I have decided to join the dark side and start a blog. In development, I have realized something depressing \u2013 everyone in the world is better at stuff than I am. I have no tangible skills. At all. My advice is only useful if someone does the exact opposite of what I suggest. Nevertheless, I do have a cache of entertaining, often embarrassing, anecdotes and a somewhat humorous outlook on life.<\/p>\n
There are three main reasons for this blog.<\/p>\n
First, I love telling a good story and thought people might enjoy reading them.<\/p>\n
Secondly, more than telling stories, I love being sedentary. I would wallow in procrastination if I didn\u2019t keep putting it off. I don\u2019t clean my flat (apartment) until an hour before company comes over. And then, only if that company is unrelated to me and female. If I don\u2019t leave my house on any given day, you can guarantee that I won\u2019t brush my teeth or change out of pajamas. If I had the opportunity, I would spend all of my time watching reruns, eating something that ends with the suffixes -ito or \u2013pounder, and singing tunes that are half Johnny Cash, half gibberish to my cat. Forcing myself to write a blog means that I must put out work every Monday and Thursday.<\/p>\n
The third reason, and the single greatest impetus behind most creative endeavors, is that I lost my remote control.<\/p>\n
There are subsidiary reasons: nobody will be seen in public with me, I thought this might get me laid and the doctor suggested doing something creative to quell the \u2018rage\u2019.<\/p>\n
So, if you\u2019re having a bad day, maybe a quick read about expat life in Prague, travelling, fat man exercise, tall women, or my cat\u2019s daily adventures battling the bathroom door will give you a chuckle. In a word, laugh at me, my cat, my journeys and the strange characters I have surrounded myself with in this Eastern European jewel of a city.<\/p>\n
To get right into it, tune in tomorrow to find out how a missing letter (the sinister \u2018L\u2019, to be exact) made me impotent.<\/p>\n
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