Hello Alexia,

I think I’ve read your post on Freak Revolution six, maybe seven times now. The first two times I cried, the other times I just I soaked up the words and I’ve carried them around with me ever since.

It shouldn’t be hard for me to remember who I really am, I’m never far away from the silliness that keeps me smiling, or the people who keep me both silly and smiling, but when this article first came to my attention I had forgotten, and I was in one hell of a self-inflicted mess. So I read your post over and over, dug out my journal and got to scribbling. The result was pleasing for several reasons:

The ‘F’ word is nowhere to be seen.

Sure, it defines me physically at the moment, but I am no longer ‘fat’ before anything else. There’s a hell of a lot going on. This is a breakthrough in itself, and maybe is the start to getting it fixed (properly this time too).

There is indeed a lot going on, and it’s all awesome.

I’m married to my best friend. I also have lots of very lovely close friends (close as in value, sadly not in geography… some I haven’t even met in person). I have a pretty decent day job. I live in a beautiful part of England. And I’m free to explore, dream, and play as much as I wish.

I’m a dreamer, and I’m not the only one.

Sharing my life with so many creative souls is wonderful. I have writers, drummers, photographers, musicians, actors and magicians in my circle of friends. Each of them inspire me to keep on dreaming and keep on playing.

I have a decent job (at last).

Still in admin, still in the public sector, but with enough to do to keep me interested. And doing that keeps me grounded and funds all the silly stuff.

I’m “The Comic”

I’m at my happiest when I’m making folks LOL (except when they LOL at the size of my arse, that’s different). I’m at my happiest when I’m putting together shows, or skits for parties. I’m also at my happiest when impersonating a bloke. Go figure. I cosplay as this chap, which is just as much fun as it looks, strutting around being all alpha male. What started as a silly joke at the weight loss group I shall not name, “The Guv” is now my alter ego and to be honest he gets away with a lot more than I do. He even has his own fan club.

He’s such a charmer. No wonder the ladies love him.

Thank you, Alexia, for challenging me to remember, notice and appreciate all of this. Here’s to us comics, dancers, insect-collectors, artists and dreamers… or, to put it another way:

Namaste,

Sam xx

I have a friend who is a complete music nut. She is forever finding new stuff for me to listen to and while some of it hasn’t quite rocked my world, there are few artists I’ll be forever grateful to her for introducing me to. One of them being Newton Faulkner.

My love of guitar players is well known around these parts. Newton’s guitar style is different to the type I usually go for. As a contrast to the loud, blood-pumping rock of my usual favourites, Newton’s style is relaxed acoustic but not in your traditional style.

This was the video my friend linked me to by way of introduction to Newton:

Playing ‘Teardrop’, his cover of the Massive Attack song which is perhaps better known these days as the theme tune to House.

If that performance doesn’t convince you, maybe his one-man interpretation of Bohemian Rhapsody will?

As for his own compositions, the gorgeous, relaxed tunes are accompanied by some beautifully witty lyrics:

“I feel like a muppet with a drunken puppeteer, but I’ll survive.” – Into The Light

“Tip-toe down the hall, open the door, find out that God is a small sausage roll.” – Full Fat

“I thought by now I could have figured it all out, but now I’m further back, feels kinda stupid.” – Ageing Superhero

And if that doesn’t convince you, maybe the ginger dreadlocks will?

Find out more here:

Hand Built by Robots on Amazon UK

Rebuilt by Humans on Amazon UK

Hand Built by Robots on Amazon US

Rebuilt by Humans on Amazon US

Newton’s Official Site

MSK Templates – Moleskine ® English.

I’ve just found this, and will no doubt be spending quite some time poking and playing… it’s a jolly interesting development, though!

I’ll post more thoughts when I’ve explored it a little more.

Stuff and Nonsense: Tuppence a Blog: LOST Comic – Ben Tells It Like It Is.

Explains why Ben Linus had to be introduced to the story gradually.

As I am hopelessly addicted to tv shows that give your brain the sort of ride it could expect in a magimix, it was only a matter of time before I hopped on the Lost bandwagon. Got caught up to season six over a few weeks and I’m still gloriously clueless about what’s going on.

While meandering around the webs absolutely not searching for pictures of Sayid looking windswept and interesting, I happened across a fine set of cartoons depicting some of the show’s finest moments so far”

Foggy Memories of Lost on Flickr and more foggy memories of lost here too

See you in another post, brotha.