25 June 2000

Watching:  Dangerous Liaisons with John Malkovich and Glenn Close.

Listening to:  Carlos Alvarez and "Latin Mix" on the Inflight Entertainment System.

After a fairly painless flight, we are BACK!

Unfortunately, one of Callie's bags is not.  That sucks.

My last two trips, I've actually checked luggage.  This experience drives home why I don't like to do that -- and the delay of waiting for luggage is a pain in the ass anyway. 

I just don't have the energy for putting the journal updates online tonight.  That's for tomorrow.  And I think I want to add an internal search engine to the website.   That'll be cool!

Oh, I almost forgot!  The Boeing 777 has a cool Inflight Entertainment System that gives each passenger his own monitor for watching movies, playing games, etc.  One of the movies showing this time was Dangerous Liaisons, one of my favorites.  I'm not so sure Callie was so happy about it!  Also, there was a "drama channel" on the system that had on Charlie's Angels, Magnum P.I., and Hill Street Blues.  Better than these fine shows, however, was the description of them in the Inflight Entertainment Magazine:

Dangerous Liaisons:  Set in pre-revolutionary France, this 1988 drama is a story of sexual power, depravity, cruelty, and deceit.  The Marquise de Merteiul [note:  we could never remember her name, so my college friends always called her either the Marquise de Glenn Close, or more simply, the Marquise de Ugly] and the Vicomte de Valmont [note: a most excellent man, played by Malkovich!] are monsters of the aristocracy, former lovers who spend their days planning sexual seductions and vengeance.

The Drama Channel:  Check out this triple bill of vintage crime drama from these popular shows:

Charlies Angels:  Farrah Fawcett, Jaclyn Smith.   This successful 70's cult series is about three young women who work as private detectives for their wealthy boss.  [note:  And why it was so popular -- aside from lots of flesh shots of the angels -- is beyond me.  What a horribly written, horribly acted, just basically horrible show!]

Magnum P.I.:  Tom Selleck, John Hillerman.  Enjoying a champagne lifestyle on a beer budget, Magnum is a man of conviction who will stop at nothing to vindicate a friend or a client!  [note:  I always loved this show, but THAT description is a bit over the top!]

Hill Street Blues: Daniel J. Travanti [note:  where is he now?].  This is the story of an overworked, overstaffed police precinct [note:   before Rudolph Guiliani's time, when a long line of Democratic mayors had turned New York into Hell] in an inner city that takes a realistic and humorous look at a dedicated group of police officers.