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Even closer now...
2009-11-04 10:00:21
Just under a month, and I'll be back in Canada. Man is time flying by now!
I'm in Melbourne now. I've seen so much of Australia it's hard to believe. This last month will involve heading over to Tasmania, checking out Canberra, and finishing off back in Sydney. We'll have then circled the entire country, and having stopped in the red centre and Tasmania. Not too shabby for ten months. I have to admit, doing this trip has relaly made me want to check out my own country. It feels like I know so little of Canada now. lol Maybe one day, when I've built up my bank balance again. lol
While traveling I've seen plenty of anime in stores, but nothing I could buy. Obviously it's all in the region code for Australia (which I think is region 4), so it wouldn't work on my dvd player back at home. It's a shame, but I have to admit I haven't always been a fan of Madman's packaging. Some look great, but 7-disc sets in those single cases? I prefer full box sets personally. Anyways, can't wait to get home and see what's new. And not just in anime, but in gaming too!
Kevin (Anime Jedi) -
Nearing the end of the trip...
2009-10-17 14:00:59
As mentioned before, I'm in Australia right now. Land of poisonous snakes and killer spiders. Haha
It's been a great trip. Hard to believe that I'm coming up to 9 months in this country. We've definitely seen a lot. We're in Perth right now, and will be moving on to Adelaide next. We've done a lot of busing. I think we passed the 11,000 km mark not too long ago. That's from Sydney to Cairns to Alice Springs to Darwin to Broome to Perth to Pemberton and back to Perth. What really bites is that I have a tendency to get moition sick. [sigh] What a pain.
Another pain is the fact that Geocities is closing down. No more free web hosting! To be honest, you didn't get very much with their free service, but it was nice to have my very own little website on the internet. You know, something I had put together in my spare time using what little knowledge of HTML I had acquired over the past few years. It was starting to come together. The site made for a nice showcase for the posters, paintings and drawings I had collected in my portfolio. Anywyas, I finally finished backing everything up. Looks like there's nothing left but let the old site close down on October 26, 2009. Maybe when I get back to Canada I'll try looking for another web host and try making another site again. We'll see. And my count is at 14756.
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Australia
2009-05-03 02:26:24
I guess I never really followed up on this, but I am indeed in Australia right now! Myself and my girlfriend are backpacking around the country, and trying to see as much as we can in about a year. We started in Sydney, and bus'd it all the way up to Cairns. From there, we took a trip to Alice Springs and Ayers Rock, then northwards again up to Darwin. We're staying in Darwin for a bit to work a bit and rebuild our bank balance. lol We just got here about a week ago, and will be here around half a year. If we're successful at building a good chunk of change, we'll travel the west coast down to Perth. Then we'll travel to Adelaide, Melbourne and if we have some time, Tasmania. It was difficult to imagine this trip actually happening, but now that we've seen about half of Australia, it's becoming quite the reality. lol
Not too long ago I got an e-mail that the org now has streaming video. If that's true, that would be awesome! I rarely have the capacity to be able to download new vids while traveling, but maybe streaming will be a solution for that!
Anyways, got to run. I have a travel blog that I've been working on, and I'm a little behind. lol It's almost like having homework while on vacation.
Oh ya, and as a frame of reference, I'm at 14409.
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Reliving the past...
2009-01-15 00:44:36
I've basically spent the day re-reading through a bunch of my old Journal entries. Wow, there's really no better way to remember the past than to read/listen to your very own words. This was back years ago when I was writing mutiple entries a day. I can't believe I always made so much time for writing. lol I'm thankful for it now because it's actually quite fun to read.
I'll be heading to bed soon, much sooner than my recent 4am bedtimes. But I think it's time I started waking up at a decent hour. Still have plenty to get ready for for our trip to Australia!
Movies. I have been watching a LOT of them recently. I go to the movie theatre every week on Tuesday (the cheap day). Not to mention I've been buying lots of DVDs since they've been really cheap. Today, I watched The Happening with my father. He's been buying movies too, though his choices seem to be at random. lol Anyways, this one's starring one of biggest crushes right now, Zooey Deschanel! So cute and adorable!! The movie was bad, but I sat through it just to watch her. I recently saw Yes Man as well. Pretty decent movie. And Zooey was awesome in it! If you've seen the movie, my favourite part was in the airport when they were getting in line and Jim Carrey was trying carrying her to the teller. Her coat (one of those full length coats that if you wore a mini skirt under, you probably couldn't see the skirt) was amazing for her. I just gasped, tapped my girlfriend beside me in the movie theatre and told her I was in love. lmao! Ya, she rolled her eyes at that one. lol!
Anyways, had to get that out of my system. Incase you don't think so, go to Youtube and find a clip that is a compilation Zooey Deschanel's scenes from the show Weeds. Hilarious! You know what, I might as well just post the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-S2z55tI6w&feature=channel_page
This one's good too!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01CF6w9L754
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Old Journal Entries...
2009-01-14 14:38:58
There really needs to be an easier way to scroll through these things. I tried to check out some old entries, and it's ridiculous trying to find a specific date. I used to write an entry every day, which makes flipping page through page very painful. lol
I don't remember if I've said anything yet, but I'm going to be leaving for Australia with my girlfriend at the end of January (2009). That's right, in two weeks! Total craziness. Even crazier is the fact that we're going to be gone for over half a year! This is something I never would have done without the pushing I've received from my girlfriend. Anyone who knows me, knows me as a laid back, quiet kind of guy. The type of person who goes for a walk, soaks in his surroundings and is satisfied with that. Once in awhile a little trip is nice, but flying off to the other side of the world is way outside my comfort zone. lol But I adapt well, and it should be a great trip. What I'm more looking forward to is living with my girlfriend and getting to spend everyday with her.
So the past few weeks has been packing, and getting things ready. I've been organizing everything on my computer, this way it'll be fine for storage for awhile. I bought a Dell Mini9 (nice little netbook), and seeing what I should tranfer over has been a pain as well. The most has been transfering my dvds onto my computer. I don't have any software to rip the movies, so I'm using my capturing equipment for my tv and recording it in real time. You can imagine how long it's taking, especially when something goes wrong 2 hours into a 3 hour movie, and I have to restart the whole thing from the beginning. -_-
Anyways, just thought I'd check in. Lots of work still to do. ^_^
Kevin (Anime Jedi)
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