11/08/08
Day of Rest -
Categories: I was halfway through writing another blog that I meant to post up yesterday. That blog was going to contain much criticism of the quality of reviews that are being given this festival. I realise that this may have seemed bitter, but I generally think most of the lesser publications and in one publication in particular are hiring children to write things. Reviews have had the worst grammer and sentence structuring I have seen since primary school, and most of them do not seem to know what they are talking about. Our reviewer for Tea and Cake stated that we were very talented but the show went over her head. Its not cryptic, its sketches. It did make me laugh for a very long time.
Anyway, I was going to write about it but it appears someone already has and bloody funny it is too:
http://www.chortle.co.uk/about/2008/08/11/7210/three_weeks_edaily_the_edinburgh_festival_sorted
Last night I had a night off from the stand-up and today was the day off from Tea and Cake. Its a shame they didn't match up so I had one full day off, but it has meant I've had some sleep. I was in a mess after a weekend of boozing, and it all hit me when I turned up at Fringe Sunday feeling like I might keel over and barely able to speak without my throat snapping. I managed to gain some willpower and after watching Kitson's superb show and a much needed nice dins with my parents, I decided against the odds to stay in with my old friend thats with us for a few days and just drink tea and chat. As a result I feel somewhat alive again, and ready to tackle the onslaught of gigs that start again tomorrow. After this week, I'm going to make a conscious effort to gig less next week and enjoy myself a bit more.
Managed to see Pippa Evans show today. She's all a bit talented, and its all a bit bloody good. I'm sure there's a newcomer nomination there.
There is a cool pic of me in my hat hosting the List Launch party last week, in the current edition of the List. Will try and post it if I can find it. Unlike fellow blogger Stephen Grant I haven't managed to do much pic stuff due to lack of ability in computers. I finally got my laptop back today (after being given the wrong one and taking someone else's home with me! Yes I did have a look at their computer. Very dull though sadly.) so we'll see what can be done.
Off to write some new stuff, then possibly out for a drink again later....
Comments:
Poor spelling is fine though, eh? ;)
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11/08/08 @ 21:24 Incidentally I spell check everything on my blog, but it only seems to use an American spell checker. My minor level OCD cannot handle the squiggly red marks under words so I systematically just get it to auto-correct. Blame the USA.
:-)
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