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Airport Shenanigans
Don’t punish yourself for getting to the airport early – reward yourself!
If you're like me and would rather have to wait 3 hours at the gate before your flight boards than only have 3 minutes to get through security, here are some ways to keep yourself engaged. Instead of looking emo with your iPod plugged into your head, get imaginative and create priceless airport-entertainment. It’s about the journey – not the destination.
1. Blabbermouth Blockbuster
Instead of getting annoyed by that obnoxious passenger yakking on his cellphone and preventing you from losing yourself in Pride and Prejudice, make the best of the situation: listen in on him and use what you hear as inspiration for a movie script. Build a whole story around ONE sentence. You have the artistic license to do it (and you didn’t even have to parallel park for it)!
2. No More Blemishes
Ever spend hard-earned cash on the current edition of Glamour just because you were itching to read that article on how to clear up your complexion ? Well, just stay in the store and read it. Who says that Hudson News can’t be a public library ? This might also be an opportune moment to grab a copy of The Economist and brush up on your current events.
3. Celebrity People Watch
Identify the inner celebrity of the strangers around you. Like that woman wearing a smart but sexy pantsuit who's making eyes with the Great American Bagel Bakery cashier while she seductively scoops out five more cents from her patent leather Tory Burch wallet … Kim Cattrall, anyone?
4. Terminal Spotting
Play a terminal-wide game of Where’s Waldo? Except, Waldo can come in more than just a striped shirt and blue pants. Here are a few prompts (tailor this list to how Sydney Bristow-ish you’re feeling):
1) A passenger who looks way too old to be buying a coloring book
2) That overdressed woman you always hear before you see her 3-inch heels
3) A man comfortable with his feminine side (interpret that however you like)
4) A burly man a ‘Don’t Mess With Texas’ shirt
5) Someone speaking a foreign language
6) A strapping sailor … need I say more ? Especially if you’re at Chicago O’Hare, why not flirt with one ? The odds are in your favor.
5. Perfume Crawl
Who says you have to actually buy something in a duty-free shop? Stroll in and take advantage of free samples. The experimentation will pay dividends when you land and grab a cab to meet up with friends. You’ll look jet lagged, but you’ll smell jet set.
By Kathleen Flaherty. Kathleen is a rising senior at Northwestern University.
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