I. HATE. AIRPLANES.

Did you get that? HATE. HATE HATE BURNING PASSION HATE.

I said I would not post any more journals because I didn't want to be whiney. WELL I DON'T CARE ANYMORE. IF YOU DON'T WANT TO LISTEN TO ME RANTING THEN YOU CAN WALK AWAY RIGHT NOW.

Okay, deeeeep breaths.

It all started when we got off the first half of our flight (a little before noon) and needed to make our connection at 1:15. Somehow, we missed every single tram and walked all the way from the back of concourse F to the end of concourse C in the Minneapolis airport. Go ahead, go look it up. IT'S FAR.

So we finally get there and we decide to go get some food. My mom got a mini-pizza and I went to A&W to order a hotdog and some deep fried cheese curds. A HOTDOG AND CHEESE CURDS. Not that complicated, right? Then why did it take 20 minutes to make them?

Whatever. At this point I'm still feeling pretty okay, I just want to get home. I eat my food and we start back to our gate. AND THIS IS WHEN IT ALLLLLLLL STARTED GETTING MESSED UP.

12:30- We arrive at our gate to find that we've been gate-changed.

12:45- We get to our new gate and are told there's a 30 minute delay. I'm okay with that, I could use a chance to breathe.

12:50- Airport Lady: "Oh, whoops. It's really an hour delay."
Me: "Er... well... alright, that's cool, I guess. I have a book, I'm good."

1:00- Airport Lady: "JK, PLANE IS HERE NOW, GET ON. D:<"

1:15- I've settled down in my seat, got the AC blasting and suddenly all the power just SHUTS DOWN. No air, no light, no nothing. Captian: "Er... looks like we've got a problem. BRB, gonna go find maintenance."

1:30- Captian: "K, we're all good, gonna fly this plane now." At about this point I fall asleep. It's been a long day, I'm tired, so sue me.

2:00- I wake up and see we're on the tarmac. NAIEVELY, I assume I've managed to sleep through the whole flight and we've landed. After a few moments I realize NO SUCH LUCK, we haven't even taken off yet.

2:30- Flight Attendant(henceforth known as "Suzanne"): "Um... It appears we have some more difficulties, we're going to return to the gate now and try and figure this out."

2:45- Suzanne: "LOL COMPLIMENTARY WATER AND PEANUTS! " (keep in mind "peanuts" means about 7 peanuts in a bag the size of a sugar packet.)

3:00- Captain: "Okay, we're all good, all we need to do is refuel and we're ready for takeoff."

3:15- Suzanne: "Do you want me to re-read all the safety info?"
Everybody Else: "NO. D:<"
Suzanne: "Am I really that boring? "
EE: "*sigh* nooo..."

3:20- Captain: "LULZ, RN'T WE SO LUCK THE FULE PEOPLE CAME SO QUICK?"
Me: "WTF?"
Lady Next To Me: "Seriously, what the fuck?" XD I must admit, she really did say that and I lol'd SO HARD.

4:00- (This is when I really started writing down everything that was happening because I knew we were SCREWED. All this was scrawled in the back of my summer reading book.)Captain: "Er... it looks like the maintenance people never did replace that part they were supposed to replace in the beginning so... BACK TO THE GATE."
Lady Next To Me:

4:05- Suzanne: "Please send Pinacle((the company that owns delta)) lots of nasty letters. I will now give you their address."

4:06- Suzanne: \"DON'TTHINKIWASTELLINGYOUNOTTOSENDLETTERSTODE LTA,BECAUSETHAT'SNOTWHATIMEANT.FEELFREETOSENDEVILLETTERSTOTHEMTOO,YOUKNOWWHATIMEAN?\"
Me: " way to backpeddal Suzanne."

4:10- Lady Next To Me: "Er... is this a bad time to mention that I claustrophobic?"

4:15- My Mom (a couple seats away): "So what exactly is broken?"
Suzanne: "LOL THE WHOLE PLANE! "
Other Guy: " No. Seriously. What's broken?"
Suzanne: "Er... I DON'T KNOW. T.T"

4:16- Captain: So apparently some of you ((the whole plane)) have been asking ((yelling)) what exactly is wrong with the plane. Essentially a battery charger broke. It's really not a big deal."
Me: "If it's not a big deal then why is it STILL BROKEN?"

4:20- Suzzane: "If you want to get off the plane and stretch your legs (though it would be really nice if you would just stay on the plane) please raise your hand."
Half The Plane:

4:23- Suzzane: "Okay, JK, everybody has to get off and they have to do it now."

4:25- Everybody gets off the plane. (Please note that we were on that plane for nearly 3 and a half hours just sitting there.)

4:40- People start demanding meal vouchers. Some are making hotel reservations.

4:45- Airport Lady: "Okay, we're all fixed, and you should be able to reboard soon."

5:00- Airport Lady: "Er... wait. No, you can't board yet."

5:18- We're allowed to get back on the plane, and the airport people start passing out these little envelopes. Everybody got one and they were good for a free cocktail and $25 to be spent on any delta ticket.
Me: "Yay. I can fly to the end of my street. "

5:20- As I walk onto the plane I pass Suzanne. This little old lady behind me looks at her and says in that old grumbly old person voice "So you're still here then? D:<" After I stop giggling like a MANIAC, I settle down AGAIN. The guy next to my mom never got back on the plane, so at least we got to sit together at this point.

5:30- New Captain: "Er... wow. So it sounds like you guys have had a rough day. Don't worry about it though, because I'll totally get you guys there."
Me: "THANK YOU! SOMEONE COMPETENT AT LAST!"

5:35- We pull out to start the taxi (for the 4th time).

5:36- Suzanne reads the safety info. AGAIN.

6:00- New Captain: "Er... you're not going to believe this but... we've got more technical difficulties."
EE: HOLY !@#$%ING !@#$%!!!!!
New Captain: "You deserve to know what the heck is going on, and essentailly one of our sensors is going off when there's no reason it should till we're even in the air. What we're going to do is basically reboot the plane's computer."
EE: ...okay, good to know at least...

6:10- New Captain: "We're all ready for takeoff! SUZANNE SIT DOWN.

6:15- TAKEOFF! ((and there was much rejoicing))

6:25- Suzanne: Everybody will now recieve complimentary snacks (unless you want something besides peanuts) and beverages. Now, I know you got giftcards for a free cocktail but... you can't use that on this flight.

7:40- LANDED!!!!!
Me: *kisses ground*

D: So that's that. Worst flight of my life. And I've been on some pretty shitty flights.

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Half of my head is very happy right now, and the other half is kind of sad.

I must admit it's a little disorienting.

Any-whoosey-whatsit, I am trying to make a nice, proper journal I won't hate having up for a long time.

I am 16 now. Isn't that peachy keen? :3

People are seeming very cool to me now. I feel like maybe someday, I too might be a cool person.

As a side note, I really do sort of want to win that contest... and I never enter contests unless I think I really CAN win (okay, except that whole =tagl thing. that was different.) I want to enter more contests. And maybe win some schollarships.

but let's not get ahead of ourselves.

I feel the bite of the writing bug... perhaps I'll go be productive or something.