Well, I went to London/Whitby/Glasgow on holiday in October 2001. Was there for three hours and realised I wanted to move there. By the end of the holiday, was absolutely determined to. (As it happens, my mother is English, so they're not actually allowed to keep me out. Ha.) Moved here in early March 2002, and FINALLY have a job. I assume.

Basically, I got the same feeling about Melbourne I had about Perth seven years before: "This is my home, I love it, my friends are here, and it's time to go."

There's other wacky and complicated stuff in there, but that's not going on LJ. It was on Usenet at the time, for what it's worth.