[kj] Thwarted by God

[Andreas Misera]

Sorry to hear that, Alex!!! Come to Munich in October!

> Am 13.09.2018 um 18:07 schrieb Alex Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net>:
> 
> 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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