[kj] Thwarted by God

[Paul]

So sorry Alex, depressed here for you : (

Hopefully you get to make it to another one soon.

Not sure myself if going over to the UK or elsewhere yet, Mrs wants to come
with and have to organise leave for her.



On Thu, 13 Sep 2018 at 17:07, Alex Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net> wrote:

> For those of you who have the good sense and piece of mind not to follow
> me on various social media platforms, I thought I'd let you know that
> despite my very best efforts and the best-laid plans, I did *NOT* make it
> to Killing Joke's gig in my hometown of New York City last night (just a
> scant six blocks from my home).
>
> There was no reason I shouldn't have made it -- my return flight from my
> work engagement in Nashville, TN should have put me into LaGuardia airport
>  at 6:30 pm. But, as the fates conspired to have it, an "impassable" cover
> of thunderstorms re-routed my flight to Syracuse. While re-fueling, we were
> then informed that LaGuardia had a "ground stop" order in place - no
> landings, no takeoffs due to weather. By the time we took off, it was 8:30.
> By the time Killing Joke took to the stage at Irving Plaza at 9:30, I was
> still in the air. When we landed, there was no gate waiting for us, so we
> sat on the tarmac for another thirty minutes. I didn't leave the airport
> bound for Manhattan until 10:45. I didn't make it back into the city until
> well after 11pm. My wife suggested scrambling over to at least catch up
> with some of my friends in attendance, but that almost seemed like it would
> be that much more painful, having missed the entirety of the performance
> (let along being exhausted, zonked and already demoralized beyond
> description). So, long story short, I did not make it.
>
> There were moments -- especially when dry-docked in fucking Syracuse --
> when I was so depressed about this, I genuinely thought I was going to
> fucking throw up.
>
> If there is a God, he's a fucking asshole.
>
> I may try for London, but it's a long-shot.
>
> Cheers,
> -Alex in NYC
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