Someone told me a story the other day that was both hilarious and very sad. I dunno, there's a lot to say about it, and I feel like I only said some of it on here. I went to a phenomenal house party on Saturday night, told some people the story and then got stuck in a long conversation about morality. Anyway, the party was sick, and so was having friends round my house today for lunch. I'm absolutely loving it!

I'm really happy at the moment. I've managed to strip my life back to just the essentials of working to earn money, and doing comedy to find fulfilment. The rest of my time is for whatever I want, and I'm filling it with some great stuff. I went to the NGV on Friday, bought a jigsaw puzzle of my favourite artwork from the exhibition, then on Saturday night I sat at home and started the puzzle while listening to an audiobook. I talk a bunch about crazy people in comment sections this week, and also detail a plan involving you, the listeners, to help my next TikTok video go viral!

Link to the YouTube Video of 'System of a Brightside'

For the last 3-4 years I've had a list on my wall of long-term goals in my life. This week after cleaning my room, I took it down, and went through it on the podcast to reassess which things I want to keep and which things I want to alter. I also spoke about ways to deal with the fact that I yawn a lot on the podcast and how to handle that issue without resorting to the dreaded work of editing.

I'm home! I landed in Melbourne on Saturday morning, and in the last few days I've done a few gigs, had my first piano lesson in 15 years, and started back at my old removals job. I'm also back on the dating apps, and the other day I saw something on a profile that perfectly captured the hopelessness of dating. It's hilarious, its awful, and I absolutely have to share it with you.

Four years after first meeting my biological father, and with a lot of therapy and reflection behind me, I'm back with him in Vienna. I felt like I had some things to say to him, so this week I put them down on paper, and with the help of some friends, translated them into Spanish, then this morning I sat him down and said them to him. Also on Sunday night I went with a bunch of other comics and assorted friends to a party at Roman Polanski's house. So yeah, probably listen to this one.

I think I've found an ending to my new show! The show as a whole is coming along really well, and I'm super excited about it. The Fringe is exhausting and sublime as always, and I'm enjoying the last week despite how depleted I feel all the time. Less than three weeks and I'll be back home in Melbourne, and I'm ready for it.

Today is (or at least, the 15th was) my 12-year comedy anniversary! Last year I forgot to celebrate it on the pod, but this year I remembered! And in doing so, I forgot the fact that this was the 300th episode of Sitting Under A Tree!! Isn't that mental ahahaha... I've been doing this podcast for 300 episodes, and almost six years! Thanks to all of you who listen, I genuinely love it.

Week one of the Edinburgh Fringe and man, this is it, I love it. Saturday I had maybe the perfect day at the Fringe! The new show is going amazingly, I think I have a title for it finally, and I crossed a very special item off my list the other day. I'm making money and seeing shows and hanging out and it's all just going really well quite frankly.

The phrase, 'worst podcast ever' gets thrown around a lot, but rarely has it been more sincerely applicable than this week's offering. Truly a horrific listen, made worse by the knowledge that the Edinburgh Fringe is starting in two days, so for the first week of shows, when I tell people to listen to my podcast, this will be what they hear. To all new listeners I say welcome! If you make it to the end, there's a joke there waiting for you as a present :)