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ipod, palm pilot, laptop, dvds, rubix cube, and some nibbles and munchies. actually not some, bring LOADS of munchies. food keeps me from boredom.

a little tip: sleep anyway.
 
drinking and sleeping

I try to take the night fly; I go out the night before, sleep close to nothing. Go on the flight have two drinks of red wine and sleep.
 
On my last flight, which was also to New York, my iPod kept me pretty occupied. But my flight was much, much shorter than yours.

On the way there, the flight was packed. Every seat filled and it was cramped, which sucked (plus I was directly across from the crapper) but on the way back, there were open seats. One happened to be next to me so I had a bit of room to spread out. Middle of the plane, window seat. Couldn't have been better.
 
1. Write your next rock opera
2. (Download and ) listen to Bill Hicks, he is funny.
3. Take some Benadryl, you'll be sleepy.
4. Invent something new every 15 minutes.
5. Photograph everyone on the plane ( you can explain the FAA requires it in case of catastrophe...or make up your own line)
6. Incorporate yourself, it's quick, it's easy, and you can cheat on your taxes.
7. Bubonic Plague
8. Have a strange disease and tell EVERYONE around you about it. Enjoy the space you have created for yourself and stretch out!
9. Pretend you are Oscar the Grouch and pop out of a garbage can to issue the sagely wisdom of the Greek Cynics (Grouchousiphiles is my fave).
10. Tag the airplane, graffiti/ street art has not yet found it's way into an airplane. Be an innovator and make it happen fo the first time!

hope one of these works for you! :D ;) :D
 
well... it's really easy to sleep on airplane when the lights are low and you've got nothing to do. Get a window seat --> you can put your pillow on the wall, and lean against it to sleep. That's probably why I never get jet lag no matter how far it is. Music always helps [my iPod battery doesn't last very well on long flight >_<] a book, if you can stand reading in the low light.
 
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