It looks like the Man in Japan is well on his way to losing his euphonious pseudonym. Heck, I may have to start calling him by his real name if I can’t figure out something that rhymes with New Zealand… On the other hand, it may be easier to take a more Nelsonic approach and slap “Formerly” in the middle of things.
It’s kind of a sobering thought for me. My whole life, I’ve lived in just two places, both of them in the same state. I’ve had the same full-time job for the past 10 years, and it evolved out of a part-time job that I’d held for the five years prior to that. Meanwhile, he’s quit his job and is prepping to move from one foreign country to another.
On the other other hand (not the one holding the word “Formerly” in the first paragraph, but a third, disembodied hand), there are a couple people that I knew all the way back to grade school who never left the town I grew up in. Heck, one of the kids I used to have schoolyard scraps with recently sold a new refrigerator to my folks.
At any rate, The Man Soon To Be Formerly In Japan has a couple weeks of gainful unemployment that he’s (so far) enjoying the heck out of, and then he and his are off to the Land of Zed. Kudos & Congrats!