i dont want to be italian anymore
bastards
i finally got all the paperwork they claim is needed and get to the italian consulate in washington DC only to be told they can't issue the passport in one day (like they can in sydney) and need to confirm the certificate's authenticity with sydney. now i'm thinking that london wont do it either even though they said i just need the certificate etc and they'll issue it straight away. ugh. unless a miracle occurs in the next few days i'll be home within a week.
san francisco was cool, i met up with a friend i met in chicago and he took me around the city. we went to treasure island and over the golden gate bridge and to alcatraz. it was all very cool and its a beautiful place. if i had ever gotten sentenced to life in a maximum security prison i would have been requesting alcatraz. the view from the prison is amazing and aparently they had pretty good food.
the grand canyon was breathtaking. i thought it would be something to see but i wasn't prepared for it. i tried to buy a postcard but it just doesn't capture it. the layers and the colours are unbelievable. its damn cold though!
vegas was interesting. i didn't have money to gamble and i didn't intend on staying but got stuck there overnight anyway. a guy tried to convince me to get in his ute for about 5 mins while i was waiting for the bus and it got to the point where i was dragging me suitcases away from the side of the road so he couldn't grab them/me. he eventually left. then in the 10 min bus ride i saw 4 people get arrested in 3 seperate incidents. vegas is not a place to be by yourself. i didn't get to see the dancing fountains cos they stop at midnight and i was there at 1am, but i went to all 3 casinos featured in "oceans 11", even if i didn't gamble in them it was fun.
LA, well to be honest i wasn't that impressed with LA. i was in hollywood and the place is a bit of a hole. i would refuse to go there if i was a star. yet thats where they hold the oscars, litterally 1 block down from my hostel on hollywood blvd. speaking of the hole of a hostel i was in has anyone ever heard of a shower not having COLD water??? i mean i know you run out of hot but COLD??? we had 2 options, hot and scalding. and there was steam rising out of the toilet and your bum got a facial anytime you went... well, technically its a bumcial. anyway i stood outside the oscars and saw all the stars arrive. i couldn't go anywhere anyway because they shut all the public transport down and you have to go through security check anytime you go from one block to the next. combine that with the THOUSANDS of people that turn up to check the stars out and you just can't go anywhere. i got to see people like renee zelwegger, charlize theron, kate winslet, tim robbins, kate blanchette, usher, hillary swank... a whoooole lot more. i heard people screaming for johnny depp but i couldn't see him. it was a good time and i went out that night with a friend of jamies (straight, an actor and damn cute) and got incredibly drunk with him.
i'm kinda pissed off at the whole having to go home thing so i'm gonna go cuddle up to jamie on the couch and watch a movie. oh yeah, its snowing here. which wouldn't be much of a suprise if it hadn't been the most beautiful sunny and warm day yesterday. i'm talking t-shirt weather and then overnight its back to the gloves and scarves. strange. jamie was like "well we have four distinct seasons here" and i was like "yeah but not within a week!"
i finally got all the paperwork they claim is needed and get to the italian consulate in washington DC only to be told they can't issue the passport in one day (like they can in sydney) and need to confirm the certificate's authenticity with sydney. now i'm thinking that london wont do it either even though they said i just need the certificate etc and they'll issue it straight away. ugh. unless a miracle occurs in the next few days i'll be home within a week.
san francisco was cool, i met up with a friend i met in chicago and he took me around the city. we went to treasure island and over the golden gate bridge and to alcatraz. it was all very cool and its a beautiful place. if i had ever gotten sentenced to life in a maximum security prison i would have been requesting alcatraz. the view from the prison is amazing and aparently they had pretty good food.
the grand canyon was breathtaking. i thought it would be something to see but i wasn't prepared for it. i tried to buy a postcard but it just doesn't capture it. the layers and the colours are unbelievable. its damn cold though!
vegas was interesting. i didn't have money to gamble and i didn't intend on staying but got stuck there overnight anyway. a guy tried to convince me to get in his ute for about 5 mins while i was waiting for the bus and it got to the point where i was dragging me suitcases away from the side of the road so he couldn't grab them/me. he eventually left. then in the 10 min bus ride i saw 4 people get arrested in 3 seperate incidents. vegas is not a place to be by yourself. i didn't get to see the dancing fountains cos they stop at midnight and i was there at 1am, but i went to all 3 casinos featured in "oceans 11", even if i didn't gamble in them it was fun.
LA, well to be honest i wasn't that impressed with LA. i was in hollywood and the place is a bit of a hole. i would refuse to go there if i was a star. yet thats where they hold the oscars, litterally 1 block down from my hostel on hollywood blvd. speaking of the hole of a hostel i was in has anyone ever heard of a shower not having COLD water??? i mean i know you run out of hot but COLD??? we had 2 options, hot and scalding. and there was steam rising out of the toilet and your bum got a facial anytime you went... well, technically its a bumcial. anyway i stood outside the oscars and saw all the stars arrive. i couldn't go anywhere anyway because they shut all the public transport down and you have to go through security check anytime you go from one block to the next. combine that with the THOUSANDS of people that turn up to check the stars out and you just can't go anywhere. i got to see people like renee zelwegger, charlize theron, kate winslet, tim robbins, kate blanchette, usher, hillary swank... a whoooole lot more. i heard people screaming for johnny depp but i couldn't see him. it was a good time and i went out that night with a friend of jamies (straight, an actor and damn cute) and got incredibly drunk with him.
i'm kinda pissed off at the whole having to go home thing so i'm gonna go cuddle up to jamie on the couch and watch a movie. oh yeah, its snowing here. which wouldn't be much of a suprise if it hadn't been the most beautiful sunny and warm day yesterday. i'm talking t-shirt weather and then overnight its back to the gloves and scarves. strange. jamie was like "well we have four distinct seasons here" and i was like "yeah but not within a week!"
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