Saturday 31st December (NYE)

All work and no play makes Tom a dull boy.


"And so now the fighting starts, we come here with a hungry heart......" or so the famous so goes. Come to think of it, you won't have heard it, its one of our band's number's. The last day of the calender year and a New Years Eve gig looms over me this evening. I am in no mood. Wondering whether it might go completely wrong, as someone's already let us down and we wonder how many people will turn up to it. Just the same as any other gig we put on then, really. This morning I went to work again. It was actually okay, and I only worked till 2, but find myself entirely shattered right now before I have to do my evening 'job' of 'entertaining' people. 'People'. 


All work and no play makes Tom a dull boy. 


It's always a funny one New Years Eve, I never seem to enjoy myself amazingly much. It always astounds me that some people will rarely go out all year and just save it up for New Year and then try and make the rest of us who do go out all year feel like they absolutely have to have a great night out.


All work and no play makes Tom a dull boy.


I mean, the pressure to have a good time is just immense. People organise their night down to the finest detail months before and tell everybody that it's going to be the best night ever. Its such a tall order. And if you are out and are having a pretty crap night with them they'll think there's something wrong with you because you're not having the best night ever. 


All work and no play makes Tom a dull boy.


People send out invitations actually saying that it will be the best night ever on them - how do they know? You surely can't judge the best night of your life ever before it has actually happened. At least wait until the morning or a few days later to judge how good a night was, find out if you're going to end up being sick all over the taxi home or shit yourself in the pub before you start writing reviews. Things like that can really put a dampener on an evening if they happen. I know.


All work and no play makes Tom a dull boy.


Of course, it might be okay mightn't it? It might indeed be the best night of my life. 


All work and no play makes Tom a dull boy.