New year, new calendar time. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
Last year at the office I had three<\/i> calendars. Two were hanging monthly calendars. There was a Lord of the Rings<\/i> calendar, specifically for the Battle for Middle Earth<\/i> games from EA. I also had a Winnie-the-Pooh calendar, which showed Pooh and his friends, including Lumpy.<\/p>\n
There’s also the page-a-day calendar — the Bad President<\/i> Countdown Calendar, which runs out on Inauguration Day 2009.<\/p>\n
That’s what I had, at the office, for 2008.<\/p>\n
I keep my old calendars. No, not the page-a-day calendars. Those are disposable. They’re supposed<\/i> to be thrown away. That’s the whole point<\/i>.<\/p>\n
But the hanging monthly calendars? I keep those.<\/p>\n
I’m not one to write on a calendar. It’s unseemly. It’s not me<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Usually, I buy calendars because I like the art. Or sometimes they’re novelty calendars of some sort. I have the Perfect Dark<\/i> calendar, with the images from the FHM<\/i> “photo spread” of Joanna Dark, from a few years ago. Oh, and the Babes of Norrath<\/i> calendars we had at EB Games for the Champions of Norrath<\/i> games. See, those are collectibles!<\/p>\n
Then things like the Lord of the Rings<\/i> calendars. I’ve gotten art calendars there — John Howe, or the art from the computer game. Those are pretty to look at. How could I pitch those?<\/p>\n
There’s no real need to consult the calendars on when<\/i> a particular date fell. I just like to pull an old calendar to look at the artwork. Nothing wrong with that, is there?<\/p>\n
Maybe someday I’ll toss my old calendar collection. Maybe I’ll see no utility in keeping them around. Yet, art is art, and so, for the present anyway, I keep my old calendars.<\/p>\n
Except, maybe, for the calendar I’m currently using at work. It’s a bit, erm, cheap<\/i>. I had to reinforce the holes with scotch tape before I could hang it. When I get a real<\/i> calendar — note to self: check out the calendar stands in the mall before they disappear — then<\/i> I’ll chuck it with a real replacement. \ud83d\ude06<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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