Things About Me

That upstanding gent, Deas, over at Rocking in Hakata was kind enough to tag me in this meme thing, and as I’m only too happy to catch a little bit of the resulting sparkle from his astounding traffic numbers, I thought at the very least I should attempt to fulfill the meme requirements.

5 Things I Was Doing 10 Years Ago
1. Eating Quesadillas on an almost daily basis.

2. Lunging into an ill-advised football tackle and fracturing my friend’s shin, for which I will feel eternally guilty. Sorry Kurt.

3. Taking the first baby-steps into what would prove to be an ongoing and crippling addiction to the game Championship Manager, later known as Football Manager.

4. Failing to have very much success with the opposite sex. Plus ça change…

5. Enjoying a near perfect climate.

5 Things On My To-Do List Today

1. Catch up on a Japanese course on which I am 12 chapters behind.

2. Rehearse my song for Bunkasai with the music teacher and try to at least come off as moderately prepared.

3. Pay for flights home at Christmas.

4. Make a Jeopardy-style game for class tomorrow.

5. Find a pig related nursery rhyme.

5 Snacks I Like

1. Frikadellen

2. Jaffa Cakes

3. Prawn crackers

4. Fruit Gums

5. Sausage rolls

5 Things I Would Do If I Were A Millionaire

1. Travel extensively.

2. Buy up The Daily Mail and impose my editorial will on it, forcing it to denounce everything it has ever published. Or else just shut it down.

3. Buy a lower league football club and sugar-daddy it up the table.

4. Use it to support myself while I pursue my long-term goal of stalking and subsequently befriending Stephen Fry.

5. Employ Karl Pilkington as my full-time court jester.

5 Places I’ve Lived

1. London

2. Mexico City

3. Edinburgh

4. Amsterdam

5. Saijo City, Ehime, Japan

5 Jobs I Have Had

1. Sales assistant

2. Maintenance department help desk supervisor (I never did figure out exactly what my proper job title there was)

3. University English teacher

4. Hotel banqueting assistant

5. Junior high school assistant English language teacher

I won’ t tag anyone, because frankly I wouldn’t know who to tag.