A black-and-white photo of a person mid-air in a Superman-style body suspension pose, supported by multiple hooks in their back and legs, smiling joyfully toward the camera. They are suspended horizontally in a large indoor space with high ceilings and visible rigging. A group of onlookers—some seated, some standing—watch with expressions of admiration, amusement, and support. The atmosphere is lively and communal, capturing a moment of shared experience and transformation.

Game On!

I must admit I’m really only posting this for three reasons.. The first being he reminds me* an awful lot of Matthew Cottle from a British sitcom called Game On (yes?), secondly I think it’s a nice photo and he’s pretty and thirdly I really, really miss the winter!

IAM: AHBroccoli in North Texas (which almost never gets snow, apparently).

* – Although I reference television shows rather a lot I really don’t watch that much, it’s just memories of my misspent youth.

Comments

52 responses to “Game On!”

  1. Pants Avatar
    Pants

    and that hat! dude! THE HAT! and he is really rocking that beard nicely.

  2. Pants Avatar
    Pants

    and that hat! dude! THE HAT! and he is really rocking that beard nicely.

  3. Bunson Avatar

    I envy anyone who wears that hat.

  4. Bunson Avatar

    I envy anyone who wears that hat.

  5. Vegas Avatar

    he does look alot like him. just that matt doesnt have his septum pierced 🙂

  6. Vegas Avatar

    he does look alot like him. just that matt doesnt have his septum pierced 🙂

  7. Amy Avatar

    He’s very cute.

  8. Amy Avatar

    He’s very cute.

  9. MAE Avatar
    MAE

    BIG BIRD!?

  10. MAE Avatar
    MAE

    BIG BIRD!?

  11. Nemski Avatar
    Nemski

    aww a ginger tosser 🙂 🙂 🙂

  12. Nemski Avatar
    Nemski

    aww a ginger tosser 🙂 🙂 🙂

  13. Briggitte Avatar

    We had sooo much snow in Texas this year I built a snowman in my front yard!

  14. Briggitte Avatar

    We had sooo much snow in Texas this year I built a snowman in my front yard!

  15. RooRaaah Crumbs Avatar

    Nemksi – No, not a ginger tosser! Hover your mouse over the photo 🙂

  16. RooRaaah Crumbs Avatar

    Nemksi – No, not a ginger tosser! Hover your mouse over the photo 🙂

  17. valy Avatar

    oh..big bird…not one of my favorites character of sesame street, but that hat made me miss my childhood ^^
    loved the background…white trees

  18. valy Avatar

    oh..big bird…not one of my favorites character of sesame street, but that hat made me miss my childhood ^^
    loved the background…white trees

  19. crazy eyed goat Avatar
    crazy eyed goat

    does anyone else here
    want to steal his hat also?

  20. crazy eyed goat Avatar
    crazy eyed goat

    does anyone else here
    want to steal his hat also?

  21. Telyn Avatar

    I want to steal him.

  22. Telyn Avatar

    I want to steal him.

  23. <span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="83f1e9f0eee2edf0e5eae6efe7c3fae2ebececade0ecee">[email protected]</span> Avatar

    I also want to steal his hat. And his winter. He haz a winter an I don’t.

  24. <span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6b190118060a05180d020e070f2b120a03040445080406">[email protected]</span> Avatar

    I also want to steal his hat. And his winter. He haz a winter an I don’t.

  25. SpeakerForTheDead Avatar
    SpeakerForTheDead

    its ok roo, hes hot, i love winter, and uhh… hes hot. yay!

  26. SpeakerForTheDead Avatar
    SpeakerForTheDead

    its ok roo, hes hot, i love winter, and uhh… hes hot. yay!

  27. Ashley Darling Avatar

    i grew up in south texas and it never snowed 🙁

  28. Ashley Darling Avatar

    i grew up in south texas and it never snowed 🙁

  29. AHBroccoli Avatar
    AHBroccoli

    Wooo, 15 seconds of fame! 🙂 Thanks for the post, Roo, and the rosy filter. Kupo!

  30. AHBroccoli Avatar
    AHBroccoli

    Wooo, 15 seconds of fame! 🙂 Thanks for the post, Roo, and the rosy filter. Kupo!

  31. alissa Avatar
    alissa

    north texas hardly DOES get snow! but this (past) year was wonderful ^_^

  32. alissa Avatar
    alissa

    north texas hardly DOES get snow! but this (past) year was wonderful ^_^

  33. eve lynn Avatar
    eve lynn

    goodness gracious, andrew you are interweb famoose now.

  34. eve lynn Avatar
    eve lynn

    goodness gracious, andrew you are interweb famoose now.

  35. Jayne Avatar
    Jayne

    Well, first you quote The Shamen and now Game On! Ben Chaplin was the best Matthew though, hands down.

  36. Jayne Avatar
    Jayne

    Well, first you quote The Shamen and now Game On! Ben Chaplin was the best Matthew though, hands down.

  37. ladytwiglet Avatar

    haha game on! i remember that show with great fondness 🙂 and yes, he does look a lot like matthew!

    i also love his hat muchly 🙂

  38. ladytwiglet Avatar

    haha game on! i remember that show with great fondness 🙂 and yes, he does look a lot like matthew!

    i also love his hat muchly 🙂

  39. Elizabeth Avatar

    from what i hear the pan handle gets quite a bit of snow…. but the pan handle is always uncool enough to leave out of the whole state. perhaps there’s a silent conspiracy theory that it should really belong to poor old oklahoma so that they can get rid of their plank… if they got rid of their plank, people living on it wouldn’t randomly fall to the fiery depths of hell known as “texas”.

    i doubt it really snows a lot anywhere in texas. the first year i was here, austin had an ice storm and something like 800+ reported wreck on the road. then it snowed last year and *wow* did people go ballistic. 1,500+ wrecks reported over the couple of days the texas hill country shut down. but what do you expect from people that live in a state where it’s almost 100 degrees farenheight (spelling?) for something like 8-10 months out of the year?… 1,500… psht. that was a good year.

    go texans.

    (maybe next time we can aim for 2,500?)

  40. Elizabeth Avatar

    from what i hear the pan handle gets quite a bit of snow…. but the pan handle is always uncool enough to leave out of the whole state. perhaps there’s a silent conspiracy theory that it should really belong to poor old oklahoma so that they can get rid of their plank… if they got rid of their plank, people living on it wouldn’t randomly fall to the fiery depths of hell known as “texas”.

    i doubt it really snows a lot anywhere in texas. the first year i was here, austin had an ice storm and something like 800+ reported wreck on the road. then it snowed last year and *wow* did people go ballistic. 1,500+ wrecks reported over the couple of days the texas hill country shut down. but what do you expect from people that live in a state where it’s almost 100 degrees farenheight (spelling?) for something like 8-10 months out of the year?… 1,500… psht. that was a good year.

    go texans.

    (maybe next time we can aim for 2,500?)

  41. Nemski Avatar
    Nemski

    ohhhhhh…… >.<

  42. Nemski Avatar
    Nemski

    ohhhhhh…… >.<

  43. LeeHO Avatar
    LeeHO

    yay texas and good looking guys somewhere nearby in north tex

  44. LeeHO Avatar
    LeeHO

    yay texas and good looking guys somewhere nearby in north tex

  45. Shandie St. Clair Avatar

    I knew I should have gone to UNT instead of TSU.

    #20- North Texas isn’t necessarily the pan handle. He’s from Denton, which is most definitely not the pan handle at all. North Texas generally refers to around the Dallas/Fort Worth and surrounding areas.

    And it really hardly ever snows here!

  46. Shandie St. Clair Avatar

    I knew I should have gone to UNT instead of TSU.

    #20- North Texas isn’t necessarily the pan handle. He’s from Denton, which is most definitely not the pan handle at all. North Texas generally refers to around the Dallas/Fort Worth and surrounding areas.

    And it really hardly ever snows here!

  47. snakelady1956 Avatar
    snakelady1956

    I love TX! Elizabeth: Texas is beautiful! AZ is the fiery depths of hell. I can’t wait to leave. Nice lookin’ dude, too.

  48. snakelady1956 Avatar
    snakelady1956

    I love TX! Elizabeth: Texas is beautiful! AZ is the fiery depths of hell. I can’t wait to leave. Nice lookin’ dude, too.

  49. DethKok Avatar
    DethKok

    i really like that background!

  50. DethKok Avatar
    DethKok

    i really like that background!

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