Twas the Night before Australia..

..and all through the house.. Well - people still up, no mice to speak of, definetly no flying reindeer. Yeah, I really don't know what to tell you. I probably shouldn't have started that lyric.

So tomorrow I'm getting on a plane and flying for just about an entire day (which is almost 25 hours). Why you ask? Oh, you don't ask, since you read the title of this post and know I'm going to Australia. But anyway, it should be a lot of fun. My friend Chris and I are going to visit Adrian who is studying abroad (why didn't I think of this?). We're staying for 2 whole weeks in Melbourn, in lovely 80 degree weather.

Now, I've been to Australia before, but it definetly was winter for them (I went during the US summer), and therefore it was cold and raining. Not knowing this, I decided to take pretty much exclusively shorts and polos, since that's pretty much what I exclusively wear for standard weather. So hopefully it will be a lot more lively this time around.

The only thing I'm dreading is the plane ride back. The length. The jetlag. The knowledge that I'll be knee deep in work as soon as I step off the plane. I probably shouldn't think about it too much - and after a few umbrella drinks, I won't at all.

I suppose the plane trip over will be horrible as well. 16 hours on a single plane is pretty bad. Actually, it's really bad. Actually, it's so bad that I want to punch the plane in the face. Then again, planes don't have faces. Luckily, I can still punch it in the nose.

16 hours. iPod lasts 6 hours. I suppose I can find a Gameboy of some variety. That should be good for another 6. Then I could read for the remaining 4. Oh wait, I can just order drinks until I pass out and when I wake up, it'll be Australia time.

I fail to see the significance of the "please turn off your electronic devices" statement. If it was really such a problem for the plane, couldn't a terrorist just boot up a laptop on takeoff and kill the entire world? I bet the airlines just think it's really funny to not let anyone have fun until 10 minutes in the air. And I definetely don't see why they're allowed to play their required by law safety movie right after they tell us to put everything away or they'll shoot us. Hypocritical assholes.

This time, I'm stealing a Koala. That's right, Australia, one of those cuddly deathbringers are coming back with me.

You might notice that I used the word "deathbringer" in reference to a Koala. While they may loot cute and furry, they are actually dark-hearted ruthless baby-murdering killing machines. Once they sink their claws of destruction into their victim, it's over. It's just over, man. Game over.

Australia has a lot of animals I've never heard or seen before. And since I don't know anything about them (names included), I will not be the one to tell you anything.

I'm excited to go back to Sydney. It's such a beautiful city and last time it pretty much did nothing but rain and be disgustingly cold. Their harbor must be the best in the world. The water is so blue that.. Hmm, I can't think of a good blue metaphor. But trust me, it's really freakin' blue. And awesome. Blue and awesome. Maybe we'll make our way up to the Great Barrier Reef too, I'd like to see that. But hell, relaxing in Melbourne for 2 weeks would be good enough for me.

I haven't "relaxed" in so long that I'm not sure I remember how. I think it has something to do with just not caring about anything for more than just a couple minutes. I'll look into it and get back to you. I've been really busy with work lately, or at least it seems that way. Part of me doesn't feel right jetting off for so long in the middle of the school year, but the rest thinks it's a necessary excursion. I really need to get a couple thoughts out of my mind for good and this seems to be the best way.

Anyway, have fun in Winter.