Advent Adventure

Dear George,

I hope this message finds you well.  Over here in London town it's a rather damp 11*C, my train was 4 minutes late this morning and the price of a first class stamp is 46p.

Now, you may have noticed that i am typing with a different accent this evening.  Well you'd be correct, "and why is that?" i hear you cry...well that's because i'm writing this blog entry on my brand spanking new Macbook Pro.  Yes you heard right, i'm the proud over of a lovely new computer...the first computer i have ever owned in my life.  How has a 31 year old man never owned a computer in his life this day and age? Hard to believe i know but i survived somehow.  I blooming love this Macbook.  It's so shiny.  The only problem i'm having (if i can really be called a problem) is that i can do so much with it, and because it's mind i can play with it all the time and that means i'm getting distracted with all the settings, gizmo's and gadgets it has to offer...This post was suppose to go up yesterday!

Anyway, i wanted to give you a shout out mate and tell you that it is (was) the 1st of Dec and nearly Christmas.  I bloody love Christmas and the thought of you all on your tod over this holiday season has made me quite sad.  I do hope you're planning to celebrate xmas, what do you think you will be doing...apart from listening to a special Christmas episode of Chinaman's Adventure???

Hmm...what else is there to say?  Well, i am very sick of my job these days.  Now don't get me wrong i love working in theatre and the folk i work with are simple wonderful...but, i am finding myself dreading the long slog to work.  There are just too many moments where i am made to feel like idiot.  whether those above me know it or not they have a knack of grinding me down to such a low point i doubt every move i make and left feeling insecure and upset... urgh! i don't know what's going on, i just hate things being like this.  I hoping that when i read this back in a few weeks time i'll laugh.

Let's get back to Christmas!

I'll be buying a real tree with Sophie, if i ever get chance to see her this side of boxing day!  And i'll be decorating the house with so much tinsel it'll look like Christmas spewed up in my lounge!  Sophie has already started making Christmas cake and mince meat ready for mince pies (i'm eating one right now..nyum nyum nyum!).

What do i want for Christmas you say? Well since you asked; i want Batman to swing in through the window and tell me to suit up and join him on a mission to take down the Joker...OR I'd be simply delighted with a lovely cosy cardigan...and socks!

If you have an address mate tell me what i can get for you...at the very least it'll arrive for your birthday.

Anyway i'll leave you with this...

An 18 year-old girl managed to trap herself in a clothes horse! ...for real real, not for play play!

Take care buddy
Yours
Little Dave

Episode 13

Dear George,

It's been a busy old week for me.  My train has been late every morning (the average being 3 minutes).  Outside, London is a bright but chilly 12*C. The headline on the front page of The Sun is all about singer George Micheal being ill...But no mention of the price of a first class stamp (46p)!

Not had much time to blog this week.  It's been 14hour days since Monday yet i found time to slap together a Podcast for you this week.  It's part 2 of Zoe and i chatting about relationships.  I reveal a little too much in this one and the reason it's taken so long to put it up is because i wasn't sure the world is ready to hear the things i say in the Podcast...  Anyway, it's out there now so please enjoy.

   

   
   
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Cool hand Luke 'Get-out' Adventure

Dear George,

I hope this letter finds you well.  The weather this evening is very chilly, only 9*C.  This morning my train was 3 minutes late, first class stamps are 46p each and the very last performance of 'Cool Hand Luke' is playing out on stage as i type.

That's right, tonight is the last show of the ill-fated play version of 'Cool Hand Luke'.  It was suppose to be running until January but alas, a week and a half into it's run it got it's notice and tonight, right after the show, we will be ripping apart the set, packing away the costumes and de-rigging all the lights.  It's going t be a long time until Monday.  Monday, you see, is when a new show will be arriving at our doors looking for a place to live over Christmas.  There is no room at the inn, and Sharon Gless (Lacey from off of Cagney and Lacey) will have to settle for the Aldwych theatre as her stable, in order for her to give birth to a performance...not sure where this analogy is going so i'll end it here.

Yup, it's going t be a long couple of days, but this is why i love theatre.  I wonder if i'll be saying that at 4 in the morning?

In other news i have been directed to http://garfieldminusgarfield.net/ .  It is a collection of Garfield comic strips but without Garfield.  It becomes a rather sad tale of John Arbuckel's lonely life and decent into madness...check it out!

Anyway brother, it's time for me to go.  I'm going to sneak in a little nap before this all nighter.

Take care buddy,
Yours,
Little Dave

Last week's Adventures

Dear George,

Congrats on the job in Australia!  I now no longer have to put together that food parcel.  You'll be pleased to hear that it is a chilly 11*C here in London, my train ran on time today and first class stamps are still 46p each.

Again i must apologies for my lack of correspondence in the last few weeks...especially since so much has happened in my life.  So let me begin in this letter by talking about last week.  As you may or may not know, i get almost 6 weeks off a year, which is awesome.  However this becomes a pain in the rear when all members of staff fight it out to use their 6 weeks at once.  Therefore i had 16 days holiday to take before the end of March...so long story short, i had to take a week off so took it last week.

As this was all last minute i had no real plans i'd just use the week to relax and have some adventures.  So here my week in brief...

Monday...Sophie was back.  This is good as she'd been gone for ages so we took this rare opportunity to spend some quality time together and watch 'The fast and the furious: Tokyo drift' and "fast and furious [4]" ...our conclusion.  They are all awesome!  Watch this space for a fully detailed account.

Tuesday...My mum was down to stay.  In fact while she was down she visited her sisters and i came with her.l  This was the first time i'd seen most of my family for 8 years (not my mum, i'm no meany, i see her as often as i can!).  well it was lovely, i was very nervous but they treated me as if i was the only thing in life greater than oxygen.  I will make a point of seeing them as often as i can from now on.

Wednesday...Took mum to Euston Train station and said my farewells.  Met up with Sophie for lunch and a long walk around London.  A very pleasant afternoon indeed.  We finished the night off with some beer, home cooked food and 'Fast 5' ...another awesome movie, and hints at another sequel!!

Thursday...Played 'gears of war 3' most of the day and went out in the evening, just like a normal person...usually my night out starts at 10:30pm!... It was a great night mainly because Amy Pond from off of Dr Who was sat on the table next to me and she's rather pretty.  We finished the night off with a visit to a jazz bar...nice.

Friday...nothing of any note worthiness.  More 'Gears of war 3', shopping, washing and other domestic stuff.

Saturday...Warwick castle!  I lived up in Warwickshire for most of my life (20years-ish) and only now i live in London i finally visit.  It was for a friends birthday and it was awesome.  One of the best moments of the day was bumping in Russ (best mate and fan of the blog) at Leamington spa train station.  the day was topped off nicely with a curry with the beautiful birthday girl Emma.

Well that was the week that was...not too shabby, it was jut what i ask for in a week off work.  Lots of fun, sleep and booze.

Anyway, i'm off.  Back to work for me.  Our current show is leaving tomorrow which mean it'll be a long old weekend.

Take care buddy,
Yours,
Little Dave

Episode 12

Dear George,

I hope life is treating you well.  I've just enjoyed a wonderful week off and will no doubt write to you and tell you all about it.  Until then please enjoy our 12th offering of Chinaman's Adventure...

   

   
   
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Take care buddy,
Yours,
Little Dave

Ps.  Stamps = 46p

My week off Adventure

Dear George,

Hello mate, how are you?  I have been given a week off work which has been so lovely thus far.  There has been ample time to play on my Xbox, bake cakes, visit relatives, have my Mum come stay and sit, staring longingly out the window wishing mah' best buddy in the world was by my side.  The trains are ok, the weather is fine (14*C) and first class stamps are 46p.

Just a short letter today mate as i am a busy bee and i want to get plenty of adventuring done so i have something grand to write about when i get back off holiday.  I really hope you're having better luck on the other side of the world.  I'm having a good old think about coming out to visit you..but of course that it only if you're still there!

I've had an ex-girlfriend pop back into my life and i'm a little unsure of her motives...i really don't want anything to do with her but part of me is curious as to what she wants and why the sudden interest in me...hmmm.  What has freaked me out also is that another ex of sorts had invited me to a party.  I didn't go but with this girl i'd love to ask her why we ended the way we did... i'm not angry, it's not as if we ended on bad terms, she just stopped texting, emailing or calling.  should i go ask her? or are things like this better left in the past?  I can't wait to re-read this in a years time and compare how i feel then to now.

I'll sign off for now, i'm about to take my Mum to the train station.
Take care buddy,
Yours,
Little Dave

Episode 11 - Halloween Special

Dear George,

Trick or Treat? Well i think you're in for a bit of both as this week Zoe and i draw Halloween questions from the Chinaman's hat.  I hope you notice that i messed about with some of the settings on 'Garage band' so it sounds all spooky.  Anyway please enjoy this weeks helping.  Next week we'll be discussing RELATIONSHIPS, so if you have any questions you wish to have us place within the Chinaman's hat, leave a comment below or email me at theharris101@hotmail.com before this Saturday afternoon...

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Take care buddy,
Yours,
Little Dave