RichardHerring.com - Warming Up

Thursday 8th May 2008

Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100

I wonder why the 15 year old me thought that the details of my masturbatory life would be interesting to anyone, to make it worth recording. I clearly imagined that there would be future readers of my diary who would find such shabby details vitally important or worthy of their time. Of course, as it turned out, the observation would be of interest to thousands of strangers, though not for the reasons I thought.

Wednesday 7th May 2008

Wed, 07 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Steve Brown sent us a rough first draft of a couple of the images that will merely form a part of the final image. I said he would prove his worth if he made Collings look mean and I have to say the photographer surpassed himself. Look at that photo. I am a bit scared to think that that brute is coming round to my house on Friday. I might just shit my pants. Remember this is just a taster. I have a feeling that the final images are going to be just a little bit amazing. And hilarious.

Tuesday 6th May 2008

Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100

The Collings and Herring podcast has been spreading its evil tendrils throughout the world. On the whole people seem to like it and appreciate the efforts of two once great and successful broadcasters who are making a tinny sounding show in the attic of one of their houses. I think people also appreciate that we do it for no obvious return. Though, of course there are always people who don't appreciate that. But then they have to live with being those kind of people and so we shouldn't feel sorry for them.

Monday 5th May 2008

Mon, 05 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Today I was a nomad. I decided to try and walk off last night's excesses by seeing how long it would take to walk into the centre of London. Not the most direct route either, that would be easy. I wanted to follow the course of my favourite river in the world, the Thames. Which was lucky as it is the only river that goes there. If I had tried to get to central London by walking along the Amazon then I would have been in for a long and ultimately disappointing trek.

Sunday 4th May 2008

Sun, 04 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Had an old school 2007 style night in with a pizza and booze and chocolate (yeah, I'm back on it, but I have it in control - I could give up any time) and DVDs. It was lush.
There hadn't been much in the DVD shop that I wanted to see, but finally plumped for "Magicians". I wasn't hoping for too much from it, to be honest, as it seemed to have come and gone pretty quickly from the cinemas.

Saturday 3rd May 2008

Sat, 03 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100

The arse end of the "Oh Fuck I'm 40" tour continues - just two more performances after tonight - and I wound up in Chipping Norton this evening. I don't think I have ever been here before and as I remarked on stage I was slightly surprised to find that it was a real place, having thought it might have just been made up as a joke name for a comedy sketch.
I am not entirely convinced that it hasn't. Maybe the sketch writers have just taken their joke to elaborate lengths by building the town and paying actors to pretend to live there.

Friday 2nd May 2008

Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Shame on you London. Half of you are idiots. In fact half of you didn't vote at all, so that probably makes three quarters of you who are idiots. I liked the fact that even Boris Johnson looked contrite after Ken, his voice cracking, gave his speech after losing. I recognise the look. It's the one I pull when I arrive on a TV set to see that dozens of people have been working for weeks to create some ridiculous set that I have created for a sketch or sit-com. The face says, "Shit, it was only a joke!"