Thursday 17th December 2015

I assumed I wasn't needed in the office today given that they ran out of work for us mere freelancer types yesterday, but then got a text this morning saying some stuff had come in if I fancied it, which I did because Christmas is expensive. Anyway, it was fine, was in till about 3-ish, which was long enough really.

Mum seems better today, yesterday she was so understandably upset. This will be a horrible Christmas.

Had an interesting chat with a contact about performing comedy down in Cornwall, and also a festival in Manchester are "happy for me to perform" at theirs, which is cool, I think.

Got my first diary clash of 2016, the first of many, I imagine. It's annoying as there are still plenty of free days in 2016, trust two of my projects to clash.

Early soundcheck for the FH Christmas gig in Cambridge, a 4.30pm start, but with a stage time of 9.20pm, purely because we wanted this to be special. I think it was - okay, I know technically it was, it was a complete sellout, uncomfortably busy, our audience are dedicated and loyal to everything we do. The set was slightly different for us - kind of went top-heavy with some of the songs normally reserved for later in the evening going in at the start, with a bunch of Christmas covers thrown in at the end and our friends (and tonight's support act) Said the Maiden joining us for the last couple of numbers. So I think it was all great, but you know - my head isn't quite there at the moment, I'm doing very well as acting as the 'mad, crazy drummer' but I just can't bring myself to feel happy right now, this may be a while off yet. In the meantime, FH continue to get bigger and if we keep playing like this, we'll be more than fine on the big tour next year.

Set: Christmas at Home, Shut Up and Dance, Fire, Bluebird, Goodbye Sweet City, Fine Life, Face in the Water, Nevermind, Earthquake, Standing Next to Me, Ghost Town, California for a Girl, Last Christmas (cover), All I Want for Christmas is You (cover), This Little Boy, Beautiful You; ENCORE: Silent Night (cover, with Said the Maiden), Fairytale of New York (cover, with Said the Maiden).