I decided to post the penultimate and final Advent Avatars on the same day. I'd usually make up a pseudo-intellectual reason for this, but the truth is I just didn't get around to it yesterday.
So the Christmas Eve Advent Avatar is this:
There's a superb series with George Peppard called Banacek from the early 1970s. I'd urge you to watch it - it's great. It's set in Boston and the opening sequence has him rowing along the harbour. When I've been meandering I've seen several of the buildings he rows past. I get very excited about things like that - like when I was in San Francisco and kept on looking around and saying, "There's another building from Dirty Harry!" I find America has that skill. There are so many things you've seen from the movies you can't help turning into a child every now and then.
Now, the final Advent Avatar of 2010.
Christmas Day, 2010, in Boston and I'm ill.
I'm trying a bit of everything to get better. I've got vitamins there in the form of tablets and a smoothie. I've got some cold and flu capsules, and I've got some NyQuil to help me get a decent nights sleep later on. Of course, I've also got some milk duds and some whisky. I figure it can't hurt giving everything a go... Oh, I've got a 6 pack of Pabst Blue Ribbon in the fridge too.
So that's it. Advent Avatar 2010 done.
I did have an idea to sing through the 25 days of avatars on film and post it, but I don't think I'll be able to get through them all without breaking out into a coughing fit so you'll be happy to know I'm not going to do that.
I hope 2010 was a good year for you, and I wish you all the best in 2011. I think it's going to be an interesting one for me work wise - but more on that when normal service resumes.
So, for the last time:
On the twenty-fifth day of Christmas my truelove gave to me:
A body full of cold;
A Banacek building;
A beer in Boston;
A breakfast at Heathrow;
A pan full of sprouts;
A bottle of stout;
A scary kids film;
A worry about snow;
An issue with fluff;
A club for a fiver;
A tiny bit of research;
A new piece of software;
An amazing phone number;
A misunderstanding of Boring;
A presentation at Boring;
A shitty new manager;
A new butcher's apron;
An arty exhibition;
A chat with a novelist;
A hilarious wind-up;
A very big burrito;
A stubby of Pale Ale;
A very well deserved hangover;
A Newcastle United scarf;
and a...
Skinny hazelnut latte.
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