08/07/07
No sleep till Brooklyn/Edinburgh -
Categories: I was going to attempt to blog daily, an idea that has been ruined by having to do stuff. Stuff always gets in the way but this stuff in particular was getting up at 5am two days in a row for this filming thing. 5am is an hour of the day that should never ever be classed as morning. 5am is only acceptable to be awake for when you have stayed up all night, or you are going on holiday. To get up at 5am to then be driven to some barracks at Aldershot to get rained on a lot is not in any way right and Aldershot is never ever a place for a holiday, despite being deceivingly far away (a normally automatic holday qualification). Hence a distinct lack of blog and a very long catchy up one today.
Saying that, the two days of filming were brilliant. Amongst other things I got to go in a helicopter which made me over excited and hyper like a kid on sweets. I subsequently texted three of my friends to tell them how ace it was, only to receive three texts saying (in order) 'hahaha you wanker', 'arse', and 'motherfucker', which immediately made me feel like somehow going in a helicopter was for wankers. The power of good friends to make you feel like a twat no matter the occasion. Good times.
There were some truly great people on the shoot. One of the actors was this huge guy who did all his own stunts and is soon to be playing a man in a Nicholas Cage film as 'a cop who gets hit by a car', a role I think many would be jealous of. He had some truly amazing tales about various things including a scar on his face from being hit by a broadsword, and a great tale about being sunk in a helicopter and having to break his way out and swim 15ft to the surface of the Bristol channel. Without thinking I immediately told him how 'cool' that was and that I'd love to do something like that. This couldnt be further from the truth, but I created the illusion that despite all appearances I have no fear and am an adrenaline rush junkie. This was ruined in the next 30mins by the high pitched squeel I made when the helicopter took off and my status was again reduced to little bearded scaredy twat. Damn.
Edinburgh wise, we had a preview yesterday afternoon that went really well and made us both feel better after our stinker the week before. We've made a couple of small changes that seemed to make a huge difference, which is the sort of lazy result I like. We did also do the child abuse incest gag infront of my nan, and she didnt understand it so a result we are all happy with. Next preview is monday and so far we have a pre-booked audience of one. So good practice for Edinburgh then.....
Got a set at the Kings Head tonight, and am a bit dubious as I havent done a stand-up gig for two weeks due to sketch show practice. Was gonna use tonight for new material, but have managed not to write any, again. Feeling extremely rusty and have a horrible feeling it may just suck and I'll die on my arse or revert to old material I am bored to shit with. Good times.
Sorry for the lengthy blog, more frequent and shorter blogs to follow! Huzzah! (More use of the word huzzah too! Huzzah again!)
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