chase the light

Woo Hoo! Off to New Zealand, Weta, and Lord of the Rings! I’m trading in my warm L.A. summer for a blustery winter in New Zealand. My parents drove up tonight to drop me off at the airport. They figured they weren’t going to see me for about 6 months so they hung with me until I had to go to the terminal. Three people die in this terminal a few days later when some sicko opens fire on the El Al airlines counter. Crazed gunman always suck. Anway, it’s actually kind of nerve-wracking moving to a foreign country that you’ve never even visited. What if they’re all robots or something. Places only seem real to me once I’ve set foot on them. I mean, I can read all I want about Italy this, or Chile that, but until there’s land beneath my feet, I’ve only been told it exists. What if I’ve been lied to my whole life? It only exists in words and pictures before that moment you walk off the plane. So I’m going to go make New Zealand exist. At least to me.