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So here we are, the last month of 2018, and what a year it has been for me.
Started out in the sunny life that is Los Angeles and end it in the rainy life that is London.
From Deutsch to R/GA.
From Audi’s to the Tube.
From LA Din Tai Fung to the new London Din Tai Fung.
[Let’s be honest, I’d never of come if they weren’t here]
But I’m happy – very happy.
Sure, there’s a bunch of things I miss, but apart from the fact many of them will remain in my life for ever, the rest I can look back on as experiences I am fortunate to have had so I’m grateful I got to have them rather than sad I’ve lost them.
I know, who am I?
But all that is for a an even more boring post sometime in the next few weeks, so I’ll end this far-too-positive post with one of my new favorite songs, ‘Love Can Only Heal’, by Altered Bridge and the Slash band, Myles Kennedy.
I know you will think it’s bollocks – but apart from the fact that means you’re all a bunch of musical heathens who can’t appreciate the brilliance of a melancholy melody that’s orchestrated with a slowly building pulse of drama – you’re forgetting the alternative would be suggesting you listen to Queen.
Suddenly not so bad it is?
And it gets better … because for reasons that make no sense whatsoever, I’m going to be on my way to the US again by the time you read this. Which means you’re free from my blog rubbish till Thursday and given the following week is the final week of blog posts from me for 2018, you are exactly 7 posts away from ending the year on a positive.
If that doesn’t make you enjoy today, then nothing will.
Happy Monday.
22 Comments
Maximising your free pre-christmas holidays I see.
Comment by Bazza December 3, 2018 @ 6:29 amGood to know you’re still on top blagging form.
Will I see you this trip?
You’re safe. He is going to Miami.
Comment by Pete December 3, 2018 @ 6:35 amI stand corrected. Rob has upped his blogging game. Miami doesn’t do it for me but I know it will be a lot nicer than London or New York this time of year. Rob still has the freebie skills. I have so much to learn. Florida is in for a terrible storm all the way from London. The amount of damage it will make is immeasurable, especially to whoever is covering his travel charges.
Comment by Bazza December 3, 2018 @ 6:44 amYears of practice has led to this moment.
Comment by Rob December 3, 2018 @ 8:17 amBig year for you Robert. But then so was the previous one moving from China to America. I had to check it was only last year that happened as your time in China already feels a lifetime ago. I’m sure it does to you even more so.
It is almost as strange a feeling as you ending this post with a Myles Kennedy track.
Comment by Pete December 3, 2018 @ 6:39 amRob was still in China last year?
Comment by Bazza December 3, 2018 @ 6:45 amMay 2017. https://tinyurl.com/lfyyjlh
Comment by Pete December 3, 2018 @ 6:51 amIncredible.
Comment by George December 3, 2018 @ 7:03 amI know. Seems so long ago and yet it isn’t really. Though in China years, it’s at least 8. Ha.
Comment by Rob December 3, 2018 @ 8:18 amIs that because of the speed China changes or how they felt having to deal with you.
Comment by DH December 3, 2018 @ 4:11 pmKeep posting tunes.
Comment by Meg December 3, 2018 @ 6:46 amyoure never going to survive on here with that sort of supportive shit meg.
Comment by andy@cynic December 3, 2018 @ 10:31 amAmerica again? You may end up being here for longer than you actually lived here. Safe travels Robert.
Comment by George December 3, 2018 @ 7:04 amThere’s a good possibility of that as I may be there next week and the week after.
Comment by Rob December 3, 2018 @ 8:16 amfuck me youre not giving rga any warm up period to your ways. i dont know if im impressed of fucking concerned for their safety. oh fuck them, this is what they get for hiring you.
Comment by andy@cynic December 3, 2018 @ 10:30 amSome people never learn.
Comment by DH December 3, 2018 @ 4:10 pmi land in fucking shitchester and suddenly this week looks alright even if i surrounded by fucking mancs. time all your bagging to coincide when im away from now on campbell.
Comment by andy@cynic December 3, 2018 @ 10:29 amThat’s almost as bad as visiting Nottingham.
Comment by DH December 3, 2018 @ 4:13 pmWhy are you in Manchester?
Comment by George December 3, 2018 @ 10:15 pmI assume it’s Manchester.
Comment by George December 3, 2018 @ 10:16 pmAndrew? Are you still alive?
Comment by George December 5, 2018 @ 2:59 pmIt’s ‘Alter Bridge’ btw. Have a good trip. Yours in pedantry M x
Comment by Mark Hancock (@Holycow) December 4, 2018 @ 5:25 am