Things that are awesome:

Tamora Pierce's new book is out while I'm in Oz and I was mourning possibly not being able to get it until I get back because I know her stuff pretty much only sells through Amazon over here right now.

But apparently! Australia gets the paperback at the same time as the US gets the hardback, so I should be able to pick up a copy at the end of April just from a bookstore. Yay! I should arrange it so I'm in a city then so I have lots of bookstores to trawl. Hhmmm.

Sometimes I think if I landed on an alien planet, my first greeting would be "Take me to your bookshops!" Then I'd probably buy too many based on teh pretty even though they'd be in unreadable Alienease.

... Even though they aren't written in Alienease (unless there's something I've really been missing about Australia)I cannot buy the entire contents of an Australian bookshop. They won't fit in my backpack.

...Note to self: buy bigger backpack.

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Have travel insurance, a hotel right across from where the airport Skybus drops off for when I reach Melbourne (though I'm waiting for them to get back to me on my early check-in, so I can shower asap) and a big long list of recommended hostels courtesy of kindoftrouble's sister (:DD) that I've started looking through. Oh and an iPod shuffle is on it's way to me from Amazon.

I'm exhausted from spending money now. Need cheeseburger.

chickybee32, would it be alright to come to yours from Wednesday 1st April (I JUST REALISED THAT'S APRIL FOOLS. *facepalm* Do I get diplomatic immunity?) and we can flail and hang out etc for a few days (I haven't got that far with planning what happens next. ^_^)? Though I think we should watch Fellowship of the Ring or, you know. At least that scene. ;-)