Andrew Brennan

Daily Photo!

I started doing this in 2007 but trailed off about 200 days in when I hit my free Flickr account’s 200 photo limit. Copying, editing and posting the photos got tedious too. This year I have a much better workflow: Photos make it to the computer automatically (through an Eye-Fi card), then I edit, describe and upload them to the SmugMug gallery within Picasa. Easy Peasy.

Something to train for!

I’m way happier at the gym when I have something to train for. At some point Robin, Ben, Rob and I decided it would be a good idea to do the Tough Guy this year on 1 February (“the worlds safest most dangerous taste of mental physical pain endurance toughest events” says its website). Um, maybe this wasn’t such a good idea:

Hurrah?

Events!

31 December: Emma made a fantastic dinner at Boris’s in Bermondsey. Couldn’t see the fireworks from Tower Bridge due to the fog.

6 January: Took the day off work to see Mike (as Romeo) in the understudy run of the RSC’s Romeo and Juliet. Stratford was quaint but if I were a teenager growing up there, I think I’d find it excruciatingly boring.

7 January: Dinner with Jon at Mem and Laz. Good to know he’s survived Japan so far, sad that he’s going back.

8 January: Lastminute.com deal at the Michelin-starred 1 Lombard Street. Was alright, however not as good as The Square or Pied à Terre.

11 January: Anthony and I saw Slumdog Millionaire. I really liked it, especially the cinematography and soundtrack.

13 January: Ali’s birthday. Nice Thai dinner and hanging with the EFs.

17 January: Anthony and I watched The Wave, a German film about a dictatorship experiment gone wrong at a high school. Then Tati and Sam came over for dinner–Anthony made his Sausage-Lentil soup, which was delicious, and we’re going to have leftovers for ages.