Restless

Went down to Wellington for my friends birthday this weekend. It was pretty good- Me and my friend Li went down together. I haven't seen her in like a month so it was SO good to have a catch up- its a 2 hour drive down to Wellington from here and we talked non-stop the whole way. I love trips like that where one conversation just  evolves into another.

We got to Wellington, it seemed so quick and made our way to Siobhan's through the maze that is the country's capital.Its such an awesome place- it makes me feel a little down about where I live which isn't good!!!

So we started drinking at like 5 and that was mainly because we had arrived super early and for me anyway I needed booze to lubricate conversation with awkward flatmates. Also I got to meet Justin- He and I come from the same town and while we have seen each other around we have never officially me... After basically 24 hours with him I think I have developed somewhat of a crush which also sucks since we don't even live in the same place.

This is where I casually skip over the part where I vommed all over a power box in the middle of the city after downing the speediest drink. And cut straight to the part where I told some guy that my name was Dylan because that was his name too and then when a questioned my honestly I said; "What kind of fuck wit would lie about his age?" - turns out that fuck wit is me!!!!

We also met this guy:

 from this tv show:

Which I actually can't stand so when Siobhan ran off screaming to get a photo with him and I finally caught up and realised who had caused the commotion my face did this:

Which was kinda obvious and thinking back on it ... kind of rude but I've just filed it under 'shit happens'.

Other than that and the vom incident it was a top night!!! 

Rapturerific!

Welcome to the beginning of the end. I hope you all had a good Rapturing?

Mine was pretty uneventful. I guess if you're reading this you're all gong to hell as well... good to know I'll know a few people.

Funny story- well I found it funny anyway...

So my iPod has been broken for a few weeks now. Frustrating as shit because it seems to be the only thing that keeps me running... it did this crazy shit where it froze and just basically shat itself .On Saturday I decided to get this sorted finally and I was taking in it to where it was bought to see if they could fix it for me. The trouble with that was it was a Christmas present from Mum and neither of us had the receipt details - I TXT mum and ask her to ring me ASAP and I get this message back:

"The worlds not ending if that's what you're worried about. Its tomorrow at 10 because God's an american."

As it was- customer service in this country is sub-par and no one could fix my iPod so I gave in and bought myself an iPhone!

Since the Rapture amounted to nothing I figure its about time I get serious about my life and where I'm going...

STEP ONE
Goal setting- My goal is to save enough money to travel the US and Canada in a year and a half- this is my plan so far:

Average Airfare- $2800
Accommodation for 3 months- $1800
Food/Alcohol- $2160 (I drink a lot - so sue me)
Current Debts- $3800

GRAND TOTAL- $10560

Wow... I just realised how much saving I have to do!!!!

Stay tuned to find out what step two will be.

Welcome!

Welcome to the new look me... I have been thinking about this for a while now and while I enjoyed the old Blog I think it is time for me to get a bit serious and write something with a little more credibility.

So for those of you who aren't familiar with me- I had/have a blog called 'TheDawnRave'. And while all of the writings in there were true- I want to be able to write something that I would want my friends to read. Some of the things in there are far from public knowledge and I would prefer to keep things as such... This is where the new blog comes in.

I'm not going to be hiding behind some pseudo-being who doesn't give his real name and Im way too easily confused to be able to keep nicknaming people. I'm also not going to publish anything that I wouldn't want people to know about me... for some of you you may find that disappointing- but I still hope you will want to take this journey with me.

I  guess the most fitting thing for a first post would be an introduction!

Hi - my name is Ben. I am currently 22y/o and live in New Zealand...

...Nice  to meet you :)