Be careful what you wish for

Well it looks like my campaign to be featured on Moore College advertising has paid off. Though perhaps not in the way I imagined.

Today my bulging mailbox had two rather thick envelopes from college for Sarah and myself. Similar letters were no doubt sent to a large percentage of college supporters. Little did I know as I opened the envelope addressed to me, that I would actually find myself inside my own envelope. It was a bit of an existential crisis for a moment.

Anyways, here is me as a Christmas angel.

You're invited to hang me on your tree (between a few elves and reindeer) as well as to donate to the college.

The first step to getting on the propaganda was to have my photo taken. If you're wondering why I'm wearing a green polo shirt and a brown jumper (a killer combination), it is because of my desire to wear through some of my shirts this year by having a specific shirt I wear each day of the week. So this photo was taken on a Tuesday. It was only after the offending shot was taken that I realised my collar had been folded over too far on my right side. The designer stubble is not really 'designer' at all, but more lazy stubble. I think the combination of geek chic mismatching clothes (yet still with an air of class), the stubble and the thick-rimmed glasses pushed me out of the generic white Anglo bracket to get me on the advertising.

If you want me on your tree, I'm sure the college (with a joyful donation) would be happy to mail me out to you. And to be serious for a moment, you really should consider donating to college. Plus, apparently I've already thanked you, and I'd hate to have done that for nothing.

And whilst I'm transferring photos from my phone, check out what I found on the ground when I opened my car door in the car park last week. It was on one of those sweltering days...

Do you reckon the kid would have had a similar facial expression to Bill when they dropped him?