drove all the way from swansea to suffolk last friday. left at ten am and still failed to get to gig. the traffic was bad, a mixture of friday and bank holiday effect. the booker was not happy but then neither was i. i was down financially on the cost of fuel, hire car plus hotel. The hotel is travelodge haverhill, i like it, it’s inexpensive, well it is on a friday. The following morning i drove east for half an hour, through the quaint villages of essex…to Borley. There i found the site of the ‘Most haunted house in England’ Borley Rectory. Nothing much to see, just fields and tress, and an old parish church. Then i drove back home. but it took me at least 2 hours to get to the M4. when i got to reading services i stopped, and took out my laptop – on opening my ebay site the first thing i saw was that i had sold my copy of Harry Price’s ‘The Most Haunted House in England’ for £70. sounds good, but it cost me £60.

actually i don’t feel great these last dew days and weeks. a lethargic stupor is a good way of describing my innards. Still reeling from all that shit i went through last year online, and more recently the rejection at the hands of NCL. and i don’t mean an american football club… The reticence of a new day, a new decade fills me with inertia. But i guess i’ve had a good run, i have done various things and comedy has taken me to many places, including my heart of darkness. went to some village and bought – unnecessarily – some diecast model cars. No way will i make any money on them, what am i doing ?? just cluttering up the house.

went to see Alien Romulus with Jeanie. it’s full of the usual alien tropes, bang bang bang one on top of the other. yes the effects, the way it’s done is brilliant. But…well you know. When i saw the first one I took it that Ripley was a grown adult while in this one the crew seemed to be kids. or is that my aged perspective? The ending is the usual Alien fare, the heroine narrowly escapes, and brings back not cat not a girl but an android. Seems to be a surprise ending would have enlivened affairs, why not have the alien kill everyone?! i mean this film is set between Alien and Aliens so there’s no sequel….

Or is there ?

Saw Lucas. saw Anna in Cinema and Co. got something booked in there for december. the september gig in llanberis is now cancelled – lack of ticket sales plus every time i book an act it seems they pull out, it’s too much hassle. The potential gigs i have contacted – that is venues where i have tried to set something up – don’t ever get back to me despite them sounding interested. Though i did pick up a good gig for next year in carmarthen golf club (or is it rugby), and that came from me doing a gig in Saint Clares.

Following on the advice i got from Lucas – Gareth not George – i bought star wars figures in the Entertainer shop in the Quadrant for 4 quid each. He reckons i could sell them for double that. I told gareth about an amazing film i saw on Youtube: Battle Heater. a japanese surreal, ludicrous, hilarious horror comedy. In in an electric heater comes alive. Definitely an original.