I love airplanes. The fact that you're forced next to some stranger for hours at a time seems awful until you're actually in the situation. On the flight from Las Vegas to San Francisco I met a man who was going to his family reunion. He said at the last reunion they went to the bay to scatter the ashes of a family member. He works at a Wal-Mart in Vegas and absolutely hates it. He's treated badly and gets paid very little but he can't leave his job. He gets put in the position of dealing with problems such as criminals and relationships. He works well with people so he's able to deal well and ultimately ameliorate the problems. He was talking to me about human nature with relationships, something I've thought about a lot recently, and how marriage has changed a lot since the 60s. Marriage used to be solely for survival: reproduction to continue the human race. Arranged marriages. Now marriage is for love. But, it's easy to love anyone. You could have a soul-mate that you love but can't marry. This is why people are having so many affairs- they love multiple people and can't be with them all at once. Marriage is just for love now. Which is probably why the world is so overpopulated now.
On the flight to Boston I met a woman from Newton who works in the family business of the fishing industry. I talked to her about colleges for a while and when I told her I play violin and viola she got really excited. She said, "See that man by the window over there? That's my husband. He makes violins for a living." She gave me her card and wrote his website on it: http://www.polsteinviolins.com/David_Polstein_Violin_Maker/HOME.html
It's a small world. You never know who you'll end up meeting.
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