In Seattle!
Apr. 1st, 2010 10:13 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
luzulaI'm here, safe and sound. The trip was long, obviously, but I got to see lots stuff from the plane: an erupting volcano on Iceland, lots of pack ice on the sea, the huge glaciers on Greenland, and bits of Nunavut and Hudson's bay. Very cool.
Also, more weird customs stuff: it was apparently not enough with that weird online form I had to fill in. No, I have to fill in the exact same form on paper on the plane, too. Plus another form that I had to turn in before I boarded, and yet another form that was about what I had to declare for Customs. About 80% of the information on these forms are the same, and the funny thing is that there are notices on them about the Paperwork Reduction Act. Hee. Maybe they should get on that.
Also, did you know that it's forbidden to bring "obscene articles" into the US? What does that even mean?
I actually checked the ticky box for "food", because I was bringing some presents for the people I'm staying with, and the Customs guy did a double-take that someone had actually checked "yes".
Customs guy: So, what food are you bringing?
Me: Two jars of cloudberry preserves, and...
Customs guy: Yeah, yeah, ok.
Me: And then I also have...
Customs guy: Sure, go on. *waves me on*
I felt kind of like Fraser.
Anyway, I'm here now. Tonight I'm going to a Jeffrey Foucault concert with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
keerawa and some other people. Tomorrow: lunch with more fangirls. Saturday: the people I'm staying with are celebrating Passover, and invited me to join them. Sunday: only vague plans as of yet. Monday-Thursday: possibly going out to the Olympic Peninsula and seeing the rainforest (yes, I'm aware that I'll probably get wet). And I'll go by public transport, so basically Monday and Thursday are for getting there and back.
I'll be checking email, so drop me a line if you're in Seattle and want to meet up!
Also, more weird customs stuff: it was apparently not enough with that weird online form I had to fill in. No, I have to fill in the exact same form on paper on the plane, too. Plus another form that I had to turn in before I boarded, and yet another form that was about what I had to declare for Customs. About 80% of the information on these forms are the same, and the funny thing is that there are notices on them about the Paperwork Reduction Act. Hee. Maybe they should get on that.
Also, did you know that it's forbidden to bring "obscene articles" into the US? What does that even mean?
I actually checked the ticky box for "food", because I was bringing some presents for the people I'm staying with, and the Customs guy did a double-take that someone had actually checked "yes".
Customs guy: So, what food are you bringing?
Me: Two jars of cloudberry preserves, and...
Customs guy: Yeah, yeah, ok.
Me: And then I also have...
Customs guy: Sure, go on. *waves me on*
I felt kind of like Fraser.
Anyway, I'm here now. Tonight I'm going to a Jeffrey Foucault concert with
keerawa and some other people. Tomorrow: lunch with more fangirls. Saturday: the people I'm staying with are celebrating Passover, and invited me to join them. Sunday: only vague plans as of yet. Monday-Thursday: possibly going out to the Olympic Peninsula and seeing the rainforest (yes, I'm aware that I'll probably get wet). And I'll go by public transport, so basically Monday and Thursday are for getting there and back. I'll be checking email, so drop me a line if you're in Seattle and want to meet up!
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Date: 2010-04-02 04:38 pm (UTC)