Minty Bit Stronger

Sleepy bank holiday Monday, nothing much going on besides a mafia movie marathon and some White chocolate covered strawberries and then Whammo!!! A text from up north. A text from my brother. A text telling me... He's engaged! Let's leave a line here and think about this. And another one. I was genuinely shocked. I don't wanna go all Carrie Bradshaw so soon into my new venture as a blogger but I did wonder... Is 40 the moment when it really all starts? It reminded me of a question I was asked recently, 'do you included you acting jobs on you proper cv?' As a matter of fact I do, and here's why... I dont want to give the impression I popped into the world fully formed and ready to work in an office. Prior to office drudgery I was not in vitro. I was a person with aims, ambitions and dreams. Now back to my groom to be sibling. He hit 40 and BANG! he barely blows out the candles and he's down on one knee. Did he know all along 40 was the magic number ...

Since humans first scrawled images of antelopes on the walls of caves we have had a proper stiffy for communication. Back then they couldn't get enough of it! No longer did you have to memorise and sing some story about how 'Clud and Thump' defeated a Mammoth. Now you could write it down, illustrate it and retain every gory detail for generations. Suddenly 'Clud and Thump' were literary characters, comic book heroes or mythical legends. Jump forward around 6000 years and I have decided that I too want in on the act. It is no longer enough that I spend my days writing emails of the highest grammatical standards - I now wish to extend this linguistic prowess to the world of Blogging. (If only I had something worth writing about... Oh, well I'm sure it'll come). I was Inspired, in no small way, by the frantic keyboard lashings of a certain Japan based blogger, a woman who has been dedicated to recording her weekly misfortunes and mishaps with a dry-as-du...