MONDAY BLOG: YAWN?

Morning all. Happy Monday. Sorry again about taking a raincheck on the quiz. Sanja had a massive headache, while I was in bed at 5.30pm last night, and woke up at half eight this morning. Hard to explain really, but we just hit a wall at the weekend after heading down to Brighton to see my daughter. We had a nightmare journey home, and the driving took it out of me.  Couldn’t unwind.

It’s a challenge having kids in completely different parts of the country – and now that all but one of them has moved out, it is proving to be… a difficult juggling act. And do a job/film videos/make podcasts/do life stuff on top of that. We’re just tiiiiiired…

We'll let you know about the quiz tomorrow, depending on how I get on with work.

Bubblegun is going to be late this week as a result, though – oddly – most of you seem to listen throughout the week rather than on a Monday, so it shouldn’t make a huge difference. We’ve got a Bubblegun Extra on its way, though Sanja’s finishing the accounts and I’ve got a couple of urgent script deadlines - oh, the glamour! - but we’ll get it edited asap.

I actually ran into an old friend while I was in Brighton. Nathan was a fellow kids TV writer, but I've not seen him in about 10 years. We only had a quick catch up - to discuss the perilous state of kids TV - and it sounds like he's had it as bad as me - but we've arranged to meet up for a drink soon to moan and compare complaints. Which will be interesting, because he worked with Danny Robbins on Young Dracula...

The Southend video is doing nicely, so thank you to everyone who hyped it. It does seem to have an impact. Southenders discovered it over the weekend, and just as when the Nottingham locals discovered that video, there was a collective sense of humour failure. Which, you know me, I always find funny.

We’re also preparing for Chunky Fringe this week. I know at least some of you are coming. Chris Bell has been dredging through every single recovered instalment of Digi to present me with lesser-known highlights. You may think you’ve heard every story, but… not yet.

We’re also planning something special for the live edition of Bubblegun. We’re going to be there most of the day, so we’ll have time to hang out and chat. We’re not selling merch, but we do have a merch table that we’ll be sat at – and our daughter and her friend are going to be there selling stickers. She learned how to do teletext graphics just for Chunky Fringe – and she picked it up scarily quickly. See her work on Saturday!