I'm sailing away...

I feel weird today, and it’s because I couldn’t sleep last night. I don’t know why. But it feels a lot like jet lag, minus the frequent flyer points. But I almost fell on my face coming out of the tailor, where I was picking up some alterations. I’d go home, but I have meetings this afternoon.

Reader-friends will already be aware of this, but the big news is that the round-the-world holiday I was planning back in September is finally happening.

It’s essentially the same itinerary, although I’ll be going in late May and early June. The Ed Hoover World Tour 2008 will take me to such fine locales as:

• Honolulu
• Dallas/Fort Worth
• Washington, D.C.
• London
• Paris
• Amsterdam
• Hong Kong

The flights are booked; I’m ready to go. I just have to wait two months. So at that stage, look for some round-the-world blogging, as well as some hot new pictures of cool world locations.

Speaking of which, I’ve been meaning to start a photoblog (which probably won’t be as good as Tracy’s, but we all aspire to be as cool as Tracy) and get a bit more serious about selling my work (ahem), but I haven’t had the motivation.

But now I do, because yesterday I bought a new toy: a Canon Eos 5D digital SLR camera. Twelve-point-eight megapixels, baby. It’s coming from a magical place called New York City, and I hope it gets here before the long Easter weekend (that’s right, America, we get Good Friday and Easter Monday as public holidays!) so I can take it for a spin when I’m not belting out avant-garde notes at the Opera House. (That’ll be Saturday evening, for you Sydneysiders; get your tickets here.)

It should get here by then. I have to give a shout-out to B&H Photo Video, because they rock. I ordered something from them before Christmas and it got from New York to Sydney in three days flat. They haven’t shipped my camera yet (ahem, I just gave you free pub, kids), so I’m like my eight-year-old self when I ordered a whoopee cushion or something and had to Wait Six To Eight Weeks For Delivery.

So get ready—Ed’s kicking it up a notch.