Stream of Consciousness Sunday: The Future Has Arrived

I was inspired to write this post after visiting the new airport terminal at Raleigh-Durham International. Sometimes technology moves at light speed and I was a bit blown away but the whole process (this coming from a former travel girl). But if that was remarkable, even moreso is the fact that I’m currently on an airplane using $5 wifi to get this post. It’s a crazy world, isn’t it?

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This is a first for me. I’m writing my post somewhere over the United States. I have no idea where. And I’m not writing this live in WordPress. Another first for me.

I’m on an airplane headed to Seattle. I’m thrilled to be working with Nintendo as a Brand Ambassador and by the time I publish this, I should be safely on the ground at home having had a wonderful time (see how I assume like that).

Today has been pretty weird. I haven’t traveled in quite some time. I flew in February 2010 to Orlando. It was a quick and easy flight to Disney. This is different. RDU has a new terminal.

It’s big and shiny and modern (with glass and steel ) and full of big security lines. No big deal, right? No. It was a big deal. Check-in is virtually a people-less process. I predicted this day. Looked forward to this day.

I worked in the travel industry many years ago and remember my clients complaining about having e-tickets as we called them back then. They wanted and  needed the security of the paper ticket in hand. Now look at us.

It’s a do-it-yourself society. And I don’t really mind. I think I’m more efficient than the average person so I’d rather help myself through the process.

And then the security line. It wasn’t anything terribly new. Shoes off. Laptop out. Everything in a bin. And then I had to stand in this big Total Recall- looking booth. Feet on the yellow footprints. Arms raised overhead. Part of it felt like I was training for a new Charlie’s Angels movie. Other parts of it felt like something out of a Ray Bradbury novel. The future has arrived.

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This was my 5 minute Stream of Consciousness Sunday post. It’s five minutes of your time and a brain dump. Want to try it? Here are the rules…

• Set a timer and write for 5 minutes only.
• Write an intro to the post if you want but don’t edit the post. No proofreading or spellchecking. This is writing in the raw.
• Publish it somewhere. Anywhere. The back door to your blog if you want. But make it accessible.
• Add the Stream of Consciousness Sunday badge to your post.
• Link up your post below.
• Visit your fellow bloggers and show some love.

Now…

1. Grab the button

(it’s now over in the sidebar)

2. Write your post.

3. Link up here.