Transport update: I'm still enjoying the delights of the tyne and wear public transportation system. I found myself laughing at a woman missing her metro yesterday. I'm pretty sure karma will bite me in the ass.
N.B. I do not believe in karma so in your face Earl!
Dog update: Poppi is losing an extreme amount of hair/fur as she is getting her summer coat in. This is most frustrating as every time I move the sofa there's half a dozen hamster shapes floating about. The hairy bitch.
Fruit update: (as requested by my friend meg) I have eaten some grapes today.
My 30th gig was on 5th may. I suppose I should mature a bit now I've reached the 30's. The gig was a weird one. It was part of a series of evenings called inkfest. There was probably about 15 people there other than the comedians and staff. There was this woman in the front row with bright blue hair. She was not there to laugh at all and sat arms crossed at times refusing to even look at the comedians. We decided her problem was she had no bones. I went home and made this picture of her:
My 31st gig was at the Grinning idiot. It was the last gig to be held at St Doms in Newcastle. It was a lovely evening and my set was nicely received. Also on that night was Chris Wade, George Zach, James Dodeswell and John Scott. Callum Cram did a weird dance thing at the end it was amusing but he seemed a bit injured.
My 32nd gig was at Long Live comedy at the Dog and Parrot in Newcastle. I tried out some brand spanking new material. It was a productive evening I'd say 50% of the set was for keeps other stuff is in the maybe pile. It's so exhilarating trying out new material, its the adrenaline the not knowing what reaction it'll get. Even professional acts aren't convinced their writing is truly funny until they try it out. Lee Kyle was also trying out some new stuff. No matter how many times I watch his act I laugh, he's a complete smasher (I'm gay for him)
This weekend I'm performing in south shields at Laughterholics Anonymous which is said to be: 'The Clinic For All Your Comedy Needs' then on saturday I'm competing in the hilarity bites competition in darlington. Sunday evening is the come back of pandamonium at HYEM at which I am also performing. Last week I devoted 2 evenings to watching stand up, 2 evenings to performing stand up, 1 evening writing stand up, 1 evening watching live at the apollo and on the sunday I decided to have the day off so I photographed comedians instead. I had planned a while ago to cool off comedy a bit. I fear however I am a comedy baby and simply can't live with out it. Some people do stand up for the love of comedy, some do it for they love themselves….I think I fall in to both categories, well I am a bit mint.
