Scotlands comedy revival continues with Limmys Show, a new 6 part sketch show at 10pm tonight on bbc2.

I managed to get a cheeky wee interview with the writer and director Brian Limond. I hereby christen this the five question interview.

Q1/ At what age did you decide you wanted to break into comedy? was there a defining moment or did you always want to from school age?

A/ 30, while I was travelling. I wanted to come back and get on the telly somehow.

They rekon this is the coldest winter since 1963.  Its been sub-zero in Scotland for more than 3 solid weeks. Last night it hit -22c up in Altnaharra. Tonight its set be be even colder and -23 is a possibility.  The cities havn’t escaped it either, its forcast to be -12 in Glasgow tonight.

Heres a photo of the clydebank canal, frozen so bad that i was able to walk across and even jump on it!  Im no lightweight either.

I have a friend who lives near Altnaharra and im hoping to get her on here later to describe what its like.  Touch wood everything is ok.  The worst ive experienced so far was that blizzard on my bike in Cumbernauld, ive slipped a few times as well, albeit i was pished.

Feel free to share yer sub-zero winter stories!…..

first sketch of 2010, and the first to border on controversial.

That’s the housemates unveiled.  Stephanie Beecham, Lady Sovereign, Heidi Fleiss, Nicola T, Ekaterina Ivanova, Vinnie Jones, Dane Bowers, Alex Reid, Stephen Baldwin, Sisqo and Dj Basshunter.

I don’t know much about any of them, except Vinnie Jones, i read his autobiography when i was fitba daft.  The part i remember most was when he was suicidal and put a shotgun in his mouth.

The rest of them ive heard of, but have never had any concern over.  Hopefully it will be a good show, its the last in the series.

occassionally i stumble across a tune i really like.  someone once told me i have a poofy taste in music. maybe thats a good thing.

this is hollywood by marina and the diamonds.  i think marina is fucking beautiful!

That’s the game just finished. They drew one each. Regardless of the score there will be battles. Its always a tense day.  Apparently more partners get assaulted on auld firm day than any other time of the year.  “Pass the salt dear”  BANG! “get it yourself”

I probably wont go out tonight. If i do i’l watch my step. I may even have some interesting camera footage later on.  Its a dangerous old day in this part of the world!

happy new year everyone! any wild party stories? i wanted to go to George Square for the the bells, but decided late on that it was too cold. Minus 6 last night!  Im off the booze and on a quest to lose 2 stone with diet and exercise.  If anyone is like-minded here is a fitness plan that will take you upto 100 press ups and 200 sit ups in 6 weeks.

http://hundredpushups.com/index.html

http://www.twohundredsitups.com/index.html 

aw ra best for 2010!!

here’s a shot taken today with my new camera.  an olympus FE 5020, 12.1 megapixel with a 24mm wide angle lense for £89 in the sales.  this was at 3.45pm in twilight.

does anyone have a new year’s resolution?

i have several, some of which are ongoing from last year, and some that seem more like ambitions than resolutions, but, fuck it il put em all in

1/ quit drinking  2/ lose weight  3/ pass A2 motorcycle test 4/ climb as many scottish munro’s as possible (there are 283) 5/ do a motorcycle tour  6/ win a photography competition 7/ develope this site 8/ do something that gets on tv (legal) 9/ write and record a podcast 10/ get a better job

what are yours?

Its been fucking freezing for ages now.  10 or 11 days in a row cold enough to snow or at least frost.  Ive been stuck in every night with nothing to do but square my eyes. 

I watched the full 5th season of Lost, and the full 6th of Curb your Enthusiasm, as well as all the usual christmas shite on council telly. 

The best thing ive seen over christmas was the Family Guy parody of The Empire Strikes Back, called Something Something Something Dark Side.   When i lived in Canada, Family Guy was the number 1 show there and in the states, way ahead of The Simpsons.  It gets shown here on bbc3 if you’ve never seen it you’re missing out!