You must be really looking forward to your trip, people keep saying to me, encouragingly.
Um, yeah. Kind of. Except... I think I booked it in a bit of a hurry or something: I'm leaving the day after we finish shooting, a week on Saturday. Er, when exactly was I planning to pack up my stuff and move out of my house? Am I really going to be landing in Los Angeles in the middle of economic turmoil the day after I finish my job? At what point did I decide that it wouldn't be nicer, in fact, to first spend a week in bed, ordering pizza and drinking orange squash?
My good friend Wies tells me not to stress: this is California we're talking about. He's flying in from Arizona and we're going to travel up the coast together for a couple of weeks. I am very happy about this. Who cares if I have no accommodation booked, haven't saved up enough money, and never learnt to drive? I'm about to spend two weeks in the sun with one of my nearest and dearest friends.
After that we're going to part company in Seattle and I'm going to get on with traipsing around like a cowboy / superhero / soldier, or whatever the fuck it is that I'm supposed to be doing.
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Sounds like a great adventure though. I'd love to have something like that to look forward to, regardless of the circumstances. Besides, it's unique blog fodder if nothing else!
ReplyDeleteYeah... I just wish I was better organised. Although I suppose that defies the point of having "an adventure". Gah.
ReplyDeleteI had this crazy thought the other day that I might just leave my laptop at home.
But then I shuddered and copped on.
weis is hot
ReplyDeleteExactly what I was going to say - it wouldn't be much of an adventure if you had hotels booked and everything perfectly organised. It'll be brilliant!
ReplyDeleteDo you remember Into the West - Cowboys eat beans!
Nah, you're going to the US at the best time. You'll be able to bag yourself an ex-banker's villa at a knockdown price!
ReplyDeleteThe Irish economy is rocketing, I hear.
it will be fabulous, I promise you. even if all your plans fall apart the minute you land.
ReplyDeleteorange squash is underated. But they have that in America too I suppose, and also the pizzas are bigger.
ReplyDeleteNot sure what I'm trying to say but planning, shblaming
Hey, yeah, babe, just relax, hang loose, enjoy the vibes, stay cool, do yer thang etc etc, it's California not Manhattan. You'll come back so spaced out you'll have forgotten your own name.
ReplyDeleteMiss Milki: Hopefully cowboys also eat sardines.
ReplyDeleteAnon: Yes, Wies is hot. And not only that but he has a driving license too. What more do you need?
Wierdo: They probably don't call it "squash" in America. I think that's a kind of vegetable.
haha! orange squash you wont find, but beans and sardines yes. and i hope you like mexican food annie, because you will find it everywhere,excellent and cheap, now what more could you ask for??
ReplyDeletex lori
"I just wish I was better organised"
ReplyDeleteLife is not a rehearsal - you'll have an amazing time and it'll be all the better because you won't have time to stop and think about it. Just enjoy!
EW x
Ps. Please take your laptop and keep us all updated
Please please please can I come with?
ReplyDelete*sigh* or if not, I guess I'll have to live vicariously through your blog.
At least Minneapolis is taken care of...
ReplyDeleteI do hope you'll call on DQ and I should you pass through SF. We'd *love* to take you out to some fancy places for killer cocktails!
ReplyDeleteAw, thank you for the invites. I love people on the internet. But that is a whole other post.
ReplyDeleteHey, it turns out that one thing they conclusively don't have in the USA is squash
ReplyDeletehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squash_(drink)
although I'm sure you'll survive!
Have a great time.
Hi, another Annie here - from Wexford Ireland and now living in San Francisco. You'll have such a great time in California, and please email if you need a pad to crash in SF - seriously! My husband and I have a sweet little house out by Ocean Beach and we make great margaritas!
ReplyDeleteHey Annie, thanks for the invite! I would love to visit. We'll have a camper van for the San Francisco area but it would be great to drop by and see your hummingbirds... I will email you.
ReplyDeleteI want to have your exciting lifestyle, dashing off for unplanned, unsaved up for forays into cowboy country. I went to Galway once on a whim. Does that count?
ReplyDelete*sigh*
Oh, Annie, you have this amazing adventure ahead of you, just relax and go with the flow. I so wish I was you right now! :)
ReplyDeleteAnnie, not meaning to burst any balloon - but newspapers are full of stories of late of Iceland's economy in free-fall. Are the newspapers wrong? What's happening in Iceland?
ReplyDeleteYes, Icelandic economic doom. Alda's been blogging in English about it here:
ReplyDeletehttp://icelandweatherreport.com/
And this is Iceland Review's English news archive:
http://www.icelandreview.com/icelandreview/archive/
Annie - when are you going and how long are you going for?
ReplyDeleteI'm leaving on Saturday and I'm not sure as of yet how long I'll be gone for, but it'll be just a few weeks, until my money runs out.
ReplyDeleteSaturday already! I am SO envious!
ReplyDeleteI wanted to talk to you about a project I'm working on, it's still only a tiny seed of a plan, so not even sure if it'll ever materialise and hence it can wait until you're back. I think you might be interested in it and the project could benefit from your creative talent, that's for sure. It's a charity thing, quite a cool, creative concept, methinks. if you want to hear the initial idea, drop me an email and i'll send you some more details. i'm trying to get just a few people together to begin with.
Sounds intriguing...
ReplyDeleteHope you get a chance to blog in the US as I'd hate to lose one of my regular fixes. Best of luck!
ReplyDeleteHey Annie,
ReplyDeleteNo stressin', you'll be graaaaand!!
The least amount of planning = more adventure/disaster/material etc.
Hurrah! good for you.
Yay California!
ReplyDeleteI live in L.A.; as an avid (well, avid when I remember to read) writer of your blog, my wife & I would love to have a cocktail or two with you when you come! Let us know!
...reader of your blog, not writer. It's far too early in the morning to be at work.
ReplyDeleteOh, thanks, would love to! I will be in touch over at your place.
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