November 5, 2008
Hmm, haven’t updated this for a while.
It’s been a strange few weeks. I’m slipping further and further into poverty. Well, as long you accept my definition of poverty as being in a house with heating and food but not being able to justify spending an hour in Starbuck’s every day reading the Guardian.
I’ve just got to face up to the fact that I need to get a job. I do feel like a bit of a failure. I think it was right to leave my last job. I had stopped caring about it as much as I should have done and that wasn’t fair to boss who had been very good to me. And living the life of a care free artist has been fun. But I seriously have no money. I’ll take anything. Waiting on tables, working in a shop or temping in an office. The only stipulation is that I don’t have to wear a hat. I’ve spent enough years in jobs with hats. In fact I think I may still have both the KFC and Burger King hats at home. Perhaps I could ebay them to some young people as hilarious retro festival wear.
What has been reassuring is speaking to other people who do the same kind of thing as me who are also having to supplement it with real work. It’s nice to know other people aren’t doing well.
Anyway, I’ve just updated my Myspace profile with the gigs I’ve got booked between now and Christmas and I’d thought I’d share them here.
The most exciting one is on the 19th of November where I’m interviewing writer and League Of Gentleman member Mark Gatiss in front of an audience. It’s a new thing to do which is always good fun and I can pretend I’m Parky.
Entry Filed under: comedy, life and stuff. Tags: comedy gigs, work.
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