got in late last night, sans luggage, which apparently hopped a direct manchester-to-tahiti flight. american airlines promises it’ll turn up soon. the in-flight movie was ‘meet the parents’, with ben stiller. while i didn’t actually watch the film, this was one of those movies where you can get the gist of it even without the headphones. anyway, one of the gags is that this poor guy goes to visit his girlfriend’s parents & the airline loses his luggage – then they keep delivering the wrong suitcase, one filled with s&m sex toys & such. eventually, the correct suit case arrives just as ben stiller is leaving. the irony is, the airline featured in the movie was american airlines. isn’t odd that they’d show a movie on all of their planes in which they are the shitty-ass airline that keeps losing people’s luggage? but, true to advertising, my luggage went one way, & i another.

this whole weekend was an experiment in sleep deprivation – ‘jet lag’ doesn’t even approximate the something-ugly-the-cat-dragged-in feeling i’ve got this morning. seriously, i think there’s something to be said for the belief that the spirit doesn’t travel as fast as the body – too much international travel & the spirit seems to lag behind for a few days, leaving a sensation of being stretched out too thin. or maybe that’s just the caffeine i unwisely consumed this morning. either way, entertaining stories of northern yorkshire will have to wait until tomorrow.