Things that make me go "squee!"
May. 5th, 2009 04:02 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
friezaessAs I have a habit of leaving things to the last possible second, after months of dreaming and saving up I have just begun to figure out the details of my plan to study in New York... with 10 days until the deadline for applications.
Originally I'd hoped to study at a second-rate University upstate that offered courses specialising in newspaper reporting (I know I know, they're adorable). The reason for this is that it seemed to be closer to NYC than another uni that offered better subjects. Yes, I really am that shallow. However, it now turns out that the latter place I snubbed due to its location is actually an assload closer to Manhattan Island than I realised (about a 1.5 hour drive), so I've decided to go there instead- now I get to go somewhere awesome AND get something out of it academically!
You can see why I have so many problems with this want > need mentality -_-
Oh well. Fingers crossed for Stony Brook University.
ETA: Goddammit iTunes, you suck for not letting foreigners buy stuff from your US store. It took me a whole 20 minutes to get around it >_>
Originally I'd hoped to study at a second-rate University upstate that offered courses specialising in newspaper reporting (I know I know, they're adorable). The reason for this is that it seemed to be closer to NYC than another uni that offered better subjects. Yes, I really am that shallow. However, it now turns out that the latter place I snubbed due to its location is actually an assload closer to Manhattan Island than I realised (about a 1.5 hour drive), so I've decided to go there instead- now I get to go somewhere awesome AND get something out of it academically!
You can see why I have so many problems with this want > need mentality -_-
Oh well. Fingers crossed for Stony Brook University.
ETA: Goddammit iTunes, you suck for not letting foreigners buy stuff from your US store. It took me a whole 20 minutes to get around it >_>
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Date: 2009-05-05 06:41 am (UTC)I have been to NY twice, and stayed in a nice town called Nyack, which is on the Hudson about 45 minutes by train to Manhattan. It is also near the *biggest* mall in US, which was kind of cool.
Good luck, and get used to very cheap alcohol. You might like everclear. :-)
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Date: 2009-05-05 09:58 am (UTC)Thanks for the advice, I'm so jealous of your travels XD Trust you to go straight for the alcohol ;) That does sound insanely cool, so does the giant mall. Maybe I can hit Hot Topic a la Sefie-sama ;)
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