So on Saturday [not Friday. Ahem] it’s Christmas day.
Christmas bloody day.
Amazing.
To be honest, it’s the most Christmassy I’ve felt in a long, long time.
As I ‘ve said before, this is normally a hard time of year for me because 12 years ago, this was when my Father became ill and ended up dying after a few weeks … however, thanks to quite a bit of time having now passed, the fact I had a quick trip to Portland – where Christmas is a very big fucking deal – and I now reside in a country where it is actually cold at this time of year [which is the first time that’s happened in 15 years] I enter this week with a little bit of excitement.
OK, so I doubt there’ll be any pressies that will rock my World like my Raleigh Grifter … or even the brilliant-but-fell-apart-within-12-seconds-of-putting-it-together Tin Can Alley … however spending some time with my family – in the freezing cold – with a ridiculously huge traditional Christmas dinner [yes, even with custard] is something I am really looking forward to and to be honest, that’s probably the best present I could ever ask for.
[Note to wife: I won’t say no to an Angelina/Megan sandwich if that’s a possibility]
As this is the last post of my year, I thought I’d end it by rehashing a blogosphere thing that was quite popular a few years ago.
Basically I am nominating the following people …
NP
John
Marcus
Paul Colman [so he’ll start blogging again]
George Parker [he’ll never do it, but you never know]
Age
Charles
Gareth
Lauren
Gavin
Rob
Niko
Scotty
Freddie
Martin
… to answer some questions about their 2010.
1/ Best single thing [personal &/or professional] you did/achieved in 2010.
2/ Most shameful thing [personal &/or professional] you did/achieved in 2010.
3/ Ad industry scandal or scoundrel of the year.
4/ Your overall rating for 2010 out of 10. [1 = shit / 10 = showoff]
5/ What do you think will be the most overhyped advertising related subject of 2011?
The rules are that they have to submit their answers on their own blog [By Jan 5th] and link it back to this post. On top of that, they have to nominate 5 other people [I got to nominate more because this is my idea and so I can be a fucking little Prince] they’d like to know more about, by getting them to answer the same 5 questions as stated above and so on and so on.
Unlike the ‘total stupid twat’ version that I embarked on back in 2006 [2006!!!!] this is all quite innocent, but it would be nice to hear how others view their 2010, if only for the fact that I’m a nosy bastard.
Anyway, as I wrote about previously, this has been a stellar year for me and if 2011 is half as good, I’ll be feeling very fucking happy with myself … so all that leaves me to do is wish each and everyone of you who has ever visited, commented or insulted me on this blog a very, Very, VERY happy Christmas [or for the PC amongst us, a happy ‘festive season’] and I hope you get spoilt with gifts, love and food because all things considered, I think you’re all very nice and that’s not something I say very often. Or very easily, ha!
So here’s to you, me and us.
Cheers and see you around Jan 10.