Hit the Ground Running

Just got back from Japan.  JO 084 from Nagoya had a good tailwind, so came in about half-an-hour early.  There was a fair amount of turbulence though, but not as much as would have been expected from the doom notices given by the flight crew before takeoff.  I could immediately see why I couldn’t get my customary “C” seat, since the majority of the flight was taken up by a school trip.  Nothing quite like being surrounded by shrieking schoolgirls!  Too bad I was instead seated next to all the freak “normal” passengers, like the girl next to me with her overdone fingernails who stirred her food but didn’t eat any of it, and goofy ADD hip-hop sideways hat nervous energy dude whose mere presence made me want to just clobber him.