Armitage silliness in three movements

You guessed it, I’m avoiding writing down all the gushy feelings I have after yesterday’s many photo revelations, taking refuge in the zoo of other stuff that’s happening here. I *will* catch up, I vow, with comments and everything. But meanwhile, some nonsense.

I. Football

Well, you get back and you get a chance to watch the whole game, and what do you get? Dreck. Packers, where were you? Congratulations, NovemberBride.

Faceinhole: I only do this for American football. Today, it’s the Kansas City Chiefs that deserve to have Richard Armitage playing for them.

(I think the body belongs to Jared Allen, who no longer plays for KC, but this was the pic I had. As you can see, Allen outweights Armitage by a good bit.)

I wonder if Armitage could be persuaded to transfer his allegiance in couch potato moments from rugby on the sofa with friends and beer to American football on the sofa with Servetus and beer? It’s not *that* different, right? I’d be oh so happy to explain all the rules.

II. Mass transit

Probably some enterprising fan from Chicago has already sent him one: a Chicago Transit Authority t-shirt!

Several readers wrote to mention that “Armitage” is not only an exit on the Dan Ryan, it’s also a CTA stop. I’ve never been in that one. Pretty much when I go to Chicago I go straight from ORD to downtown and then back. Or if I’m driving, I drive straight downtown, park, and then drive straight back. But it occurred to me that maybe Mr. Armitage could be persuaded to visit flyover country if he knew a whole mass transit stop is named for him! And a T-shirt! Here’s a nice picture of the exit:

III. Chanukkah

And the other piece of silliness for the day: I thought this up while driving and put it together yesterday and today. I was mainly interested in the technical problem of whether you can make a person appear to spin around realistically if you only have 50 percent of the body’s turn on video. (Answer: yes, but you also need them to be rotating fairly slowly, and on a nearly stable plane in the third dimension.) I’m unsure of the acceptability of associating Armitage with a partisan religious holiday, but this is a fairly humorous video, so I hope no one takes offense. It’s a bit early, but as far as I know there wasn’t a Richard Armitage Chanukkah video yet, and this is a sing-along one! So if you don’t know any Chanukkah songs, you will at least know this one when the holiday starts in a few days. Maybe we’ll have a “me + richard armitage” Chanukkah song sing-along!

Back to serious Armitagemania tomorrow.

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I may joke about Armitagemania, but I’m not joking about our charitable impulses. It’s time for us to live them out!

It’s that time of year again: a point at which we think about the needs of others in the midst of gratitude for the gifts we have received. Here’s a link to Mr. Armitage’s recommended charities at JustGiving and a link to Act!onAid, a child sponsorship organization for which he recorded a voiceover in December 2010. In 2011, Mr. Armitage also participated in fundraising efforts for Christchurch Earthquake Appeal. You can also generate a donation by doing any amazon.co.uk or Book Depository shopping that you do for the holidays via RichardArmitageOnline.com, or amazon.com or amazon.co.uk shopping via RichardArmitageNet.com, as these fansites both donate earned commission to charities that Armitage has endorsed. Fans have also donated in honor of Armitage to Oxfam International.

~ by Servetus on December 19, 2011.