okay, i did it. i didn’t mean to and i didn’t intend to, but i did it.
matt and teesh and i went out to “the pickled pigeon” and wound up in the middle of a karaoke fest. i didn’t ask for it, but they persuaded me to sing. the persuaded me with wine.
i sang “you’ve [...]
i went shopping and bought a few things today. this was probably the fourth or fifth time i went into a store trying to buy clothes but this time i came away with something.
matt inadvertently volunteered as my fashion consultant and convinced me to buy sunglasses, a jacket, boardshorts, a short-sleeve shirt and sandals. cool [...]
this saturday i saw romeo and juliet at the opera house. it was absolutely fantastic.
it was modern-setting, classic text. it was hip and edgy and i thought it really brought out the best elements of the play. for example, when romeo and crew go to the capulet ball, they are dressed at batman, the joker, [...]
as i get ready to go to bed on my last night in sydney, i’m thinking about my almost two weeks here.
it has been interesting to say the least. i had to learn about myself as a person and as a traveler. as most of you know, my situation had changed from when i booked [...]
it is rainy. and not sunny. and not warm. and rainy - all the time.
this is not what i was looking for. i’m headed back to cairns tomorrow morning to do my diving. i’m doing an aborigine tour this afternoon, which will be the only thing i do in port douglas.
i’ll let you know how [...]
okay, the only thing cool that i did in port douglas was check out this rainforest walk led by an aboriginal medicine man. insane.
the damn aboriginals know (or maybe knew) EVERYTHING about the rainforest. white people would be so murdered within 15 minutes. as we’re walking along the path in the pouring down rain, this [...]
so i got to cairns - and it’s kind of lame.
the word ‘touristy’ is completely inadequate to describe this place. it’s worse than myrtle beach. in the ‘downtown’ (to use the word generously), there’s a simple rotation between bar, souvenier shop, and tour-booking agency. repeat. ad naseum. it’s mind-numbing.
i wanted to sign up for dive [...]
i’ll be bringing home a trophy to the states. a toad racing trophy.
well, the trophy doesn’t SAY toad racing, but that’s only cause the guy who runs the thing is too cheap to get actual trophies made for the event. he buys second-handers. but i’m getting ahead of myself…
so i’m walking around carins with my [...]
well, holy shit.
diving is amazing. really–amazing.
i started out with two days in a classroom and a (thankfully heated) pool. we learned you should never hold your breath underwater (cause your lungs can explode) and how to breathe through a regulator (don’t use your nose). we practiced swimming with fins and the tank and just got [...]
the highlight of cairns is without a doubt the doyles.
i blogged earlier that i won big at the toad races; terry is the chap who runs them and he and his son jake are the band that plays beforehand. i came back to johno’s to check them out and ended up chatting with him after [...]