getting older

25 signs you are almost middle aged

1. You find yourself repeating things your parents used to tell you     2. Pop music is not as good as it used to be (see 1)   3. You haven’t listened to Radio 1 in years and now switch between club classics on Heart, Absolute Radio (sometimes even Radio 4)   4. You don’t feel like “a grown-up” and wonder when/if you ever will   5. You get excited mid-week about the next episode of (insert reality …

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An Actor’s Diary: What am I doing?

From the outside looking in, acting is a dream profession. The lights, the fame, the money… but with so many chasing that dream and so few opportunities to achieve it; acting can be soul destroying. After so long being unable to work, I find myself in a place where I have no current credits, contacts or showreel. There is no-one I can call and ask for a favour, I have long since lost all my …

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When do we grow up?

This is a question that has been bugging me for years, when do we actually become adults? In two months time I will be thirty-five years old and I still don’t feel like a ‘Mister Gee’. To quote Crush from Disney’s Finding Nemo “Whoa, dude. Mister Turtle is my father.” I feel the same, I don’t like people calling me Mister as I don’t feel I qualify the age reference that goes with it. I …

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