Commence

'It is a heretic that makes the fire,
Not she who burns in 't.'

Yes indeed.

Many a fire burns in this quaint university town and I have been known to have something to do with the best ones: some I help ignite, others I warm my hands in and yet others I burn in. This may not be anything like that show: real life isn't quite that, shall we say, contrived? But the things do happen in this quaint university town that comfortably snuggles with eternal winter.

Here are the many players that make up this tragi-comedy of manners:

1) GossipGuy: And who am I? That's one secret...ah fuck it!

2) Hamlet: Brooding, intellectual and love-lorn. He's wonderful to know but can be a handful at times...

3) Luna: The quirky object of Hamlet's desire. Not of this fair, wintry land but she is almost always there in spirit.

4) Santiago: Now he just stepped out of 'The Boy's Guide to Hunting and Fishing': masculine in every sense of the word, but hilarious and irreverent in just the right degree.

5) Marcia Brady: Santiago has such a great thing with the lovely Marcia! It's a cavemannish courtship but with so much potential!

6) Cunegonde: The temptress who has GossipGuy's heart...

7) Lyra: Friend, soulmate and silver-toung'd fiancee(!) How would GossipGuy function without his Lyra!

8) Don Quixote: My gregarious, talkative neighbour with a penchant for...oh I don't know, it changes rather quickly!

9) Prince Stepan: Lyra's significant other: he has the kindest of hearts but there is a lot of him to go around!

10) Caddie: My person...

11) Charles Ryder: A fashionista who is living the life in a great, far-off city. Ah but the doubts that breed in the wake of dreams...

12) Punjaban: Hai! All that coffee with secrets stirred in....

You'll meet the others as the days pass us by....

Until the next time,
GossipGuy!