4997 - I Can Get Me Some Satisfaction

No time to write this yesterday, busy
All the way through from morning to the night
First with work, then socialising on the
Internet til I was all out of fight
Early as eleven turned out the light
I do find it hard sometimes to join in
Sometimes I can't be bothered, don't feel right
But usually I do get some enjoyment
And that leaves me with some satisfaction
Which then keeps me more mentally healthy
Like anything, must make it a habit
Or else the habit becomes forgotten
Laziness wins, atrophy, apathy
Where nothing matters, life becomes a blight

Fri 1 May

4965 - Walls have ears

Woke up early, but had gone to bed late
Knocking back booze watching Amy Winehouse
And Michael Jackson documentaries. State
I was in, I did well, worked extra hours
Worked until six, with calls that time devours
Or is it the calls that devour the time?
Missed exercises out, ate, while ideas
About tonight's video were in my mind
I sat in the hall between doors, trying
To find a way to sound-proof, insulate
My embarrassing sketches from neighbours'
Ears, speaking too quietly. Almost a crime
I feel I must whisper, harming my art
And reducing the YouTube view numbers

Mon 30 March

4964 - Video ketchup

It seems as though the subtitling has not
Been a waste of time, I can see them on
YouTube at least. although there was a spot
Of bother, not visible on my phone
Last night I thought I'd worked hard but I'd blown
It, wasted my time, got depressed and stopped
Drinking, ate cos I was hungry, then gone
To bed, although a part of me still hoped
It had worked, and it had. Now I have popped
Subtitles on five songs, now they might get
More views on YouTube, that is what I want
I'm encouraged now, learn to edit, crop
Reveal, merge, combine, do the simple shit
Others are all doing, and long have been

4963 - Grey day

What a day, what an evening, ended bad
I exercised for the sixth time this week
I recorded a video in my bed-
Room, despite neighbour noises. Don't be meek
I thought. Screw them, don't be afraid, snowflake!
It was Gay Bar, become Grey Bar. Not great
Singing, must up my game, vocals were weak
I must improve, or it is all a waste
Of time. Ideas are strong, but I must face
The vocal challenge, or the vids look sad
I haven't uploaded it though. Tried to seek
Out help for adding subtitles. And twice
I painstakingly did them. But I could
Not see them on my phone. IT's a freak!

4953 - Absinthe makes it hard to ponder

A reasonable day at home, working
Bit tired and hungover, to be honest
From last night and some absinthe imbibing
But coped okay, overcame mental mist
Gradually, as the online meetings forced
My brain into action. Facebooked a bit
But in the back of my mind, knew the test
Of success today would be doing a vid
What's more, though not til 9pm, I did
And it was based on today's news breaking
About schools closing from Friday. That's best
But it should've been long done, not delayed
A short speech culminating in a song
But couldn't put it on YouTube, damn, blast!

4901 - Going going going

Sunday, a bit of a failed day today
It's my crap phone and Dropbox both combined
Trouble uploading anything, all day
Kept trying, but it was a long, failed grind
I'll hope another day will be more kind
My only consolation, a booking
Of a holiday literally just round
The corner - mid-February, it's looming -
Me and Josephine then will be flying
To Lisbon for three or four days to stay
In the much-praised Portuguese stomping ground
Even before Prague with Helen, happening
Soon. Hope the office lets me go away
And hope my tech demons to hell confined!

4896 - Life is short, but farts are long

I've worked so hard today, got so much done
That all I wanna do now is relax
One thing I'll do during relaxation
Is load my comedy videos from last
Sunday onto Dropbox, after I've axed
The many ones from that site that I no
Longer need, as my space on there's maxed
So I'll do that next, then I'll watch a show
And upload the new stuff. Harry will go
To London for two days, so then I can
Safely film my third Sprite sketch while the flat's
Empty, and also try new stuff out so
It can go on YouTube. All sounds like fun
For all I've done lately, I deserve claps!

4887 - It'll be all right on the Sprite

Still recovering from yesterday in more
Ways than one, but although I'm physically
And mentally drunk, I did recover
And went on to do quite a lot, really
Wrote a new Sprite sketch which is quite funny
Looked at Prague flights, went shopping, searched for nights
Out, planned the next few nights, so much to see
Comedy, films, and all stuff that excites
Think I'll go to the Frog and Bucket, might
See some acts I know from Worst Night take the floor
Will they survive, or raised cards will they see?
Was tired, but took a new song to Worst Night
Good response to Walking In Austria
A new video for YouTube, hopefully!

4877 - Freddie's dead

Decent night's sleep, went to work, tried to catch
Up with it all, so complicated, though
Listening to ASAP Rocky as I walked
Home. Exercised, third time this week, on floor
Then listened to the Fred West podcast more
Played uke, Harry in his room must have heard
Last night's YouTube posts had comments before
I've even publicised them. Is the word
Getting out? I hope so, as I'm so bored
With marketing, telling people to watch
It'd be great if I didn't need to
Self-publicity's strictly for the birds
But, though I hate to do it, oh so much
I must post links on social media

4876 - All isn't quiet on New Year's Day

I'm tired now, although I stayed in all day
I was up late on New Year's Eve of course
And what did I do with my time today?
The main thing was sorting my videos
Getting them all on my computer, those
Awkward ones that seem to take forever
To upload to Dropbox, but the year's closed
With all of them watched, uploaded, all there
And put on YouTube ready for viewer
Enjoyment. Finished Disgraceland, will play
Two albums talked about on Jake B's shows
Namely, Todd Rundgren and also rapper
ASAP Rocky. The twenties underway
Hope things remain fun without any pause!

4871 - The weekend is postponed here

Woke early, very tired, but excited
Thinking tonight I'd go out with Helen
Firstly to watch Mike Joyce's DJ set
At Yes, and then from there, we could go on
Extending hopefully a long night's fun
To K2 karaoke bar, China-
Town, a place I've heard of but not yet been
But when checking the Yes address, I'm a
Little confused, the date had changed kinda
Secretly, suddenly, before we met
To Saturday. Given this confusion
And both our family commitments, kinder
To us and all of them, we thought, to wait
Til next Friday, then we'll have a good one!

4858 - Cold cold Christmas

A boring day at home, and cold throughout
The boiler's dead and I sat in my coat
I was recovering from my drinking bout
So took it easy, played uke note for note
Along with some Spotify tunes by rote
In the evening, forgot my shivers by
A fun spell on Facebook, though still not put
My songs on from a week ago, so I
May do that on Monday, when at last my
New boiler is installed, when I will shout
For joy, whack the heat on, remove my coat
Looking forward to the heat, I won't lie!
Meanwhile, was so engrossed in online chat
Match of the Day was completely forgot!

Sat 14 Dec

4834 - My Tube

Responses to my great YouTube channel
Have been received from strangers who love it
They called me 'God' - it fits me very well
Not because I'm even close to perfect
But because they liked my humour, that's what
Matters, and that the videos are being seen
By people out there who I've never met
I'm taking advantage of the machine
That is the internet, irony being
That I'm the least technical guy of all
And hate networking, messaging and shit
I was so happy, had to drink, but seemed
Still able to compose a song, oh well
It's all so easy now as I create

4832 - Wading through treacle time

I feel, like this time last year, I'm behind
With Edinburgh prep, though it's true I did
Some thinking early September around
What my second year's show could be - a good
Start, based on Amanda's advice, then, hard
Though it was, went back on Facebook, putting
My videos on there for all to see, weird
New ones shot, with friends' help, them appearing
With me in them. But still I'm not doing
Enough. Soon the guilt will spur me to find
The way to get a move on like it did
Last year. It's so tough just motivating
Myself. I don't have the drive. But if kind
People help like last year, then try I should

4784 - Has beans

A nice day indoors sheltered from the rain
Spent nothing, just doing what I felt like all
Day. Exercised, watched Boris, who explained
The 'humbug' incident showed no ill will
To women who receive death threats that kill
On occasion, as Jo Cox showed back then
Read The Guardian. Comedy review spilled
The beans that Eddie Izzard's new show went
Down not so great, then read all the comments
Which linked to Question Time 2016
Izzard was a rabbit in headlights, fool
On YouTube, then watched Star Stories. Helen
Recommended it. George Michael and then
Take That. Hilarious. Worked two hours. Ate well

4781 - I advance, smashed

I feel so energetic that I must
Go get some booze, I'll do that fairly soon
Feel like a blow-out, it's a week since last
Time, and since then I've exercised, I've been
Filming with some pals in a park, and seen
The results, and they're good. I hope it will
Increase my comedic reputation
The way things are going gives me a thrill
By posting entertainment I may still
Be able to advance without the cost
Of constant social media duty on
Facebook and Instagram, though now I still
Fancy Twitter for networking and such
Maybe even Linked In? Hard work, but fun?

4780 - Live and too direct

I've been watching live footage from the House
All evening, prorogation is ended
With much invective shooting from their mouths
As they stand or still sit on green benches
I must admit, the Tories seem indeed
To be in the lead despite court's finding
The PM to have somewhat contravened
The law or constitution in lying
About the motive for the proroguing
Boris has had to fly back, furious
It appeared, with being thus so frustrated
But gradually his tone was softening
As he was roundly criticised for most
Aggressive speeches. Me? Been uploading...

4767 - Exercise 101

Decent night's sleep, felt quite energetic
Enough to do my mat exercises
Also tonight, once more played a mean uke
Playing along to funk and rock classics
No matter how hard, seemed to play with ease
For two hours twenty minutes. In the end
I had to stop. It's getting late and these
Other things need to get done, like send
This sonnet into cyberspace. Defend
The impossible, that's our politics
And Question Time's on later. Laugh at this
Programme, you may as well, as they offend
And interrupt each other, Commons schtick
Brought into once polite TV studios

4765 - Cogs within cogs

Back in the office. This week, much to do
I'm doing my best, quite liking the challenge
At first, when I took this job, it seemed too
Vague, almost pointless, and that didn't change
How different now, with Brexit being the hinge
On which it's swung around to so busy
Fortunately, I'm learning the vast range
Of internal groups in HMRC
I wasn't aware of previously
When back home, pleased to see that there were new
Likes for Bony Productions Facebook page
That I'd previously kept in secrecy
A silly approach that I've now reviewed
In the evening, I went out with some friends

Tue 10 Sep

4764 - Positive turn of events

Worked at home, the smart meter man cometh
Went out in the rain, Debs the caretaker
Was standing there. She said, for what it's worth
Smart meters only work on the ground floor
I'm on the second floor, two floors higher
This turned out to be true, but he still stayed
Putting new meters in for the future
Meaning my work time was badly delayed
While waiting, uploaded videos I'd made
Onto Facebook, where there had been a dearth
Of new posts by me for six months or more
It's something I'd previously been afraid
To do. But self-analysis gave me strength
To be proactive and overcome fear

Mon 9 Sep