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It's Over Now

Sunday 11th September 2011

The Edinburgh Festival has finished and I can't be sure it wasn't all a dream. It was a brilliant, stressful and fun experience, and I expect part of me is going to miss the nerve fuelled stomache cramps and heart attacks for at least an hour before my show every day.

Plus I got some nice reviews, five four star reviews in total, which is something I never expected at the beginning of the run. And you know -  what would you rather have? Dept and some nice reviews, or money in the bank and your body's fight or flight response still working normally? Exactly.

Before the end of the festival my big poster got re-graffitied, this time in a more positive way. You probably can't see unless you click on the picture, but under Catie Wilkins someone has written 'Is Fucking Excellent!!!' to defend my honour against the Scottish National Party's libel. You can tell they mean it because they've used three exclamation marks. Thanks to @GarryPlatt on Twitter for capturing it.

I don't remember the second picture being taken, but apparently I adamently insisted it was, while very drunk at about 5.30 in the morning, on route being walked home for my own drunken safety. But I kind of think it sort of sums up my Edinburgh experience:

You go up and put yourself out there, leaving you wide open and vulnerable to criticism/graffiti by people that don't like you. Then luckily you get some nice reviews as well, so you try and cling to them and your management stick them on your posters. Then you get really drunk and apparently insanely proud of yourself and insist someone takes a picture to remember it forever.

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