02/08/08
To Health and Back -
Categories: Ooh, Stephen Grant did read my blog post - how exciting. That's the Stephen Grant from off of from BBC's Inside Out news piece about illegal Guildford car races. Oh yeah, I've seen it.
Day something in the Edinburgh Fringe house, and so far I'm not ill. I always get ill at the fringe. Two years ago I had a taxi waiting for me outside of my venue waiting to take me to A&E as soon as I left the stage, having done the show that night entirely sitting down. Why? Well cos I'm fragile generally, plus my diet isn't great. I love fast food with a passion, and that, the late nights, the drinks in bars, and the weird hours all combine to cause my near-collapse every August. Although somehow I always end up blaming it on 'all the walking, especially the hills' - even though when you think about it, that's probably the only healthy thing I'm doing.
Well this year's different (I say that every year). No it is (yeah yeah). Honestly (prove it). You doubt me (yeah)? That one didn't work cos grammatically I'm meant to put the question mark after the thing in brackets, but then the 2nd voice thing looks like it's doing the questioning (I know). Anyway, my new regime has been as follows. Healthy eating - I've only had two bits of fast food since I've been here. Alright that's 2 in 5 days, but trust me, that's good for me. I once had a four-day stint where I ate no fruit and veg, and every food item was in batter. Not for a bet or anything - just cos I love it. And so yes, I will have my deep fried Mars Bar at some point, but I'm trying to put it off - so far it's been salads, stir-frys (or 'stir-fries'?), fruit, smoothies and vitamin C tablets.
And here's trick two - recommended to me by someone - bring your own microphone. The techies hate me of course, but before I start every show I unplug their mic and plug in my own. No offence to Dean Hagland, Rob Deering, the Big Value boys and anyone else in Baby Belly 1, but you might have germs, and I ain't getting 'em and falling ill.
Right, I'm off for some beers and a deep-fried kebab pizza.
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