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Jan 25, 20152 min read

Elf's Diary Entry #22 - Love

LOVE This is less a blog entry and more a caffeine induced splurge of ""AAAAH LIFE IS GREAT ISN'T IT?""". I blame reading Lena Dunham's...

Jan 23, 20153 min read

Elf's Diary Entry #21 - Writers Block and Take Two

I am faced with my first encounter of 2015 with Writers Block. That old chum. Every time I try to write my brain fogs up, my arms get...

Jan 21, 20151 min read

Elf's Diary Entry #20 - MUST. SLEEP. NOW

I have to be up in 4 hours. Yes. 4 hours. To go to Portishead. To film. I haven't learnt my lines yet*. (I've been too busy writing jokes...

Jan 20, 20153 min read

Elf's Diary Entry #18 - My day in Cambridge with one of my true loves.

It's 00:07. I am sitting in an old student room in Pembroke College, Cambridge. I am sitting on teh end of an old World War II Campbed...

Jan 19, 20153 min read

Elf's Diary Entry #17 - Gym, Gigs, Italian Food and FEMINISM!

Right, So I have effectivley bollocked up my whole 'Dry January' thing with the last four days being a complete wipe out on my liver. ...

Jan 18, 20152 min read

Elf's Diary Entry #16 - A small joyful post

Duck Flu is completed! Many obscure things have occurred in the last 24 hours. It is pretty unbelievable how much love a body can...

Jan 17, 20153 min read

Elf's Diary Entry #15 - The Scavenger and the Cactus

I am arguably the crappest flat mate ever. Not for any genuine terrible reason, but I would not be suprirsed if my flat mates had spent...

Jan 16, 20152 min read

Elf's Diary Entry #14 - Popularity is the slutty little cousin of prestige.

My room is very slutty at the moment. I mean Slutty in the old fashioned sense. There is crap everyewhere. Artistic crap, but crap none...

Jan 14, 20153 min read

Elf's Diary Blog Entry #13 - The Worry Dishwasher

It's 23:49. I'm in my old room, surrounded by my puppetts and bookshelves. My bedroom is being pummelled from 3 sides by the wind. It...

Jan 13, 20153 min read

Elf's Diary Blog Entry #12 - The Eldest Prodigal Daughter returns home

I missed yesterday's blog. Naughty me. The reason behind this is because I decided to up sticks and stay on the sofa of my longest and...

Jan 12, 20152 min read

Elf's Diary Blog Entry #11 - Duck Flu & Ghost Grandad

Nothing brings joy more easilly than gooogling pictures of Elton John. If you don't believe me, do it NOW. Finally back in the cavernous...

Jan 11, 20153 min read

Elf's Diary Blog Entry #10 - The Artist, The Comedian and The Clown

Technically it is Sunday the 11th, at 00:30am, though this is my reflection of the 10th. I need to learn to start falling asleep earlier...

Jan 9, 20154 min read

Elf's Diary Entry #9 - MY THEATRE RECOMMENDATIONS

I'm in the bath. Yes, you read that right. I am currently typing in the bath, listening to The Hunter by Slaves on BBC Radio 6 - my bath...

Jan 8, 20153 min read

Elf's Diary Entry #8 - #JeSuisCharlie and sober secrets

It's 22:56 on Thursday the 8th. Last night I wrote my entry for Wednesday 7th at 00:30. Unfortunately due to my laptop's own weaknessess...

Jan 7, 20151 min read

Elf's Diary Entry #7 - Too tired to write well,

Note to self: Write these damn blogs EARLIER In the day. It's 1:035am on Wednesday though this is technically the blog for Tuesday. I...

Jan 5, 20153 min read

Elf's Diary Entry #6 - Overall just a very pleasurable day

It's 23:40pm, I'm listening to 'Back in the Tall Grass' by Future Islands and the zombie foot is still going strong with the 'I'm about...

Jan 4, 20154 min read

Elf's Diary Entry #5 - HOW TO BEAT THE JANUARY BLUES

Day Four of 2015! I've been reading Alan de Boitton's 'The Consolations of Philosophy' over the last couple of days, and today I was...

Jan 4, 20153 min read

Elf's Diary Entry #4 - One ill foot and a powdery room….

Day Three of 2015! Today has been a productive day of mini victories and bizarre losses* One mild downer is I am heading to bed with a...

Jan 2, 20157 min read

Elf's Diary Entry #3 - Top Books of 2014

One new years resolution for me this year, inspired by Richard Herring, is to blog every day. I love writing, yet am very shy about my...

Dec 23, 20143 min read

Elf's Diary Entry #2 - New Year New Resolutions

2014 has been a brilliant year. A tough year, but a year all about carrying out ones ideas, being entrepenurial and working hard, despite...