Who Is Zooey Deschanel?
It’s Christmas Eve and this my second attempt at posting this article after yesterday’s run-in with Wordpress’ unreliability. I don’t expect this article will be anything like the one I wrote yesterday. It’s already pretty different as you might imagine. But you wouldn’t know would you, as you haven’t had a chance to read it… because Wordpress didn’t save it. Anyway, let’s get on shall we.
In the last two years, the few days before Christmas have always been rather busy. Mainly drinks with friends or drinks with people who think we’re friends but I secretly don’t like very much. Nothing too taxing. This year has been no exception.
Last Thursday, I went, with my mum, to London. In particular, we went to the inaugural Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park, a rather unnecessarily over-the-top title for a small German Market and fun fair. The German Market was quite nice with stalls selling gifts and trinkets ranging from small wooden puppets on springs to reindeer hides. There were also stalls selling food and drink, which we were glad to take advantage of. Nothing like a portion of Dutch pancakes, washed down with mulled wine to keep the chilly air out. From the German market, we ventured into the centre of the capital, sampling London’s main tourist attractions. We’d both seen them all before, but we’d rarely seen them in darkness. Buckingham Palace looked as grand as ever, the London Eye and Westminster were both as magnificent as always and the massive Christmas Tree in Trafalgar Square was, as usual, terrific. We were lucky to visit during a public carol singing event at the foot of the tree. The event was in aid of seafarers and had attracted a fair crowd, most of whom were joining in the festive jollity. It was great.
On Saturday, I went to London again. This time, I passed straight through the centre and carried on going into Surrey. My team, the Bedford Blues were playing Esher. It wasn’t a great game, with the Blues displaying an almost complete lack of ideas or passion. We were 20 points down by half time. At the end of the second half, we were still 17 points down. With only a few minutes to go, one of our boys found a gap in Esher’s rock solid defence and score a try. Well into stoppage time, Blues seemed to have finally switched on. A minute of two later, it happened again. Another try was scored in front of what was now a stunned crowd. The gap was now only 5 points. Sadly, that was how it ended. The final score was 35-30 in Esher’s favour. Had we had another minute or so, we may have won it. Two tries in about 4 minutes had given us 1 bonus point for scoring 4 tries and another bonus point for losing within 7 points. Crazy!
Yesterday, I completed an unintentional Zooey Deschanel film marathon. I’m not much of a film buff, except around Christmas where I find a taste for them and can’t stop watching them. On Saturday evening, after I had been dropped off by the Blues Followers coach, I watched Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. It was pretty good, pretty funny and apparently, kept pretty true to the original Douglas Adams book. Yesterday evening, I watched Elf, a film with plenty of really funny moments but which ended bizarrely. It had nothing to do with the actors. I think it was just badly written, which was a shame. I had planned to watch these two films a few days in advance. Both films starred Zooey Deschanel, an actress whom I had never heard of before and whom I thought was rather lovely. A weird, yet rewarding coincidence.
And that is that. This article actually turned out better than the one I wrote yesterday. You know, that one that Wordpress didn’t want to save. Oh, that’s right, you never got to read it… because Wordpress didn’t save it.Whatever you’re doing this Christmas, I hope it’s everything you want it to be.
Peace and love and Merry Christmas to you all.
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