I'm okay with other people's emotions. I'm happy to listen, happy to give advice where I can. I feel embarrassed showing my own, feel weak, feel like I'm dragging other people down. That's a bit of a problem, isn't it? I'm on a train to Edinburgh now, this itself pretty astonishing because two years ago …
Keeping at it
I go into every year optimistic about the same thing: this will be the year when I stick to using my daily planner. And every year I do slightly better before I inevitably forget about it. This might be a new record: beginning of January through the week of April 25th to May 1st. It's …
Three years in, y’all
I did it. Tiff’s decision to put me on at Old Rope came four weeks before the gig itself. Those four weeks were spent following my normal routine of attending the comedy night, with the underlying terror of knowing that soon that'd be me. It was to be my forty-fourth gig, and it felt like …
Brushes with fame
I have become one of the worst people with whom to watch panel shows, continually getting really excited and pointing out the people I know, then biting my tongue to stop myself. Yes, hello, did you realise I’ve met or know or am friends with a lot of comedians? Yeah, it’s fine. No big deal. …
What Do You See In The Mirror?
One of the best places in my world, and one I don’t visit anywhere near often enough, is the Wellcome Collection Reading Room. It’s a peaceful, soothing place with sections of plush carpeting, lots of interesting relics to look at, and, most importantly, cushion-lined stairs. It’s a dream. It’s nice to have a place to …
Glamming up, putting on a show
When I decided for a fact that I was going to move to London, I told everyone who would listen. It was an excellent tactic: by sharing my ambition with others, I was forcing myself to go through with it. I knew if I didn’t then I’d forever be asked about it, forever have people …
In which things start to come together in a major way
It’s a bit weird when things start to make sense. It’s weirder still the way that happens sometimes. Case in point: I mentioned previously how I’d been making friends in all sorts of unexpected places, and briefly mentioned someone I’d met in a vintage shop. Since that incident ended up leading to some major life …
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Three weeks in.
There’s this part of my brain that demands that I only talk about the positive parts of this, only remember the good. But that’s not really realistic, is it, particularly in the context of life changes? I pride myself on being very honest (years of not being able to lie even in the context of …
(sleep deprivation and beer)
There's this increasing carelessness that's been hitting me more and more with every passing day, every moment propelling me towards my goal. I was born in this city. I tend toward such a defeatist attitude at times (I can't even proportion properly, around so long and a mystery to myself even still), but I can't …
Design: Blog blog blog!
I mentioned yesterday how I used to know how to do HTML but I've forgotten...! but then I played around with things after giving WordPress all sorts of money, and now I remember. Mainly I remember that it was always just me poking and prodding at things until they turned out the way I wanted …
Leslie Ewing-Burgesse* 