Captain Willard

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Not sure who remembers my post of my Xmas gift to myself of the sharky homage to the 6105 that was worn in Apocalypse Now. Because I'm a pretty tough guy to buy gifts for I generally buy them myself so not to be too disappointed. That doesn't make gift giving all that fun for my family because they aren't really involved. I do things though that does give them some part in the gift exchange. They do have to do some work. When I got the sharky for xmas I gave a hint to my wife and daughter but asked what the significance is behind the watch. I said it had to do with one of the greatest war films of all time...I then need to explain which one that was....Anyway My wife had note cards ready for when I opened the box and saw the watch for the first time...Of course she started to give me a wiki answer about the Rolex that Marlin Brando wore! That is part of the fun too.


Today a coworker who isn't a half bad artist gifted me this as much for my love of film as for my 30th anniversary  at work. I sent a text with it to my wife and asked if she new which movie it was from, her response was "That really really long war movie?" I said "yes the one that the watch is from....Not that watch the other one"...She just has to put up with me.


    

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That is  S U P E R - C O O L small ! What an epic gift from your co-worker!

Yeah, my Wife does her best to keep up with my niche hobbies too. I'm much the same way about gifts too. "Tell me what you want and I'll buy it for you. In the mean time I've bought this for myself, do you want to wrap it or can I just use it now?"

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Sept 26, 2023 8:09:15 GMT -8 inboost said:

That is  S U P E R - C O O L small ! What an epic gift from your co-worker!

Yeah, my Wife does her best to keep up with my niche hobbies too. I'm much the same way about gifts too. "Tell me what you want and I'll buy it for you. In the mean time I've bought this for myself, do you want to wrap it or can I just use it now?"

He did a charcoal drawing of Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca where he is hunched over at the table drunk. "Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine" scene...He takes his art very seriously and he puts forth a lot of effort and sometime the talent he has shines through. It definitely did on this one. I had mentioned when he gave me the Bogy that another iconic cinematic image that might look cool was this one...He is always looking for someone to mention something, I said I don't think it would make a good black and white though. I has started thinking of other moments from the movie I thought would be cool, although I never mentioned them...

Just wow what a surprise! 

The other thing that bothers them about giving gifts, is that I have had a very uncanny ability to guess what it is that they got me. And I don't mean another tie...That seems to make them more angry, then picking it out, and paying for it myself...I've stopped guessing.  

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Marlin Brando had me in stitches!

Great write up small and amazing art work.