discover that on the day I get back, it will be a 40 hour day. I’m flying out at 3 p.m. on Friday. I arrive in Los Angeles at 7 a.m. that same day. So, I’ll spend 15 hours in Tokyo, 15 hours in Southern California and 10 hours on a plane. Then I got to go to work.

I love a challenge.

But I also get the opportunity to see the sunrise twice on the same day.

… I leave you with this piece of advice I got from my six-year old niece about going to Tokyo. “Don’t let a Japanese man kick you in the head and knock you down.”

Make what you want of that.