12/09/06
That was a bit wanky -
Categories: That was a bit wanky that last post, eh? Just shows you what the Edinburgh fringe does to your head...
So, what the fuck am I doing here again?
Well.
Straight after Edinburgh, that Steve Chortle bloke sent us emails mooting the idea of doing blogs all year round. Well, I say 'us' - I only know for a fact that he sent them to me and Stephen Grant, but I assume it's an open offer. Or maybe it's first come first served? That's why I'm here at 5.30am getting my dibs in. I shouldn't have even mentioned the emails should I? That might cause trouble if he doesn't want other people to do them... Oh well, too late now...
My initial reaction was to reject the offer. I really enjoyed doing my Edinburgh blog - far more than I'll ever let on publicly - but the thing about it is, there was something immediate to talk about everyday. I didn't think I could manage to keep it going on normal days. Plus, I may have been starting to use it like a cheap psychiatrist and it was getting to the point that I HAD to do my blog which didn't sit entirely well with me. Especially when you catch yourself, as I have a few times over the past few weeks, missing it.
Then I mentioned the all year blog thing in passing to my manager and he said it would be a "good thing" to do professionally. I think he thinks it will keep me occupied and believing I am doing 'work' so I'll stop whining about not having enough gigs. I know that there's probably benefits, not least of all like Richard Herring's brilliant "warming up" blog on his website, it would get me writing every day rather than sitting glued to the Playstation (which is on downstairs right now - Lego Star Wars II which I am ploughing through and yes I know it's mainly for children but I quite like that in a game plus I find it charming not like the Reservoir Dogs game which I completed in a sulky night last week whilst muttering "this is shit" over and over before flogging it on Ebay the next day - damn Tesco's no-returns policy on games). That said, unlike Richard Herring when he started his one, I don't actually have a book commissioned to be warming up to writing. I wrote my first novel last year but according to the publishing people it isn't "high concept" enough for a first novel so I have to write another one with that rather broad critique in mind.
Then there is the people that have told me they miss reading the blog, which is always such a nice thing to hear. Like, genuinely it is. I really didn't think anyone would bother with it, so when people said (and say) nice things it's lovely really.
Anyway - I'm waffling. Look - point is - I'm going to ressurect this blog, that's what I'm getting round to saying. I don't know what I'll be talking about on my no-gig days, but you can bet your bottom dollar - just like the Edinburgh one - it will be self-indulgent as fuck and a pain in the arse for me to keep doing. I'm not promising EVERY day - not a cat in hell's chance of that - but I'll do it regularly and pointlessly enough for people to get annoyed with it and start slagging me.
As a reward for me doing this, Steve Bennett has kindly agreed to put an up-to-date photo on my review page, update my "History" bit, and have a photo of me pop-up whenever there is a link to a story about Rob Rouse. In an ideal world I would have had Steve buy me a new laptop in a sort of golden handcuffs deal because mine is truly shagged (even my rich computer whizzkid younger brother couldn't fix it but then again he kept saying that he was a 'programmer' so wouldn't be able to, whatever that means) but I don't think it's gonna happen.
So there you go - that's a sort of reintroduction done.
If you don't like it - don't read it.
(Although the next post will be especially exciting because I am going to tell you a secret that I found out in Edinburgh that I think will be of great interest to very many comedians that were up at the Fringe. It's something that I didn't know already which is saying something cos I tend to have all the inside info normally. Pretty fucking exciting eh? )
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