Round-up of the year

[rich_jacko]

2006 in 6s:

6 places I've been this year that I hadn't been to before:
- Turkey! For a solar eclipse and a fab holiday.
- Stuttgart (or indeed anywhere in Germany for more than 12 hours) for another fab holiday.
- Er... Cleethorpes, home to the Greenwich Meridian, silly museums and lots of estuary mud.
- Banbury, home to Vick and Ady's new pub.
- Wantley Dragon Woods, home to hidden tigers (and crouching dragons?)
- Manchester student district, specifically Manchester Academy, specifically to see Lordi.

6 things I've learnt that I didn't know this time last year:
- About 100 words and phrases in German.
- How to wrangle a goblin.
- What Ethiopian/Cuban fusion cuisine tastes like.
- How to play D&D. Vaguely.
- That I should carry my camera with me at all times.
- Some people actually like raw onions. Bleurgh! :op

6 things that happened at work this year:
- I moved teams. Twice.
- We got told we were going to be a ninja shadow agency.
- I got three months temporary promotion.
- I tried and failed to get permanently promoted.
- We all ranted a lot about inaccurate media reporting.
- Daleks invaded the office en masse.

6 films I'm glad I saw this year:
- Breakfast on Pluto. Funny, touching, political, thought-provoking, with a fabulous soundtrack.
- Pirates 2. So what if the plot's messy and it's over-reliant on in-jokes? When it has sword fights, a giant squid and this much fun, who cares?
- Warrior King. AKA "Dude, Where's My Elephant?" AKA "2 Elephant 2 Furious". Stupid yet brilliant.
- An Inconvenient Truth. The most engrossing Powerpoint show ever. And a sign that there's hope America will see sense yet.
- The Departed. Proof that remakes can be good. And that Mad Jack McMad can still chew up the scenery as well as ever. Will Scorcese ever win an Oscar?
- Pan's Labyrinth. Part historical brutality, part traditional fairy tale. Hugely inventive, frightening and uplifting all at once. A masterpiece.

Comments

[gwengothelf.livejournal.com]

Wantly Dragon Woods does have crouching dragons, that's why you can't see them, as the grass is ataller than the dragons, unlike the tigers which just plain hide.