The O.C. Englishman's blog

Once upon a time there lived a girl called Jennifer. Back in those care free days of kittens and ponies and I-never-asked-to-be-born tantrums she found a boy band to adore: New Kids on the Block.
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Of course, the most important ‘person’ to consider in the move is Dott the cat – or more precisely Dott the California kitty.
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Our hectic January is drawing to a close, and we continue to entertain the plucky Rick who had ventured from the warmth and comfort of SoCal to damp Blighty.
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Our trip to London and Dublin passed mostly without incident apart from a slight mishap – I lost my BlackBerry.

What makes this particular loss so annoying is that it occurred at a time when I was doing something that I never normally do – leave my phone off when I’m on holiday.
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It’s been a bit of an ‘ouch’ this past week. Busy too. Since the pulling of the tooth we’ve been to London and Dublin.

The main purpose of this trip was to celebrate Jennifer’s graduation from King’s College in London. Our friend Rick “a-doodle-pop” flew in especially for the occasion too.
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Well, the tooth was well and truly pulled out. However, it wasn’t without its amusing observations of NHS life.
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Probably worth of a mention is the fact that in about an hour I’m heading to the local hospital to have a niggle-some wisdom tooth removed.
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So, as you may guess (how?) I’m not actually IN the OC at the moment. Before that can happen, there are a number of hoops that need to be jumped through and lots of long boring paperwork.
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This is the first blog entry sent from an email. Cool eh?

…Hello world indeed. Here it is: my first blog entry.

I’ve decided to start a blog as I am about to undertake a life-changing experience: moving from the UK to the USA.
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