8.10.2011

Day One: I will absolutely not pay for a millisecond of your wifi.

Five dollars for 30 minutes of wifi? Fuck you, Miami International. It's also required to have a Sunpass now in the Miami area? Or maybe it's everywhere. My aunt had it right: "It's so they can track you! Little China!"

I never want to be one of those people who need the $9.95/month unlimited access to Miami International's wifi. I'd venture to guess that those people start shedding at an early age and have heart attacks before age 40. Busy Busy Business People.

My name in Italian is Nicoletta. My cousin is going to be there too! I've heard lots about him since I was a kid. My grandma would always talk about Jacapo and tell him all about me. We're about the same age, and all I really know is he likes Green Day and the Chili Peppers. His American name would be Jake. He added me on Facebook awhile back, but I've never been able to decode his status updates. He does know English, though.

Seeing my aunts in Ft. Lauderdale was a trip. It was like watching The Banger Sisters. Aunt Diane is the crazy biker chick; Aunt Lorrayne is very proper and meticulous. Lorrayne practically counted the seconds until we needed to leave for the airport, while Diane talked about last night's bartending gig. It's weird how much distance can keep you from really knowing another side of your family.

My grandma is such a run-of-the-mill grandma: super happy, a little forgetful, extremely generous, a bad driver and can show you how to bake a pie. She lives pretty old-fashioned, yet owns a Blackberry and iPad 2. She also has that little keyboard that connects wirelessly to her big-screen TV. Yeah, my grandma is more tech-savvy than yours.

But she also engraved her iPad 2, so the back reads, "Happy Birthday and Happy Holidays" just in case.

"I still haven't decided if I like this thing," grandma says, staring at the reflecting Apple logo. "And it's really not that light."

About an hour until boarding.

1 comment:

  1. Bitch, did you delete your facebook again?! Text a bitch!!!

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