No, this isn't mine, but it is funny. and what ever happened to those days of link blogging for success?
Oh, also, I'm performing at the Green Room on Sunday, pop along if you want some Ca-Ra-Razy excitement.
Friday, February 15, 2008
Thursday, February 14, 2008
the actual poster
The trick to developing this poster was to poorly rip off the style of this chick who Chris dates and lives with. It's ok though, because she doesn't take an interest.
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Friday, January 11, 2008
Courtly Correspondance
So, it seems that the title 'Royal' can only be used with the endorsement of the Queen. Fancy that. Oh well, guess its time for a cringe-provokingly polite letter to the Queen asking for her two cents on the matter. And here it is. I mailed it to Buckingham Palace two days ago:
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
Buckingham Palace
London SW1A 1AA
England
11 January 2008
Dear Your Majesty Queen Elizabeth II,
My name is Harry Meech, and I am writing to you with a rather odd request. I am 19 years old, and am studying Theatre and English Literature at Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand. I am currently trying to break into the Theatre scene here in New Zealand, and during 2006 I wrote a full-length play entitled The Kettle of Allen and Max. A few months after writing it, I managed to recruit several friends of mine from the University Improvisational Theatre Club, ‘Vic Improv’, to help me produce my play for the annual Wellington Fringe Festival.
While filling out the paper work to apply for entrance into the festival, we found that we had to give ourselves a name, so as to be considered a proper Theatre-Troupe. We hurriedly invented the name The Royal Victorian Luncheon Society, believing it to be one that would make us appear both refined and dignified, as well as cheerful and not too serious. We were accepted into the festival, and thought little about the actual name of our troupe until recently, when it suddenly occurred to me that the title ‘Royal’ was not one that one can use without first having gained the permission of the Royalty itself. It is for this reason that I am writing to you. I would like to respectfully ask Your Majesty’s permission to use the title ‘Royal’ in the name of our Theatre Troupe, as I do not feel comfortable doing so otherwise. I would also like to make it clear that this is no way an attempt to ask for any sort of sponsorship or anything of that nature. We simply ask Your Majesty for the great honour of using this title in the name of our troupe.
Of course, I realise that you are one of the most busy and powerful people in the world, and that such a request as ours is by and large, a trifling and insignificant one when compared with the issues that must concern you on a daily basis, so I would like to take this opportunity to not only thank you profusely for considering our request, but also voice the deep respect and gratitude that I have for you as a person and a leader.
Also, I have enclosed a copy of my script, so that you may get an idea of what sort of show The Royal Victorian Luncheon Society will be producing. I don’t expect that, with your busy schedule, you have time to read it, but you never know. From what I have read about Prince Charles’ taste in comedy and literature, I believe that the play would be particularly to his liking, so perhaps he might like to take a look. I should point out in advance that there are a small number of instances of swearing within the script, which cause me to hesitate in sending you a copy, but I would like say, in my defense, that these were included for the purposes of realism, in the portrayal of the everyday vernacular of the common man.
Once again, I would like to thank you greatly for taking the time to read this letter,
Your humble subject from the Antipodes,
Harry Jefferson Meech.
If that doesn't pluck at the heart-strings of the guy who reads her mail, then I don't know what will.
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
Buckingham Palace
London SW1A 1AA
England
11 January 2008
Dear Your Majesty Queen Elizabeth II,
My name is Harry Meech, and I am writing to you with a rather odd request. I am 19 years old, and am studying Theatre and English Literature at Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand. I am currently trying to break into the Theatre scene here in New Zealand, and during 2006 I wrote a full-length play entitled The Kettle of Allen and Max. A few months after writing it, I managed to recruit several friends of mine from the University Improvisational Theatre Club, ‘Vic Improv’, to help me produce my play for the annual Wellington Fringe Festival.
While filling out the paper work to apply for entrance into the festival, we found that we had to give ourselves a name, so as to be considered a proper Theatre-Troupe. We hurriedly invented the name The Royal Victorian Luncheon Society, believing it to be one that would make us appear both refined and dignified, as well as cheerful and not too serious. We were accepted into the festival, and thought little about the actual name of our troupe until recently, when it suddenly occurred to me that the title ‘Royal’ was not one that one can use without first having gained the permission of the Royalty itself. It is for this reason that I am writing to you. I would like to respectfully ask Your Majesty’s permission to use the title ‘Royal’ in the name of our Theatre Troupe, as I do not feel comfortable doing so otherwise. I would also like to make it clear that this is no way an attempt to ask for any sort of sponsorship or anything of that nature. We simply ask Your Majesty for the great honour of using this title in the name of our troupe.
Of course, I realise that you are one of the most busy and powerful people in the world, and that such a request as ours is by and large, a trifling and insignificant one when compared with the issues that must concern you on a daily basis, so I would like to take this opportunity to not only thank you profusely for considering our request, but also voice the deep respect and gratitude that I have for you as a person and a leader.
Also, I have enclosed a copy of my script, so that you may get an idea of what sort of show The Royal Victorian Luncheon Society will be producing. I don’t expect that, with your busy schedule, you have time to read it, but you never know. From what I have read about Prince Charles’ taste in comedy and literature, I believe that the play would be particularly to his liking, so perhaps he might like to take a look. I should point out in advance that there are a small number of instances of swearing within the script, which cause me to hesitate in sending you a copy, but I would like say, in my defense, that these were included for the purposes of realism, in the portrayal of the everyday vernacular of the common man.
Once again, I would like to thank you greatly for taking the time to read this letter,
Your humble subject from the Antipodes,
Harry Jefferson Meech.
If that doesn't pluck at the heart-strings of the guy who reads her mail, then I don't know what will.
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