the plankmeister's interweblet
Wednesday, May 1, 2002
Melbourne : Australia
Past couple days have been quite boring. I think I'm turning into a nocturnal Koala. I sleep for most of the day, anyway. Haven't quite progressed as far as sitting in a tree eating leaves all day yet, but...
Thursday, May 2, 2002
Melbourne : Australia
Went skating to the Riverside skatepark. Got a nice 10 foot backside boardslide on the straight rail. There were some awesome skaters there... One guy was doing nollie heelflip to manual (like... 30 foot...
Saturday, May 4, 2002
Melbourne : Australia
Past few days have been staggeringly similar. The koala impersonation is coming on leaps and bounds. Sleep for vast amounts of time. I've even started hanging around in trees and being picky about what...
Monday, May 6, 2002
Melbourne : Australia
My life - at present - consists of very few things. Dorthe. Thinking about Dorthe. Chatting to Dorthe. Messaging Dorthe. Skating. Playing Jedi Knight II. Sleeping. Eating. And that's about it. The first 4...
Wednesday, May 8, 2002
Melbourne : Australia
Dorthe. Skating. Jedi Knight II. Not a lot else going on really. Can get on and off of K-grinds, crookeds and nose-slides now. But then I fall off. Getting there, though! 3 days ago I couldn't even get on...
Friday, May 10, 2002
Melbourne : Australia
Justin from Brisbane arrived lastnight. Not that I saw much of him... What with being on the internet for 10 hours chatting to Dorthe, and all...
Past couple days have involved lots of skating. Not much...
Sunday, May 12, 2002
Melbourne : Australia
!!WARNING!!
The photo is not pleasant. You have been warned.
Boredom. Except for Dorthe... How I don't die laughing sometimes from talking to her I don't know. I've changed my travels plans now. I'm only...
Monday, May 13, 2002
Melbourne : Australia
Seeing as I can't skate, I decided to go and take some pictures today. Took lots! Spent all day out in fact, snapping away. Got some pretty nice pictures, I think. Most of them will appear in the Stuff...
Wednesday, May 15, 2002
Melbourne : Australia
The past few days could be represented in BASIC:
10 Wake. 20 Examine toe. 30 Eat. 40 Walk around for hours. 50 Limp for a while as toe starts throbbing. 60 Go to the Casino for fish and chips. (Only $2!)70...
Thursday, May 16, 2002
Melbourne : Australia
Dossed around all day after getting up late. Justin and I went to the casino armed with our cameras to capture the gas jets and lights and stuff on film. Took some of Flider's St. station, too. Had fish and...
Saturday, May 18, 2002
Melbourne : Australia
Did bugger all constructive, besides message Dorthe a few times and scan some photos in at the netcafe. Scanned the bag the photos came in... Hilarious promotional material printed on the back. The photo...
Monday, May 20, 2002
Melbored : Australia
Woke up at 4pm. Walked round in the pissing rain. Bought a plane ticket to New Zealand. Said bye to Justin at the bus station. Went online. Chatted to Dorthe for 8 hours and had a good laugh. August can't...
Wednesday, May 22, 2002
Melbourne : Australia
Woke up slightly later than planned. Picked up my plane tickets to NZ from the travel agents'. Boarded a train and headed down the Mornington peninsula to spend the day with my uncle Tony and aunt Betty...
Saturday, May 25, 2002
Sydney : Australia
Woke up early. Actually... that's lies. I never went to sleep in the first place. Got back to the hostel at about 3am after getting bored (Yesterday's peculiar entry proves this) and Ollie had just got back so...
Sunday, May 26, 2002
Sydney : Australia
Went back to the hostel late-ish. Stayed in bed until 4pm. Lots of sleep! Went out and wandered briefly, then met Dorthe online. As usual, we chatted about everything... (And, as usual, we chatted about one...
Monday, May 27, 2002
Auckland : New Zealand
It seemed like an eternity, those 4 hours. When departures finally opened, I had to wait for an hour before I could check in. In which time I realised I'd left my cap on the bus. ARSE! That was a damn good...
Tuesday, May 28, 2002
Auckland : New Zealand
Still no message back from Dorthe. Feeling most concerned. I must have sent her about 15 messages since I got the phone! Hmmm. Very worrying indeed. Had to wake up before 8am to get to the car and pay for...
Wednesday, May 29, 2002
Auckland : New Zealand
Woke early. Slept very little. Still no reply from Dorthe. Drive the car to my out-of-town parking place. Bus back to town. Walk around staring at my phone, willing it to buzz with the arrival of a much...
Thursday, May 30, 2002
Auckland : New Zealand
Got up early (Like... single figure early - Backpacker blasphemy!!!) and took the car to my little parking spot again. On the way in to the carpark I noticed a big sign that made it clear it's perfectly OK...
Friday, May 31, 2002
Auckland : New Zealand
Woke up at mid day! It felt good not having to get up before 8am to move the car. Wandered round for a while looking for things to do. In preparation for my tongue piercing, I went to the supermarket and...