Are you aware of the shape I'm in?

You clearly aren't. I've been back for just over a week and haven't even looked at this thing since I returned from the Five Boroughs (for some reason I dislike New York's Big Apple nickname).

So how was it? Good. Pretty darn good. But not great. That's nothing against the city itself. Mainly because I didn't get chance to do half the stuff I thought I was going to.

But I did some pretty cool bits. More about those later. I need a bath and bed.

I desperately want to go back to America. Most likely next year. Whether I just go to New York or somewhere else entirely different (maybe Boston) is another question.

Don't hold your breath for awesome pictures. My camera busted on the Tuesday so while there's a few, including the ones I took on my phone, there's not too much.

Peace easy.

To the Five Boroughs!

This is it. I'm actually leaving to New York. Currently at the departure lounge at Manchester Airport and spent a silly amount of money on newspapers, magazines and sweets.

Been here for about an hour and got quite a bit to go until I depart to Amsterdam (on a connecting flight), my uncle gave me a lift down which is why I'm so early.

Pretty nervous now, in a way it doesn't seem real that I'm going even now. I guess that'll change when I got on the plane from Amsterdam to JFK.

Not sure if I'll update much when I'm over there. I don't like using the interent while on holiday. Hell I don't even like using the interent here (I'm paying £1.50 for 15 minutes on here. EDIT make that £2 for 20 minutes. Robbing fuckers). O'm not sure there's much else for me to say so I'm going to leave you with this quote...

"As for New York City it is a place apart. There is not its match in any country in the world." Pearl S Buck

I won't lie. I'm scouting this airport for hot girls. I hope I get to sit next to one on the plane. Knowing me I won't do though.

So I try living in the moment 'til the moment it just froze and I felt sick and so alone

It feels like I've abandoned this thing and in a way I have/did. The much lauded trip to New York was off for a while due a family illness which I've no desire to talk about on here. But it's back on now. For real.

I'm due to fly on Saturday afternoon and am so unprepared in every imaginable way possible that you wouldn't believe. I'm so not ready for this trip, though I'm not sure anyone can really be ready for what is most probably the most famous city on the planet.

Awesome right?