A celebration of "the drink" that is within us all.
Monday, October 27, 2008
8pm. Drink atlast.
Long day. Long evening. Teacher guy. Family guy. Finally reclining. With drink and music. Drink to the power of two. Exponential. Actually to the power of three given also the drink latent in me.
Me too. Writing. Arranging meetings. Buying Hallowe'en duds at Value Village. And then...the second half of my Sirrah, or Syria, or Syriana, or Chateau du George Clooney. I think George has the drink in him. In "Good Night & Good Luck." George at his best. And so, for that matter, did George Best. Have the drink in him, that is. Too much drink, maybe. Or too much fame. Or too much Georgie Fame. Good night & good luck.
Clooney is a classic "man's man": he still parties with his old school friends despite his fame, he knows how to drink and he unashamedly pursues the ladies.
A good friend of mine actually spent some time with him in Milan and talked about Clooney's exploits: bringing pockets full of cash to nightclubs, buying drinks for everyone and pulling in women left, right and centre - all in a really likeable way. George has got it down.
And he's becoming a better and better actor; I haven't seen Good Night and Good Luck yet, though.
As for Georgie Best - now he would make a fascinating study for us. He did have drink in terms of his footballing genius and was also a top-notch bon vivant. But it did seem as though the drink outside of him became something of a monster. How else do you explain returning to drink after a liver transplant?
Thanks for sharing Abbot. Hope you enjoyed your Sirrah as much as I enjoyed Syriana.
Me too. Writing. Arranging meetings. Buying Hallowe'en duds at Value Village. And then...the second half of my Sirrah, or Syria, or Syriana, or Chateau du George Clooney. I think George has the drink in him. In "Good Night & Good Luck." George at his best. And so, for that matter, did George Best. Have the drink in him, that is. Too much drink, maybe. Or too much fame. Or too much Georgie Fame.
ReplyDeleteGood night & good luck.
Hmm - right - the two George's.
ReplyDeleteClooney is a classic "man's man": he still parties with his old school friends despite his fame, he knows how to drink and he unashamedly pursues the ladies.
A good friend of mine actually spent some time with him in Milan and talked about Clooney's exploits: bringing pockets full of cash to nightclubs, buying drinks for everyone and pulling in women left, right and centre - all in a really likeable way. George has got it down.
And he's becoming a better and better actor; I haven't seen Good Night and Good Luck yet, though.
As for Georgie Best - now he would make a fascinating study for us. He did have drink in terms of his footballing genius and was also a top-notch bon vivant. But it did seem as though the drink outside of him became something of a monster. How else do you explain returning to drink after a liver transplant?
Thanks for sharing Abbot. Hope you enjoyed your Sirrah as much as I enjoyed Syriana.