December 2010 – Page 2 – I am Ashley Elsdon

Snowman

Posted by ashleyelsdonon December 7, 2010July 28, 2020in UncategorizedLeave a comment

He doesn’t look like this anymore sadly but he was pretty good.

Getting back to normal

Posted by ashleyelsdonon December 6, 2010July 28, 2020in WorkLeave a comment

Another more or less normal day although there’s lots of ice everywhere this morning.

The walk from the station was very crunchy which made for some interesting RJDJ recordings. I’ll post them up later I think.

Melt

Posted by ashleyelsdonon December 5, 2010July 28, 2020in UncategorizedLeave a comment

Well the snow is on the way out, that’s for sure. It is still going to be cold, but it looks like I won’t be walking through the woods next week, which is good although I did like parts of the walk (not the uphill bits)

Informant

Posted by ashleyelsdonon December 4, 2010July 28, 2020in FilmsLeave a comment

I just watched ‘Informant’, a film with Matt Damon by Steven Soderbergh, who’s work I normally like, but I felt like this film really missed the mark. It has some good moments and Damon’s performance was good, but it didn’t hang together as a story for me.

Dusk, Snow, Woods and Alexei Sayle

Posted by ashleyelsdonon December 3, 2010July 28, 2020in Books and Audiobooks, ListeningLeave a comment

I walked home tonight just at dusk hoping that the light would hold for long enough for me to get through the woods before it got dark and I started to walk into things or get lost.

I was ok thankfully and just made it.

I continued listening to Alexei Sayle’s “Stalin Ate My Homework” on the way back which is an excellent read, or in my case listen as I’ve got the audio book version. I would recommend it to anyone. Unless of course you don’t like Alexei Sayle in which case you probably shouldn’t bother with it.

I must be over half way through now and I’ve really enjoyed it. It is funny and poignant at the same time, and a deeply personal reflection on his quite unusual childhood.

I’ve especially enjoyed the way the book doesn’t so much tell the story of his childhood but more meanders through it in a seemingly haphazard manner. I guess in many ways that childhood is like that. Today it made a good backdrop to my journey.