Ha, I'm writing this entry just to avoid cleaning up for a while. Honestly, I don't understand what's wrong with me -- every time I clean up, I do it propelly, and then a few days later my room looks like a bomb just exploded! Anyway, here I am, trying to postpone depressing Monday clean-up a little.
After Christmas Holiday, New Year shock ("Where did my gap year go?") and the initial "I'm going to the States" hype, it has been time to return to reality and its boring tasks -- university, libraries, doing laundry, paying bills, booking appointments and all that. Well, I'm not complaining (yet). I had so long Christmas vacation that it's actually pretty nice to be back in business. I've also made an effort to meet up with my friends as much as possible, keeping in mind that in 4 months I'll move away and they're most likely staying here. Last week was insanely busy, but I think this week will be a little bit easier -- or at least most of the things I've planned to get done this week can be organized online or by phone (read: no need to go downtown).
I have now booked all my flights for March/April, and this is what I'm going to do:
fly from Helsinki to Boston 12.3.
take a train from Boston to NYC on 15.3.
US road trip from NYC to LA 16.3. - 5.4.
staying in Los Angeles 5. - 7.4.
Reyakjavik (Iceland) 8. - 11.4.
back in Finland 11.4
Reyakjavik? YES! I couldn't resist Icelandic Air's stopover tickets, which allow you to stay in Iceland for one to seven days on your way from/to the States. Besides, stopping in Iceland for a few days also makes the jetlag easier (ohh well, that sounded like an excuse... guilty as charged). Anyway, now I have flights and a hotel in NYC. Next task is to book hotels for Boston, Los Angeles and Reyakjavik, but (LOL) that has to wait until I get my credit card bill, because at the moment I'm already too close to my credit limit x)
You are probably already sick of my travel plans (but this is who I am, and if you're planning to continue reading my blog, you better get used to it, sorry) but I got to share this one more thing with you. A few days ago I was looking for a hotel in Los Angeles, just to know which one I want to book as soon as my credit card works again... I put my information to a search engine, like the dates and how much I can afford to pay for my stay etc. and one of the first results the engine suggested was Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. The name sounded familiar, and after a while I realized why I knew the name!
I've been watching Haunted History recently (and I recommend it if you like supernatural stories and history) and... check this out starting from 2:55
OMG!
I'm still not 100% sure if I want to stay in a haunted hotel, since I definitely do believe in all sorts of supernatural things, but I admit I'm tempted... We'll see, but I'm not promising anything. Nonetheless, the idea of staying there sounds pretty cool. Imagine running into Marilyn Monroe by the swimming pool! ;-)
Well, that's about the travel plans for now. Today I decided to be a good girl and visit university and libraries. Finally got a new sticker to my student card, returned tons of books to the libraries (I tend to borrow fiction from City Library and everything else from University Library), made some more or less important phone calls, and right now I'm pretty happy with all these achievements (UGH, I already forgot I'm only writing to avoid cleaning up!)
During the Christmas holiday I watched so damn much TV, that I thought now it's a good time to get into reading again. This is what I currently have on my reading list:
- The Rough Guide to the Grand Canyon
- Cityspots Reykjavik
- Lonely Planet New England
- First Time Around the World
- Culture Wise America
- Henrikson: Route 66 (I've read this at least 5 times and I love it! It's about two guys driving from Chicago to LA)
- Mondo travelguide Iceland
- The Rough Guide to USA
- Steinbeck: Travels with Charley
- Miller: The Air-Conditioned Nightmare
- Outline of U.S. History
- Culture Smart USA
- Stevenson: The Amateur Emigrant
- Ranin: Käsi Otsalla (~biography of Matti Ranin. Ranin is my favorite Finnish actor, and I've wanted to read his biography for years)
- Kuula: Paholaisen Biografia (~The Biography of Devil; it's a study about the devil and demons, and it sounded terribly interesting after all the Supernatural I've watched recently)
And to make sure I'm not running out of books, the mailman brought me these last week:
So yeah, I've got more than enough to read but on the other hand I'm a fast reader (I actually trained it last summer and in the end I was able to read around 200 pages in an hour - doesn't beat Spencer Reid, but still pretty well, I think).
Ohh alas, but now I really need to get up and do something about this mess in my room. I was planning to write something about my latest TV series discovers here too, but I think this entry is long enough already, so I'll have to get back to those. Have a nice week & see you around,
yours truly~
2 comments:
Your reading list puts mine to shame. I'm a fiction girl through and through but it will most definitely be helpful your trips away.
Gah! Just need to get the book of monsters and we're set for our obsession :')
As much as I adore Glasgow, my nearest city and it's so beautiful, I would totally pick America over that so I totally understand :P I've only ever been to London once and it was on a Drama trip so we only really saw Pineapple Studios (for the work shops) and then inside the theatre houses. It was a fun weekend but there's so much more of London out there to see!
You're right about the insomnia. It does mean I get more TV watched, books read and sometimes I can write a little more but sometimes you just want to sleep right? Thankfully, my body can run on three to four hours of sleep but if I get none, I'm like a Zombie, ha!!
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