Tuesday 25 January 2004

Being a full time Comedian sounds interesting to most people, it can be but not all of the time.
My day is taken up with: Waking, washing, going into town, eating, surfing the record shops, clothes shops and second hand stores. The afternoon is generally the same, go on the net look at my favourite sites, Google myself to see what people are saying about me (yeah I know Abs, I I'm sad!).Then maybe sleep before either 1. Travel to work 2. Watch some television. Sometimes I'll do some admin, catch with some mates but not often. Some comics have full time jobs, I could never do that. I realised very early on that I couldn't concentrate on my work, all I thought about was the gig on that particular night. These days I often don't give the gig much thought. I tend to look forward to the ones of interest, where I'm working with people I like or if I'm going to a venue I like. I've got a couple of those in the next couple of weeks. One is a birthday party in one of my favourite parts of the world. OK I'm working but I'll be able to catch up with some people I don't see enough of.
Tonight is a treat, I'm going to watch comedy! Y and I are going to see three of my favourite comics. One of the lads is someone I started my career out with. He's done really well and I'm pleased to see him headlining some big gigs, it's maybe a pity that we can't share the relative successes we've had over a convivial pint. Such is life and the vagaries of friendship.
It's FA Cup weekend soon, Sunderland play Everton. My good friend and top comic BW is a Toffeeman. I'm not sure that there isn't a side bet on the result but there possibly should be!
On a totally different subject, it's great news to read of Michael Howard's party finally playing the race card and are going to demand immigrant quotas when they get in to power (stop sniggering at the back there!). The reason I think that it's good news is back in 1979 when Thatcher took the party to the right with comments like her famous "Swamped by an alien culture" it spelled the death knell for the odious NF as the Tories natural racists flocked back to their party. I'm hoping that will be the case for UKIP and the BNP. At least we know what the Tories are about, none of this wolf in sheep's clothing, "We are a legitimate party we wear suits" bollocks" that the BNP have been spouting for the past few years.
God bless Craig Bell(end)amy by the way
FTM!