The Final Chapter

Hello readers.
I've been going on lately about how nothing's going on, and how I'm just ticking over.
Haha, not so much now.
I went out on Friday night, to the rock club, and then on Saturday I had been invited out by some of the people from the department store I used to work in. That was great, except I was still hungover from the night before.
Anyway, when I got back from the meal, I didn't want to do anything except chill out, maybe even go to bed. But I checked my email first.
Turns out my stepmum and my dad, who are at the moment living in Saudi Arabia, are going back to New Zealand for a couple of weeks, for a skiing trip. And I have been invited!
This is my break, the best way to get out of Sydney. Ha, leaving the country wasn't my first plan, but dammit, it's one of the best that could have sprung on me. It's been a good few months since I saw Dad, and even longer since I've seen Sue. And New Zealand has been a destination I've been aiming for, but I just never thought I'd actually get the chance to make the first move.
Well that move's been made. I just finished sending off the Working Visa application, and I'm pretty syched.
I have two weeks of work left in Sydney, and then I have to claim my taxback. Luckily I was told of a good company to go through, and I'm going to phone them tomorrow, make arrangements. They can fill out the paperwork and then, once I finish working, I send one more docket in and they do the rest.
The flights I'll book once the visa's been approved; I hope it's as quick as the Aussy one was, I want to get a flight fairly close to this date, and as they're cheap (due to the recession) there may not be many seats soon.
A backpack is hopefully being picked up from this friend in the next few days, so that's cool.
And I'm waiting for my birth certificate to be sent, as I need a secondary piece of identification, and because I lost my drivers license, Mum had to help me out. What a lej.
So yeah! The future's brightened considerably.
A small annoyance is of how little of Australia I've seen, but as Abi said to me, there's more time in the world. And as I realised, the beautiful sights aren't nearly as beautiful in winter.
However in NZ, there is real cold. I like the cold :).
And I get to see Fraser again, it's been frikkin ages.
And I was talking to a kiwi guy at work, a good guy, and I was talking of what was available that was more dangerous than a bungee jump. Dan bungeed, and I've been determined to beat him. Turns out skydiving isn't as scary, because you don't push yourself out, you're harnessed to a pro, and you just hang onto him. With a bungee, you have to jump off.
There's a thing called Nemesis, or something. It's a bungee, but instead of off a bridge, it's off a cliff. Or something.
I might just try and fight a Maori... That's gotta be pretty intense.
YEAH. Oh yeah, my pops mentioned an excursion he did to Mt Aspiring. I checked it out on t'internet, and I figured if I want to go camping somewhere, might as well go around A HUGE MOUNTAIN. That'd be cool.
Lots to think about, lots to get done.
Speak soon.
x
Oh yeah, and I finally replaced my Ipod Touch. With a much, much cheaper version. The Touch is $530 here, the one I got is about $12o. Haha. I havn't got it yet, but I'm looking forward to it's arrival.

Heya everyone. I'd posted an update yesterday, but the internet is so FRIKKIN terrible, the computer shut down. So I lost it all. Anywhoo, I tried something new, I tried putting videos up. I'll try again, they explain shizzle. Here we go.
This was the first attempt. It wasn't a success.




And here was the next, slightly better version.



Next step, BBC newsman, chyeaaaaa...
Might try and do more of them in the future, this was a warm up.
But, as I'm finding out, it takes a long, long time to upload. I'm sitting in Mcdonalds, waiting for the damn thing to finish, while hobos tramps and general hoodlums are walking around me.
Vunerable much?
I hope they don't read what I just put though, or I'll be in trouble.
I went to the beach today, the famous Bondi Beach. Not that great, but some friends were going, and once I finished sending the mp4 player back (oh yeah, it was so terrible I had to send it back) I joined them. Just sat on the beach, watching people and digging a huge hole. Then we buried one of the mates. Good laugh.
I was planning on going to the Blue Mountains before I leave, but I don't think that's going to happen now. This evening I'm off to see some friends, hopefully pick up the backpack, and then tomorrow I'm meeting a friend from the place I was working at last week, and we're gonna just hang out somewhere or some hostel people might go to see Transformers 2 at the IMAX, that should be cool. Then it'll be Wednesday, and it's my last night, so there'll be celebrations and whatnot, and then Thursday it'll be packing up. Not nearly as much time as previously thought.
OK, my friend Scotty is a comic book fan, a fan of "graphic novels". I've read some of his, some Batman comics, and they're awesome. Really, really good. And the other day I got one, Watchmen, it's the one that they made into a film recently. Man! So damn good.
I'm wafting, trying to fill in the time. The video's still uploading, and it doesn't have a bar to show how much has been done, so I'm here for an indefinate time, and I don't want to just sit here doing nothing, might as well be typing.
But what ho, I think it's done. Whoop!
I don't believe it, the damn Mcdonalds wifi just booted me off halfway through the DAMNED UPLOAD. Will try again in near future, if I can.
See ya...

Heya everyone. It's Thursday, last full day in Australia. I'm doing my laundry and uploading the videos. Go to Youtube.com and type in Flobbyblobby, and my smiling face will greet you.
Not much else to say really. For my last night, I'll be having a steak in the local, and then me, Scotty and two other guys are gonna go see Transformers 2, at the Imax no less. Looking forward to that. Then coming back, getting a few beers and chilling out, watching movies. If people wanna go out, they can, but I'm gonna kick back. Nice...
Oh yeah, I got the backpack! And a beast it is too. Now the main problem is getting as much stuff as I need, without going over the 20kg limit for airport check in. I look forward to that challenge, considering I have a cooking stove and pots and pans. Haha, might have to leave those. The tent and sleeping bag are priority.
Ok then fellow humanoids, this has been a good blog. I will either start up a New Zealand version, or go to writing in a journal, which I will send home when it's finished/the adventure ends. I'll see what happens. Looking forward to not knowing what happens next. And the mountains. More outdoor dreams last night, thinking of everything that could happen. :D
Speak soon. See you on youtube.

"If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story." Orson Wells
"Every end is a new beginning."

See ya.

Tuesday 9th

Hello everybody.
I'm still at the Swagman, still doing nothing. Not living at the moment, just ticking over.
But Scotty might have found a slightly cheaper place, so a move might be in the books.
Really nothing else to say.
Hope you're all well and happy.

:D

"In these last days of time
As the earth spin faster
I often fantasise about the afterlife and here-after
Paradise, the afterlife, land of the pleasant
I dream of how my life will be when I get to heaven
I don't embrace the taste of death
But I don't fear it...
Visions of heaven draw me near it
Everlasting life as a spirit
I obey the commandments, Universal laws
I prophesize about heaven
This is what I saw...
I was placent in the land of milk and honey, fascination
I was given powers beyond the average imagination
But peep this, what I saw next left me speechless
in heaven, everyone had the same level of uniqueness
in heaven, theres no greed, no need for worldly things
no diamond studded rings, peasants become kings
I don't know about you all
But this is were I got to live
Where men and women don't have to be so provocative
And live as true kings
See in the way we do things
Intoxicate your minds without that gin and juice that snoop brings
By far in the heaven the world is ours
No more drugs, money and cars
Just suns moons and stars
Reunited In the universal family
The man in me cant wait for heaven to fulfil my wildest fantasies
As I search for better days and praise the number seven
When I get to heaven...

So fresh, (so fresh)
So fly (so fly)
My life in paradise

So fresh, (so fresh)
So fly (so fly)
My life in paradise

Once again it's the Last Emp the raw
These lyrics wont leave you gassed
In heaven I encounter famous spirits from the past
I crack jokes with black folks
Like robin Harris and Red Fox
Loungin' with Bob Marley, giving me tips on my dreadlocks
To put it loosely, an angel will introduce me
To all these famous people I'll learn kung fu Bruce Lee
The best rhymes on the best labels
Doin shows with ??? and Prince Messiah on the tables
Discussing politics with ??? and Malcolm
By chance Queen latifah brother Lance will do production on my album
Heaven tracks with heavenly rhyming
Jimmi Hendrix on guitar vocals by Phillis Hymen
Yes in my heaven my album will be a smash
Generating cash, serving rappers like off the ash
Flippin' in the sense of free voice, I can rejoice
Look over there its Heavy D's boy, Trouble T Roy!!
Hes kickin' dead stuff with Sammy Davis Junior
If I known heaven was Gonna be like this Ida been here sooner
Where heavenly emcees can be
No robbery, no thievery...
No police brutality for Eazy E
And all our love ones that passed away
Take it from me, some day we can all be free like Donnie Hathaway
I make the world feel my presence
Until I'm called back to the essence.
When I get to heaven....

Chorus

Its one for the physical
Its two for the spirit
Three for hip hop
That makes ya heads bob when you hear it
My minds in heaven and im lovin' it
No politicians, no government
No democrats, no republicans
And in the other men might create a civilisation
Where hip hop rules
The Emp the Raw rocks the nation
There's no stress in heaven we all relax
And real lyricists sign record contracts
Not these gun toting, blunt smoking
Cross over acts, lying on wax
Claiming they drop facts
Imagine possibly no animosity
or malice, where your home is a palace
Sippin' wine from a golden chalice
Just loungin' and living lovely
No one above me, the very thought of it drugs me
Just like this track does me
In heaven people live there lives how they happen to live'em
No longer trapped in a prison
None of this capitalism, no need to boast squad
Even try to pose high, just give thanks and praise to the most high
And maybe we can all make it
And take it right back to the essence
When I get to heaven..." (The Last Emperor, Heaven)