i dreamed of biggsy and james last night, that we were all getting pissed up in the park on cider and wine, i kept thinking 'wow, we've been up all night, why aren't i tired?' then i got all distracted cause there was a monkey in the park, then i moved into a flat and al pacino decided to go out with me so i told simon to run away so al pacino didn't kill him so simon went 'yeah that's fine i wanted another girlfriend anyway' and he even added that he wouldn't even give me his address. blimey!
well, today is the day that i get back on track. nipped to london on thursday night having failed to get the job that i interviewed for and spent all day in the library at Leeds uni reading piles of books about crazy victorians.
on friday me and ricky (chloe's boyfriend) went to the Foundling Museum in central London. It's a house which was established in the 18th century as a home for foundling children. It was so popular that ladies would arrive with their babies and take part in a lottery to find out if the hospital would take their child. The most heartbreaking things were the tokens that the mothers left with their children, with the hope that they could return and collect them when they had some money, some of them left things like nut shells and bits of wire twisted into hearts, so so sad. It's a very surreal place to visit cause it is still just like a house, we arrived on the top floor and walked into a room which was lit by lamplight and had 3 people in it each sitting in armchairs reading and listening to Handel, one of whom was a vicar! We thought we'd wandered into a house! It was so bloody civilised!
anyway, all in all i recommend it as a nice afternoon out and an unusual insight into london, 90% of kids in london at that time who went into the workhouse died under the age of 5! unthinkable really. anyway there'll be more of that stuff in my book that i am making....
me and rick headed into Shepherd's Bush and met Chloe then queued for Mitchell and Webb at BBC television centre, i'd gotten audience tickets. the queue was HUGE, they give out about 4x too many tickets, it was f ing FREEZING too, lal made it from work at the last second and we all got in. The recording was about 2 1/2 hours long and a bit exhausting but lots of laughing.
headed back to FP for a late dinner and all felt revitalised for it, watched lots of Fast Show, forgot how bloody amazing it was.
saturday i headed for Victoria coach station and my 5 hour £5 coach journey. The driver was a bit of a dick as is always the case, however the coach was less than half full so i got a double seat to myself and was able to read and fall asleep. Was awoken when we stopped at milton keynes by the feeling of someone moving my bag and putting it on top of me, i woke up and someone had sat next to me, a lady with a really stale smelling leather jacket who was taking up half my seat, claustrophobia started creeping over me, looked around the coach and it was still nearly bloody EMPTY!! whyyy?? why did she need to move my bag and sit next to me? By now that floor heater thing had come on and was ROARING so I was absolutely boiling and squashed and the stale fag smell of her coat was circulating up my nose. unbelievable. i then lied and got off at wakey instead of leeds, little realising that my bag was in the leeds compartment so that caused loads of trouble then i walked across the coach park getting sworn at and beeped by all the drivers, bloody hell.
went out to Hansa's, an amazing vegetarian gudjarati restaurant in leeds with richard and michael, a lovely couple that we know, simon used to work with michael. Richard has stopped drinking so we even got driven from and to our door!luxury. fell into bed knackered and contented.
spent yesterday watching crap on i player and having a porridge and egg-fest. slept for hours and hours in the daytime.
SO heard on friday that i have an interview for an actual proper job which i am going to prepare for and really really try for.
now i am off to the studio to get going on my book, can't wait to get down there. I am sad because i have sold my lovely bike in cambridge, however it is totally impractical for wakey. gonna try and use the money for it to buy a folding-bike so i can take it on the train.
anyway, sorry if this has all been a bit boring!oops!
laters crazy potaters, OH YEAH
4PM TODAY AND TILL FRIDAY ITV CHLOE IS ON TELLY, COUNTRY HOUSE COOKING CONTEST!! WATCH IT!!
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