Hello World...
And when I say world, I really mean the few people that will possibly take the time out to read my blog. (Hi Mum...)
So this will be the Blog of Me. Troy. An Aussie traveling the world, possibly having adventures but not quite sure where I'm going or what I'll do there. Rest assured though, that as soon as I figure it out, I'll let you know.
To give you an idea of my current itinerary: I leave on Boxing day - December 26th for those of you not in the colonies - 2006. My first stop is Toronto to meet up with Shannon my brother - check out his blog, funny shit; www.cheesebandits.net/things . From there we are going to New York for New Years :) Really looking forward to that. Then at some point within my 90 day window where the US authorities let me stay in their wonderful country (and as long as my girlfriend can stand to have me...), I fly from Toronto to London, and there I'll stay for as long as I want. On the cards is at least one Contiki tour (all of which I've discovered start in Amsterdam... Even the US ones I think fly you to Amsterdam first stop just to get you in the right frame of mind...) My ticket is open for 18 months, at this stage I'm planning to use every day of it... Again, I'll let you know...
At this stage there are many many variables... My life is like one of those choose your own adventure books; Each decision I make will get me closer to an end of some sort. Hopefully none of those involving evil aliens using death rays on me, or monsters ripping my limbs off and using them to pick their teeth...
Having said that brings me to my next point, that of how hard it is to decide on a suitable name for your Blog. How hard is it? Very hard... That's how hard. All very well for these people with imagination, but for a normal person, finding something that is suitable and interesting for other people to look at; is not easy. You think of all the things that you like, or that represent you in some small personal way, and try to put them into a sentence that is not only interesting for other people, but maybe says something about yourself... Something that's easy to remember... And still, at the same time, on some level, a little bit cool. OR maybe, like every thing else in my life at the moment, I've just over thought the whole thing... That is a distinct possibility. The truth of the matter is probably that there is no big problem, and the problem in-fact, is the fact that I always think there's a problem, when in fact there isn't one. And there-in lies the problem.
See what I mean?
So my suggestion as far as blog naming goes, is worry about it as much as you possibly can, think about it for days... After all its quite possible that in a million years when civilization is dead and some new dominant species evolves, all that will be left of us is a Web page and some dust... So think long and hard people... Long and hard... And in a flash of inspiration, the name will come to you, the perfect name for your blog... And you type it into the space provided... Your heart pounding...
And someone else has already taken it...
Email addresses are just as bad, if not worse... Cause when someone asks you for your email address, you want it to be cool, you want it to be in some way distinctive, and you don't necessarily want to have to spell it every time. And using your own name is just boring. I should know, I've been using my own name as an email address for ever. All the time seeing all these other cool email addresses popping up and feeling obsolete, inferior, and that somehow I'm lacking the imaginative cognitive functions of that of the younger people... So when I thought Trojan.monkey would be a cool email address, you can gasp in shock and horror as I did, when I found it was already taken...
Anyway, All in all I am very excited about my up coming adventure... So, I'm going to let this Big Wooden Horse of life in, see what comes out and hope it doesn't kill me. But I guess, if life really is a choose your own adventure then I've already made dozens of choices towards one end or another... So here goes... Cross your fingers, Hold on tight, Keep your eyes open, and Enjoy the ride...
To follow the Evil Dead back into the Forrest; turn to page 93.
To swallow the blue pill of rejection and give up; turn to page 28.
To trust your instincts, live your life, and make mistakes along the way... Read on...
~Bigger than my body gives me credit for~ John Mayer (and how I feel All the time)
Saturday, November 04, 2006
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