16/08/06
Wiffley woo -
Categories: I just got a nice little message from Chortle about the Boy whose name was Jim. So here's the link, for anyone that's interested:
http://www.cs.rice.edu/~ssiyer/minstrels/txt/809.txt
I very much enjoyed my day off yesterday, thank you. Did go to a party last night; but I was very good and didn't really drink, despite the free bar (that's a first) - so that either means I'm getting very old, or I really do care about my show. I think it's the latter.
I hope so.
Hello.
Some of you may have read the slightly opinionated things I said in response to one of my reviews. I decided to take them down in the end - as it felt a bit like having a videotape of me, of one particular day when I was uncharacteristically upset, broadcast to lots of people. It's not really representative of who I am, and I think I might have come across a bit like a child who had a tantrum because someone didn't like the picture they drew.
Although I think I did make some valid points on the art of reviewing in general. And it's a very difficult thing to have to deal with - to have someone come and judge your work, who may only have about 10 minutes to form an opinion and write about you; when their opinion can count for so much in terms of affecting sales and so on. And if they don't 'get' what you're trying to do, it can be so frustrating - but there we are.
Pish.
As Shakespeare might have said.
Did Shakespeare say pish? I'm not sure.
There are some people who say and do exactly what they think and want; and I respect them very much for it. I'm at the beginning of my career so I guess I need to be more careful before I go throwing opinions about the place.
But it's a strange relationship we have with one another - performers / journalists / publicists / promoters - there are certain ways one is supposed to act and certain things one is and is not supposed to say. It's the way of things I know, but at times I still find it odd - because at the end of the day we're all just people - and shouldn't we be judged on what we think and know and feel and how we act; rather than what job we do or how we fit in to this weird hierarchy of society...
Oh pah, it's far too early for me to be making crude hypotheses about the world.
I have a show today. Yey!
Bumblelion has a hangover - he went out on the razz last night and ended up trying to climb Arthur's Seat. He didn't get very far, because he's only 8 inches tall.
I have to go and make porridge now.
Ruth x
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