so, i'm down here in florida, in hollendale. we're all done with work for the day, but because we have discount flight tickets, we can't get on an earlier flight without a penalty.... so, stuck until 7. flying in last night wasn't as bad as a thought. there were about 50 security people at the pgh airport checkpoint, but i breezed right through. guess all my planning to pack light paid off. flight was uneventful; i even managed to sleep for about an hour, which is pretty unheard of. i'm not a nervous flier, but i just find the seats so uncomfortable that it's hard for me to drop off. ft. lauderdale/hollendale is a weird area. it's very industrial; lots of low-slung concrete buildings, pawnshops, check-cashing places... in general i think it's a pretty depressed area. i don't know why anyone would want to come here for a vacation. everything is bleached by the sun, and looks very old, even if it's not (this includes the local populace).

i'm almost done with cryptonomicon, which i have enjoyed immensely.... i'm sad to see it end, but apparently it's the first of 3 books in a series, although the other two aren't written yet. i should definitely be able to finish that off tonight at the airport, and maybe get most of the way through this bike messenger book i picked up (link coming later), before i start neil stephenson's show crash.