sydney. day 1.
my hotel here is modern.
well, modern-ish.
the toilet doesn’t flush, so much as it floods.
you know the kind i am talking about…
small button for pee, big button for deuce.
very progressive.
unfortunately, one of the many perks of coming half way
around the world was to watch the toilet flush backwards.
progressive toilet has robbed me of this thrill.
or, it has delayed it.
i’m working on overcoming the disappointment.
it is beautiful here.
in a rainy, fall-like-in-spring kinda way.
which is weirdly fitting as i am missing fall in the states.
i am listening to the national.
which also seems to fit.
aaron and i walked the streets around our hotel.
surry hill. very hip.
piles and piles of devastatingly beautiful people.
we drank tea, and watched them stream by.
we had big plans. botanical garden plans.
if the weather clears, we still might go.
very un-rock and roll, i know.
to make up for it though, tomorrow the plan is to do
a ton of drugs and just punch old people in the face…
so fuck off!
oh… and here’s a travel tip for those of you thinking
about flying to australia the day before your birthday.
DON’T DO IT!
cause you lose that day.
so your birthday just vanishes into the time/space
vortex between your world and australia world.
harsh, i know.. but this shit is for real.
i bet stephen hawking has a book about it.
October 9th, 2009 at 3:09 pm
Does that mean you aren’t getting any older this year? I’ll have to file that one away for future use — sounds like a good way to spend every birthday after, say, 70. Stay young and spritely forever.
Good luck on the toilet hunt!
October 9th, 2009 at 3:12 pm
This blogpost is so funny/good. Favourite artist listening to another favourite = awesome. I loved it when you did a verse from them in Austin during your tour. Keep on being so highly entertaining.
October 9th, 2009 at 7:41 pm
come back to canada!
October 9th, 2009 at 8:26 pm
Love love LOVE that kind of delicious, out-of-body surreal-ness that comes from BIG distance travel. It’s like the rest of the world is “on hold” - enjoy it!
October 9th, 2009 at 8:46 pm
haha. DAMN. Are you serious about the toilets? How bogus !
But, the fact you’re in Australia! Now that’s pretty kickass. I hope you have FUN over there Matt! Don’t let the rain stop you. Hell, singing in the rain now that’d be kinda sexy lmao.
October 10th, 2009 at 8:47 pm
would you kindly consider posting photos of australia for those of us who are not hip enough to leave the States?
October 15th, 2009 at 9:31 am
I lost my 16th birthday somewhere over Hawaii but made up for the disappointment by being allowed up in the cockpit and actually flew the plane, veering slightly to the left then right!!! Yeah, showing my age here - well b4 9/11. In any case, Matt, I gotta tell ya, everyone knows the West Aussie chicks are the hottest by far! C xox
October 26th, 2009 at 11:17 pm
glad you liked Oz, so dissapointed you couldnt come to Brisbane
October 29th, 2009 at 11:58 pm
I think this means that you can have a spiderman/hanna montana/pretty pretty princess/my little pony/ birthday celebration when you return home. Happy Birthday.