I'm a blogger? How lame.

So after putting it off for weeks, I finally have set up a blog. I'm having some computer/camera problems, so I can't put up any pictures yet, but I'm tryin to get those worked out as soon as possible. I'll have a bit of catching up to do when I finally get that goin. But in the mean time I figured that I'd fill anyone who cares in on what I've been up to. So here it goes.

     About two weeks ago I went missing. For the entire 24 hour period that was September 11th, I was nowhere to be found. Somewhere between LA and Sydney, our jet entered a wormhole and sped through time straight into September 12th. I have mixed feelings about vanishing into thin air on September 11th, but it was quite a relief to feel solid ground on the 12th. And what beautiful ground it was. We landed in Cairns (pronounced "Cans") and were then shuttled to our hostel. The hostel was insane. Like any hostel, bunk beds were crammed in tiny rooms and you can't seem to escape the drunken europeans, but unlike most hostels, there was a classy nightclub/bar DIRECTLY below our rooms. So instead of getting some much needed rest, we all felt obligated to exercise our right to buy alcohol legally (most of the people I'm traveling with are around 20 also and drinking age is 18 here). After going drink for drink with an entire Australian Rugby team, exhaustion set in and I stumbled upstairs for some much needed rest.