It's finally happening...

"Yarn!" final
Originally uploaded by jaanus83.

Well, I can't put if off anymore. It's official - I am actually leaving the country on August 22nd. I received my passport in the mail on Monday, I bought my ticket last Thursday, I've even come up with a rough itinerary for Canada. Pretty organised huh? Don't worry that I'm leaving in less than a month. That's heaps of time left. It's actually turned out pretty sweet - due to friends knowing people, me meeting people off the net and the documentary opening doors for me, it looks like there's only 2 cities where I need to find accomodation in a hostel of some kind - everywhere else there is a house for me to stay in. So I'm quite chuffed about that. Even in the UK there are a few places to stay in, and not just in London. Got someone I can stay with in Liverpool as well as in Cornwall. I'm still to get all my meds and general bags and clothes etc, but they can all wait until the night before.

Oh, and that's the other bit of news. My going away / fundraiser party is finally happening. So, anyone who is in the Adelaide area, come to the Jade Monkey on Friday August 12 at 8:30pm sharp for a brilliant night of music, food, drinks and prizes (not to mention seeing me before I jet off). It costs $5 to get in which includes a ticket for the door prize. There will be various auctions and raffles throughout the night with even more awesome prizes to be won. Trust me, they're GREAT. And the musical entertainment will be provided by noneother than LeighStarDust, The Dairy Brothers and The Audreys. What a line up! Trust me - something for everyone in that lot!

I think that's about all from the keyboard of Jaan. If not, I'm sure I'll post something later...

P.S. I've updated the poster, so things should be a bit clearer than they were before.