tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2288780630476703384.post5884757301135329086..comments2023-10-23T08:28:57.329-07:00Comments on 2010 ILC at Cornell: It's Like "The Terminal"Madeline Kronenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00809038721402994691noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2288780630476703384.post-90420166762592262992010-06-25T09:21:28.249-07:002010-06-25T09:21:28.249-07:00Alex,
This is an outstanding first blog [PD) for ...Alex,<br /><br />This is an outstanding first blog [PD) for the 2010 Cornell contingent. [PD stands for Post Departure to differentiate those blogs written after boarding the shuttle from those written before departure.]<br /><br />There's no way to write this and come across as sincere but nonetheless I'm going to write to you all that I feel your pain. :-) Some of us have been stuck in airports and most of us have read reports of such mishaps but unless you've gone through what you've all had to endure, I suppose you can't possibly appreciate fully such a wonderful start to your adventures in Ithaca.<br /><br />At the very least, you'll have some great stories to tell for years to come.<br /><br />And by the way, the Tom Hanks movie you referred to was really a pretty decent movie. The Tom Hanks character came from an Eastern European country that had a coup while he was on his flight to NYC. Once he arrived, his passport was no longer valid and since he had no country to go back to, he was stuck betwixt and between. He actually lived in the airport for many months until his country was once again recognized by the rest of the world and he could go home.<br /><br />The movie was based on a real life guy who became stuck on Orleans Airport in Paris for many months.<br /><br />Before you get all excited by the possibility that your own adventures might be turned into a movie, keep in mind that what happened to you is now a very common occurrence. It would be like making a movie of a group of nine people who went to the grocery store--it's so common place that instead of being extraordinary, it's ordinary. Sorry to the burst the bubble.Don Gosneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17110247579694408858noreply@blogger.com