Sitting in the food court strip mall at the Tom Bradley(?) International terminal at LAX.
The airport wifi … Isn’t, as near as I can tell. Lots of ‘connecting’, but no actual connection. Then again, it doesn’t want any money, so I suppose I’m getting exactly what I’m paying for.

I’m definitely feeling more stressy/anxious on this trip, though its happening in waves. Waiting for the plane in the Gate Lounge at Auckland was bad, though hanging out with Kevin/Tonya/Tamsin before that was fine. Most of the flight was stress-free, if bumpy, except for the last hour or so.
Immigration & Border Control was a long slow wait & a short ‘direct’ interrogation by the CBP lady, who was … professionally polite.
No issues, which is good, but I didn’t get mistaken for being in my 30’s, which is what happened last time. 3:)

I kind of wandered for a bit, and took a long time to figure out that I needed to actually buy some water, as opposed to just thinking about doing so. Drinking that now, & contemplating how to kill a few (6+) hours before the flight to Chicago.
There was a vague plan to go and see Andrei if I was awake enough; Don’t think that’s happening.

In-flight sleeping did happen, sometimes during movies, but I’ve now seen The Croods, Oblivion (the Tom Cruise SF thing), Skyfall, and most of Die Hard 5.
Oh, and a minute of a live-action Detective Conan, which, not being subtitled, did not hold my interest.

found the LAX wifi in the American terminal, thus this post

The current plan is to do the check-in & boarding pass bit, as they couldn’t issue the US passes to me in Auckland, like they did last year, and then probably go on through to the air side.
Currently not hungry, but if there’s no food service places airside I’m in for a long-ass wait. Seems unlikely though.