The Inspiration Behind Milton Makes a Move (Guest Post by Jonathan Graziano)
There have only been a handful of times in my life I've considered myself a "heavy drug user". All of these instances happened in airports, after my cold sweat panic sets in, and I find myself at a small city-themed terminal bar with a whiskey and handful of Dramamine. Sure, Dramamine isn't meth, but antihistamines are intense if you are also on antipsychotics, so I found myself time after time accepting the label. I can't help it—flying terrifies me. I have been sifting through my trust issues with loved ones for years with my therapist, how on earth am I supposed to trust a group of faceless engineers and a probably drunk pilot? Pilots are usually drunk. I have no evidence to support this claim—on the contrary, there are multiple failsafes proving the opposite to be true, but since when have fears needed to be rational? He's (I gendered the pilot in my mind and instead of revising, lay myself bare before you all now) drunk and so am I. And we're both on ...
