There's No Place Like OZ

So at 12:45pm on Monday September 20th 2010, I booked my flight to Melbourne Australia. My flight is below:


Depart: 4:45 PM | New York, NY (JFK)
Arrive: 20:20 PM | Los Angeles, CA (LAX)


Depart: 23:55 PM | Los Angeles, CA (LAX)
Arrive: Sun 02 Jan 2011 8:00 AM | Brisbane (BNE)

Date: Sun, 02 Jan 2011
Depart: 11:00 AM | Brisbane (BNE)
Arrive: 14:25 PM | Melbourne (MEL)

So there it is... on December 31st 2010 I will be on my way. It seems so surreal. I won't have a January 1st 2011 either... which is kinda weird, but it just worked out for the best. Since it was so cheap to fly on NYE and it lands me in on Sunday the 2nd, which means it will be a lot easier for someone to pick me up when it's not NYE, or the 1st (hangover day), and yet it's still a weekend so nobody's working.

So this is it! I got approved for my visa on Thursday August 26th 2010. I had been looking at flights and prices for a loooong time and I can't believe what an insanely cheap price I got! I booked the flight from NYC to LA separate from the LA to MEL flight because it was like $250 cheaper. Because I had a like $19 credit from Chase for using my debit (gotta love rewards) my flight from JFK to LA was about $170. My flight from LA to MEL was$747.95 for a GRAND TOTAL of: $918!!!!!! I'm very excited, but I'm also getting anxious and a bit nervous. Just a lot to get done and the fact that it's done, set in stone. Which means I have 3 months to figure out where I'm gonna stay initially, job interviews set up, pack, get stuff in storage, let Neil know, say my goodbyes, get things like an international driver's permit, tax ID number, bank account, and cell phone as soon as I enter the country, sign up for health ins. and I can't even think of what else... BUT I think I'm in a really good place right now. I'm just still in freak out mode! AHHHHHHH!!!!! 3 MONTHS!!!!!!!!

"The taking of one innocent life is like taking all of Mankind... and the saving of one life is like saving all of Mankind" - Holy Qur'an, 5:33

This whole burning of the Qur'an ticks me off to no end! So yes, I'm about to jump back on my soap box.

What the hell is wrong with this Terry Jones. I'm embarrassed to be from Florida... let alone The United States of America. I don't give a shit that he has the "right" to do it. It is so far from being acceptable it makes my blood rush. The thought of it gets me so insane. I don't think Terry Jones and his church of 30 people in Gainesville Florida, would be ok if I started burning the New Testament because of what the KKK did. I also don't want to hear his crap about "it being his message from God". NO! Sorry! Not buying that! Just as he's not buying into that some terrorists said it was Allah's will to drive planes into the towers. Not that I believe this... but how does he know that wasn't the devil trying to get him to eff up the world worse than it already is?!

I'd like to ask Terry Jones if he had read the Qur'an. Has he even read his own bible? I'm not so sure. He seems to think that the Qur'an teaches violence. Well, A. it doesn't... if he actually read it and B. there's quit a bit of violence in his own bible. How about "an eye for an eye"? Look... there's a LOT I don't know... and what can I say... religion fascinates me. But this is just revolting. I don't think I can blog on this anymore because I am so angry. My thoughts are going 1000 miles an hour, my blood is racing, and I just realized my foot is tapping insanely fast cause I'm all heated right now. I just had to bring to the table how f'ed up this is.

Thank you Terry Jones... for making me hate ignorant people even more, I never thought it was possible... congrats! You proved me wrong!