I suppose it is getting a bit tedious having one foot in advertising and one in, hem, other kinds of writing, but if I've learnt anything over the past 30 years, it's that just because something is boring or painful doesn't mean it will end quickly.
But look, it seems like I've at least developed into a relatively know-able human being, judging by the presents that my friends have given me.
Top row (l-r):
Cheeses (Blue Lanark, Stinking Bishop)
From Those Wonderful Folks Who Gave You Pearl Harbour - Jerry Della Femina - a book about Madison Ave in the 50s, apparently a key source for Madmen.
Hellhound on His Trail - Hampton Sides - a history of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
The Book of Tapas - Simone and Ines Ortega
A mug with a starfish on it that looks like a bumhole.
C - Tom McCarthy - a novel about a radio technician
Middle row (l-r)
The Fountainhead - Ayn Rand - nuff said
American Pastoral - Philip Roth - never read any Roth, which is weird when you think about how much I like Denis Johnson and DFW.
Beautiful Painting of a Beetle - by some girl.
Bananagrams - I have recently become unbeatable at Scrabble.
High quality mint and lime dark chololate wafers.
Bottom row (l-r)
A Naughty Boy Anne Summers prostate stimulator - apparently it's so much more than a buttplug. This from a metrosexual friend who is trying to encourage me to explore all the opportunities that bachelorhood offers. I didn't ask for it right. Apparently it's totally silent, wear-able in fact.
Super Mario Galaxy 2 - hell yes.
Radical Chic and Mau Mau-ing the Flak Catchers - Tom Wolfe
Equilibrium - an absurd film set in a future in which emotions have been outlawed and only Christian Bale can save the world.
There was also a peach, but I ate it.
So, what can I say, all that money I spent on brand consultancy has been effective after all.
I'm just writing this dissertation at the moment, hence the relative quiet on the blogging front. I know that Ben is on holiday though, so you all need something to read, so I'll do my best to work something up over the next few days.
3 comments:
I'm still on holiday for another week.
But look.
I still post.
Where are the lime wafer things from?
Yeah, yeah but you could do eight things at once, where as I'm already way over capacity at two.
I have thought of couple of things I'd like to write about though so I'll...wait a minute...how are managing you to guilt trip me about how much I post on my own blog?
Wafers are from Prestat. Which sound like it might also be a brand of butt-plug, but no, they really do make wafers.
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