Two weeks ago I went to watch a movie called "Up in the air." It was a bit heavy for me. In the movie George Clooney finally achieved his one-million-mile goal. I calculated my own mileage after the movie. For the past 14 years I flew more than a half million miles. I think a lot of us are reaching this one million goal. We just never really sit down and add them up together.
Airport is a complicated place for me. It is the place you meet your friends for the first time after years and years. It is also the place you say farewell to your best friends. Sometimes when I looked at the airport, I don't know if I should be happy or sad.
However, flying is also the place you get to talk to a complete stranger sitting next to you for few hours, and you don't have to see them again. I remembered I used to sit next to a pair of cheating husband and wife. That was strange, and interesting. They even bought me a drink. I sat next to a solider, a "diamond" dealer, a musician, students, a lot of grandparents and kids, which I really feel annoyed sometimes. I sat next to a girl who was flying to see her mom in Japan after her mom disappeared 10 years.
Airport is a definitely a special, and emotional place for me. I think rootless people can definitely know what I am talking about.
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Yes, you're right, the airport's an emotional place for me, too. It's been really bad the last year and a half because almost every time I'm at the airport it's to say hello or goodbye to L. I end up crying a lot during the goodbyes.
ReplyDeleteEven though a lot of business people may fly around, and many people fly for vacation, I don't think it's the same thing as for people who have split lives like us. When I fly from one place to another I'm usually happy or glad to be going/returning to one place, but really sad to be leaving another place/people behind.
I've been avoiding seeing "Up in the Air" because I don't think I can emotionally handle any more grief or depressing thoughts at the moment.