Three Beautiful Things: Saksy In The Whole Galaksy

by HijabMan :: posted 29 October 08

The last two weekends I’ve been out of town. The weekend of the 11th was Chicago for a wedding. The weekend of the 18th, I drove about five hours to Newport News, Virginia.

I’m not exactly sure how or what got me there, other than the fact that I felt like driving. A couple weeks ago, I wrote about how, in order to get motivated to clean, I invite someone over— just so that I have a limited amount of time to clean. All of my cleaning is best done under pressure. My travels are a similar story.

A couple days before I left for Virginia, I had no idea where I wanted to go— just that I wanted to drive. Within a day or so I had whittled down my list and decided on Virginia. I told a friend of mine I’d stop by and say hello.

Of course, the day I was supposed to leave, the reality of a 5-hour drive starting in rush hour traffic wasn’t the most appealing of ideas. But at that point, I couldn’t just flake out on her, could I?

So I drove, I drove through the mix of second-thoughts, the sheer bursts of joy, and the silent contemplation. Here are three beautiful things about traveling.

1. Flying. As much as everyone complains about flights these days, and as much as airlines are becoming increasingly stingy, inefficient, and just plain blech, I still find myself feeling incredibly sexy when boarding a plane. It’s the kind of sexy feeling where you feel like dressing up in a blazer even though the feeling sexy part is internal. Now now, don’t get me wrong, it’s not the sensual-sexy.

It’s that sexy where you feel saksy in the whole galaksy. An extra bounce in your rush to the gate. In that rush, your light, Fall jacket flowing behind you. Your lips are parted in a smile. Your pearly whites show to the mass of grumpy passengers who stare curiously at you, a small, hairy, Jewish-looking man strutting towards them. You know?

2. Brunch in cute restaurants and cafes.

2a. At Egg’lectic Cafe in Wheaton, IL, I had some eggs over crab cakes and english muffins with hollandaise sauce.

2b. Brie-stuffed French Toast at Aroma’s in Newport News.

3. Photographing Weddings. I love taking pictures, and weddings allow me a safe space in which to take as many pictures as I want. I find so much peace in observing peoples’ faces. Are you interested in a ridiculously cheap wedding photographer that is also pretty good? Use me as a second-shooter. I’ll work for transportation to and from the wedding and 200 bucks. It’ll be fun for me, and you’ll get some extra bucks. A testimonial and some examples of my work will be up shortly!

Freckles at 29 October 08 :: #

Um, dudes in blazers are dead saksy. H-O-T-T hott! :)
Fareed at 30 October 08 :: #

Salaam Hijabman! I think your posts are great, very inspirational. I look forward to reading more about what you have to say as time progresses.
musicalchef at 12 November 08 :: #

“I still find myself feeling incredibly sexy when boarding a plane.”

I take it you haven’t had to go through the “randomly selected preferred passenger treatment?” Haha!

No, really; it’s the coolest when you have a laptop you can pull out while waiting at the gate, then you look important!
chubaka at 18 November 08 :: #

pleeeeeease update

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