Tara Flynn

Archive for January, 2010

Here isn’t the news

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

It’s taken me a long time to realise that facts mean very little to me – even longer to admit it. With so much instant access to info, we’re supposed to check and double-check everything before it comes out of our mouths and fingertips. But they’re so boring. God, I hate them. It’s one of [...]

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Plan A

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

What’s all the fuss about weddings? Why are they supposed to be so stressful? There’s no doubt they add to your day-to-day workload and paperwork (especially if one of you is American) but it’s really just calls and emails and admin. More than you would make in a normal day, slightly surreal in that they [...]

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Tips for the top

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010

I’ve been dipping in and out of Celebrity Big Brother. So flay me. You have been too. After the first ep (in which we bemoan fact that no one is a celebrity) the idea that these people are here of their own free will becomes endlessly fascinating.

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Don’t forget to remember

Monday, January 11th, 2010

I don’t know my fiancĂ©’s phone number. Or my sister’s. Or anyone in the London Comedy Improv. I used to be fine with that, because it’s all in my phone. I know my Mum’s landline, but not her mobile and for everything else, I bow to technology. But recently, it’s been scaring me; things are [...]

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Wikid

Friday, January 8th, 2010

I watched all the telly over Christmas. I hate that they cram all the telly – good and dreadful, but all of it – into December. In December you have loads of other things to do and people to hang out with: it’s January when you need the telly. No-one has any money and it’s [...]

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