Hiiiii

[raven]

Hello, I am alive. I arrived in Ithaca last night after a hellish twenty-six hours in transit, apparently it is impossible to get a coffee at La Guardia after ten o'clock at night WHO KNEW, but I have made it here and the sun is shining and I have my apartment keys and all is, for the moment, well. I don't have internet in my apartment yet - this is the public library! I joined the library, gosh I must be staying - so I may be out of touch for a little while. I also don't have a US phone number yet, but I hope to put that right quite soon.

Anyway. Am here, am alive, miss you all, very busy, orientation begins on Tuesday! Also, apparently I have an accent!

Comments

[silverhare]

*grins* Has it been called a quaint accent yet? Glad you're there safely and happy.

[raven]

*grins* Not yet! I'm waiting with bated breath for the boy to visit and address people quaintly Scottishly. :)

[gavagai]

Obv you have an accent because you do not sound 100% exactly like me and I have no accent. LOGIC.

[silverhare]

I think you'll find that everyone except me has an accent.

[forthwritten]

I don't think it's fair to make fun of Scousers. They have enough to deal with already.

[silverhare]

*snorts*

[raven]

LOLZ. Your accent terrified me half to death the first time I met you! This is trufax.

[gavagai]

I'm sorry! But I thought we sounded pretty similar, in terms of RP-shading-into-Norfolk-occasionally and RP-shading-into-Scouse-occasionally. I clearly have no ear for accents.

[petra]

Welcome to the wilds of NY!

When you are feeling up to entertaining, I would love to visit scenic Ithaca and hang with you.

[raven]

Of course! I want to get through orientation over the next fortnight or so, and then I would be so up for that.

[macadamanaity.livejournal.com]

Welcome to NY!

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

Thanks, dude!

[littlered2.livejournal.com]

Ouch, twenty-six hours. Good luck with getting internet soon.

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

It was awwwwwful. But, yay, internet! I am back in the land of the wirelessly connected. :)

[eglantine-br.livejournal.com]

so glad you got here. I hate waiting for utilities to be turned on. Hope you dont have a long wait.

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

It was only a couple of days! :) It's good to be here safely.

[flashofalchemy.livejournal.com]

You do indeed have an accent! (I love how no one thinks that they have an accent). Glad it's going well!

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

*grins* Well, you know. I know intellectually that it's the worst kind of relativism, etc., etc., but I wasn't prepared for the visceral difference! I sound so different from everyone I've met so far, and they haven't all been Americans!

[brewsternorth.livejournal.com]

Heh, welcome to NY!

(Yeah, LGA is spectacularly bad for *any* amenities after 10pm. JFK, ime, isn't much better.)

Yeah, after (counts) about seven years over here on aggregate, I still speak with an accent. People just don't know what it is. (I have been mistaken for Australian.)

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

Thank you! And it's good to know I won't lose my accent, actually. :)

[vikingwriter.livejournal.com]

*rolls out the big hand-written banner*

Welcome! And a hundred bonus points for joining the library so early (though I'm sure you'll get everything you need at the University's, I'm a huge fan of the public library).

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

Thank you! And, yes, me too, I only joined the Oxfordshire county library very late in the day, and regretted it.

[gamesiplay.livejournal.com]

OMG OMG OMG YOU'RE HEEEERE!

I'll be Up North too a week from today. In the meantime, if you ever need to run away to DC, I'm here. :D

WELCOME! To both you and your accent.

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

I'M HERE! It's amazing, I am even in the same time zone as you! SO EXCITED.

[ladyfalcon.livejournal.com]

Welcome to America! I hope that we are not too annoying and that you have a fun time.

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

Thank you! So far, everyone I've met has been kindness itself.

[hips-lips-tits.livejournal.com]

welcome to the right coast. :)

[hips-lips-tits.livejournal.com]

OMG I JUST REALIZED. ithaca is a mere 400 miles (well, 389) from virginia beach. HOW TRIPPY WOULD IT BE IF WE FINALLY MET?!

Tony says that we can make this happen at some point. xD that is, of course, if you're agreeable to this plan.

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

Oh, of course I am! I would absolutely love to meet you!

[pinkdormouse.livejournal.com]

Glad you arrived safely. 26 hours!

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

*siiiiigh* 26 hours, because of a cancelled connection from Philadelphia. But I AM HERE, OMG.

[tau_sigma]

Omg, you are in America! 26 hours, oh dear. But you made it! *g*

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

I made it! It's kind of amazing. :)

[the-acrobat.livejournal.com]

YAY!!! Welcome to the continent!

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

Thank you thank you thank you!