Ah
the 2nd of December. Not full of the heady excitement of December 1st.
remember December 1st? (If you don’t you should worry… it was
yesterday)
On
the 1st everyone is saying things like;
“So
THIS is Christmas”
“I
love Christmas”
“Christmas
is the best”
“I
am so excited for all the decorations and presents and food and goodwill!”
“I
should write an Advent Calendar Blog!”
On
the 2nd the same people are saying things like;
“it
is still 23 days until Christmas.”
“It’s
three weeks AND two days until Christmas, including today there are still 16
work days, sure the last few days might be a bit fun but there are least 13.5
proper working days”
“I
will probably wait until next weekend to put the decorations up”
“I
can’t believe I’ve committed to writing 24 days of Blogs in a row… what an
idiot!”
Now
I know what you’re all thinking, “Nic, I thought you’re Advent Calendar Blog
would be a little more uplifting than this.”
(Disclaimer:
You may not be thinking that… you probably weren’t but I Plan on spending the
rest of the blog trying to cheer you up so maybe imagine your miserable for a
bit. I don’t care if isn’t sincere I can’t see you. Unless you read this whilst
sat in front of me. For instance if you are my colleague Lawrence (Are you?
More than likely you aren’t) who sits opposite me. Perhaps you will read this
whilst at your desk and I will see you reading and at one point you will look
really miserable but in an incredibly fake way and I will think “I don’t care
that that expression isn’t sincere”)
So
attempt at cheering you up in a festive way #1
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| "I promised myself i'd never do naked modelling!" |
Sure,
a animal in a Santa hat isn’t for
everyone but what if I told you that today is the birthday of renowned Greek
football player Kostas Stafylidis!
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| "Guys! GUYS! this ball is levitating!" |
If
that hasn’t cheered you up I don’t know what will. After all who hasn’t heard
of Kostas Stafylidas and the way he is a Greek footballer who plays as a left
back for Bundesliga side Augsburg and the Greece national team. Remember the
time in 1993 when he was born in Thessaloniki, Greece. What about how he is
1.78 metres tall (5 foot 10 inches), Legend! I also can’t get enough of how he joined
Fulham on a season-long loan from Bayer Leverkusen in 2014.
No?
Truth be told I’d never heard of him either. I am ashamed to say that those
facts about him were simply stolen from his Wikipedia page. You probably didn’t
notice because of how subtly I put them into the last paragraph.
He
doesn’t matter anyway. The real star of the 2nd of December is up
next.
Born
on this day in 1978.
A
Canadian songstress and producer who first rose to fame on the back of first
album in 2002.
Yes…
The
maneater herself…
Nelly
‘She’s like a bird, she’ll only fly away’ Furtado
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| "I don't know who the man behind me is... I hope he sets on fire" |
Happy
38th Birthday Nelly.
The
only famous person born on this day who didn’t start their football career at
the age of 6 by joining their village football team Aetos Akropotamou. (So
subtle)
Interesting
fact about Miss Furtado (Or Nelly to her friends), if you follow her, follow
her, follow her down, down, down, down you can see all her dreams.
Anyway,
I have written for long enough about nothing of any particular interest and as
the birthday girl always says ‘All good things come to an end’. However, I
shall finish with three more December 2nd facts.
1.
On
this day in 1958, Vladimir Parfenovich was born. A man unique in being both a
Belarussian Canoe Racer AND Politician.
2.
Today
marks the 616th anniversary of opening of Leipzig University
3.
Not
everything in this magical world is aw-aw-aw-all what it seems!
So
with those facts and my awareness that this blog will make little to no sense
to those who are not aware of Nelly Furtado’s greatest hits I wish you a Happy
December 2nd.
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