flying puck, shattered glass, wooden christensen

flew to pittsburgh today for some training. so the odd thing for me was this was the first flight that i was on that didn’t serve real food, but instead made you buy meals yourself. you could get the cheap-ass hoagie (which was a crappy little sandwich and a lot of junk food) for $5, and then the option of two wolfgang puck meals for $10. i opted for the chinese chicken salad over the roast beast, and it was acceptable. the chicken itself was pretty good, but the brownie was possibly a leftover shuttle heat tile. i might have been outraged at the whole process had i not been expensing the cost. i wonder, then if they’d let you bring your own food on instead? i think southwest lets you do this. how about some nice fried chicken from powell’s place, with collard greens and yams? mmmmm…

they also subjected us to the film shattered glass, which is about the national review journalist stephen glass, who was exposed for having fabricated many of his stories. unfortunately, they had hayden christensen in the lead role, who may be the worst actor ever. i think i may have swore that i’d only watch one more movie with him in it after suffering through star wars 2: attack of the clones, which i guess means i’ll have to skip star wars 3. or maybe he’s just practicing not emoting so he can do darth vader without having to use a mask? in any case peter sarsgaard was good, at least.