Muswell Hill

I moved Sunday, from the green and pleasant land of Somerset to the sprawling metropolis that is London. I'm renting a room in Muswell Hill, just around the corner from Ambrose and Chris. My flat mates, who I found through a houseshare website, are biochemistry researchers at UCL and both seem nice.

The change in lifestyle has been stark, and so far I like it. Whereas previously, I used to drive an hour through infuriating traffic to get to work, now I take a bus and the tube which takes quite a bit less time and is a lot less stressful. The job is busy but actually less stressed than in my last office - although I expect it to get more fraught at times.

So there it is. In just seven days my lifestyle has changed dramatically, and yet I don't really feel as if much is different. Of course I don't see my family every day, but there are new distractions to counter that. Give it one more year, though, and I may well be in Florida. Now there's a thought!

To keep up the theme of publishing my listening habits, I've been enjoying The Only Children this week - Josh Berwanger's project post-Anniversary. Nothing like the Anniversary, despite containing half that band's members - it's basically country rock - but very good nonetheless. You're probably all about to disagree violently so I'll stop there!