I wrote an entry on the train, so I'll copy paste it here:
Oh yes and I'm sorry about the terribleness of the picture, the train was really shaky, the amount of light was overwhelming, and it's awkward to smile at my computer in public, which is why I'm making such a strange face... ^_^;
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Right now, it is noon on 12 November 2010. I am on an Amtrak train on the way to visiting Tom in San Luis Obispo! This weekend will be fun. :) I look forward to meeting all of his friends, whom he has told me about, and seeing him and his girlfriend again!
I was sitting alone for a while, having boarded the train at 10... However, just now an old woman sat down next to me. She's very awkward and refuses to speak or look at me. So, I am being equally as awkward and refusing to look or speak at her and just typing on my computer. At the moment, I'm writing in font size 6, color very light grey, so that she won't be able to read it, because I feel like she would be offended if she read what I just wrote. I'm writing on a word processor, because the train has no wireless internet connection available, as far as I'm aware. Or, well, there is one, but my computer can't connect to it. So I'm just writing on the processor for now, and I will copy paste this into my blog later.
Ah it is really beautiful outside, the scenery as I go from south central Los Angeles to further north in California is breathtaking indeed. So far, I've seen rock formations that are rather impressive up close, whole fields of gigantic boulders that look like they easily weigh at least one ton each! On the other hand, I've seen vast farms with picturesque rows of vegetation, looking so wonderfully neat and orderly... I love California, I feel like the cliched saying of “Once you go to California, you never leave” … might actually be true! At least, for me. This is a really beautiful state, and I'm so fortunate to be able to go to university here. Many people spend their university years feeling like miserable academic recluses, wehre I... I am on a train looking out the window at glorious Californian scenery, waiting to see a great friend of mine whom I rarely get to meet. Life for me in this moment of time is very content, and I am pleased with everything right now.
However, I do have a large project due on Monday, which I'm going to have to work on this weekend! That shouldn't be a problem though, as Tom and his friends are allpretty studious and devote a lot of time to their studies. Also, Tom is apparently always asleep by 23:00 or so, which gives me at least two or three hours every night to get some work in before going to sleep myself. So, the project should definitely not be a problem or a hindrance to having great times this weekend!
I feel like I'm making a bunch of typos. I'd better proof-read this before pasting it into the blog.
Well, Tom goes to CalPoly San Luis Obispo campus, which as I mentioned before is a while north of Los Angeles. The train ride is five hours long, from 10:15 to 15:35. Don't worry though, I'm making good use of my time and reading for my classes. And napping. It's a rather pleasant train ride.
I've had a better look at the woman next to me, and she definitely seems unhappy to be sitting next to me. Or maybe her mouth and eyes just naturally curve downward and give her a permanently disgruntled and unhappy expression. In any event, her head is firmly turned away from me, and her jawline is looking rather rigid. Man. This woman would be intimidating to live with. Or to entertain as a dinner guest. Her shirt has a rather interesting brightly colored floral print to it, and by way of trousers, she seems to be wearing some sort of wooly stocking-legging thing, in navy blue.
Wow the scenery outside right now is ridiculous, on my left there's a beautiful view of the Pacific ocean and the beach, with palm trees scattered artistically and strategically about... And to my right there are some farm fields with workers, or they might be day laborers, walking about... harvesting? I couldn't really see what they were doing, we passed them too quickly.
Ah, now on my right there's a mountain range. These mountains are so bright and desert-y. Such a contrast from the Swiss mountains.
Apparently we're in an area called Seacliff right now. Seacliffe? Who knows. On the water to the left there's a couple of oil rigs that are apparently not active, but are still maintained by major oil companies... And we just passed an oil depository that holds enough fuel to fuel the United States of America for 75 years. HA. I scoff at that ridiculous figure. You naïve man, we will run out of oil pretty soon at our rate of consumption, and not only that, but we'll run out of fresh water too. How about that? Don't just blindly and blithely read the lines that amtrak has given you to say! Alas. And thus the misinformation to the American people continues.
Anyway, like I was saying, the woman next to me is dressed in the manner I described, and for some unknown reason, her hair is extremely short, I'd say no more than one inch, and gelled. It's slicked back a la Costello, and in some ways is amusing to look at. I hope I don't do that to my hair when I'm old and my hair is white. Unless that's what the norm is. I suppose I''ll do what everyone else does, as long as it's practical and comfortable.
Woah, I just passed by a tree that had what looked like an egret sitting on one of the highest branches. What a pretty sightt. ^_^
Well, I really haven't much to say about this past week, since I usually update you about my life when I blog. Last Sunday I had dinner at Olive Garden with some friends, and it was absolutely delicious! If you are looking for a nice restaurant to have dinner at anytime soon, definitely go to Olive Garden! Great breadsticks, great entrees, great raspberry lemonade, and great desserts... What more could you ask for? Haha.
There's someone in my car listening to Justin Bieber REALLY LOUDLY on their headphones. Sigh. Must we all be subject to this? Albert, when you are between the ages of thirteen and sixteen, IT'S NOT COOL TO BLAST YOUR MUSIC AS LOUD AS YOU CAN ON YOUR HEADPHONES! NOT EVERYONE WILL LIKE IT, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL NOT THINK YOU ARE COOL AT ALL!
Haha, I know you might not understand why I'm saying that now, but when you are that age, I'll tell you again, don't you worry about it, little brother. ^_^
Well, it's now 12:40 and I'm getting sleepy, so I think now is my cue to nap. Since I won't be arriving for another three hours anyway. I suppose at some point I will wake up and continue to read my book about the women's orchestra in Birkenau (a Nazi concentration camp), but for now I just want to close my eyes and rest.
So that is all for now, I will blog again soon. Thank you for reading! ^_^
