Flying v. Invisible

Here are my top ten reasons for thinking that it would be way cooler to be able to fly than to be invisible (feel free to rebut with any counter arguments if you disagree).

1. You could get places way faster.

2. People would always be saying, "Hey, there's that awesome kid that can fly." If you were invisible all people would say is, "Where'd old what's-his-name go? He always seems to just disappear."

3. If you were always invisible you'd probably stop wearing clothes -- I mean what would be the point if no one can see you anyway, right? But then what if your invisibility powers ran out.

4. If you were invisible and you had to escape, you might be able to make it, unless they threw sand on you or paint or something. Then they'd total be able to tell where you were. If you could fly, you could just take off and be gone -- paint or no paint.

5. If you could fly, NASA would probably be really interested in you and you could get a free tour of the space shuttle or something awesome like that. If you were invisible, men in white space suits would probably attach enormous tubes to your house, capture you, run a bunch of tests, and then force you to inspect nuclear facilities in Iran or spend years learning Russian just so you could eaves drop on Vladimir Putin.

6. If you could fly, you could get above all the pollution and breath some fresh air. If you were invisible, you could probably see all the disgusting pollution going into your own lungs.

7. If you could fly, you could pretend you had a magic carpet. You could pretend the same thing if you were invisible, but the carpet wouldn't actually fly and no one would be able to see you on it anyway, so that wouldn't be nearly as cool.

8. If you could fly, you could pretend like you could just jump really high. Then you could win lots of Olympic medals and probably play in the NBA. If you were invisible, you probably wouldn't have those option unless you happened to be a naturally gifted athlete and could turn off you invisible powers -- I mean really, who's going to pay not to watch somebody play basketball.

9. If you could fly, you would never have to pay for a plane ticket again. If you were invisible, you could sneak onto planes, I guess, but if the plane was full, you'd have to cram yourself into an overhead compartment, stand in the aisle the entire flight, or wait for someone to fall asleep and then sit on their lap.

10. If you could fly, you could wear an awesome costume with a cape and a special symbol. If you were invisible, you could make a costume, but that would kind of defeat the purpose, wouldn't it?

(By the way, these photos turned out super grainy because I cranked the ISO all the way up to 1,600. That was the only way I could get a fast enough shutter speed to capture the movement in the bad light. This may have been one case where it would have been okay to break down and actually use my flash, but I just couldn't bring myself to do it.)