I'm back from my holiday and ripe for excitement

Hello all,

I've returned from my welcome and much needed Christmas break. Among other things I

-cooked Christmas dinner,
-stuffed stockings,
-played top trumps,
-traveled to Newcastle,
-visited the Baltic art gallery which is wonderful,
-stood at the top of the fell where my mothers ashes are scattered in the crispy light of a frosty day,
-read a book about the dream of space travel and the way in which it was sublimated into other areas when NASA dropped to bits,
-drove past the house where I lost my virginity,
-saw some kids on a council estate in Walker with kestrels on their arms, just like Billy Kasper in ‘Kes’,
-discovered that too much cheese makes your poo orange
-stood on a hill and watched London explode with fireworks at the stroke of twelve as the new year started
-went for one guilty jog, then had a fag

My new years resolution is to write more, I’ve not done any for yonks and I’m open for suggestions as to what the devil to write about. I’d also quite like to sort ABCtales out.

I’d like to ask you all, just out of interest, what it is that you’d most like to happen this year? Have you got anything mad or interesting planned? What do you want 2004 to mean when you look back on it?