Arron and I had this crazy idea to go skydiving, so on my birthday (Feb. 5th, if you weren't sure), we threw ourselves out of a perfectly good plane. Funny thing is, I really wasn't that scared. I was anxious to go, and only got a little apprehensive when the big door opened and he said "just swing your legs over and I'll push you out." Feeling my legs dangling out of a plane is a little unnatural and terrifying. I mean, it does go against everything the flight attendants tell you at the beginning of every flight. But, I did swing them over and I did get pushed out of a plane at about 14,000 feet in the air. I had my eyes closed until a few seconds into the fall, when I opened them and had a "holy shit, why is the plane above me" type moment. But, all was fine when he tapped me on the shoulder and told me to open my arms, like I was flying. I screamed my head off and said "holy shit, this is awesome" a lot. I hope to get the dvd ripped asap so you can see me in all my skin-flapping glory. It's cute, really.
I had the time of my life, and as soon as I landed, I said "I want to do that again." I plan on it, in March, with a couple of my friends who couldn't go this time around. Best thing I've ever done. I highly recommended it!
That night we went to a German beer hall where I got a litre of Hofbrau Dunkel and enjoyed reliving my Austrian past. We then danced to 90s dance music in the upstairs bar, went to another bar named Cargo in Darling Harbour, drank some beer, challened each other to arm wrestles, and got home at 3am. I ended the night with a delicious kebab. Best. Birthday. Ever. Definitely beats last years! (not the party bus Sara, nothing could ever beat that!!)
I'm slowly working on editing a video montage of my experiences here. So, sometime in the future, I will have a video to show you. So far, it's about 6 minutes long, and there is so much more to go!
Oh, also Mike, everyone does the "fist bump" and the "bro hug." That's universal. Although, mostly it's just American, everyone else just follows.
Also, I've been listening to Death Cab For Cutie a lot lately. Just realized how amazing of a band they really are.
"Soul Meets Body"
I want to live where soul meets body
And let the sun wrap its arms around me
And bathe my skin in water cool and cleansing
And feel, feel what its like to be new
Cause in my head there’s a greyhound station
Where I send my thoughts to far off destinations
So they may have a chance of finding a place
Where they’re far more suited than here
And I cannot guess what we'll discover
When we turn the dirt with our palms cupped like shovels
But I know our filthy hands can wash one another’s
And not one speck will remain
And I do believe it’s true
That there are roads left in both of our shoes
But if the silence takes you
Then I hope it takes me too
So brown eyes I hold you near
Cause you’re the only song I want to hear
A melody softly soaring through my atmosphere
Where soul meets body
Where soul meets body
Where soul meets body
And I do believe it’s true
That there are roads left in both of our shoes
But if the silence takes you
Then I hope it takes me too
So brown eyes I hold you near
Cause you’re the only song I want to hear
A melody softly soaring through my atmosphere
A melody softly soaring through my atmosphere
A melody softly soaring through my atmosphere
A melody softly soaring through my atmosphere
Cheers!
Michaela
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