Toilets

I've been flushing toilets like a crazy person. I've yet to witness the Coriolis effect. I went pee after we left LA. Unfortunately, the toilets on the plane are a vacuum suction type. There is no swirling, just a few splashes and everything is gone. I tried it again when we were almost to Sydney just to see if there was some kind of change. Nothing. So I got off the plane and tried out the toilet in the Sydney airport. Its amazing... all the toilets use very little water and I really don't see any swirling motion at all. Just splashing and then its gone. I tried it in the Perth airport and again in my apartment. We'll see what the Chevron toilets have to offer. If we can come up with Techron, I'm sure we can get swirling toilets that operates in reverse. This is a major disappointment.

I just realized there's spell checker on this thing! OSSIM!

Anyways, I made it to Perth. Shit that was a long ride. And I lied earlier when I said I wasn't going to drink on the plane. First thing I did after I sat down was drink some champagne. Then after they served us dinner, I downed some Tylenol PM's with a glass of Chardonnay. I have to admit, its going to be really hard to take a crappy little plane after traveling in the business class section. Oh, I almost forgot!!! I got to sit in seat 14K which is ON THE TOP FLOOR. That's right. The plane was 2 floors. I hope I never get to go first class because it will ruin me. I had my row all to myself. My chair was automated and you could select "take off" position, "the casual lounger" position, or the "sleep" position. Or, you can adjust it to how ever you'd like to sit. It was fantastic! We ate dinner first thing, as it was pretty late (take off at around 10:30 pm). I had a salad with Asian citrus dressing, some raw salmon (which I didn't eat). (#1 - I'm not a salmon fan. #2 even though I love sushi, who the hell eats raw fish ON A PLANE.) Anyways, I also had some beef stroganoff and carrots with cheese and grapes for dessert. Not a bad meal. Then I watched The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. It was ok. I cried like once. So I ended up sleeping the rest of the way and listening to Al Greene's new CD on the tv menu. It is GREAT! I think I'm going to buy it.

Got to Sydney this morning at 6. We actually had to slow down because the airport didn't open until 6, therefore we couldn't land any earlier. Customs was a breeze. Australian men are hot. The customs people were very nice and I zoomed right thought. I did throw away my skittles before I went through though.

So, now I'm in my little 1 bedroom apartment. Its great. Tiny, but has everything you need. Not too fancy, but there's a jacuzzi bathtub. I def need a bath. I'm so freaking disgusting from flying for the last 20 or so hours.

The flights weren't as bad as I thought and so far all of the people here have been very nice. I had a great cab driver. I think he was from India though. Anyways, that's about all I have for now. Internet is about $7 an hour so I can't stay too long.

Love you guys!
Mitzi