Vermillion Monday
Today is "Blue Monday", a conceit dreamt up by a now-defunct travel company to convince you to buy more holidays.
Regardless of whether it's real or not (it's not), it's become a key date in the churnalism / marketing diary.
When I was at the Guardian I would receive lots of very bad PR emails around this time of year, from people trying to use the concept of depression to sell things.
It was... well, very depressing.
All that said, January is a hard month. The weather is bleak, we have all been atomised by the system, and it's easy to feel alone. Without going full Prince Harry: do check on your mates this time of year.
Also, do reach out if you want me to send a stupid postcard to you. I will always do this, up until that fateful day the stamps become so big they no longer fit (seriously, have you seen these new barcode stamps - that's 1/6th of my writing area, you savages).
This Machine Kills Wasps
I have not been feeling very well the past couple of days, which is annoying as I have a lot to write and learn for my upcoming Sketch Off performances.
More on them next week. For today, I strongly urge you to tell all your friends to come to my new music and comedy night in Brighton. Here's a small and silly interview with... ME to whet your appetite, though it's mainly about watching Airplane! as a six year old.
A Small Interview With Myself – jamesofwalsh
For This Machine Kills Wasps, my new music and comedy night, I have returned to Facebook for the first time since Nick Clegg was popular. This was solely in order to set up an event page, but I hav…
That's all from me, have a lovely week.
J xxx