Scribblings From A Far Away Place
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Crespie, intelligible Scottish star of the now-disbanded filmcorner and husband of infamous if (very) occasional Curry House Review journo vespie, upped sticks and left for Canada back in December 2007. On a dull afternoon in Manchester, spaceman requested that crespie pen (or rather type) some thoughts & feelings since moving to a new(ish) country.
And here is crespie's first missive from abroad:
January 2008 "Hello all! Now that I am settled in after fooling border control to allow me safe passage into Canada, I feel it is time for some updates. For those who don’t know me (which will be everyone outside of spaceman's [inner] circle), I have been trying in vain to get into Canada for many years now. I hatched a plan a few years back to marry a Canadian, which I was sure would expedite my dreams of gaining some kind of Visa (there are a few you can get). I knocked up the wife just to be sure. And it worked, which was nice. So that’s you pretty much up-to-date on the history of me. For those people who know me from my time in Manchester, I am missing the office banter, curry nights, and general buffoonery (I don’t care if it’s not a real word spacedude), which was my time in the Mancland. I made many good friends, and learned a lot about life, which I like. Our little one ("jespie") spent the first 6 months of her life in Manchester, and I will always remember those days fondly. As for little jespie, she has two teeth now (she bit vespie once, which she was not at all happy about). Also we still have no idea who far along vespie is with mini-me number two. As for Canada (the reason I am scribbling really), its just super. The day we arrived, there was a big dump of snow (so large, that the people who were coming to pick us up, couldn’t get out their driveway), so our first night was in a hotel. But we got home eventually, and have set up shop in the town of Cobourg, which is a two hour commute to the office (yes, crespie is very unhappy at this). We've started looking for houses, but that will be a few months away yet (since no bank will come near me due to my status as an immigrant. I did inform them I wasn’t Mexican, but they still wouldn’t budge). As soon as a house is acquired, there will be open invitations for all. Please do come by. The weather has been a little strange (very cold, then warm then cold again), but better than I'd envisaged. Vespie was sick for about 3 weeks, which was very stressful for crespie, as was the wait for our shipped goods (which arrived 3 weeks late, and incurred a lot of extra costs we were not told about). I also baked once in my time off, which was a rounding [eh?] success! I will bake again should anyone venture over [sounding desperate yet hopeful now]. I will end here for now, but will keep a general update each month or so. Due to the fact we have dial up at home (and its not even on 56k, I think its 34k or something stupid), I have to do all this in the office, so can't spend as long as I would like. Therefore, I will sign off. Hope all is well in the UK. Goodbye from Canada, land of the beaver (heh heh heh heh. Yes, sometimes crespie has the mind of a child)."
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