A snippet of text that created itself one distracted evening… (Excuse my grammatically incorrect use of commas to distinguish vocal pauses.)

So, I wanted to tell you a story. That’s, kind of the point of this whole thing; me being here, you being here. The whole, construct that we’re working with here means that you’re going to listen to me, whether you enjoy yourselves or hate every second is kind of by the by, that’s down to you as much as it is down to me. But, enjoyment aside, I have 8-12 minutes of your attention, give or take. Which, considering I’ve been talking for about 90 seconds already and haven’t given you the least clue as to what story I’m about to tell you, isn’t all that long. And when I realised that, suddenly this felt like a pretty serious responsibility, that is, choosing which story to tell. I mean, I wasn’t quite sure which story I wanted to tell…