I’m sitting in a Pret in Waterloo gingerly drinking Chai Latte through numb lips. I’ve got a suit on and a leather jacket over it. The suit was for the tape in the morning, the jacket for pragmatism. I can’t find my overcoat (!) I got an unexpected lift into town and didn’t really think about the fact I’d end up going out dressed like this. Once again I’m accidentally doing something that I’ll have to sell as a deliberate style choice, like with last summer when I basically wore my sunglasses all day and long into the evening for the simple reason that I didn’t want to pay for contact lenses. Leather jacket and suit goes well. Walking boots and trilby accessorise it perfectly.
The lips are numb from root canal funtime.
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That’s one tooth finished but oh God there’s still so much work to be done. It’s good that the acting seems to be in flow again, as the other lovely weird day jobs seem to have fallen off. Keep building like this and see if it is finally time to quit the day job, that’s the hope. Not that I’m capable of quitting the many day jobs unless I’m forced. The ADHD makes me need my constant external focus so I don’t start wanting to obliterate myself again instead.
I’ll go see my friend Flavia once the anesthetic has worn off, and then there’s some sort of networking event at The Young Vic in a few hours and I’m making myself attend. It’ll only take me seriously if I take IT seriously, this absurd game I’m playing with my life. And damn but I enjoy it.
Tape went well this morning, although I woke up with red eyes and had to leave it right up until the last second to get the scene down. Tom was awake so I roped him in as cameraman. We had to rush it but I managed not to let that energy inform the work. I edited my friend’s voice on Twisted Wave and played it through my iPad. I’m happy with the result. I have… a feeling about it.
Dawn light was bollocks though. I had to set up a lamp. Enough with the grey already!
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What a joyous evening. Loads of people in the arts from my old school, shooting shit. I only met one though and it turns out he’s in The Archers. I’ve probably heard him a hundred times. I hate networking, but I guess it’s part of everything. I think I was the only person without a business card.