 
It is near New York, 15 minutes commute. It also is the birthplace of baseball and Frank Sinatra. It is aproximately 1 mile long and 1 mile wide. It is home to Hobokin, which are small creatures that live in the trees. Every year when the trees get tired of holding up their leaves they helpfully pluck the leaves and throw them to the ground. They like to wear little red or green hats.
It has been a sort of weird dream week, nothing feels quite real, especially since we arrive under such artificial timing (being awake for 24 hours, sleeping for 4, awake for a few, sleep for a couple sort of thing. Made a friend on the plane. Watched Superman Returns.)
Looked at 3 apartments in Halloween Hoboken. The first one was sparkling, sleek and lovely, but small, the second was dingy, dark but clean.
The third was a Batman set. A restored artisan turn of the century two story brownstone. Ornate rooms, burnished amber floors, shimmering silver metalwork, huge high ceilings, a silent clawed bathtub that is a mermaids sanctuary.
We have just signed the papers on it, hopefully this time tomorrow we will recieve confirmation and will haul our 2 battered boxes and 5 suitcases over to what will be our new home. We have thrown away a huge amount of stuff, we are totally prepared to shed our skin and become Gothamites. Â
I wish, I wish
I’m reading the novel of Practical Magic which is not as sweetie soft as the film, but is printed on light rough paper and has a horrible cover. However it is about witches and black cats and desperate spells and the worst of all curses, love.
Tomorrow we go to the big Halloween parade in New York. The man in the lobby downstairs just now said
“Go, go to it, go see, it’s a spectacle, it’s an experience. Life is full of possibilities and that freedom is ours to make”Â
- Tiger  Â
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So we got to the airport on time thanks to help from our lovely friends. We process our 9 pieces of heavy and somewhat bizarre baggage then pay the excess fees. Seats together? Yes. We pass through a very long security line up and make it through with barely enough time to grab a bottle of water. By the time we reach the gate the Securicor passport guy is yelling this flight is now closing and we are running. On the plane, as usual Virgin has made a big deal out of seating us together but there are many unoccupied rows. Again, Virgin make a big deal about staying in your assigned seats until takeoff even though the doors are closed and no one else is getting on. On our last flight we made the mistake of waiting and watched more agressive and selfish travellers take four seat middle rows for their beds. We move, of course. 3 nice seats. Fire up the PSP and start playing Loco Roco.
Get to the third level or world one
Jut fixing a technical difficulty says Captain Poshvoice
Get to level 5
Still not sure what the difficulty is, Captain PV
My batteries die…
We’re sorry to say that this flight has been cancelled, you will all get seats on the flights leaving later to JFK or Newark says Sky Waitress Tunelesssingsongvoice.
Oh dear.
Have to take down all my pictures from the wall at work soon.
   
  
  
  
 
Oh dear someone already did take them down. Then threw them in the garbage. That was nice.
Lucky you got those pictures on camera before someone kindly chucked them away!
you strange.
Damn, I was gonna phone to say goodbye, good luck, all that. But I never done did. Bugger. Sorry. I hope you both get on great in your new home. Scotland/England/DC etc will be an emptier place without yuse. Cheers, Marky Whitters
We are moving to the USA. For the time being, this is our special undesigned web site.
Jenny, and 
Mark, 
adman you're a bad man, and 
Baldboss are discussing. 
Bibi 8:01 pm on October 31, 2006 Permalink |
Ohhhh Tiger baby,
miss you so much and thanks god that you are safe there and that your flight was all right at the end. But see you soon and for now all my love to you both.
Bibi
Jenny 4:17 am on November 3, 2006 Permalink |
I love reading this blog, I can hear your voices!
Shut up! Shut up!
Only choking – keep going, but more often. We’re going to come and see you on our way back around the world. Which will be, er, next December.
x