Not quite China yet, but LA will have to do.

I'm coming to you live from the Los Angeles airport buisiness class lounge. There's a whole lot of pretention going on here. No doubt. That's ok though, because they've provided me with free CoCoa Krispies, and I need them after the long flight fom Chicago to LA. I can't believe the number of grown adults that enjoy being insubordinate on airplanes! We experienced a good deal of turbulence on the flight over (it wasn't really bad turbulence, just persistant) and so the captain had the fasten seatbelt light on most of the trip. But the passengers just continued to ignore it and get up and walk around and get things out of the overhead compartment and such. The flight attendants kept reprimanding them the entire flight but to no avail. Alas...I do like rule following.

Another story that does merit telling...

While I was standing in line at the security x-ray machines here in LA, a woman standing in the line next to the one I was in noticed a big trash can full of plastic water bottles. They have these at most security check points so that in case you've forgotten to dispose of your bottle you can throw it away there (since you can no longer take bottles that size through security). Well, this particular lady I don't think realized that and I assume she thought they were complimentary. So I see her look to her left, right, and then pick up a water bottle and quickly shove it into her purse. (I don't think she noticed the bottle was only half full.) When she reaches the x-ray machine and puts her purse inside, the security guard takes it out of her bag and tells her she must throw it away. The last glimpse I got of the woman was a look of sheer confusion as to why the airport would give out complimentary water if they were only going to take it away two minutes later. People watching at airports is quickly becoming one of my new favorite hobbies.

I'll see you guys in 14 hours.