On and On and On.

4.5.2015

Have you seen a real drone yet?

No, not on TV or in a movie or museum, but a real, live drone ... droning along its way?

I have.

I look up at the sound of most aircraft.  All helicopters, most jumbo jets (you can tell the difference between a triple seven and a Southwest Airlines 737 by the noise of their engines.  And that's what gets me looking up.  Sometimes I hear them and run outside to look up at them.  Especially if it's a helicopter.  There have been some brush fires around here lately and the big fuckin' Cal Fire helis are buzzing about.

I saw my first ever drone a while back.  I had stepped out of the house on my way to pick up Ez from his after-school program.  I heard a weird whine from above that sounded like a high speed fan, or even a few high speed fans.  Looking up, I saw that it was indeed a few fans, four to be exact, and they were attached to a drone no bigger than a pizza box.  It was flying parallel to Venice Boulevard, which is a short block away from me.  I didn't see its controller, and didn't expect to.  I just chalked it up to being my first drone sighting.

With what's being said about drones in the news, everything from drones raining Hell down on the fucking terrorists or Amazon.com planning on drone-based delivery, I wasn't surprised to see the little one I saw.  Plenty of people fly them to shoot movie scenes or commercials, spy on people, just to fly a small electronic gizmo.  I for one look forward to the day when my very own drone can "beer me" when I need a freshy.

Won't that be nice?

Tonight - The Homestead  (the month is over already?!?)

bye-ee!
whrr ... clik!