after a long day of travel, i’m tired. quick day recap.
i didnt have to walk as far as usual from the bus stop, luckily i got dropped off near an information booth, and politely asked for a skycap. this guy was interesting to say the least. a merchant marine.
the wifi is still free in PHX.
also smoking is still OK in terminal 4 at the bars.
the wifi access from the Mexican food bar place is iffy, and gets knocked out easily. the $8 chimichanga kinda made up for it. (insert bitch about how much allowance I have for lunch costs.)
the flight from PHX to SNA was ok, my seat was 4A, so it was easy to get off the plane, and I had a window seat view, and no one sitting in front of me, so I had leg room.
i got an upgrade on the rental car, to a chevy HHR, amazing it had more leg room than it looks in the driver seat. much more than say a PT cruiser.
the wifi here at the best western was giving me major issues when using wpa_supplicant to manage my connection. there are no less than 4 access points within range that use a default channel of 6. (frequency: 2.4370 GHz ) 2 of which have WEP keys. lucky me, the free wifi for me which has the highest signal level is on that channel, so wpa_supplicant wasn’t happy. so I had to use the “manual” iwconfig setup in gentoo.
i was hoping to have more energy, but no, my clock woke me too early today, 5am AZ time. I suppose this is better than what it was all week long, 3am.
so here I am in my hotel room, right off PCH, tired, sleepy and bored. i should sleep ok. I got some extra pillows from the hot hotel clerk. wow, what a looker. tall, beautiful smile. i tried making small talk, but it hasn’t worked out well, i’ve bought two dr peppers, a bottle of water, and cup of ramen noodles, in 3 trips down there, to have a cig, or because I was thirsty. she likely gets hit on quite a bit, and surely has a bf.
so yeah, here i am in the hotel room, bored, watching “the war at home” i really like that show.
tv without tivo is boring, full of commercials, and i miss the back button.
when i made the reservation i asked for a roll in shower, with a shower seat, but i guess they only have seats, which is fine, except that the shower curtain doesn’t quite work right when the seat is unfolded.
wow, smoking hot hotel clerk at the Newport Beach best western. sorry, just had to say that again.
ok, this isnt really a quick recap, but longer drawn out badly typed recap.
tomarrow i have a 10am appointment in fashion island, then back to costa mesa, for the rest of the day, because i dont have an appointment time.
my body isnt happy from all the travel today, i feel like i need to go (BM), but i can’t. my back is about 7/10, neck 5/10. feet are numb and tingly, low back sharp and burning.
ive been reading all the pre CES coverage, and i wish i was there, i haven’t been in 6+ years.
ok, now im rambling, time to stop.
must stay up to see simpsons… 
[edit]also took about 51 pictures, maybe 10-20 worthy of posting, and also 3 videos or so, i forget. takeoff, landing from FHU to PHX. reminder, to post them when i feel up to it.
[tags]SNA, PHX, newport beach, california, wifi, free wifi, wpa_supplicant, rental car, tired, sleepy, women, best western, CES, thoughts, ramen noodles[/tags]
