Bristol

Happy Easter good chums. Ok, yes, I'm a little late on that one. But honestly, there's too much to catch up on and too little time, so if you're going to make a big deal about the first mistake, I advise you to stop where you are, turn the laptop or phone or whatever device it is off, and go for a long walk and think about what you've done.

When I finished my masters, I replaced all the IR knowledge I had learnt with comic book crap as I started working in a comic book shop and became engulfed in nerd facts, replacing all that impressive political lingo.

Then Japan happened, and naturally everything got replaced by trying to learn that near impossible language. "When is my birthday?" and other similar knowledge was replaced by trying to understand the nuances of kanji stroke order - or whatever it is that Japanese consists of. 

Now I'm back and the limited-space knowledge void of my mind is being replaced and filled once again. I'm learning to code. That's right, I'm embracing my inner nerd once again - I am going into the world of programming, seeking to learn a hard skill so I can feel good about my place in the career world. Yes, it's not a skill that would be useful if there were to be a zombie apocalypse, but I'm sure I would adapt once again. 

For the Easter break, Matt got some time off work. I'm now Funemployed (hooray - back to my place of comfort) - so we went on a road-trip to Bristol and Bath. It was excellent. Photos below.

Outside The White Bear - my favourite student bar in Brizzle

At Za Za Bazaar

We love shuffle board and found a bar to play in Clifton

Sitting on the harbour side, drinking with our parallel universe couple friends and the fireworks go off on a clear night sky.

Outside new museum in Bristol "We The Curious" - excellent concept

Bear Pit

Castle Park

Stokes Croft

Last night I took Matt to the Piccadilly Theatre to see "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time". Can't remember the exact phrasing of the title- but it was excellent.

So far we've been to see: Young Frankenstein (excellent musical), Motown the Musical (very fun), Company (very NY broadway style), "Bat Out Of Hell", (didn't realise until almost the end that it was a musical based on the music from Meatloaf - yes, I'm an idiot) and a 3-part ballet at Saddlers Wells - (we realised that we are not ballet people).

There might have been another, but who can remember these things? The best thing about living in London is all the live performances. It's been pretty special.

What else? Well, I realised that life still goes on beyond Japan, so I should keep documenting things. It's important to reflect.

I went though a difficult re-adjustment phase moving back to the UK, but I'm starting to feel really good again. You'll see.