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Date: 19/08/11
Author: Tom

Wow, I really can’t see a project through, can I? It’s been ages since my last post, simply because I find it difficult to continue to write things that I feel are interesting enough to expose people to, or even write about day to day experiences in a way that doesn’t just sound like the contents of a tea stained piece of paper found on a hanging, decomposing body in a rat infested bedsit. My, that quickly degenerated into nightmarish nonsense (hmm, maybe I should re-name my blog “Nightmarish Nonsense” and have the background a picture of me pulling a smug, quirky, gurning face, perhaps whilst wearing a bowler hat…)

Anyway, yeah, I can’t see a project through… Or can I? Probably not, but for the purposes of ever finishing this post let’s say there’s a chance. Example - I’m up in Edinburgh at the moment for the Fringe Festival performing a run of original play “Killing Bill Gates”. This is my first time at the fringe, and indeed my first time in Scotland. I’ve been here for about 2 weeks and I think I’ve finally settled into the routine of wake up, eat cheerios, watch daytime TV (whoever said the media is a holdout of slackers?), meet up with people, go flyering, attempt to give flyers to attractive women for no reason other than the fact that I am a lonely, deluded individual, change into costume, perform, eat/drink, go home, more TV, sleep…

It’s actually more interesting than it sounds, and whilst there have been some undeniable lows (mainly involving attractive women mistaking you for a mugger during flyering), there have also been some fantastic moments, and I’m glad I didn’t completely sell myself short and chicken out at the last minute, as is one of my usual qualities.

Unfortunately, due to a combination of post show tiredness and spending a worryingly large amount of my time at the fringe drinking, I’ve not managed to see many big-name, ticketed peformers, however, I have seen a few up and coming acts that are genuinely deserving of greatness. Of particular note are “Bad Bread”, “Oliver Meech” and a slam poet who’s name escapes me which is unfortunate as this was supposed to be a plug *sigh*.

Anyway, I should probably bring this entry to an end, so all that’s left is for me to thank the kind folk who put me up in Edinburgh (and don’t kick me out for my strange, troubled sleep talking): Ben, Huw, Kenny and Luke. Thanks guys!

- Tom