The last of my furniture is now gone; what a relief! For the last few years I have felt that I have been married to the stuff. I had wanted to just get up and go for awhile, but I always had all my furniture to worry about. Now don't get me wrong, of course I need a place to sit. It's just that all my furniture was HUGE. I had that massive computer desk, the gigantic entertainment center, and my pièce de résistance, the humongous sofa. I had more furniture than anyone else I know my age. I feel like the narrator from the film Fight Club. But instead of blowing up my apartment full of furniture and collecting the insurance money, I just sold the stuff. A bit less dramatic.

So it looks like I have a small audience! I'm doing this for myself, but if other people find it interesting, that's great! I'll try to keep the updates coming regularly, and hopefully they get a bit more interesting once the trip actually starts. Also, I have sponsorship, thanks, Dan! I plan on setting up my sponsorship program in the next few days. I'm thinking of doing something like Marie did on her World Tour site where if you give $25 I'll send a small souvenir. Not sure about the logistics of that, we'll see how it goes if some people are interested.

I'm still seeing bugs with the site, mostly stuff not lining up right. And Ann pointed out below that if you are using Netscape 4, all bets are off. Thanks for bursting my bubble, Ann!