reading material

I'm packed and ready to fly to Chicago in the morning, assuming the weather allows. It shouldn't be any problem getting in the air on this end, but there's a major winter storm moving through Chicago right now. It should be about out of the area by the time I get there tomorrow evening, but high winds and blowing snow could be a problem. So I'm expecting delays, and possibly not minor ones.

I have quite a bit of work with me so can stay busy in airports or wherever. Tonight I went looking for a book to bring with in case I get bored with that. The two things I'm mostly reading right now are big, fat, and heavy, not good travel books. So instead, I'm bringing a copy of J.G. Ballard's "Crash." A nice slim paperback, suitably punk, and appropriate reading material for airplanes, I think. Wonder if it will make the person in the next seat nervous...

The trip was booked on only two days notice and I've made no attempt to schedule any shoots while there, only a few people even know I'm coming. Instead I'll probably brave the moderating but still worse than normal weather forecast for the weekend to get out on the streets at night. Maybe I'll even venture into counterculture-land and see what kind of interesting random subjects I can get to stand in front of the lens for a minute or two. I have some more mundanr things to do while there, of course, but they won't take every minute of my time.