Monday 16th Jan - Charlie & The Film Factory

Like all human beings I am a creature of habit.  For at least the last 5 years I have reserved Monday lunch times for my weekly dose of cynicism courtesy of one Mr Charlie Brooker.  What I love the most about Charlie Brooker's weekly Guardian column is that almost nothing escapes his barbed view; he has the same outlook on life as me and that's why I enjoy the way he expresses himself.  I'm sure he wouldn't appreciate me saying this but he just seems to say what i'm thinking.  It's fair to say I was brought up in a house full of cynicism, which mainly stems from my dad; not a bad person to get it from to be honest! He was a major influence in my world view, and the cynicism gradually became part of my outlook on life. I have tried to move away from viewing the world in this way but once I latched onto Charlie Brooker it all came flooding back! I guess its just a flaw in my personality; I'm glad its not just me but I also realise its probably got something to do with the fact that myself and Charlie are exactly the same age bar for 3 days, which he holds over me.
In this week's column Charlie looked at ways to save the British film industry.  I shan't attempt to condense this down, no i'll let you read it for yourselves;
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/jan/15/charlie-brooker-british-film
Suffice to say, he makes for a great argument against the way David Cameron believes the British Film industry should move forward.
As for the rest of today, there was a real lack of conversation in the office; that, of course could be down to the fact of how much work we had to do today.  I was asked to tell a few jokes today but in a lot of ways i wish i hadn't; some people are less receptive to jokes than others!  And they do say comedy is subjective. The jokes I told are my own, so maybe that had something to do with it. I'll let you be the judge...
Joke 1- Russell Brand has followed up his Bookey Wook with My Divorcey Worce...Katy Perry is thrilled to be getting the only signed copy!
Joke 2 - I read that 1/3rd of children in Italy are overweight...Just one Cornetto obviously isnt enough!
I am at home as I write this and am currently watching The One Griff; a one-off stand up and sketch show dedicated to Griff Rhys Jones.  The sketch I am watching right now is about the office worker who can only talk about football, while his colleague has no interest in it whatsoever...I completely relate to this as I am one of those men who does not care one jot about football.
(In the words of Charlie Brooker) now go away!

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