I'm going to solve all the world's problems.

LETTERMAN ISN'T FUNNY ;_;

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 05:20:37 GMT

I'm so sorry my updates have been lacking D: Here's a quick link to the videos I've been putting up on facebook just in case anybody's missed any that they want to seeee. IT'S COOL IF YOU DON'T. I HAVE LOTS OF FUN MAKING THEM ANYHOOTS :D

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=7DD34A118146EAA9

I really need to somehow compile an update from San Francisco onwards. I'm already in Utah! MORMON LAND YAY. We're heading into Salt Lake City tomorrow where I WILL find a showing of Harry Potter to see if I'm wandering for HOURS.

Video Linkzzz

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:15:02 GMT

Another Update \o/ WE HIT CALIFORNIA TODAY

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:43:59 GMT

Well, where we left off I think I was just about to go to Forks...

It wasn't that impressive, to be very honest. It's just a town thrust into a paper-thin popularity that it clearly wasn't ready for. There's a tour you can go on which takes you to the "Cullen House" and the hospital where big daddy Cullen is supposed to work but that's about it. Naturally, we didn't go on the tour but did stop to film some Twi-hards in Twilight gum boots from across the street and to dip into the official Twlight Store entitled "Dazzled by Twlight" which basically housed expensive t-shirts and keyrings and a selection of scents with "Essence of..." and then a character's name afterwards, basically anyone from Alice to Edward's was on the shelf being eagerly tested by a gathering of squeaking thirteen year old girls. The Bella tester was almost empty. Figures

Subway @ Forks, WA

Hurricane Ridge

This particularly day ended up being pretty full in the end, visting almost every kind of landscape. To begin we drove the thirty or so miles up Hurricane Ridge to get a beautiful panoramic view of the Cascade Mountains. I've never seen actual snow-capped mountains before so it really was a completely awesom experience. I felt so small looking out from the ridge and seeing trees above cloud line AND THEN DEER CAME ALONG. EEEEE. Same day we hit Ruby Beach which the Rough Guide to the USA promised us had red and black sad. It may have been red and black in individuality but to me it just look grey. This place did mark the very first time I saw the Pacific Ocean and good grief it's breezy. James built an elegent tower of pebbles and looked pleased with himself. Fun was had.

Lastly we topped off the day in the Quinault temperate rainforest (see the video :D) for half an hour or so before catching a motel in Aberdeen for our last night in Washington. Aberdeen is a dive, that's the only way I can really describe it. We stayed there for a minimal amount of time in the morning and fled to Portland as soon as we could.

Ruby Beach

Quinault Rainforest

Portland, though short on actual attractions, is a really nice city. Everyone there appears to have a dog despite living in an urban environment, I saw several of a number of different breeds and James and I practically made friends with a couple (accompanied by an attractive young lady, I may add) while we relaxed with a book or two in Couch Park. Speaking of books, we went to Powell's City of Books not once but twice during our stay because it managed to take up an entire city block by itself and boasted having close to a million books. Whether or not that's entirely true I'm pretty sure I've never seen so many books in one place in my life, I'd definately recommend it if any of you guys find yourself in Portland. I could have spent a lot there but settled for a Robert Newcomb fantasy novel and a copy of "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies," which is what it says on the tin - a swift rewrite turning the Bennett sisters into a pentagram-of-death toting, spunky zombie hunters.

The epic event in Portland, some of you might know from facebook already, but we almost got our car towed by accidently leaving it in a car-share parking spot for three hours. Whoops. In our minor defence the only difference between the sign by which we were supposed to park and the space in which we actually parked was a small green arrow at the base of the sign but then again we probably should have been more careful. Oh well, forty dollars of parking ticket later we've learned our lesson. Hopefully Officer Ozawa will be the only police person we talk to this summer but I'd be surprised if we made it the whole way without something stupid happening.

Our Parking Ticket :(

Portland also has the prestigious title of the first city in which I've been put through a hostel. I must admit I wasn't a huge fan since we've been getting a pretty good deal out of all our motels so far for only ten bucks more than what we paid for the youth hostel. I expected to meet more people there, especially since we were sharing a room with four other strangers. There was one ridiculously attractive girl who left at 11pm with a giant rucksack saying she'd see us later and then never came back. Another was a girl who slept in a full on dress and kept herself to herself but trusted people enough to leave her laptop lying around - perhaps I'm too paranoid. The other two were a british boy called Dave and a Canadian girl called Austin who looked to be friends. Turns out they were there for the Northwest Youtube meet in Oregon Zoo! There were even a couple of big subbed youtubers going that I recognised. I was tempted minorly despite James' barely concealed mockery but swiftly dismissed it. I'm a nerd but not THAT much of a nerd, right?! RIGHT?! ;_;

Mount St. Helens

Oregon Coast

That leaves me with the last couple of days which basically feature us trekking the nearly 400 miles from Portland to where we are tonight (Eureka, Northern California) We made our way to the US101 south down the Oregon coastline, stopping off at various sand dunes, redwood forests and viewpoints along the way (Mount St. Helens was a particular highlight). We scammed a total deal tonight in terms of motels. We're in the Super 8 and for $75 we have cable tv, fridge, decent bathroom, free wifi, continental breakfast, pool/jacuzzi and two double beds.

This is actually a brief summary o_o I really need to update more often so I can pop into more detail. Speak to you guys soon!

An Update. (No, seriously)

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:34:26 GMT

Soooo, this update has been a few days coming but I want to try and get a decent enough account down so I have something to look back at. Here goes, the trials and tribulations of two just-twenty somethings in America.

Trawling myself out of bed the morning of the 23rd wasn't really anything less than a trial. Four hours sleep is barely enough for my mind to function properly but I did manage to crawl my way to the car and doze away on the front seat while James' mother drove us to Heathrow. Not sure really how to describe check-in... normal, boring, queues followed by screaming children and expensive but highly necessary cheese sandwiches. Our first flight took us the 4000 miles to Chicago (fyi cutest baby EVER sat in front of us and I'm not usually that much of a baby-squee-er), where I performed my first ever ~*~flight connection~*~, not as scary as I initially assumed. Another four hours from Chicago to Seattle where I my digestive system decided it had well and truly had enough of all the air-pressure abuse but I'll save you from that tale. Arrived in Seattle, hour bus to downtown and HURRAY! Comfy comfy king sized bed. After 22 hours of travel, was exactly the kind of shizz I wanted to see.

Seattle was all kinds of bohemian wonderful. I did feel a little dirty going out of my way to visit something as crass and mass produced as the first ever Starbucks but I couldn't help myself. Pictures were taken, videos made and possible vacuum flasks were purchased. The Pike Place Market was a brilliant suggestion by my travel buddy James as it was a perfect plethora of little trinket stalls, fish-sellers who chucked salmon around like they worked at a cocktail bar and old style music and print shops. I got completely over-excited on seeing on of those fortune teller machines like in the Tom Hanks movie "Big". I put my 50 cents in and got predicted death. Woe is me. James laughed despite me assuring him that the death card isn't actually as bad as the name suggests, but predictably was met with further mockery.

Being the money-savers that we are, we paid a mere five bucks to go 73 floors to the observation deck of the Bank of America tower (tallest building this side of the Mississippi River) for an epic view of the city, Space Needle included. The Space Needle itself cost almost three times that to go up. Winner is me. We finished up the day with a wander around Pioneer Square, momentarily stepping into Utilikilts - The Kilt Shop for the everyday man, yes of course I took pictures. James also decided at this point to have his picture taken by any and all signs featuring his own name...yeah. Nerdz Forever.

Check out this morning was rushed since James decided to make himself an entire waffle with only seven minutes to catch the bus. We made it though even though the others on the bus frowned on us for keeping them waiting. We got the bus back to Seattle Airport to pick up our car. James and I could tell instantly that the rental was never going to go entirely to plan when our Alamo representative "Sophia" asked us whether the UK was a part of Germany. She attempted to stiff us with expensive extra roadside assistance by claiming we didn't have any whatsoever before being forced to correct herself and finally saying that we would only not be covered if we intentionally ran over something. The two of us eventually got away and found our delightful little silver Oregon Hyundai Accent which we swiftly dubbed "Oscar". A few hours later we realised "Sophia" totally fucked up our rental and we're going to have to seek out Alamo in Portland and get it fixed. James only pulled out some hair over it.

Oscar saw us all the way to Port Townsend (70 miles around the coast) where lunch was picked up along with a few supplies and a box of Lucky Charms. The scenery is beautiful despite the muggy weather, got a lot of shots of clouds rolling over the mountains. I got WAY too excited a couple of hours ago when I realised our route tomorrow is going to take us right through Forks. YES, THAT FORKS. Oh my goodness, I'm going to run around like a complete Twi-hard steeped in sarcasm. I can't wait.

I'm writing this from our motel room in Port Angeles. The business card claims they 'sell good sleep', time will have to tell on that one. It's raining too hard to go out in this generally over-touristy and slightly grubby yet authentic seaside 'resort' so James and I are going to spend the night in and watch continuous episodes of Spongebob on Nick. Sounds like a good night.

Also, R.I.P Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson :( I hope this sort of thing doesn't really come in threes.

BIG TRAVEL JOY

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:37:55 GMT

Hay guys \o/ I'M HERE. Here's a quick compilation of today, I'm going to ~~edit this post in a couple of hours or so with a swift blog/update. Stay tuned.~~ I'm a big liar. Or, more truthfully James is a big fat laptop hog and now I'm too tired to blog coherently. I have first dibs tomorrow night o/

Thanks for your messages guys! :D I appreciate it! CAN'T WAIT TO SEEEE YOU PEOPLE! EEEEEEEE

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Wed, 07 Jan 2009 08:16:13 GMT

I played Left 4 Dead with Shaun and Josh yesterday! I sucked so hard but it was super fun :B I promise I'll practice more, guys :B

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Sat, 23 Aug 2008 18:58:56 GMT

I'm so fucking trapped in my own life.

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:04:15 GMT

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