The Monkey's Cheese!

Thursday, January 6

Six minutes and the clock is ticking...

I put down the money for my ticket to Mexico. $2220 with $180 to be paid by the 20th.
It doesn't leave me enough to eat or go out but these things happen. I'm pretty excited about the trip, but worried I won't have enough money to travel around and do the things I'd like. We'll be moving out of our house soon, so that should help me save a bit..

At the moment I am reading 'On The Road' by Jack Kerouac, and it's excellent. It reads so urgent that it's hard to not get caught up in the adventures. Reading it makes me wanna hit the road right now! I can't wait!

My only limits are myself, unfortunately I keep on seeing myself as an outsider, someone who doesn't belong.. it bothers me because I know that what I think is what others think.. It's all in my head I know but I wish it would not be there as often. I've been feeling a bit anxious lately.

I want a girlfriend cuz I'm really missing someone to lie around with and talk crap to. Though I don't think it would be a good idea at the moment, so I'm not really trying. There's some really pretty girls out in the Plaza today. It's annoying. Where is the girlsoul for me? Who knows? She'll show up when I least want her to or least expect her, that's usually how it goes. That is, if she shows up at all!

While I'm in Mexico I can do whatever I want and be whoever I want. It's going to be great. I look forward to meeting many fine senoritas and serenading them on the beach. Going to the markets and meeting other travellers. Buying cheap native trinkets to bring back home while eating sweets from a roadside vendor. Figuring out how to get to Cancun in time for Spring Break.. adventure awaits me with open arms! Arms that I can't wait to jump into and get lost in. In a way it will be more exciting because I'm out on my own, but I do hope I make a travelling buddy to join me in my journey. A shared experience is always best I believe.

So God, if you come to this site much, then read this :

In the name of all things awesome and cool, can you please ensure that my trip goes down well. That no one abducts me and cuts out my lungs and liver for the bustling black market bodypart trade. That I don't get some feral Mexican stomach sickness, that I have enough money to get around, especially to Cancun, that I meet my old friends as well as many strange and wonderful people, with a romantic encounter thrown in for added travel zest. That it all goes good and that many stories come off it!

Thanks man.

P.S - I actually wrote a letter to my Grandmother today. I'm not much of a letter writer. But there's something delicious about writing a good letter. Almost as delicious as getting one!