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Hoo! Sorry! I meant to write before, but you know how it is! Ish!

Well, yes, I know I missed yesterday. I spent the weekend visiting family. That was mostly pleasant and only slightly stressful, as anything is when you cram lots of people into a small surface area. Also, I won't be here in two weeks, and that's overwhelmingly thrilling.

I got my finalised email through for my finalised flight details today. I honestly, sincerely, profusely can't wait! And do you know, Friday night (after an uneventful city trip), mi amor and I actually did the meet the parents thing? We did! As best as is presently possible! And luckily everyone gets along nicely and likes each other, so now nobody's worried about sending their respective children to and fro across the globe, which is jolly nice.

Having trouble finishing Tico. It's being done out of obligation and not because of love, you see.

Last week was challenging, because I was waiting for my 3DS Buzz payment, which for a variety of reasons didn't arrive until Saturday. This pretty much paralysed me for the whole week. Luckily it was still a remarkably good week, because... well, it went past quite fast and it had a lot of my girlfriend in it.

I don't actually remember much of what occurred, mind. I'm only really here to do the Sunday Quote I couldn't do yesterday due to being away from home until late last night.

I'm strangely exhausted, you know. I'm in that phase again where no matter how much I eat, I'm always hungry.

Anyway. Yes. Quote.



Hurrah! From The Chase, a TV quiz show I'm rather addicted to.

Oh! Hey, I remember what happened last week. Buncha freakin' people showed up, is what. Lots of people from one's romantic past, such as it was. Okay, well like two or three people. Anyway, everyone's been sent packing and nobody's altogether interested and one of them was Red, actually, who I passed in Norwich and has now dyed her hair pink and looks rather atrocious. Maybe having the hot Latina girlfriend I always wanted makes me biased?

Either way, mi amorcita is jolly incomparable. I'm looking forward immensely to making my big journey! So little of it has been chronicled here, but I assure you it's glorious, enriching stuff, proper Scorpio-Scorpio intensity of the most intoxicating flavour. I really do feel she's The One, you know. Right here under my nose for the last three years being neglected by yours truly. We both did our share of not recognising what was right there waiting for us...

But now? I don't care where on the planet she is. I'm going to be hers.

Two weeks. Dos semanas!

Here is Sackboy™ in goggles.



Hooray!

That reminds me, I love this screenshot from the upcoming LittleBigPlanet Karting. It just makes me chuckle, the whole "Oh bugger..."ness of it all.

I really do keep forgetting to write here, don't I? There's all this voluptuous stuff going on, you see.

Anyway, Friday was a city trip, a bit hey-ho, I bought a marvellous train set for my nephew that I'll be taking when I visit my sister today. Norwich itself was rather tedious though, but my lack of currency contributed to that end. Bah!

Well, I say 'bah', but I mean the money's well spent really. I'm expecting my 3DS Buzz payment imminently. But I also need to consider spending money to be taking on over to the new world I'm visiting. Daaaaaaaaaaa!!! Need to be in her arms! They're very sexy arms you know. Such a lithe and buxom sweetheart have I, with a cracking sense of humour and such ojos cafes bonitos like you never seen in your li--

What? You want me to be quiet and get on with Sunday Quote? Well aren't you the little killjoy? I kid, I kid. But today's Sunday Quote comes to us in the form of a picture!



Hurrah! That's right, with the Wii finally set up I've gone about visiting Animal Crossing's Norridge once again, something that's not been done since January.

Suffice to say, Camofrog's response aptly sums up the feeling in the village at my return. But hey, he got a Sunday Quote out of it, right? It's great to be back in Norridge though. I missed it!

And talking of great comebacks, do you know they're making a new Sega Racing with land, sea and air racing and Vyse from Skies Of Arcadia in?

Because they totally are, you know!



Wooo!!!

That was it. Uno de Mayo. The 1st of May. Yesterday. That was... when... I bought the flight tickets.

Yep. Hey, now, I don't write about it that much here. You don't know how serious it's got! But it's great... the best thing ever, actually. And lots of people do know, and I'm being encouraged across the board. It's hugely reassuring!

End of the month, I'm going. The actual first time flying part I'm not nervous about. First time navigating an airport? An entirely different matter. I blame my father and his constant watching of TV documentaries all about people who get things wrong at airports.

So I'm going over everything with a fine tooth comb. I won't fully feel rested until I've got my e-ticket numbers themselves. And I'm going to have to buy an American visa now, apparently.

Yep. I'm flying back from Mexico via the USA, and apparently even to touch American soil I'll need a visa. I'm not sure why, given it's the Land Of The Free™, but there you have it.

I feel... gleefully numb, like I'm dreaming. I worked so hard and threw myself so doggedly at that moment of ticket acquisition I'm left in a strange, hazy daze of euphoric befuddlement. But mi amorcita is over the moon, and that's all that counts! But don't think for a minute I'm anything less than the happiest I've been in my entire life.

These are all certainly words we never expected to see when the blog began back in 2006, right? Six years of my life haphazardly stored here. And I'm gone six weeks at the end of May, so I won't be seen here for a while. I'm sure you will survive without six Sunday Quotes and stuff. And of course I'll be sure to speak of my experiences upon my return. I have a strong feeling this could be my finest hour.

I wanted 2012 to be a year of adventure, and boy am I getting it!!!

So now, a true new beginning dawns. I have preparations to make. And a silly visa to buy. And I want the ticket I bloody paid for, please.

But more than any of that, I want those besos perfectos. So I'm going to go and get them.

Because that's what I do. That's what I've always done. Gone and got what I want, see? I'm not counting the chickens before they hatch though. I'm not there yet. I've only made the crucial first step. There's still work to do. Still people demanding my attention and work that I'm trying to ignore. I'll keep writing for the Buzz, I'll finish up Tico, I'll look after mi novia perfecta... but it's all in the holy pursuit of May's finale!

I've made the biggest, most profound step of my life towards the life I want.

Nothing defines the nature of a man more than that!

Feel like I should write more about this, about anything really, but... what is there to say?

I did it. But there's still more to do. This doesn't stop until she's in my arms.

Hooooooooo!!! There's a whole bunch of brilliance going on! Friday was nice. But this weekend has been one of cheerful leisure, and so it must be, because I've been burning the candle at both ends a little. It's so fantastic to be able to have someone who will give consideration and compassion to my wellbeing, you know?

The journey's ending, and another is just beginning. I'm immensely excited at what the next few days will bring!

But hey. You're here for Sunday Quote. And let's not talk about the continuing lack of SimCity Saturday.



Yes! Gleaned from my Friday mandatory gadabout, it's a conversation snippet that transpired between myself, Scratch and Grounder. Hurrah!!!

And now for something completely different. Did you know Sony are doing a Super Smash Bros. now?

Because they are!



I hope Sackboy™ and Nathan Drake are in it. And Rayman!

OH MY GOD, AND TALKING OF RAYMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!! Have you heeeeeeeeeeeeard?!

They're making a new Rayman game in the style of Rayman Origins, but looking even freakin' better! KACHIIIIING!!!



OH MY SQUEEEEEEE!!! And there's Back To The Future music in the trailer! AND WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU SCAN IN EZIO?! Tell meeeeeeee!!!

And! And!!! The upcoming 3DS instalment of Dragon Quest Monsters, people!!! Have you seen it? I really should get back to finishing Joker 2, but damn this looks good! I want StreetPass battles! I want to be the best damn critter fighter in Norwich!



Shweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!!!

It's getting towards that time again when tons of brilliant games are coming out. I haven't even squeeeeed to you about Heroes Of Ruin yet.

But, shucks, I won't be in this country too much longer. I'll be away a while. I'll keep you informed!

Anyway, have something brilliant. I love this!

Hello! Just some quick details.

Got a day's work yesterday. Counting traffic. Interesting little job, apart from the bit where I got copiously rained on. Was supposed to get me money immediately, will in fact get me money at the freakin' end of May. Honestly!

City trips have been transpiring, rife with friendship. The ladies in my favourite cafe are keen to meet mi amor. Had vaccinations yesterday. Estoy enamorado de mi novia bonita. I also continue to speak abysmal Spanish.

It's been quite a challenging week. My connection to the luckstream has not been as full and vibrant as usual. I'm having to carry a lot at once right now. I ask only to be granted the courage, strength and temerity to see this through. Glory is just around the corner!

And now, here is a song to which I have become addicted today. Revamp of an old classic, you know?

DANCE DANCE BABY!

Hey! We didn't do SimCity Saturday yesterday. It's okay. I don't think anyone noticed. I'm severely underpaid, you know! Well, maybe not, but at least worked to the bone. Okay, not that either. But darn it if I've not had to work hard at 3DS Buzz again!

It's quite astonishing though. They've got this 'meet the team' article thingy going on all up in there and I'm on it. And that site will be seen by thousands of people! Nicely, it mentions Dargrim's Dungeon. So there's that.

There's been some bad news. I found out on Friday that my lovely favourite cafe of lovely was broken into! I was there in the morning and one of the owners was talking to a police officer. It's pretty horrendous stuff, and Norwich is a pretty crime-free town by most counts. I heard they got back in business the very next day at that cafe though, so they're true troopers! We salute them! I hope they catch whoever defiled my lovely cafe and made me have to consume a sub-par breakfast.

Friday was a long and pleasant, if tiring day though. And on Saturday I received a pleasant surprise, and mi amor wore black again, and she was more scrumptiously, intensely, gleefully playful than I ever knew she could be, and I fell for her all over again. Things are proceeding fantastically. I'm even somehow clumsily hobbling together some modicum of knowledge of the tiniest fraction of Spanish. For the most part, mi amorcita is saying I'm doing very well, and it means a lot (which I was also taught how to say in Spanish, 'it means a lot', but now don't remember, proving I'm actually still consistently terrible at this).

So yeah, I'm slow and inept at learning Spanish actually. Same as it ever was, as the song goes. But, it's not going to stop me! I'll find a way. People far stupider than me surely learn languages all the time, right? Maybe?

And you know what I hate about eating? I get tired after I eat. I mean, what's the point in that? This is why eating is such a chore, people! It's getting in my way! I've got things to do! Like how at the career office on Friday it was recommended I switch my focus from permanent jobs to temporary ones, as far as applications go. Because I'm leaving Inglaterra soon, you see?

And yes, I am increasingly speaking Spanglish and we're all going to have to jolly well get used to it.

But quite amazingly, at the career office, one of the facilitators learned of my trip to Mexican climes and was remarkably enthusiastic about it. I've known this guy well over a year now, but I never even knew he'd been there twice and loved it! But he was very enthusiastic about the whole thing. And every day, mi corazon gives me a new idea, or new details, or new reasons to be excited about going. You know, just in case wrapping my arms around the woman of my dreams isn't enough.

I know, I know. It's been a damn strange journey and will continue to be so. But I'm happy, and moreover, did you really expect me to ever do anything the normal way? Remember whose blog you're reading, people!

Anyway, Sunday Quote! From my two new mateys from the career office. Remember when everyone had a nickname? Let's call them Scratch and Grounder and chuckle at their cheerily profane discourse!



And my new matey in the newer cafe in town shall be known as Toasty. Just so you know.

Really, really need to polish up Tico. I'd be able to if I wasn't bloody scampering back to the Buzz every two minutes to have to update something. I just want to laze in bed with mi chica perfecta. It's not so much to ask, right?

Right. So make room, because I'm just a few Libras short of a rather epic journey!

Nuh-uh! It's not going to be another full week before I post again, by gum!

Things be cool though. I guess I've figured out that's why I'm not writing about my day here as much. If ever. Um. But yes, it's been a great week, friendships are continuing to grow, including me getting given a free copy of Pokemon Diamond for some reason I'm not about to argue with, my relationship is going from strength to strength, bonds are deepening, Norwich is being egregiously nice to me and plans are falling into place in perfect sequential raindrops of loveliness.

Which is jolly nice. And do you know, the health service here has been rather efficient? It's true! Because my travel plans unfortunately may necessitate injections. Everyone I ask about this seems to give a different answer so I'm going to just get the damn injections in the first place so I'm safe in the knowledge it's done. I only made enquiries today and was told I'd need to wait until maybe Tuesday to hear back, and they called me this evening! That's excellent work! So now, needles are to be entered into my person next Wednesday.

Miercoles. I'm learning. It's easy to learn when your teacher is intensely sexy.

Anyway, I continue to be perpetually jubilant, which is all jolly nice. The sort of thing that comes from having been right about wanting what I wanted all along, you know? Yet I'm uncharacteristically non-smug about the whole thing. Every day is a joyful bout of gratitude to the powers that be for finally bringing my Holy Honey to me.

And that's the thing. Every day, she asks how my day's been, what I did, and she listens and she cares, and I guess it's why I blog less about this stuff. I think we're all moving on in some way. But this isn't the end of the Chunk Of Funk, of course.

We should be aware though, once I'm out of the country (which is likely to be soon), I won't be blogging for, oooooh, probably at least a month. Just FYI. So no Sunday Quotes or SimCity Saturdays or even The Sims 3, which I don't even remember when I last played. Actually, videogames in general I do a lot less. Everything has changed for the better, you know. Not that videogames are bad of course.

Anyway, here's a doodle I did on Monday at the career office. I ended up deciding this is probably what Penny Piptrack's train looks like. Except I didn't draw it with a tinderbox. Silly me!



Bit like that. Not sure about the bell, actually.

Anyway, must dash!

Ugh. I'm knackered. Have you any idea how hard I've been working over at 3DS Buzz today? Well... pretty darn hard, I don't mind telling you!

Anyway, we're only actually here for the Sunday Quote. Or I could tell you how beautiful my girlfriend is. Can I do both?

Well, anyway, Sunday Quote! I believe this might actually be the 100th ever Sunday Quote actually! How nice.



Happened on Friday morning. It's a discourse between myself and one of my new mateys.

Now if you'll excuse me, I am exhausted and peckish. Time for pizza!

Which for some reason reminds me of Zoombinis.



Those were the days!

No, wait, that can't be right. You mean I haven't written here for nearly a week? I know it's been a big and busy week, but... damn, people!

It's certainly been eventful though. A couple of shocking discoveries, some consistently wonderful reaffirmed commitments, new friendships, strengthening existing ties and a whole lot of pleasingly increasingly public displays of affection. Pretty much everyone knows I'm in love now, and pretty much everyone supports it. That's fantastic news, and very much appreciated! Because plans are moving forward and, well, soon enough I'm about to do a bunch of things I've never done before in my life.

My God, am I tired though. Bloody hell. I'm not sure why, since I got a lot of sleep last night! But I'm genuinely knackered.

This week, then, has been one of multiple city trips, all of which have followed the same pleasing theme. Mandatory job-related nonsense offset by fostering new friendships, visiting my favourite faces and places and generally minimising my financial outlay as much as possible. Evenings are beautiful occasions of being gently loved to sleep.

And I suppose the fact that I'm blogging less is yet another sign of the times. 3DS Buzz commitments alone are taking an increasing amount of time. Job hunting is going nowhere, but that's fine because I don't want it to because, well, I'm going to be away from England for a large quantity of time rather soon. The careers advicey place itself is going nicely enough, learning lots of interesting things actually.

It's just sort of weird I'm not compelled to laboriously write about everything any more. And of course I miss Sims posts. Even if they took hours apiece.

But everything's changed. It was going to happen eventually, and I'm certainly not going to mourn the loss of the old life just yet. Not when I have every recent to be perpetually jubilant.

Not only have I been thoroughly accepted, but I've also been thoroughly vindicated. Everything I was ever told I was stupid to try and have is mine. There's no longer just one of me!

Anyway.

It's SimCity Saturday. And Beatnukopolis is in trouble!



Hey! You lousy protesting Sims!

No matter what I do, the Firsttown health clinic is all protesty all the time. I should demolish the bloody thing, I'm telling you.

Don't these people know I've got a budget to balance here? The fluctuating population doesn't help. I don't have the resources to get the city to grow, so I can't keep encouraging, well, more growth for more money. The city's in a rut, frankly.



Not only that, but that new power station has already been eaten up to capacity! What's up with that? A new plant is in order, and now this side of town's looking pretty damn bleak. I know I wanted the rolling fields of the Arable Plains gone, but... huh, I guess now it's easy to wish those simple days of constant farming were back.

But we're rolling with it! No matter the consequences! And talking of consequences...



Huh. That wasn't there before!

Look at that pollution! So... is the game trying to tell me putting highly pollutive industrial sectors on a small island was a bad idea? I mean, at the time it seemed smart. Keep it away from the residential districts, right? But now, look!

Pollution!

My beautiful oceans!

NOOOOO!!!



I ain't gonna lie, people. It's grim.

Southern Coastview has had such rampant unemployment for so long now and I've had no means by which to create new jobs. As such, the buildings have fallen into disrepair. Why? Because they're abandoned.

That's right. Urban decay. Entire neighbourhoods are being lost to the falling fortunes of Beantukopolis.

Man. That's saddening.

Know what'll cheer us up? A great big Japanese trailer for the 3DS instalment of Dragon Quest Monsters, huzzah!

Blank pages are so daunting lately. Writing, my one discernable talent, the one thing I can reasonably get away with insisting I'm good at, is just this... sludgy, laborious, sluggish chore of a process.

So it's concerning, really, that this process to which I've dedicated so much hope, and upon which I've hung my hat, so to speak... that it's such a vapid and joyless exercise of simply arranging these same twenty-six letters into shapes that convey meaning and emotion... it all seems to aburrido all of a sudden.

I guess I never really considered or factored in that actually endeavouring to make a career of all this could be something that could lead to, I dunno, it all becoming so morbidly bland. It does genuinely trouble me. God knows I've been trying to get my Tico done, ensuring it's all manuscript-ready just in case that publisher wants to do anything with it. Or anything else, for that matter.

I'm fortunate insofar as ideas come thick and fast. I mean, I'm never wanting for ideas. All the pieces of the puzzle can be slotted together in a million different ways to present a million different outcomes. That side of fictioneering, of course, I'm still utterly drawn to.

But I'm also quite emotional of late. I'm having to tread on eggshells with myself. I'm having to face up to the exquisite difficulty of the life I've chosen, the path my heart screams to walk alongside my Holy Honey. It's altered everything. Notice we've got no Easter picture this year. I don't even care it's Easter. I'm sitting here, nibbling noncomittally at a Super Mario ovular confection, eyes glazed over, hollow fingers vaguely rattling at keys whilst inside I'm pleading the multiverse for means by which to be hers. My beautiful ruthless gleeful alma gemela.

But at the same time, I'm having to consciously remember not to lose sight of what I've become to lead me here in the first place. The active, conscious changes I've made to make this all possible. The fact that I'm now what I once wasn't. I can't let the fact that me becoming this person has drawn to me the abundance I longed for, and the love of my ideal woman, deter or distract me from the fact that the journey is far from over.

I still have a lot to do and to be, yet I find myself floundering and pawing at things. Sitting around waiting for what's mine instead of getting it, you know? Is that what brought me this far? Of course it isn't.

It's just so strange that the love I once had for the worlds I've created is so... distant now. Like a fading echo of sorts. I want to work today because I barely worked yesterday... in truth I've barely worked at all of late. Been too busy singing my own praises, I suppose.

I know it's all to do with reasserting my pririties, of course. I just don't feel like I'm enough right now. I just feel tired and sad.

But hey! It's Sunday. So a quote we must have!

I don't know if this is breaking the rules or not, since it's actually something I wrote years ago. I found it written on a years-old notepad and cracked up at its stupidity whilst cleaning my room. I do vaguely recall it's a quote from something though, so clearly it's been written by me all that time ago as a hand-me-down for today. Possibly.



Haaaaaaaa!!!