Locked in a vacancy III

Where I will not be buying overpriced chocolates and sourdough starters.

It appears that I use this blog title a lot – for those just starting to follow along at home – check out Oct 7th and Nov 14th. Oy.

Today I am again stuck in SFO, awaiting departure. So far we are about 2.25 hours behind, but who’s counting? The time seems to be melting slowly, along with my skin, from the sun, coming through the non-polarized windows (can’t they make power from shit like that?)
Anyway, here I sit. Sometimes I buy candy (and collect the receipt as dinner) to pass the time. Tonight, instead, I decided to be ever present in this experience and observe my surroundings. My savings experience this evening is to not shop in “City by the Bay” but instead notice the people around me. I am playing a very fun game – all by myself – called “Name that Face”.

The rules:

Notice all the potential seat mates in the gate area.

Try and figure out what celebrity they look like – only they are warped from their “twin” in some way. So far I have found the following (10 points each):

Dumb Judge Reinhold

Young Robert Duvall

Hindi Henry Winkler

Gay Weird Al Yankovic (it might have actually been him – had it not been for the boat collar knit sweater with the navy blue button – down applets)

Short, ugly, fashion-challenged Aimee Mann

Thinn (er) Kevin dude from “King of Queens”

(3) versions of my boss – a short one, a fat one and a young one (must be a convention)

George C. Scott

Someone who looks like W. Smith (my friend). No.  she is not famous, but dated a few famous people so I get 5 points for her)

A Tina Fey impersonator (when you are professional like that… I am not sure you really get points, but you get my meaning)

An old Captain Kangaroo (Bob – where are you when I need you?)

A military ready looking Seth Green

A thin, tall John Lennon

This is how I spend my time. I am not spending money, I am saving my sanity. This while my family enjoys happy hour burgers at Serratto. Boy, ain’t travel glamorous?