April fool?

Hello there! Now, the image above is going to be come more and more nonsensical as time passes - well, after the 1st of April, anyway. For the 1st of April is the day I am going to shave my head! No, there's no political cause/charity involved, simply the shedding of my winter coat (that I've been growing for over 1 1/2 years now), and going back to the shaven-headed wonder that I had during my stay in Montpellier.

Tell you what *is* for charity, though (see what I did there?): I have set up my fundraising page for the Bupa Great North Run 2007! The address is http://www.justgiving.com/mikehiggins, so please dig deep! I really appreciate the sponsorship, last time I managed to raise over £160 for Cancer Research, but this time my target is £300! I will be running for Mind, the mental health charity. It's a high target, but I think it's an extremely worthwhile cause, and hope you do too. You can also see chart my progress and that of those I will be running with on our blog: http://greatnorthrun.blogspot.com. Please have a read, and leave some comments of support!

Other things that have been happening include recently celebrating 4 years together with the lovely John. It seems like a long time ago when we were fresh faced and innocent (well, I was!), but here we are, 2 flats, several snakes, fish and frogs later... If you're a myspace bunny you can check out the progression of his latest tattoo, which he is hoping will win him some prizes at the tattoo show we are going to in a couple of weeks' time in Peterlee.