The Blog Challenge continues.<\/a><\/p>\n

8. Something you\u2019re afraid of.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I was thinking about how in the grand scheme of things I don’t have any irrational fears. Like how hoarders have night terrors of moving companies\u00a0 – you know – irrational<\/em> stuff.<\/p>\n

However, I am not fearless<\/em>. A well placed spider will make me jump, but after that shock wears off I can crush the fucker with a super strong Kleenex.<\/p>\n

That being said, the biggest ironic fear in my life is the act of travelling.<\/strong> Much like Jtree, I fear flying but love to travel<\/a> (see #6). Know that I grew up in a decade when DC9 & 10s were falling out of the sky like rocks just because someone butted out a cigarette in their arm rest ashtray. Also all those Airport <\/em> disaster movies had a big impact on my little mind. However, with that reasoning in place, I do not fear wandering eyes due to hours of repeated viewing of Karen Black trying to land a plane with one eye on the controls and the other on the landing strip.<\/p>\n

There’s a scene in the movie Fight Club where Edward Norton dreams of being on a flight where the plane disintegrates all around him as it falls from the sky. This is what goes through my mind over and over again when I fly. Oh wait… here it is:<\/p>\n