Yeah, they were good… did some work, met some people, travelled to some places and things like that [ photos of famous people, dinners, etc. available on request... ]
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Marisa,
Great to hear you had a good decade too. Might I interest you in a photo of me standing in New Street Station in Birmingham in 2002 near a train from which Terry Wogan had recently emerged? I could Photoshop it with a photo of an interesting hotdog I had in Poland in 2005…
Gavin
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Seeing is believing! Requesting photos, please!
Happy 2010!
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Anna,
Much as I’d like to oblige, I fear the thrill might be too much for many of my readers… Here’s a photo of New Street Station (http://www.traintesting.com/images/150001_New_Street_21-1-85.jpg), one of me (http://www.pearsonlongman.com/methodology/images/author-GavinDudeney.jpg), one of Terry Wogan (http://entertainers.co.uk/celebrities/Celebrity-Images/terrywogan.jpg) and one of a hotdog (http://www.candyflosscrazy.com/assets/images/hotdog02.gif). A prize is on offer for the best Photoshop treatment of all four…
Gavin
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how absolutely fascinating your decade seems to have been. Mine too. Did some music. Travelled. Wrote. Talked. People everywhere. I mean, like, wow.
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Hotdogs, trains and Terry Wogan? Am envious – it really doesn’t get any better!
I second the requesting photos request. Can you make sure the quality is nice and sharp, please, so I can have it enlarged and turned into a poster.
Happy New Year from me, too!
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Have you not heard of my Photoshop skills?? Just you wait & see!
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Anna,
I shall stay up all night if necessary. Please get to work as soon as possible. This is turning into an exciting end of year thread now. Fascinating to read of Jeremy’s adventures too – come on you lot, you must have had experiences like ours. Do share!
Gavin
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Oh I see! the celebrity person adds a lot to your aura and so does the yummy hot dog… As for the photoshop competition, it fits ever so well with you techie savvy reputation! OMG such an accurate post!
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Alice,
Thanks for commenting. What were the highlights of your decade? Did you have an interesting lunch in an exotic location (such as Manchester, or Berne)? Have you got a photograph of it?
Do you know anyone whose friend once sat next to someone who lost in a semi-final of ‘Belize’s Got Talent’? Have you got a photo of them?
Or perhaps you have a list of ‘My Favourite Desserts of the Noughties’, or similar?
Do share…
Gavin
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I’d label this decade the “Hotties Noughties.” This decade included getting married (to my own extra special hottie), moving to France, earning a BA and an MA, starting a company, learning French, and meeting hundreds of wonderful people in the ELT world. Just a few hours left to wipe the sweat off my brow, take a sip of Gatorade and dive head first into the next decade.
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Well, frankly, I’m unimpressed. I holidayed in the Maldives with Brangelina (our kids got on SO well, it was just, well, what can I say…) – that was after we met at the Oscars ‘after party’. I just knew we’d hit it off. I had to let Sting down, but y’know how it is. Mmmm. Let me think. What else. Oh yes, the dinner date with Leonardo DiCaprio. I’ve got to say, when his mate George turned up I was a bit pissed, three’s a crowd and all, but it was cool and we ended up having a right laugh. I guess the highlight was my birthday party, really. Jamie Oliver could, in all honesty, have tried harder – I really couldn’t care less if Jools was in labour. Lucky Gordon came to the rescue, really. Just a shame that Oasis decked him for being an arrogant twat. So many more stories to tell, but, I don’t want to hog the limelight here, so I’ll be off. Don’t want to keep Eddie waiting, he is SUCH a laugh. Laters!
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Beth,
That’s a very nice story, and a healthy antidote to the terrible cyncicism that has crept in here on my blog thanks to the comments of some of my regular readers…
Can’t get my bloody tongue out of my cheek…
Gavin
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elaborate – you know you want to…
and you know I’m going to …
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Callie,
Some (not me) would demand photographic evidence of all that, but hey – I know what the topsy-turvy world of ELT is like, so I’m with you on all of it. Say hi to Ed for me (his real friends call him ‘Ed’, just so you know for next time)…
Gavin
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Ken,
Nothing to elaborate on, dear boy – simply my (and my readers’) reflections on the past decade.
You elaborate all you want, though – this space is for you and everyone!
Shortly I’ll be posting my ‘List of lists of lists of the highlights, gadgets, moments, teaching tips, lesson plans and teaching websites of the Noughties’. Stay tuned…
Happy Noo Year!
Gavin
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Gavin,
I have a photo of you and me, I will say no more as I do not wish to compromise your impeccable reputation… Can it get any better than that, I wonder….
Marisa
P.S. I wonder who generates all these strange words in your captha
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Marisa,
You promised that photo would remain private. I’m really terribly disappointed. Especially as we spent so much time airbrushing Obama out of it so it would just be the two of us… How much do you want?
Gavin
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The hightlight of the decade is when I found out the inner David Hockney within me ! as I can’t paint, I just met the guy in California, taught him some French as he finds it so sexy and then in return he taught me his Hockneyism secrets (which I won’t reveal here of course), but we had a cool chat and after some bloody marys and a cognac, I was totally inspired. On the plane back to France I thought hard of my next memorable work of art… and here it is, in all its glory :
http://www.flickr.com/photos/en_lisant_ecrivant_ecoutant_regardant_photographiant_rigolant/2255004852/sizes/l/in/set-72157594382845402/
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You really don’t want to know what I charge.
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Alice – Can’t get access to your artwork – could you remedy that if you get a chance?
Marisa – no, perhaps you’re right…
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My entry for the Gavin/Wogan/Hot Dog/New Street photoshop challenge…
http://img159.yfrog.com/i/mysterytrain.jpg/
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Folks,
The first entry on the Photoshop contest is in:
http://img159.yfrog.com/img159/1375/mysterytrain.jpg
Exceptional work from @esolcourses…. Can it be beat?
Gavin
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Oh I don’t know… after your harsh indifference… I’m not motivated…
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Marisa,
If you’re to enter the world of ‘gangsta tough’ you’ll need to make a bit more effort than that, you know…
Gavin
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It this better ?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/en_lisant_ecrivant_ecoutant_regardant_photographiant_rigolant/2255004852/in/set-72157594382845402
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Alice,
Much better – chapeau! and all that… I certainly agree with le compte de Champignac – it is a sort of ‘David Hockney magrittisé’. He taught you well, it seems.
I once had some painting lessons with Dalí, but to be honest the old codger couldn’t paint his way out of a paper bag…
Gavin
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Sue’s photo really captures it all! Looks like you’re going to rest your head on Terry Wogan’s shoulder! LOL! You two must be very close buddies!
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Shelly,
What can I say about me and Tel? We go way back to the day I saw him coming off a train I was standing near in New Street Station. We’ve been the best of friends ever since, though he pretends otherwise.
Have a safe trip back from the US – and a Happy New Year!
Gavin
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Well, tough cookie I ain’t but since there is more traffic in here today than on Twitter, how about if I announce my new blog post here?
Throwing caution to the winds and in danger of receiving that icy steely look, aha, here we go, Bridget Jones ande me, me and Bridget Jones, with my New Year’s Resolutions!
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Marisa,
Because it’s you… and because it’s a new year… and because it’s a new decade… and because, well, I’m feeling a little devil-may-care…. I shall let you get away with advertising on my blog here. And congratulations for being the first (and last) advertiser on this page!
And, since you forgot, here’s a link to your blog: http://tinyurl.com/yfklj6o
Happy Noo Year!
Gavin
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Lol…. I must have been secretly nervous… but thanks master for putting in link and I promise I shall never, ever do this again!
You are ace! For not biting my head off!
Happy New Year here and everywhere!
Marisa
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Gavin,
thank you for this opportunity to share the most memorable moments of the Noughties. This decade was truly wonderful for me because I married the man of my dreams! Here’s a photo of the wedding. I know it’ll make your female readers jealous, but you know, that’Slife.
http://twitpic.com/w1qn2
Happy New Year:-)
arjana
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Arjana,
I’m speechless… quite speechless…
Have a good one!
Gavin
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Clearly you people are bored.
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Playing with images – too hard to resist
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24572238@N02/4232501486/
Happy New Year Gavin
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Carol,
An excellent effort, and I thank you for taking part. Results will be announced soon…
Can’t believe Karenne thought we were bored, we had a whale of a time over here on the blog today…
Gavin
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Hi Gavin
I like your super concise summing up of your Noughties.
Mine? “In box, out of the box” would sum up my Noughties perfectly adequately!!
All the best and happy 2010.
Janet
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Janet,
Concise is good, I think…. were the boxes good?
Gavin
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Best review I’ve read so far AND it completely cured me of the urge to write a review of my own!! Fabulous stuff. Tx.
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Laura,
Glad to have been of service!
Gavin
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Gavin
“Inbox” good, “outbox” lifechanging!
Janet
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