Neil Devon Remounts – Episode Nine

Neil Devon has lost everything since the recession. Join with him on his video blog as he starts all over again. Episode 9 – Neil visits American life coach Lesley Angel who gets more than just a new client.

Random Diary Entry No.2

In the absence of anything interesting to say, I am once again posting a random diary entry from 2007. This time, I ponder the relevance of myspace.

Thursday January 11th 2007

I am getting fed up with myspace. Apart from the fact that my showreel and some film clips of mine are up there on my page, I cannot see what real purpose it serves. I have 200 friends, 199 of them I’ve never met nor ever will.

For me, myspace doesn’t act as a way of networking; it is merely a way of announcing to the world that I exist, that I have a life and I’m living it. However you will probably not play any significant role in my play because you’re too caught up in your own production to care, much in the same way I am caught up in mine.  In the real world, myspace is like meeting someone at a party and barely shaking their hand before hunting out the nearest mirror.

‘…Losers’

Today, an awful-looking unsigned hip hop artist asked to be my friend. It was clear that this R n’ Wannabe seemed more occupied with image than talent judging by the untold number of muscles riding down his stomach like shiny cobbles. For the first time ever I declined his offer and that is what sent me on this trail of thought. If there’s no point adding a friend, what is the actual point of keeping a myspace page going?

Neil Devon Remounts – Episode Eight

Neil Devon has lost everything since the recession. Join with him on his video blog as he starts all over again. Episode 8 – Neil goes for a drastic image change.

Neil Devon Remounts – Episode Seven

Neil Devon has lost everything since the recession. Join with him on his video blog as he starts all over again. Episode 7 – It’s the night of Neil’s birthday and Neil is in reflective mood, which spells ‘trouble’ for Mr. Twitchy the house rabbit.

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Neil Devon Remounts – Episode Six

Neil Devon has lost everything since the recession. Join with him on his video blog as he starts all over again. Episode 6 – It’s the afternoon of Neil’s birthday and after a heated phone conversation with his ex-wife over visiting rights, Neil takes the law into his own hands.

Neil Devon Remounts – Episode Five

Neil Devon has lost everything since the recession. Join with him on his video blog as he starts all over again. Episode 5 – It’s the morning of Neil’s birthday and Neil is in a party mood.

Today I Saw a Woman in Clapham Common Being Stalked By Her Ex-Lover (Who Just Happens to be an Ice Cream Man)

Neil Devon Remounts – Episode Four

Neil Devon has lost everything since the recession. Join with him on his video blog as he starts all over again. Episode 4 – Neil goes on his first blind date.

Neil Devon Remounts – Episode Three

Neil Devon has lost everything since the recession. Join with him on his video blog as he starts all over again. Episode 3 – Neil comes into some money and buys a car.

A Loathsome Crooked Hat

So Scotland has lost its buddy across the Atlantic. Since the Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi arrived in Libya several weeks ago, lauded by supporters at the airport flying the flags of St Andrew and wearing Jimmy-wigs, Scotland has been viewed by our cousins across the Pond as a friend of terrorism, a loathsome, crooked hat perched atop of England’s head.

Day after day, American animosity towards Scotland grows. Anti-Scottish websites are being created (good ones too with impressive Flash intros), more and more US movie goers are claiming that Roger Moore was the best James Bond, millions of disgruntled music fans are returning their Proclaimers albums, and synchronised bonfires are being lit across the States with DVD copies of ‘Loch Ness’ starring Ted Danson being tossed upon them with unrelenting fury.

In response to this unprecedented lambasting, the Scottish Parliament demanded that Justice Minister and vaudeville comedian Kenny McCaskill come to Holyrood and say exactly the same things that he had said earlier in the week but this time in front of a room full of opposition politicians who desperately wanted to be seen by the international community (and in particular, President Fonzie Obama) shaking their heads and tut-tutting.

Remaining defiant, Mr. McCaskill reiterated that his decision was based on the existing laws of release on compassionate grounds. However, he added that he had been appalled by the Beatleswelcome that al-Megrahi bathed himself in upon his return to Libya and had spoken with the Libyan authorities beforehand to ensure that such an occurrence would not happen.

The unavoidable and revelatory conclusion therefore appears to be that this dictatorial government with whom we have been working closely is not entirely trustworthy. Well, they better not screw us on the oil too, that’s all I can say.