I may be flying too much.  I have read the Enroute magazine cover to cover twice, and could tell you now, without checking, the list of Movies and short Comedies available on the Air Canada in flight Entertainment system.  I can tell you that I currently on an Air Bus 330 which is a large aircraft but not quite as big as the Boeing 777 that Air Canada flies to Sydney, Australia.  I am certain that in almost every conventional economy seat on Air Bus or Boeing planes, you can find a way to lift the armrest that borders the aisle.  I always thought that one could not be lifted, but there is almost always a way to do it.  If you put the lie flat Business Class seats into the flat position, without lifting your head, long hair will get caught in the crease between the headrest and the seat back as it reclines.   All kinds of details of flight have become apparent to me in these past few weeks.

Had a great few days with the Film Folks.  It has become obvious to me that I am about to work on a major motion picture with the best in the business.  The costumes, the sets, the archery supervisor, the fight guys, the stunt dudes, (yes I have met my stunt double, I will be very nice to him for sure), the audio techs, the prop department…all the behind the scenes folks that work never-ending hours to make the movie and the performers on camera look amazing.  How lucky am I?  I have a chance to walk in the shoes of one of the most Iconic figures in literary and music history.  Wow.

Speaking of lucky, I am really glad to be off to Victoria and Vancouver this weekend for the grand Canadian Music celebration known as the Juno Awards.  I missed the East Coast Music Awards this year and really missed the chance to see the other bands and catch up with everyone on the circuit.  Hope to do just that this weekend.  Would be nice to take home a trophy, but as per usual, we are up against some very deserving competition, so I would not bet the bank on graduating from our Juno Nominee status just yet.  But, you never know.  It would be a very nice punctuation mark on what has been the most successful tour of our career.

By the way, I did just fly over the top of the Earth…sort of.   Our flight path went right over Greenland and the Northern Territories of Canada.  Not far from Yellowknife as I type.  Really glad we did not fly over Newfoundland.  Just hurts the guts too much to see the out of proportion digital airplane on the moving map track over the Rock without stopping down for a visit.  

About two and a half hours to go before touch down in Vancouver.  Have to dash through customs and then across the airport to catch a connector to Victoria and pretty much straight onto the stage.  

C’mon that’s friggin’ Rock and Roll.

Cheers,
Alan