Help me, I'm moving to the US of A

[Cuchulain82]

Originally Posted by C Elegans

Hello again, dear fellow SYM:ians. Now I have moved to LA. It still feels weird that I now live in the US.

Since Moonbiter solved my major problem with moving here - not being able to watch football - I have no worries. Westwood, where I live, is actually a surprisingly nice area. The lab where I am working is only a 10 minute walk from where I live, and UCLA campus is nice and quite pretty. Now I only need to get used to the bloody Fahrenheit and get all my Kafkaesque immigration procedures done!

Welcome CE! I hope you find your time in the US enjoyable. I'm across the country and have never been that far west, so you know more about LA than I do. However, you should really try to get out and about in California, once you get settled in. California is something of a legend to New England types like myself- it's a mystical land where the people are blonde, the weather is always nice, the wine country is amazing... it's something of a sunny Shangri-La.

Also, I agree with Fable (in all his facetious glory)- you should buy a gun. Seriously. I mean... you're here- why not? When I was in the Philippines I ate balut and sisig, and studied filipino stick fighting. You should shoot and see if you like it.

[dragon wench]

Originally Posted by fable

Alas, Walmart's not very liked, these days. Sad, indeed!

CE, avoid traveling too far north, or you'll run into The Land of Bush II. Though if he keeps hiring people who are every bit as competent as Bush's pals, he may not last very long.

But you can't deny that Walmart is a fixture of suburban North American culture (yes, we have em up here too)
Seriously, I know a great deal about the nastiness of Walmart...wouldn't set foot in the place if I was paid.

As far as Baby Bush goes... Good God, I truly hope he won't last very long.. The man is an embarrassment *sigh*

LMAO @ Cuch!
I can just see CE toting a gun in a holster, complete with cowboy hat.. Oh ...wait.. that's Texas..

[Lady Dragonfly]

Don't listen to them, CE. Walmart, yeah, right.

You want to go to a gun show, trust me. At a gun show, find an unlicensed gun dealer. The unlicensed ones are not required to run any background checks so they'd sell guns to criminals, crazies, and, well... foreigners. I am not saying the licensed dealers would not do the same; they can forget to run a background check, sometimes. Who would blame them? They are humans after all. Sorta.

And remember, sunny California is the place where Mickey Mouse, blondes, drug junkies and child molesters feel equally at home.

[C Elegans]

Originally Posted by fable

Great. You're almost assimilated. So, when you are going to run out and buy your first gun?

As soon as I have recovered from Der Process, I'll go get myself a gun and start saying "Oh my gaaaawd" all the time Maybe I should even get a TV.

I've never seen so many nail-polishing or whatever-it-is-they do-shops in all my life before. LA citizens must have a lot of problems with their nails.

Originally Posted by fable

CE, avoid traveling too far north, or you'll run into The Land of Bush II. Though if he keeps hiring people who are every bit as competent as Bush's pals, he may not last very long.

Isn't it fascinating to realise that this is the consequence of democracy, the pinnacle of political systems?

Originally Posted by dragon wench

But you can't deny that Walmart is a fixture of suburban North American culture (yes, we have em up here too)
Seriously, I know a great deal about the nastiness of Walmart...wouldn't set foot in the place if I was paid.

What's so special with Walmart? I haven't been to one, but I thought it was just food store?

I can just see CE toting a gun in a holster, complete with cowboy hat.. Oh ...wait.. that's Texas..

I'm actually going to visit Texas later. I have a friend who is doing a PhD in biomaths at Austin University, and I've promised to visit him. That will be...interesting.

Originally Posted by Cuchulain82

Welcome CE! I hope you find your time in the US enjoyable.

Thanks! I am sure I will enjoy the research projects I am going to work with. And visiting some fellow SYM:ians who are on this side of the pond! I'll try to see more of area later, right now I have no time for anything else than work and the immigration procedures.

Also, I agree with Fable (in all his facetious glory)- you should buy a gun. Seriously. I mean... you're here- why not? When I was in the Philippines I ate balut and sisig, and studied filipino stick fighting. You should shoot and see if you like it.

I would buy a gun - if I was a free-lancing war reporter on my own in Chad. Save that, no.

I did shooting as a sport when I was younger. I didn't like it much though.

Originally Posted by Lady Dragonfly

You want to go to a gun show, trust me. At a gun show, find an unlicensed gun dealer. The unlicensed ones are not required to run any background checks so they'd sell guns to criminals, crazies, and, well... foreigners. I am not saying the licensed dealers would not do the same; they can forget to run a background check, sometimes. Who would blame them? They are humans after all. Sorta.

And remember, sunny California is the place where Mickey Mouse, blondes, drug junkies and child molesters feel equally at home.

And here I was trying to think positively and figuring it's not so bad to live in California after all

[Maharlika]

Hmmm... LA? Great.

This season, the Los Angeles Lakers are in the NBA Finals!

GO LAKERS!!!

Is Silur and the little princess with you now? Wish you guys well. Hopefully we could get to meet again soon.

[C Elegans]

@Mahar: I am actually completely uninterested in basketball, but don't tell that to anyone around here...

Silur and the little one will join me on Saturday. Silur left it to me to arrange housing before he arrives, whereas I left it to him to fly 15 hours - and pass the US security - with a 1-year old At least I hope that the (Swedish) secretary at the US embassy in Stockholm is right. She looked at Alex and dryly said "I think that she's too small to be considered a security threat even by the US goverment".

[Tamerlane]

Hi CE

So you've reached the land of the movie stars. Your thread was a fascinating read and best of luck with everyone there.