~jhxmt

I have been given a mighty mission by ~cedrada - I have to write a journal that talks about six things beginning with the letter K. The letter K being a woefully underappreciated little soul, I hope to bring it back into the limelight. So, here we go!

Kung Fu - I went to a few kung fu classes back at university, but gradually phased out of going to them. I keep intending to take it back up again, but most of the martial arts classes around here are general self-defense, not any particular art. I might have to take one of them anyway. It's good for fitness, confidence and it's good fun (the classes I went to, at least!)

Keys - one item of the Necessity Triangle, my keys have become a part of the near-subconscious checking routine I do when I leave the flat. Wallet, phone, keys, in that order. Keys so I can let myself back in again, phone so I can call `fleet21 if I lose my keys, and wallet for if I run out of phone credit. Foolproof!

Kettle - I think I might actually be developing a caffeine addiction, in all seriousness. My tea consumption has rocketed since moving into the flat, and my coffee consumption has not decreased to match. Coffee, tea, green tea, hot chocolate, Lemsip...if it involves boiling water, I'd probably consider drinking it at some point. The act of making tea or coffee seems, in itself, to be remarkably pleasant. Apparently (trivia for you), some caffeine addicts can get a mild buzz simply from making coffee, not drinking it. Pavlovian conditioning, of a sort.

Kittens - I'm allergic to cat hairs, or something in cat hair. This is actually rather saddening, since I really do like cats - I just have an annoying tendency to find breathing and seeing difficult around them, which cuts short any potential feline-human friendship on my part. Hopefully it's something I'll outgrow with time.

Kumquats - `fleet21 bought some kumquats a while ago. They sat in our fridge for a couple of weeks before being thrown out, along with the dragonfruit and bananitos that we bought. We couldn't help it, they were in the 'exotic fruit' section at Tesco's, we walked past with a trolley...what were we meant to do? They looked shiny! Okay, so we never ate them, but we had a dream, dammit!

Keto - Dr Keto is the name of my character on Blue Dwarf ([link]). He's a sarcastic, angry man who wastes no opportunity to advance his own status and power at the expense of others. In short, he's mainly the darker side of me. Of course, he's also susceptible to making fairly inept mistakes and embarrassing faux pas, which just makes it even more fun. He's been my character aboard the Dwarf for over six years now (I believe) and I've had huge fun along the way.

So there we have it. Six Ks. Enjoy! If anybody wants to be assigned a letter, let me know and you can take the challenge.

First person to irritate me gets X.