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I trudged through the pretty incessant rain yesterday to register for the gym but their computer was down so I went away again and had a nap.<\/p>\n

But then I went back later and registered. Take that, expectations.<\/p>\n

The Pleasance gym is, it turns out, pretty nice. On the youthspeak spectrum that runs from “gay” to “sick”, it is definitely sick. Which means good. While gay, entirely erroneously and with more than a whiff of homophobia, means bad. I don’t make the rulez.<\/p>\n

A gym man took me on a tour. He showed to the CV area (where I would late resume<\/em> my exercise – geddit?) and then led me to a room full of giant barbells and giant men.<\/p>\n

“I don’t know if you’re interested in these sorts of weights…?”<\/p>\n

“Yeah, well, er, y’know… No, no. Just the little ones.”<\/p>\n

I did 3.5 miles on the treadmill, accompanied by one of the special running playlists I’ve set up on my iPod. Nerdcore hip hop for the win.<\/p>\n

Dashed off to see a show, had a big dinner (the gym had left me on negative calories for the day – I’m counting) and then came back to my room to do some writing.<\/p>\n

I’d been pondering a stand-up idea that, if I could pull it off, would be the most awesome piece of stand-up comedy ever written. I may be underselling it. I imagined it would take at least the rest of my time up here, absorb my every waking thought and slowly drive me insane. I pictured Mozart at the end of Amadeus<\/em>, frantically scribbling to complete my magnum opus, Salieri looking on jealously, wishing he was as funny, but he isn’t because he’s a composer so he should stick to what he knows and butt out.<\/p>\n

Finished the first draft in a couple of hours. I should’ve been pleased but I was slightly disappointed. It was too easy to be awesome. It wasn’t even that funny, although that can be an overrated way of measuring comedy. It was just some words, albeit in a spreadsheet. You know you’ve written a complicated script when you had to do it in Excel.<\/p>\n

Still, it did mean that I’d got that displacement activity out of the way (hello, blog) and I could get back to the writing I’m supposed to be doing up here.<\/p>\n

So I popped out for a drink at midnight and got to bed at 4. Welcome to Edinburgh.<\/p>\n

What I learnt today:<\/strong> The most important item I packed was my umbrella. Ella. Ella. Eh. Eh. Eh.<\/p>\n

Recommended show:<\/strong> Dan Antopolski, Tom Craine & Nat Luurtsema: Jigsaw<\/a><\/p>\n

Obligatory plug: I’m in Three Man Roast<\/a><\/strong>, 2.35pm weekdays and Saturday 20th at Finnegan’s Wake on Victoria Street – free entry. Also at the Amused Moose Comedy Awards Showcase<\/a> at the Pleasance Dome, 4pm on August 17th<\/strong> (book online<\/a>).<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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