March 10, 2006 9:00 AM

I am traveling today, changing planes. Allison Sie talking on her seldom-used cell phone, jean jacket and sunglasses. Chris Tashima is wandering around the airport somewhere. We’re in San Francisco for 90 minutes.

Whenever I feel the wheels touch down on the runway, I think to myself, this means I’ll live to do _______. In other words, I can now expect to survive until the next time I fly. I’m not afraid to get on a plane, I do it all the time, but this is just something I can’t help thinking every time the wheels touch down.

Except this time. Because I was fast asleep and also this is a layover not a destination.

Yesterday, I saw three reels of the 2nd answer print of AMERICANese. The other three reels had bubbles on it-- I think he said water bubbles, is there such a thing? Instead of watching the whole movie, we watched reels 1, 4, and 5 twice.

Our 1st answer print also had some issues. Saw it Tuesday. There were several shots that were off. Wrong hue, too dark, too bright, that sort of thing. We called South by Southwest Film Festival. Print trafficker said we must ship the print no matter what shape it’s in. We were one of 250 films they had to deal with, and they’d already given us a deadline extension. We asked for more a day. They said no, so we shipped it.

Tomorrow night, our world premiere will have the kind of mistakes that first answer prints usually have. I’m wondering whether to mention this before the screening. They might notice the bumps less if I don’t. United Flight 1248 to Austin is now ready to board.