Midweek Madness with Moni and Mullally

   So what have I been doing with my time, you ask? Besides working as a burrito bitch at El Mexicana, (my job responsibilities include: me practising my disgruntled adolescent public services employee face, having fun making coffee with a REAL MACHINE :D and just chucking salsa everywhere). I'm hardly getting any art done however.

   I have just realised a key activity in my summer that doesn't include me being tired and angry all the time. Wednesdays are becoming Monika and I’s day of fun. We usually begin late afternoon, when I have finished work and Monika has claimed her dole money, we start watching a classic comedy series and finish by tea time.

   Last year we watched a lot of Chris Lilley, but this summer has been claimed by the alumni of Brass Eye and The Day Today, with occasional things starring that guy who played Michael from Alan Partridge, such as MONKEY DUST (best animated comedy ever, didn’t even know he was in it!!).

   Along with laughing our heads off, we eat. We make treats such as a Michael Special (refer to my tumblr post from last week) or Nutella Mug Cakes.

   Some Wednesdays we have a special day out, and two weeks ago we met Alan Partridge at the Norwich premiere*. And next Wednesday we plan to go see Alpha Papa!**

   I like the fact mine and Moni’s day falls on a Wednesday because on account of my career as a burrito stuffer, I now work full time. And fun Wednesdays break up the weeks monotonies.

   Also Wednesdays will always be dire to me because Wednesdays at school meant TECH CLASS which I was split up from my best friends in, and usually meant I had to partake in machinery-based exercises and break things/cut myself/live in fear of cutting myself.

   All in all, Mullally and Moni midweek madness is definitely one of the best things of this summer.

Monkey Dust's Ivan Dobksy the "meat safe murderer" i.e. Simon Greenall, always has me cracking up, besides his sad story of false imprisonment. Monkey Dust is very dark in humour anyway, but that's what I love about it. It laughs at sad situations, as my Dad always taught me, if you're not laughing at these things, you're crying. Something I've noticed that manifests through my behaviour and sense of humour, I'm usually the friend who "pushes it" too far. 

I actually remember watching the Day Today when I was as young as eight. The Pool Supervisor has been an in-joke in my family for years, and I remember staying up late with Dad some nights watching this show on the sly. Mockumentary has always had a place in my heart, as I love documentary and journalism, yet I love fiction and joking around too, so it fits perfectly into my tastes. I'm even considering writing mockumentary for some of my art in my upcoming third year of my degree. 

Chris Morris in Brass Eye, the highly controversial satirical series from 1997. More pathos viewed in comedy, as Morris pokes fun at such big subjects like children on drugs or pedophilia. 

*= I'm not even exaggerating when I say that is probably up there as one of the best days of my life. 

**= We were meant to go today (release day) but Jenny can't make it.