Wednesday, 13th Nov, 2002

Last night I took a call from a man named Joe who is the head teacher for the Unitas school in Fujiyoshida. My friend Mia Kempel has worked there for the past year and is leaving the job in late December. She has been pushing for me to take her old job, and it's looking pretty good. If they decide to offer me the job, I will have to fly out on Jan 2 - the day after the fire event at Woodford. It's 7 weeks away. I will have to pack up my life in 7 weeks, and have a family christmas in the last week, as well as look after my stages at Woodford. Should be an entertainingly manic time.

I am planning a birthday BBQ for Sat 30th, and asking all my friends to make me a small A5 sized self portrait. I plan to bind them all into a softcover book and take them travelling with me. Should be a fun experiment!

My good friend Saul Jarvie from the band Rival Flight leaves for Europe tomorrow night. This will be a very bittersweet occasion indeed.