Onwards and upwards

Thank fuck THAT weekend's over and out of the way. The Abingdon house has been vacated and cleaned from top to bottom (and boy did it need it), the move to Oxford has been successfully completed and, as you may have surmised, there has miraculously been no problem in sorting out internet connections straight away.

It's only a move of around 8 miles, but the difference is quite significant - from a rural town which is pleasant enough but very quiet to something approaching the busy cities I'm used to living in. I could tell I was in Oxford, too, by the nature of the conversations overheard when we ventured out to the local pubs tonight - one bloke, an American, apparently seemed to think the way to impress his younger date was to boast about how many publications he'd submitted and his prowess at Tetris...

The move will no doubt mean more frequent additions to the Reasons To Be Cheerful Part II series, and, after the lull of the last six months (festivals aside), living somewhere where live music actually happens is likely to result in an explosion of gig-going activity - there's a chance I might see Asobi Seksu, Sons & Daughters and Fiery Furnaces this week, for a start. But the Letters From (North) America series hasn't been forgotten - I'll be wrapping that up this week too.