Home from Home
Oct 7th, 2007 by John
What could the title mean? Well, on Saturday I took the long coach journey home. What takes an hour and a half in the car takes just over four hours by coach, but hey it’s cheaper at least. So I arrived back at home to a warm welcome by the parents and we did family socialising type things over the weekend whilst I took some photos. Good fun all in all. But being at home felt… different somehow. It still felt like being at home, but everything seemed a bit alien. It’s funny how just three weeks at university can changes ones perspective, just in that subtle and almost intangible way. But then in contrast a friend of mine from down the corridor also went home this weekend, but he said it was just like he’d never been away. So individual differences kick in here I suppose. Either way I still had a good weekend, and after an equally long coach journey back, I’m now back. Oddly enough.
I can’t resist mentioning something course-related though. I had an hour wait at Stanstead airport for a coach connection, but whilst I was there I realised how much I quite like airports! There’s a real buzz and atmosphere there. Just by sitting in the Costa outside departures I was starting to get excited about going on some kind of holiday. It’s so infectious! There’s a busyness and a rush all around; yet also people sat waiting everywhere.
Airports: A place where people hurry up and wait.
– From A Scientific Encyclopedia for the Enquiring Young Nome by Angalo de Haberdasheri (Terry Pratchett, Wings)
Wise words indeed. Anyway, where was I going with this? Ah yes. For my Shooting For Story module I have opted to document (photographically, of course) a workplace. What better workplace than a bustling airport? Well I can think of a few places actually, but never mind. So wish me luck when I phone on Monday to try and get clearance to go and take photos. I doubt they’ll be jumping to help me and I’m not expecting a tour of the control tower or anything. But in these days of ridiculous legislation and terror threats around every corner (yes even the corner of your cupboard) I’ll be happy just for them to let me take photos. Hopefully actually inside the terminal rather than just the shops outside…
Just a quick note about the Whasblog, please entitle your posts something, even if it’s just “…”, as the database gets a bit complainy if there’s a blank field. I hope you’re all having fun in your various universities, jobs and other places of interest. Now I must go check my corners for terrorists taking photos of my room. Look forward to hearing from y’all about how things are going :happy: Night all.
Hehe, I do quite like airports as well. :happy: It sounds like a really good idea for your project, I think you’ll get some great photos out of it if they give you permission. And if they can let people doing the jailbreak charity hitch hike thing ride on planes for free, I’m sure they can let you in to take some photos in the terminal.
Soph: Hehe you’d have thought so. Fingers crossed, I’m phoning in a few minutes! :U
I hate airports
They stress me out horribly. Sounds like it would be quite an interesting place to photograph though 
I have mixed feelings about airports, though I have less experience of them than most of you peeps. I love the shape of planes so I’d be very interested to see any photos you take John and I think, as you said, it would be great to sit back and watch people mill about as I find it rather theraputic to watch people going about their daily lives but I also agree with Jemima that they can be very stressful especially sorting out your luggage issues…
You can do it John! I think it’s a spendiferous idea. All the best!
yay john gets to be arrested as a suspected terrorist. Does guantanamo count as a workplace?
Tim: I’ll bear it in mind as an option the way things are going.