The Life: Pros and Cons Volume 4
Con of the Day: The Flight to Europe
The time difference will get you every time. It is usually a 6 or 7 hour flight that if you are not lucky enough to at least get an aisle seat, you are in for an experience. You never know how packed the flight is going to be and finding a spot for your carry-on bag is an adventure in itself. The connection flights to your final destination are a drag too. Most of the time, the plane is unsanitary inside and leaves you with a dirty feeling. The on-board meals are never up to par. At the most, a step-up from school lunches in high school.
First off, you have to realize that I am 6’6” and above the normal height for the average person, so all things around me are usually too small for one. Imagine being my height and having to sit on a 7 hour flight on a window seat, NOT GOING TO HAPPEN! I often find myself making attempts for sympathy for at least an aisle seat due to my height if there are no more emergency exit row seats. All of that happening is a 50/50 chance. The babies crying on the planes are a constant staple of overseas travel and sometimes the IPOD is not enough. I really hope the STAR TREK Teleport system will be in play by the time I am finish traveling.
The connection flights are crazy too. I usually go from Charlotte to NY, NY to London, and then from London to wherever I am playing with maybe one more short flight or car ride to my new city. It usually takes 24 hours to get to where I am going. Teams take the easy route when it comes to booking flights to save money and I can’t blame them in these times. But after you get off of the plane, they usually want you to play in a game or practice right when you get off. You maybe have 3 hours to get adjusted and unpacked and then it is time to go to work. I at least need a day just to get some legs under me. SO AGAIN US GOVERNMENT, GET THE STAR TREK TELEPORT SYSTEM IN THE DEVELOPMENT STAGES AT LEAST FOR YOUR BOY! BARACK SAID HE WAS GOING TO CHANGE SOMETHING, LOL!
Pro of the Day: The Increase in the Use of Technology
If I knew what I know now when it comes to computers, I would have did the whole computer science thing in college. Having a laptop overseas is essential to surviving over there. It serves as a telephone, provides internet access and is used as entertainment. It is basically a life line. I tried playing my first year overseas without bringing a laptop and it bit me in the ASS. I often found myself going to internet cafés or a friend’s house just to call home. It was really a drag and waste of money doing all of those things.
I might go to jail for the next statement but when my eyes were opened to the REAL WORLD of downloading, it was over. It happened when I played in Romania and somebody showed me that lifestyle. I am not talking about the old Napster and Bearshare stuff when you could only get like one song at a time. I am talking about the Torrent programs and downloading from Mininova. I have not bought a DVD or a music album since. I don’t feel the need to buy an album from a music artist who only talks about how much money he has (Hip-hop today but that is another subject) and I have no excuse for the movie downloading besides the fact that I can do it and it is free.
Of course I keep my portable game system for the long bus rides along with the IPod but there is not much to do with them on the technology front. You can make a PSP play old school video games from the Super Nintendo, Nintendo (PUNCH-OUT) and Sega and also it can serve as an internet phone but nothing else pass that. But I remember a time when I could not load photos from a digital camera to my computer so I have come a long way. With the idle time I talked about yesterday, you have plenty of time to get your “tech game up.” I still have a ways to go also. This tech talk comes from a guy that could only hook up a Playstation 2 to a TV before he left to come overseas. I have made progress YALL!
I am out people, thanks for the comments because I appreciate all of them. Stay tuned for more and be safe out there!
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