My Flight Celebrities

So, I never got around to listing all the celebrities I met during my short stint as a flight attendant. My first was Edward Burns, he has his own entry. I don't remember the exact order (there weren't that many!), but I think Giada was next, I didn't know who she was, but she has a cooking show on I think the Food Network. I'm going to look....okay, I guess she has a few shows, specials on the Food Network, Giada De Laurentiis. She sat in first class and was very cordial and easy - she didn't eat or want anything! My next three, all sat in the main cabin - not in first class!! Shocking!! On the very same flight, I had Sigourney Weaver and Kathy Najimy. Both were with their husbands (I'm only assuming Najimy's guy was her husband, could have been b/f), and both were very nice. They chatted with us, took photos with us and Kathy Najimy kept calling me honey and sweetie. Oh, on that same flight was a guy who used to be on 227 (remember that show!), and he's a stand up comedian, Barry Sobel, he was very nice too, he sat in the last row and we talked and joked the entire flight to JFK. My last celebrity on my last flight was Channon Roe. You may not know his name, but he's a guest star on everything! He stood in the back and chatted as well. I didn't have my camera, darn it!!

I'm still here!

I've had a lot to say, but, a lack of internet connection at home to say it! It's finally up and working - although, only the phone line works in the kitchen, so, still somewhat limited. I've been taking notes on things I have to say, pop off about, or whatever. The new house is coming along slowly but surely. Got a lot done this weekend. It's becoming more "user friendly" . We had plenty of birds at the old house, but this house has more trees (not on a golf course), so we have even more birds. I woke up this morning to a choir of birds, I just laid in bed listening. In my opinion, birds singing is one of natures purest sounds.

Onward and Upward

Wow! I can see by reading some of my past blogs just how miserable I was doing that flight attendant job. I'm a social person, who has to have a social life and see my friends, which that job completely took away. Well, THANK GOD, that is all behind me now! Thanks to the help of a friend, I now have a normal M-F job again, I've been there a week. I'm working at an English Language school in San Francisco. I love working with foreign students. I love being back in the City, the buzz, the excitement, the friends!! I get to use my brain somewhat at the job, I'm working on multiple projects, meeting new people and I am getting to reconnect with my friends outside of work. I do have to say, as miserable as I was as a flight attendant, I met some great friends that I am so happy to have in my life. Onward and Upward and getting back on track.....

'Backwoods Barbie' Keeps on Comin'...

I wrote about Dolly Parton's 'Backwoods Barbie' being available in different versions everywhere (itunes, Wal-Mart, Target, Best Buy) [see August 2008], now there's yet another version out available through Cracker Barrel and crackerbarrel.com. Why you doing this to us Dolly, why??
Here's the track listing form Cracker Barrel, with three songs only available here, of course:
1. Better Get To Livin'
2. Made of Stone
3. Drives Me Crazy
4. Backwoods Barbie
5. Jesus & Gravity
6. Only Deamin'
7. The Tracks of My Tears
8. The Lonesomes
9. Cologne
10. Shinola
11. I Will Forever Hate Roses
12. Somebody's Everything
13. Rose of My Heart*
14. Hallelujah Holiday*
15. Berry Pie*


*Exclusive new tracks available only on this CD

I wonder when the double disc edition with the live tour will be available, so I have to purchase it yet again!

Be Kind to your Flight Attendant

I totally get why flight attendants can be bitchy. It all makes sense now. First of all, totally underpaid, so they are completely stressed out. Can't pay their bills, can't buy food, and need to drink more than ever, but can't afford alcohol. They never see their friends or family or pets. If they've worked at creating a garden for the past 3 years, it dies, because they aren't home to take care of it. You work more than ever, counting the time away. The time commitment is that of a full and part time job, at part time pay. If you work for an airline that has food, you spend your entire time delivering food and drinks, a sky waiter with no tips! Your feet and legs hurt from 7 hours of delivering food and drink non stop. You're hungry. So hungry, because you don't get a chance to eat and half the time you can't pee either. If you're considering being a flight attendant, DON'T DO IT! You will rue the day!!! I swear, you will regret it so much! And you can't just get out in this economy, good luck getting a job interview anywhere else. It sucks. It toally sucks. Does serving ginger ale and turkey wraps all day every friggin' day sound rewarding? NO!!! Then there's all the nights alone in a hotel room. In 4 months I've been able to venture out 4 times, because you get in too late to go anywhere and have to leave too early the next am or you're stuck at JFK which blows like you wouldn't believe. It takes an hour to get to Manhattan, and there's never time. There is $25 bad food though, but you can't afford it on this f*ing salary, so you just go hungry. Don't do it! Don't do it!!! The entire time that you're boarding, they aren't getting paid. Every problem you bring to to a flight attendant to deal with during that time, from loading your bags to your'e gonna vomit, absolutely no pay. It's mandatory volunteer time that you don't know about until you've taken the job. Also, when you're boarded on the plane and sit there for two hours bitching at the flight attendant for the delay, they're not getting paid to listen to you. Your flight attendant wants to get off the ground and get home as much as you do, even more, because they're forced working and listening to your mouth for free! FOR FREE! That has to be illegal, right?? So nest time you're on a plane, be nice to your flight attendant. He or she is hungry, lonely, broke and just wants to see their loved ones and friends and pay their bills again. Give 'em a smile and a break.

Are You Kidding Me?

What the He** is wrong with people? Last week I had a 23 yr old guy pass out on some passengers on the plane. Got him up, and he passed out again. I was holding onto the guy so he didn't fall backward to the floor, while another flight attendant was running up the aisle to help me. Literally while I was holding the guy some woman had the audacity to ask me if she could get her juice. ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!!??? I was holding the guy, out cold, in my arms! Dealing with this took most of the rest of the flight, and literally, a row of people, and this same woman, we're only concerned that they didn't get their f*ing juice. What is wrong with you morons! Idiots!!

To the point

This flight attendant stuff is just crap. Plain and simple crap.