a hilly seaside town

[raven]

Hi, I am in Oxford. I arrived very late in a day that has for me been going on since Wednesday night and isn't over yet. I have had a nap and am still dead, but less so. The flight wasn't that bad, for all I still hate Northwest - I tried explaining to them that I had sinusitus and was likely to get up about twenty times an hour and could I have a seat with an empty one next to it - and got a blank, rude stare. (When I was sleep-deprived in SFO, I bought some coffee and found myself thinking how rude and obtrusive the server was, and when you start thinking like this, I feel, it is time to get some sleep and go home.)

Immigration on this end wasn't too bad at all - "Where've you come from? Oh, San Francisco, isn't that lovely. Baggage claim upstairs." - and neither was my journey back into Oxford, where shimgray met me, took me home and fed me bacon sandwiches to keep me awake. I had just about shifted time zones, so now my personal time is eight hours behind here. Hurrah. Etc. We went for a walk down the Thames towpath, and the air is that strange temperature between warm and chill, and saw cows and squirrels and a heron, and came to Iffley Lock looking very picturesque. There was the obligatary momentary vista of rolling countryside, too. This is England, again.

Back up north tomorrow, and back to reality, I guess. I have a job interview in a couple of weeks and a great deal of work to do before then, but in the meantime, I'm still in that in-between place, the transience between times and places, and it's nice to be still on California time, and it's nice to be home.

Comments

[jacinthsong.livejournal.com]

You are not sitting next to me chopping mango right now. I take this as a personal slight.

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

Mango! I yearn for mango. And you. Mostly you. But also mango.

[jacinthsong.livejournal.com]

One day, dear, I will present myself to you naked but for strategically positioned mango. Honestly.

Also, I bought tinned mango today because there was NONE in the market, and it was FOUL. All gloopy and wrong. >:(

[chiasmata]

Dude.

(Sorry, I have nothing constructive to say. Just that.)

[jacinthsong.livejournal.com]

I should probably stop TMIing all over Iona's journal, shouldn't I? Yep. That.

[chiasmata]

Oh, don't stop on my account! Everyone needs more awareness of the possibilities of mango, I think. It was more a dude of wonder than anything else.

[jacinthsong.livejournal.com]

You could hollow out each half and put them over -

OKAY WHY AM I THINKING ABOUT THIS SERIOUSLY NOW.

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

Do you know how much I miss you. Do you, Laura, do you.

[jacinthsong.livejournal.com]

You did tell me a couple of hours ago. In between all the phone sex.

[chiasmata]

Hi, you're back in the country! Also, they keep starting ads on Daily Info with BABY LION and only then revealing, in lowercase, that they're talking about bloody rabbits.

Can we have a baby lion?

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

Hihi! I am back. Yes we can have a baby lion. I will add it to the list. Also, Shim is demanding a baby sea lion.

[shimgray.livejournal.com]

I AM MALIGNED.

(I would make do with an adult)

[clubhopper15.livejournal.com]

I had no idea you were in San Francisco! I was there for a few days, and in San diego for a week I completely identify with your time zone issues - going to Ox tomorrow and it is 2:45 am and I can't sleep. Hope you're well and not too knackered. X

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

Aha, I got your text today, and fell asleep again. Until 5pm. "Knackered" doesn't quite cover it at the moment! I am sorry I'm not around; call me, do.

[clubhopper15.livejournal.com]

I need to get to sleep. The jet lag is killing me. Plus, I leave for Oxford at 10am. I will most definitely give you a call. Hopefully later this year I get an interview and we can see each other in December :)

[clubhopper15.livejournal.com]

By the way, does "the Lodge" refer to the porters' lodge? I'm meant to go to the lodge at Wadham then ask them to direct me to the admissions lady. I just don't want to show up late, you know?

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

Yes, it does. Wadham's lodge is on the Parks Road, just by the King's Arms. If you get lost, CALL ME.

[clubhopper15.livejournal.com]

Thank you, you are such a sweetheart. My plan is to get to Oxford, try find somewhere for breakfast/brunch (do you know anywhere near Wadham I could go to for pancakes etc?) and then go to Blackwells (which is on Broad St, I believe?) and do some crazy book shopping. Then I meet Tori at 2 at Wadham. Aaah. Xx

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

Breakfast near Wadham? Hmmm. Good luck finding decent pancakes anywhere in Oxford, srsly, but for a nice breakfast of scones/sandwiches, try Café Creme, which is on Broad Street opposite Balliol. You'll pass Blackwell's on the way from there to Wadham. Enjoy! I do envy you. :)

[clubhopper15.livejournal.com]

Cafe Creme it is. Thanks Iona, I love you already! Will phone you later on today. I hope I manage to get some sleep (and I'm sure you want to get to sleep too!)

[clubhopper15.livejournal.com]

Hey. It was great - admissions officer was really sweet and informative. Sadly I couldn't have a proper look round because of the construction and conference type people. I will most likely come for the open day on 19th sept though. Will you be in the area then?

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

Yes, yes I will! And so will a lot of other people. I'm glad it went well today, hurrah! And I will happily take you around in September.

ps. my tree! Heeee!

[clubhopper15.livejournal.com]

Yay! That's so cool. I'll let you know when I'm 100% sure about coming, but am pretty sure about it at the moment. Today I actually only got to see the chapel and quads which was a shame, but the admissions lady answered all the questions I had which was good. Unfortunately, I think i'm even more infatuated with Oxford than I was before, which is a dangerous thing! What have you been up to?

[clubhopper15.livejournal.com]

Also, I believe I saw your tree! You're right, its hard to miss!