Dear George,
I've really enjoyed reading about your trek through Japan... i think you should buy the bikes and cycle! (For anyone reading this who isn't called George or traveling across Japan or thinking of buying a bicycle there's a link to George's blog at the bottom of this page so you can see what he's up to and it may fill in the blanks) As you probably guessed from the title today is Sunday. I am hung over. It is scortching outside a whooping 28*C with clear blue skies! I've spent the last few hours sat outside reading Batman comics, listening to NOFX and eating Cheetos... i'm turning a lovely shade of pink and decided it was time to come indoors to check that the price of stamps were still 46p.
It was a very lethargic blog entry Mr Randerson, i have several half written blog entries that are all deep and thoughtful but each time i think about telling you what's really on my mind i get distracted by... well... everything... I do like your rambling, distracted way of documenting your trip...when i read it, it feels like your here.
So what's been happening in my world? Well we're only a couple of weeks away from Dirty Dancing leaving our theatre and a summer of free evenings beyond that. It'll be very strange having so many people leave when the show goes... but as i'm sure you can imagine it'll be nice and peaceful. It's very strange at work at the moment...i'm not sure i suit being in charge. I'm pretty crap at giving orders and in turn i don't think people see me as a figure of authority. Isn't it weird how different you can be when your with different people? I think this conversation is best saved for another day.
I let my pet stick insects free the other night. I came to own them after i helped out at on a cake stand a few weeks ago. It was to raise money for a street party. There were activities going on all day and a stall next to ours selling tea and coffee, and another selling plants. Then there were a couple of little kids selling stick insects in little bottles, £1 per bottle...bargain! It was obvious that all the blokes there wanted some but because they were now adults they knew that society would never allow it. After a couple of hours the kids hadn't sold any were looking pretty glum indeed, so i inquired after a medium sized bottle which had about 6 stick insects inside. Well, these guys knew their stuff. answered all my questions on how to look after them, how often to feed them and what to do if they grew so big they'd break free from the bottle and run amok in down town Tokyo. They even had little information sheets printed out so i could take home with my new pets.
That was a just about a month ago and in that time i kept them fed and watered, cleaned out their bottle and read them to sleep each night. However, like all offspring they grew up and it was time to let them leave home and make it on their own. so late Thursday night, undercover of darkness, i took the lid off their glass home, sat the bottle in the neighbours beautiful flower bed and watched as each one of them took there first steps into the real world and took in their first lung full of freedom. As i removed the bottle, ready to return to the house i noticed one of the little insects was still inside, clinging to neck of the bottle. Not ready to leave i thought to myself, but after some words of encouragement (and some vigorous shaking!) he scrambled out on to a leaf and began happily munching away on his first meal in the big wide world.
Emotional stuff i'm sure you'll agree.
well i think that'll do from me for now. I do believe because everyone in the house is hung over i've recommended that we get a take-away. So i'll leave you with a few of the latest headlines from the UK. It's Glastonbury weekend and tonight Beyonce is headlining. Peter Falk, the actor who played Columbo died this week at the age of 83. Andy Murry is doing well at the tennis. Teachers are planning to go on strike. Sonic the hedgehog is 20 years old. While you're travelling to China the Chinese Premier, clearly motivated by this blog, is having hie own 'Chinaman's Adventure' and is visiting Stratford-upon-Avon.
That's all for now mate, dinner time i think. Then i'll be getting my co-host Sophie to join me as we watch 'The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo drift'.
Take care buddy,
yours,
Little Dave
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