First Post

Oh wow... this feels so much more awkward than I anticipated.Hmm, I hope that I become accustomed in due course to this relatively new science known as 'blogging' ... because right now I feel like a prize idiot. In fact, I feel like a loony, nutters, deranged, mental, whacked, barmy idiot who likes talking to themself.

Moving on! Geez, I hope the rest of my blogs don't turn out like this. I was originally inspired to create this after I discovered that a past member of my school was completing a GAP year in the very same school in which I will be working. He had a travel blog (though with his own domain name - how lucky) for the year, and I really enjoyed reading his entries. I get the feeling, however, that this blog will become more of a personal-journal-style blog than an informative one... we shall just have to see how it turns out. Perhaps no-one will read this and I really WILL be talking to myself!

My travels begin in just four days time when I catch a plane from Brisbane International Airport to the USA, namely Los Angeles. I stay in the 'City of Angles' for three days before catching a plane down to Mexico City where I am staying with a friend I met in Japan. On the 29th of December, after experiencing a Mexican Christmas, I fly off again to London, where the weather will be quite noticeably colder. I spend New Years Eve/Day in Brighton/London, and after that I fly to Edinburgh. I have to stay one night in a hostel/B&B before I am picked up by my school on the 5th. And then the work will begin ;-) Oh, and from here to London I am not travelling by myself (I won't be the cause of my parents' heart attacks just yet), but with my good friend, Tamsin.

I could blab on for hours about all the preparations and expectations and considerations but it is already getting into the wee hours of the morning (so Scottish already =P)) and my Dad has already come out once to tell me that I should get some sleep. So, due to my time constraints, I will mention only one more thing:

TWILIGHT IS RELEASED TODAY!!! I have already booked my 1:00pm ticket and I am SO excited. Seriously, I have been counting down to this day - and I know it seems absurd to be this enthused about a movie as I am about to embark on possibly the most exciting year of my life... but... I can't help being a crazily romantist teenage girl, can I?

=)

Comments

[Becky]

heyy jess!!!

guess who?? lol nah its becky. wow ur page is cool, though its a bit gloomy, put more colour in it :)

sounds like ur having fun already, dont know what ur doing in each of those countries though hehe hope ur staying safe. MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEARS loserwiener. i miss u of course, anyways i shall email soonies, just been crazy busy, worked all day today and will be tomorow till 3pm sigh.

luvs becky

[Becky]

oh and im not gonna make my own blog page obviously, u should feel special that i made an account just to comment on ur thingy haha. hows edson n mexico??

[Jessica Brake]

hahaha. i do feel special. i know... it does look gloomy. it might look better if i have piccies up later. i miss u too. and MERRY CHRISTMAS. or in spanish - feliz navidad!