Hello, reader. I know it’s been far too long. You may be asking yourself, “Why has Tom decided to write to me again?” You may be asking, “Why has Tom put up a picture of his kitchen?” You may also be asking yourself, “Tom’s not in that picture.” For your information, that is not a question.

Because of my benevolence, I will answer these questions and non-questions alike. First and foremost, I restarted this blog because I like to write. It’s therapeutic for me to recount hilarious experiences of the day. On to the second question, I’ll be adding a new picture with every post. I chose this picture because it seems like a very summery picture to me and it’s kind of a regular event. We’re always hanging out in my kitchen. If you want names, I’ll give you names. Starting with the girl with the camera sitting in the windowsill and going clockwise sit: Holly, Abi, Alex from Flat 3, Jonny (one of my best friends this term), Alex from Meghan’s flat and also from Cambridge, which makes him posh as fuck, my American friend Meghan, an Italian friend Elizabeth, and Simon in the back with the goatee. I’m behind the camera’s unforgiving lense acting as documentarian, photographer, and dually witty and completely unbiased commentator.

In other news, I was talking with newly 21 year old Meghan about fashion the other day. She called her coat a “layering piece” and made an analogy comparing fashion to an onion, with her “layering piece” being the outermost skin on an onion. Other suitably stylish layers act as intermediaries between outer skin and pale Meghan skin. I told her that it’s funny that she decided to use an onion for her analogy. If I had her style, I’d pick a vegetable that was far more tasteless.

Zing.

P.S. A big thanks to Dan for revamping this site. He made everything. He is saintly.