oh say can you see..

first the flight before mine had to circle for an hour before it landed because of the weather, which delayed my flight for an hour and a half. then they found "technical difficulties" with the audio/visual on the plane and we had to do the 10 hour flight entertainment-less. then the girl next to me decided to leave her reading light on ALL freeking NIGHT, plus there was super extra cold airconditioning pointed at my seat, so i couldn't sleep. then i missed my connecting flight to LA from hawai'i so I had to rebook onto a later flight. then, after walking to the end of the earth to get to my gate (i hate hawai'i airport) they announced they were in an "overbooked situation" and were looking for 15 volunteers to give up their seats for a later flight. heyell naw, not after that trouble i'd already had. i just had to laugh at that point, not caring if i looked like an idiot. my holidays never run smoothly.. i was just waiting for the next thing to go wrong.

but everything from there went okay. i met this awesome lady on the plane. we spent the first part of the flight talking about california (she gave me tips on where to go), work, politics, family...everything! she was originally from NY (envyyyy) and moved to california to persue her dream of acting, and now she lives on melrose. haha how many tv shows is that rolled into one? she was cool.

so now i'm at my cousins' house in orange, orange county. the neighbourhood is pretty nice but its not THAT "The OC"ish. still very pretty though. i'm staying in my 10 year old cousin's room. yo its like hawai'i exploded in there. everywhere i look - the shelf, my bedsheets, even the curtains - all i see is hula girls and the words aloha, hawaii and waikiki. its.. funny.

i've done a lot (tourist-wise) while i've been here - downtown LA (talk about ghetto. i thought i was in mexico for a second there.. and no, that did not excite me. shut up), sunset blvd, mann's chinese theatre, the kodak theatre (Idol central! haha), the hollywood sign, beverly hills, and the santa monica pier. its funny, my cousins were acting more star struck than i was haha. oh and i went to newport beach - apparently where The OC is filmed. nice beach, got me a tan (and a little sunburn).

this afternoon i've got my cousin's wedding. i get to meet the whole family including my cousin geoff who millie says is "fully sik" lol. i've been told they're karaoke fans. i spotted a magic sing earlier. i'm excited. haha. but that will come tomorrow at the 4th of july bbq. for now i gotta go get ready for the wedding.

don't know when i'll be able to blog next but email me, sms me, comment on here, whatever. i miss australia so any form of contact will make me happy. byeeee!

ps. i've been here 3 days, but already i feel myself turning american. oh no!!