Time Machine Wanted
I've just looked up travel arrangements for my gig tonight in Richmond and find the law of sod in evidence... words no travelling comic ever wants to see... engineering works.
Which means I'll have to leave especially early, beg an early spot and leave before the headliner comes on. Half the point of doing these gigs is to learn from the pros, so it's best to stick around. Especially as this spot is unpaid... never mind, it all gets a bit quieter from now on. Not all my gigs are unpaid, but I will do them if I think it's going to be useful to me. I am normally a bit more mercenary. You have to be really.
I don't know if you missed me, but life has been a bit busy of late, so I've had no time to update my LJ. I've failed to get anywhere in a couple of comedy competitions and a slam, but the summer is nicely filled up with promises of festivals, I've got some cool gigs lined up and a couple of other bits and bobs are under discussion, so that's all pretty cushty.
Plus, I did win something recently... tickets to the SFX Weekender, which was absolutely brilliant. All the fun of a normal con with added glamour and dancing robots. Camber Sands was a bit bracing, and some of that bracing stuff did whistle into our chalet a bit, but I was glad to be somewhere a bit warmer than our house. I've just spent the best part of a month without a boiler. Not nice. Got a Vaillant one now, which has a rabbit logo on it. I think Vaillant may perchance have chosen this logo before Fatal Attraction was made.
But yes, SFX Weekender - N and I shared our chalet with friends Sam and Paul and, briefly, Tom and it was all jolly fun. Quite amusing to watch the assembly of half a dozen storm troopers, a sith, Darth Vader, and a Han Solo gather outside for an early morning drill. I'm not sure why Han was marching with them, but I don't think they were real storm troopers - some of them were a little short.
Want to hear my daft Star Wars-related joke? What fruit-based snack do the Sand People like? Fruitini! Okay,never mind...
And that's not the only thing I won, no! I also did win a book token for doing the bestest beermat poem at Poetry Kapow on Friday. Get in!
Poetry Kapow was excellent as ever, with the very ostentatious Anti-Poet, and they had an artist there producing impressions of the evening... here's the bit she did for me:
Also in good news, I've been asked to collaborate on a 48 hour Book Project the first weekend in March. This is in association with the library.
Libraries are bloody important... I've been campaigning against the closure of 8 Northamptonshire libraries, particularly the St. James one near me. Looks like we've achieved a reprieve for now.
But, if anyone has a spare time machine, please could they lend it to me so I can find time to read all the BSFA Awards shortlist before 23rd March? That's when I'm chairing a panel at The Antelope to discuss the awards. Free event, do come along!
Which means I'll have to leave especially early, beg an early spot and leave before the headliner comes on. Half the point of doing these gigs is to learn from the pros, so it's best to stick around. Especially as this spot is unpaid... never mind, it all gets a bit quieter from now on. Not all my gigs are unpaid, but I will do them if I think it's going to be useful to me. I am normally a bit more mercenary. You have to be really.
I don't know if you missed me, but life has been a bit busy of late, so I've had no time to update my LJ. I've failed to get anywhere in a couple of comedy competitions and a slam, but the summer is nicely filled up with promises of festivals, I've got some cool gigs lined up and a couple of other bits and bobs are under discussion, so that's all pretty cushty.
Plus, I did win something recently... tickets to the SFX Weekender, which was absolutely brilliant. All the fun of a normal con with added glamour and dancing robots. Camber Sands was a bit bracing, and some of that bracing stuff did whistle into our chalet a bit, but I was glad to be somewhere a bit warmer than our house. I've just spent the best part of a month without a boiler. Not nice. Got a Vaillant one now, which has a rabbit logo on it. I think Vaillant may perchance have chosen this logo before Fatal Attraction was made.
But yes, SFX Weekender - N and I shared our chalet with friends Sam and Paul and, briefly, Tom and it was all jolly fun. Quite amusing to watch the assembly of half a dozen storm troopers, a sith, Darth Vader, and a Han Solo gather outside for an early morning drill. I'm not sure why Han was marching with them, but I don't think they were real storm troopers - some of them were a little short.
Want to hear my daft Star Wars-related joke? What fruit-based snack do the Sand People like? Fruitini! Okay,never mind...
And that's not the only thing I won, no! I also did win a book token for doing the bestest beermat poem at Poetry Kapow on Friday. Get in!
Poetry Kapow was excellent as ever, with the very ostentatious Anti-Poet, and they had an artist there producing impressions of the evening... here's the bit she did for me:
Also in good news, I've been asked to collaborate on a 48 hour Book Project the first weekend in March. This is in association with the library.
Libraries are bloody important... I've been campaigning against the closure of 8 Northamptonshire libraries, particularly the St. James one near me. Looks like we've achieved a reprieve for now.
But, if anyone has a spare time machine, please could they lend it to me so I can find time to read all the BSFA Awards shortlist before 23rd March? That's when I'm chairing a panel at The Antelope to discuss the awards. Free event, do come along!