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Stoned Brighton Dancer

Alex Asigno — Tue, 16 May 2006 10:56:26 +0000

Well haven’t managed to blog for a while and yes I have had many many things to rant about! Just been so busy decorating my new flat I haven’t had time to write.

But yesterday something happened which made me remember why I love working in Brighton so much! Yes it was some strange deluded bloke who must have been pilled up or stoned. He spent at least an hour dancing away on his balcony with his music so loud we could hear it across the road at work with the windows shut!Anyway we had to give him a round of applause for his amazing performance to Simply Red, where he shied away steamily embarrassed. But it didn’t stop him coming back out when his second favourite song came on!

The funniest part was the 30 or so French exchange students who were walking past the Royal Bank of Scotland applauding the stoned dancer in Brighton which must have given him an increased boost of self confidence!

I didn’t get to video all of it have too much on, but just enough time to let you all know about it and of course to upload it to the world!Check out the Stoned Brighton Dancer video

Tag Comedy, Komedia, Brighton

Alex Asigno — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 09:00:34 +0000

Well last night I went to the Komedia club in Brighton, and went to the Tag Comedy night.

“coming on to the pitch as a substitute and getting put straight in goal for a penalty”, “doing all the work with the foreplay and not getting any actual sex”.

Argus interviews Stephen Grant.

It was fantastic and Milton Jones was the star of the show but of course the regular Stephen Grant was excellent too once he got warmed up. The other top comedians there were Rusell Howard and Ben Norris.

There was no compere and it was a totally new concept in stand up comic. Having four of the best UK circuit comedians on stage coming on and off the stage by tagging each other was excellent. It worked by quite simply one comedian doing his standup and as soon as another comedian thought of a link between what the other just said he would then get up and take over. So any act can bring on any other act, in any other order.<

The performance was a combination of their normal comedy routines and interactions with the crowds, but had no fixed time limits and no running order. So they could be up there for 2 minutes or 20!

The night was absolutely fantastic, the food was excellent and hope its on again soon!

Komedia, Brighton
From 8:30pm
Price: Â£8.00/Â£6.00
01273 647100

Brighton Bus Drivers

Alex Asigno — Tue, 06 Dec 2005 09:22:20 +0000

Well have to stereotype here but they are all ~~wankers~~. Actually they are not all like that at all, just the â€˜Park & Rideâ€™ bus driver this morning. Who waited for another lady and I to get to the doors of the bus and then drive off and close the doors whilst movingâ€¦ He was so lucky that I was freezing cold and couldnâ€™t run, I was visualising many ways of dragging him from the vehicle andâ€¦. Better not self incriminate myself, as it is against my human rights.

And to piss me off even more I found out yesterday that I didnâ€™t get the converted church in Kemptown. The owner decided to take the lower offer which was Â£2000 less and I was able to pay cash. Apparently he is a very honest person and felt that he should take the other offer as they put it in first. But what really annoys me is that the girl from Kendrick Property Services couldnâ€™t let me in the first time I went to see the place as the door was broken, so in fact I would have been the first person to make the offer.

Oh well shit happens I suppose.

Buying a flat in Brighton

Alex Asigno — Mon, 05 Dec 2005 08:40:21 +0000

I got an amusing email over the weekend asking for a Tesco Value with sympathy card, so I have had the pleasure creating one and it is up with the others here. I wonder if someone will still see the funny side in it?

Apart from pretending I was a designer for Clinton cards I spent the weekend looking at all sorts of strange Victorian conversions within the Brighton area. As i’m buying a flat in Brighton. The thing I just donâ€™t understand is why the hell some flats have a massive bedroom and a tiny lounge. The others all have a massive lounge and a tiny bedroom. With every bathroom being the same size, ie the length of a bath and JUST wide enough to have a sink and toilet. This doesnâ€™t bother me as I only need to wash and excrete in there. But all the bedrooms so far are only big enough for a bed, with no furniture. Or the the lounge will only fit one sofa and no where for a tableâ€¦

Aghhâ€¦ this has been driving me ~~mad~~ insane, until I saw a converted church in Kemptown. Its not a normal looking church as for some reason itâ€™s been painted bright Yellow. But all the same it seems the nearest to perfect that I can get without spending almost quarter of a million on a flat! If only I lived in Newcastle. As everything is a quarter of the price.

I’ve ended up putting an offer in for the full asking price but I still donâ€™t think that I will get it. I have to wait around all day today wondering if they will take itâ€¦ I have a feeling that someone is going to gazump me.

The thing that really annoys me is that how the hell do I know if the estate agent is lying? I mean they say someone has put an offer in for ‘x’ amount and you put an offer in for ‘x+Â£1000′. The mysterious buyer puts an offer for ‘x+Â£2000′ and so on. But this other buyer may never exist, are there any laws for this?

Anyway lets wait and see what happensâ€¦ whilst i’m still trying to buy a flat in Brighton.