Stuff

Five things happened recently that made me think: 1. We had to evacuate our office because of a fire. We walked down from the 22nd floor. At one point a number of firefighters walked past us, going up. In our dark stairwell it looked like some of the pictures of 9/11. I got a little scared around the 18th floor when we all started to smell smoke and when people starting talking about the fire being below us. It was fine, they put the fire out but it was a little unnerving. 2. We had an aborted landing at JKF, coming in from Austin. There was a plane that hadn't got out of the way on the ground, so we roared up up up, did a loop and landed the second time of asking. It was a little unnerving. 3. I was part of an earthtremor in an office an hour out of San Francisco during a meeting. We all thought someone else was tapping their feet very heavily on the floor. When we realised nobody was there were lots of jokes about hiding under the tables or retreating to sit by the wall. It lasted about 30 seconds. It was a little unnerving. 4. The view out of the plane was so big and neverending. I wanted to think big and neverending thoughts. It was rather empowering. 5. I helped a blind man cross the road. That was the best feeling of the lot. : )