{"id":35511,"date":"2012-01-02T04:05:07","date_gmt":"2012-01-02T04:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/2012\/01\/02\/neil-gaiman-crowley-aziraphales-new-years\/"},"modified":"2017-07-01T21:11:36","modified_gmt":"2017-07-01T21:11:36","slug":"neil-gaiman-crowley-aziraphales-new-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/2012\/01\/02\/neil-gaiman-crowley-aziraphales-new-years\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-35511 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/2012\/01\/02\/neil-gaiman-crowley-aziraphales-new-years\/attachment\/35512\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/tumblr_lx5jpwARlJ1r3rsfmo1_1280-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/tumblr_lx5jpwARlJ1r3rsfmo1_1280-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/tumblr_lx5jpwARlJ1r3rsfmo1_1280-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/neil-gaiman.tumblr.com\/post\/15162006933\/crowley-aziraphales-new-years-wishes-from\">neil-gaiman<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Crowley &amp; Aziraphale\u2019s New Year\u2019s Wishes<\/p>\n<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.harpercollins.com\/author\/AuthorExtra.aspx?displayType=essay&amp;authorID=3417\">http:\/\/www.harpercollins.com\/author\/AuthorExtra.aspx?displayType=essay&amp;authorID=3417<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Crowley:<\/strong><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Resolution #1: I must accept that Super-Gluing valuable coins to the sidewalk and then watching events from a nearby caf\u00e9 is not proper demonic activity.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span>Resolution #2: The same applies to rearranging the letters on wayside pulpits.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Resolution #3: Try to come up with something as good as cell phone ringtones, following one last stab at convincing Downstairs that cell phone ringtones are right up there in the whole Human Misery stakes. And iPods. Has anybody Down There even said thank you for iPods? Or \u201cGoogling yourself?\u201d Frankly, I deserve some kind of award for \u201cGoogling yourself.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span>Resolution #4: I must encourage greedy people to use the term, \u201cLow-hanging fruit,\u201d because that\u2019s just like old times.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Resolution #5: This year, I\u00a0will\u00a0get a desk near the window.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span>Resolution #6: I will try to understand why Hell is a no-smoking area. I just think it\u2019s ridiculous having to stand around outside the gates, that\u2019s all.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Resolution #7: On the orders of Head Office I will encourage the belief in Intelligent Design, because it upsets everyone.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span>Resolution #8: Stop Googling myself.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Aziraphale:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span>Resolution #1: Spread peace and love and glad tidings of great joy throughout the world. Also try to get out more.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Resolution #2: I will be charitable to people who use the term \u201ccore values,\u201d however difficult this may be.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span>Resolution #3: Notwithstanding Resolution #2 (above), I will redouble my efforts to have the utterance of the phrase \u201ccore values\u201d classified as a deadly sin. I believe Himself is with me on this one.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Resolution #4: I will try to be nicer to the customers. They want to buy books; I want to sell them. It can\u2019t be that hard. (Memo to self: Regular opening hours? Mark prices on books?)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span>Resolution #5: I will try to be polite to Gabriel, no matter what the provocation.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Resolution #6: Find out exactly what an \u201cInternet\u201d is.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span>Resolution #7: Really must resume dancing lessons. Learn the \u201cGalloping Major,\u201d the \u201cGay Gordons,\u201d the \u201cMashed Potatoes.\u201d Possibly even the \u201cTwist\u201d?<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Resolution #8: Thwart Infernal Wiles (ongoing).<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span>Resolution #9: I will try to understand why Heaven is a non-smoking area.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Resolution #10: On the orders of Head Office I will encourage the belief in Intelligent Design \u2013 despite the fact that the human airway crosses the digestive tract. Who thought that was intelligent?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span>Resolution #11: Feed the ducks.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span>\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span><small>PS: If you are a person who wrote Good Omens, do not EVER look at the Tumblr <\/small><\/span><\/em><small><span>Aziraphale<\/span><em><span> tag to find a nice picture of Crowley and Aziraphale to put into a New Year\u2019s blog. There are things you can never unsee.<\/span><\/em><\/small><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>neil-gaiman: Crowley &amp; Aziraphale\u2019s New Year\u2019s Wishes From http:\/\/www.harpercollins.com\/author\/AuthorExtra.aspx?displayType=essay&amp;authorID=3417 Crowley:\u00a0 Resolution #1: I must accept that Super-Gluing valuable coins to the sidewalk and then watching events from a nearby caf\u00e9 is not proper demonic activity. Resolution #2: The same applies to rearranging the letters on wayside pulpits. 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