Last hours in Australia
I really don't think I'll ever come back to this country. It's beautiful and I've enjoyed the Perth area, and I know there's so much of Australia I could still explore... but I don't have any desire to do so.
Soundwave Festival yesterday. It was fun enough, but I think I'm over the whole big festival thing. It's a lot of walking around and seeing short sets from bands you actually like, but from a distance, and then having to cut it short to try and get to another stage to see the other band you really like but who's playing at the same time. It's exhausting and expensive and dirty and frustrating... I'm not a fan of great big crowds at the best of times, let alone fighting your way through them for 10 hours straight.
But a day in the sun is always nice, live music is always good, and Jade really wanted to go and was happy that we did, so over all it was a success.
Bands we saw: Silverstein, Protest the Hero, Breathe Carolina, We The Kings, Dommin, The Rocket Summer, The Starting Line, The Gaslight Anthem, New Found Glory, Coheed & Cambria, Millencolin, MxPx/The Ataris, Stone Sour, Primus, Slash, Thirty Seconds to Mars, One Day As A Lion, Queens of the Stone Age, Iron Maiden. Lots of them we only saw half the set, but it worked. I'd say Gaslight Anthem, Rocket Summer, Coheed and ODAAL were highlights.
Just killing time today. We have to get out of our apartment at noon, but our flight isn't until 9:30pm. We're going to catch a flick, have something to eat.. we arrive in Singapore at 2:50am and don't fly to Phuket until 9:30am. GROSS. Sometimes the actual travel part of traveling sucks. But, we'll survive. It will be nice to be back in Thailand. Our third time back in the country! Funny how things happen sometimes. Hopefully we just enjoy relaxing Asian style.
I fully lied to Dessert and told him we're coming back March 30. Actually he only has to wait 9 more days to see me. We had a Skype date this morning. I love seeing his face and hearing his voice, but it's tough too because I want to be near him, and I want to finally talk about all the crap we need to talk about, get things sorted, and get on with our life.
The other morning he was all hung over in bed and kept sending me adorable, hilarious messages.. 17 of them!! I'm soooo glad he's talking and acting more like the Dessert I know and love instead of the coldness he was sending my way for a couple of weeks there. Absence makes the heart grow fonder? He says he does want to work things out, and I believe him. He wants to get on track and them make a 4-5 year plan together.... which sounds amazing to me. It will be excellent to have some direction and some goals.
One more week of this adventure left. I can't believe I've been traipsing around like a vagabond for 5 months!!!!!!!!! At least now I'm actually ready to get back to real life.
Soundwave Festival yesterday. It was fun enough, but I think I'm over the whole big festival thing. It's a lot of walking around and seeing short sets from bands you actually like, but from a distance, and then having to cut it short to try and get to another stage to see the other band you really like but who's playing at the same time. It's exhausting and expensive and dirty and frustrating... I'm not a fan of great big crowds at the best of times, let alone fighting your way through them for 10 hours straight.
But a day in the sun is always nice, live music is always good, and Jade really wanted to go and was happy that we did, so over all it was a success.
Bands we saw: Silverstein, Protest the Hero, Breathe Carolina, We The Kings, Dommin, The Rocket Summer, The Starting Line, The Gaslight Anthem, New Found Glory, Coheed & Cambria, Millencolin, MxPx/The Ataris, Stone Sour, Primus, Slash, Thirty Seconds to Mars, One Day As A Lion, Queens of the Stone Age, Iron Maiden. Lots of them we only saw half the set, but it worked. I'd say Gaslight Anthem, Rocket Summer, Coheed and ODAAL were highlights.
Just killing time today. We have to get out of our apartment at noon, but our flight isn't until 9:30pm. We're going to catch a flick, have something to eat.. we arrive in Singapore at 2:50am and don't fly to Phuket until 9:30am. GROSS. Sometimes the actual travel part of traveling sucks. But, we'll survive. It will be nice to be back in Thailand. Our third time back in the country! Funny how things happen sometimes. Hopefully we just enjoy relaxing Asian style.
I fully lied to Dessert and told him we're coming back March 30. Actually he only has to wait 9 more days to see me. We had a Skype date this morning. I love seeing his face and hearing his voice, but it's tough too because I want to be near him, and I want to finally talk about all the crap we need to talk about, get things sorted, and get on with our life.
The other morning he was all hung over in bed and kept sending me adorable, hilarious messages.. 17 of them!! I'm soooo glad he's talking and acting more like the Dessert I know and love instead of the coldness he was sending my way for a couple of weeks there. Absence makes the heart grow fonder? He says he does want to work things out, and I believe him. He wants to get on track and them make a 4-5 year plan together.... which sounds amazing to me. It will be excellent to have some direction and some goals.
One more week of this adventure left. I can't believe I've been traipsing around like a vagabond for 5 months!!!!!!!!! At least now I'm actually ready to get back to real life.