Directed by Paddy Fitz

Once upon a time, there was an unblorbo (Patrick McGoohan).

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Today is March 19th, which means it's McGoohan Day.

I had to choose between quoting song lyrics in the most embarrassing way possible and get six notes from my kind followers, or putting a rebel into a coffee table book, which looks like a PowerPoint presentation at times, and hope I don’t end up doing a podcast next.

I chose the later and spent over eight days photoshopping stock photo watermark out of my blorbo’s nose.

I asked myself “Is that everything you can do for Patrick McGoohan?”

Patrick McGoohan, who defined and redefined the word “star” long before it means the same thing as an unskippable ad.

Patrick McGoohan, who shaped and reshaped the future of television for generations to come.

Patrick McGoohan, whose acting, writing and directing have mesmerized, terrified and inspired audience across every cultural, social and political barrier imaginable.

Patrick McGoohan, who was too big for his time and yet too small.

The marvelous and rebellious Patrick McGoohan.

There’s not much I can do, you see. And I don't mean it in a bad way.

Please remember not to take anything I say at midnight too seriously, except when I say "Happy heavenly birthday to my unblorbo!"

And now my hiatus has to start all over again.

Disclaimer: I don’t know anything about graphic design, you can easily guess which ones are “professional” designs I got from some magazines online and which ones are mine. And Tumblr only allows up to 30 photos per post so there are only that many McGoohan stereotypes thrown at his face on his birthday today.

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I guess he is on my tomodachi island now.

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I'm the last person on earth who should say anything on this subject but here's Thomas Merton's The New Man for obvious reasons.

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“Owner of a chicken farm” sounds a little bit exaggerated but “Germany’s most beloved crime fiction hero” sounds fair to me.

And “Does John Drake really have to go?” just confirms that Germans are more sentimental than I am.

Source: x

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Even though my lifestyle isn't exactly what I would recommend to anyone, I don't question it that much. But I have to question my blorbo posting sometimes and it's not an easy thing to do.

Things that were wrong turned out to be right. I started my family lore because I felt like we were all wearing those black and white masks and I needed to blow myself up with a rocket so that people can see what I am made of.

Things that were right turned out to be wrong. I wanted to make McGoohan popular. I ended up making myself unpopular instead.

If I get enough sleep, I still have dreams.

If I don't, I still have questions.

Reference: x

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If it wasn't for some people arguing over Last Salute to the Commodore on twitter about three years ago, Patrick McGoohan would have remained just one of the many Columbo guest stars to me. Maybe until the end of my life.

I wonder how long we can live without being aware of each other's existence. And how much it takes just to get there.

One of the reasons why I watched Columbo was that Peter Falk looked nothing like a Hollywood star. He looked like someone who would walk down an alley in South East Asia in Beijing bikini.

McGoohan looked nothing like that. Even the old woman who mistook me for my baby sister's mother would know he didn't belong in that part of the world.

Sometimes I think about the alley where I took my first steps in the outside world. And I think about the many people who might or might not have set foot there. And I think about this blog and how I got here.

Would I go through the whole of human history just because of four words?

"Directed by Patrick McGoohan"

Reference: x

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We're gonna shitpost again despite it all.

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I have a lot of work to do tomorrow so we'll have Gustavo Esteva today.

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From: Village DJ Farmer Bebop

To: Number Two

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"A blorbo blogger's biggest enemy is herself" is something that could have been said by both Patrick McGoohan and Audre Lorde. But it was actually said by Farmer Bebop.

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If you are reading this, thank you so much.

Kafka wrote "A book must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us". I know you won't find an axe here, but I hope you won't find a frozen sea either.

I have a lot of problems and my hiatus is just one of them. But I want to give you something beautiful, I really do.

And I want to thank you for accepting it.

References: 1, 2

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Back when I was working in Vietnam, sometimes my colleagues could even get drunk at lunch. On special occasions we would go to the karaoke in the evening. I learned that people would "remix" everything, and the service manager would sing something like a techno version of a folk opera.

"Leaving behind my younger siblings, looking at me with their sad eyes My parents are happier, but their tears won't stop Telling me to follow the way of my husband's family Crossing the river, I ask each wave Could a girl not love anyone in life?"

Those were the only days of my adult life when I felt like I was a part of something.

My mom's sister asked her to come back once she retires. They would live next to each other in their old age. But my mom said if she ever gets sick there she would become a great burden to her children financially, so she'd better not go back.

The man fixing my internet the other day told me he was waiting for his retirement next year, then he would go back. It's the dream of many Vietnamese.

When I looked up at the sky tonight there was a half-moon. Outside the church, the first rose has bloomed.

Two birds flew by. Then two airplanes.

"In the wonderfully beautiful month of May"

Reference: x

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I'm not someone who likes to spell things out and I have had my fair share of being misunderstood but here's Jacques Ellul's "The Technological Society" because it's 2:40 a.m. again.

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Tumblr being into every old man under the sun but Patrick McGoohan is my villain origin story.

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It's National Limerick Day, so here's my PMG themed contribution 😆

A chicken farmer one day Left his job for theatrical play. Found his career eclipse, But closely guarded his lips, Which left all the young chicks in dismay.

Who's next?

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A little late but:

There was a young actor from Queens with success on stages and screens From Brand to Columbo In LA and London, though He’d rather fish in Montana streams.

~Alison

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I don’t know what a syllable is but:

Lost in legends was a hero in black

Dark were the great prophesies in his acts

At the circus of the blind

To the silence of the mind

Strangely, the future keeps bringing him back.

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Disclaimer: Portmeirion doesn't have a film festival and they don't sponsor me.

Reference: x

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I talked to my sister today and so I looked at myself in the camera for a few seconds. It really scared me. I scared me.

I have had enough for today. And maybe a few more days. Please have some Eugenio Montale.