23/11/07
And I don’t understand why I sleep all day, and I start to complain that there’s no rain... -
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Leanne DIGGINS
@ 01:49:20 pm
I can't believe we're almost into December. Well, I can believe it, but not immediately. When my snot comes out and I'm not aware of my lovely candle stick nose, then I believe it. (It happened this morning.)
So, the last week has been quite jolly. I did a gig on tuesday night in Reigate at an ASK restaurant and to be honest I wasn't looking forward to it. Eating and laughing? Imagine the mess. But this wasn't the case. They ate then laughed.... I had a nice one (not pizza).
I've mentioned before I'm getting very bored of my general stand-up material but not bored enough to write some more (cause they're still laughing I spose). Most of my paid work is for MCing (which is my favourite), and I spose I've added lines here and there to my stand-up act which have seemed sufficient up to now.
So when I get a paid stand-up gig like tuesday I feel a bit like I'm swizzing the audience somehow by spewing out the same stuff. I really care about the audience, like probably more than I need to.... I'm also really aware that I'm doing a "set" not MCing so I have to try really hard not to speak too long to them. On tuesday I think the medium I struck was happy and I had a jolly old time.
I know I must still have some creativity in me cause Caroline and I are always nipping and tucking Sandy Hole and its still lots of fun to do, also with Catface Cabaret I have to devise new comedy stuff throughout each show, be it in dance, song, stand-up or sketchy type stuff and I fully enjoy this, it consumes my thoughts and in a good way.
I just can't muster up the effort to include stuff thats in my mind in my stand-up set. I know thats lazy, but the yearning isn't there right now and I'm just being honest. Like, I don't find the prospect of driving to far away gigs with stand-up's I don't know, only to have conversations that aren't real, to then do a set I'm bored of, to then come all the way back. It's just not floating my boat at present.
I know people that are reading this will think I'm being well moany, but please dear reader, my frame of mind at present is positive. It's just freaking me out a bit that my normal stand-up Vs Mcing seem to be performed by two different people. They both get laughs and the job gets done, but my frame of mind on each seems to be at polar extremes. Hmmmm think on.....
So this week I went to weigh myself at Boots and they have a super duper deluxe scale that also tells you your height. So apparently I've shrunk. Measuring in at a mere 5ft 4.5! Whats that about I thought I was 5ft 6 inches. Oh well. This of course upped my BMI by another point. Bah so I'm even more over weight than I thought. Thanks alot Boots.
So this weekend sees me mainly doing over-time at MTV and then sunday night we have "A Night in Sandy Hole" on at the South London Theatre, this is the SECOND to last performance of this show. The final one is on Monday 26th at the Bath House in Soho. I would LOVE it if you could come along if you've never been and if you say CHORTLE AND THE WHEELIES you will get in for a mere £3.00. The show starts at 7:30pm and its literally 50 mins long so you can still get to bed at a reasonanble hour. Deal? Steal more like.
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