Take one

I just burnt my finger. It really hurts - and on closer inspection, it appears to have melted the finelines running along my finger tip, this is a noteworthy point - should I ever wish to commit some kind of crime, I will burn all of my fingers to avoid detection by prints. Or I could wear gloves.

Ok, I should get a rather big thing out of the way, something that most people already know all about, but I dedicate such a vast amount of time to thinking and talking about it that I would not be able to keep a blog without mentioning it.

I have decided to run away. Out of this country. Over 5700 miles away, as it happens - to South Korea. I will leave this summer and work there for a year as an English teacher. And I can't fucking wait. But yet I am shitting myself as well - a year, on my own? Away from my girlfriend, my mates, my family...?! This excites and scares me - I love the romantic stylings of being in a strange place, culture...way out of my comfort zone, having to discover it and (shit I know I said I'd try and avoid cliche - but I am talking about romantic fictionalities after all) rediscover myself.

But I'm also a realist - and I know that after spending four days away from home with work last week (going to meet up with old friends in different parts of the country as it happens) I was yearning to come home and sleep in my own bed. But more on that as it develops - I could write for hours if I tried to lay down all the thoughts that have gone through my head about this in the last few months, but it's never gonna get more clear...that's the great thing!

I've spent my weekend watching films. None of them made a great (positive) impression so I'm not gonna bother going through them - but I should say, I watched the transporter last night. Well, the first ten mintues anyway - it was awful! The acting, the writing, the continuity - Really Really bad! I did even hold it for some japslapping to see if the action was any better than, well everything else, but alas no. I don't know how it ever got a sequel!

Right I better go make something interesting happen...