Looks like the move is on.
Received the word from my friend this morning, there is definitely a job waiting for me in Medellin, Colombia, although it probably won't begin until June or July. I quote: "you will do what you like", which almost certainly involves, and I'm not joking, nudity. To be fair, it will be nudity as experienced by the bouncers at a strip club, but I can live with that.
All that remains now is to work out the technical details, sell all my stuff, get the necessary visa and hop on a plane. Starting over sucks, but at least it gets me away from the monthly "our data was recently breached and our records show your personal information may have been compromised" letter.
Leave my Columbia House Record Club alone!
I'll issue a more formal invitation for anyone wanting to do some international mongering, once I'm setup and settled in.