A Plane Experience

I was about 8 years old, and me and my mom were at an airport in Tampico ready to fly back home to Guadalajara from visiting my grandmother. Little did I know that I was in for quite a ride, thus my fascination with airplanes grew.

As I steped in the plane, I turned my head to my left to try to catch a glimpse of the cockpit. And I did, and I was amazed. It definitely got me wanting to see more. Luckily, I got my way. And boy did I saw way more than I expected.

As we sat in our assigned seats and got settled, I turned to my mom and told her that I wanted to go over the cockpit so I could check it out, or something to that effect. You would think that your typical parent would have totally ignored that request coming from an 8 year old, but not my mom she didn’t. Instead, she told me she would ask the flight attendant to see what could be done.

The next thing I remember happening, is that the lovely flight attendant was walking me towards the cockpit so I could see it from the inside. From what I recall, this cockpit was not the small, tight ones you usually see. This one had more room to it.

I was the happiest kid right then, but I was about to get a whole lot happier. As I walked in the cockpit, the captain greeted me. After that, everything is pretty much a blurr, except I could never forget the words that came out from the captain’s mouth himself:

“Would you like to stay in the cockpit during take off?”

I am surprised I didn’t shit my pants at that moment. Of course I said yes, and then the flight attendant unfolded a seat that was attached to the wall. I sat down, put on my seat-belt, and was ready for the time of my life. By that time, my mom was being told by the flight attendant about my little adventure.

It was rainy that night. All I heard was the captain and co-captain talking to the control tower as they were getting ready to take off. I felt the plane picking up speed and then it took off to a dark, rainy sky. As it happened, the feeling was amazing. Aside from water drops, nothing could be seen from the cockpit windows. I remember wondering how they could manage to do anything from zero visibility. After a little while, the flight attendant came in so she could take me back to my seat, but before that, the captain turned to me and gave me a gold, wing-shaped pin.

It was funny how as I walked back to my seat, everyone was staring at me, probably wondering how I managed to “hang out” in the cockpit during take off. It was just a great experience!

(Not the actual day of the event)

Welcome Brandon!

Last week, on Tuesday the 18th, my nephew was born. Yet not till today, Wednesday 26th, a week later from being born, came home from the hospital. The baby was fine, but rather the mother had some kind of infection so she was kept in the hospital to be on the safe side. 

Thankfully, they both came home today. Welcome Brandon! Welcome to this crazy ass world. I’m sure I’ll be your favorite uncle!

Brandon A. Chavez M.

Birthdate: March 18th, 2008

Time: 3.03 PM

 

Political Drama

Some say Barak Obama brings change and hope. Well let me tell you something, I think that is pure bull shit. Geraldine Ferraro, a former member of Clinton’s staff controversially has said, “Obama is doing this good only because he’s black”. Now let’s face it, there is some truth to that. Call me whatever you want, but that is just the way I see it.

The thing is, if Hillary wins, Obama’s supporters as angry as they are going to be, I bet they are either going to stay home in November, or are going to vote for McCain. That would be stupid, but most likely. If Hillary Clinton ends up getting the democratic nomination, she better convince Obama to join her as VP.

Today I got a letter from the Hillary Clinton Campaign. They want me to donate more dough. I say, fu*k that I ain’t rich bitch!

Change Of Attitude

Lately I’m learning more about how you should look at life in general and the consequences of whether you take life with a positive or negative attitude. As everyone of us have heard before but yet it’s so true, is that life is too short to be worrying all the time.

I have been trying to look and deal with everything from a positive perspective. When someone or something bothers me or makes me angry I stop, think how a waste of time it would be if I focus on it, and I try to find a bright side to it.

Let’s do something fun, shall we? Let’s all pay it forward. Try to do something nice for three people everyday. You may have no idea how a simple compliment can brighten someones day and influence their attitude in a good way. So open the door for someone, hold the elevator for someone, compliment their hair, cloths, eyes, whatever!

You might have heard this story before, but it’s about a nerdy kid that was cleaning out his locker one friday afternon and was going to take all of his books home. You know why? he had planned to kill himself that weekend. When he attempted to carry all those books, he drops them in the floor. The popular school jock walks towards him and helps him out with his books, and since he was going to walk in the same direction, he helped the kid carry his books home. That simple gesture influenced the kid’s attitude in a great way that he did not kill himself. Later that year at graduation, he told this story.

So as you see, you may be surprised how a simple compliment or gesture can brighten someones day.

Tough Race

Can you believe this? What a night! This democratic race is so close, and it seems that there is no end to this anytime soon. I say they go to the convention.

As you may have noticed while you were browsing my blog, I clearly support Hillary Clinton. That bitch should win! I don’t know why, but I just can’t stand Osama, I mean, Obama. I really can’t explain why I dislike him because I don’t know! It’s just this feeling I have. Something I find funny is that his full name is Barack Hussein Obama. No Joke.

Tonight was a big night for Hillary. She won Texas, Ohio, and Rhode Island. But, there’s more states to come. I hope she triumphs and gets the democratic nomination. Go Hillary! Si se puede!