DREAM THREAD: Not that I'm feeling a bit fragile and insignificant but I just had a dream that I decided to audition for X Factor "as a laugh" and went with a friend. We queued up inside a Sainsbury's Local and for some reason our timeslot meant we were the last two of the day.
I kept saying "this is stupid, I'm only auditioning for a laugh, I'm gonna go" and my friend (PS she wasn't a real person in the dream and her whole thing was she couldn't sing and knew it) went "no no stay it'll be hilarious".
When there were 10 of us left a production assistant came out and said they couldn't see any more that day but we could stay over and be seen in the morning.
I wanted to LEEEEAAAAVE but my friend convinced me to stay so we slept on the floor of the Sainsbury's Local.
The next morning woke up feeling like SHIT and I tried to leave AGAIN. Carried on queuing and we were NOT near the front. At 2.10pm (I checked my phone in the dream) my friend had GOT THROUGH even though she couldn't sing and I was the LAST TO GO.
I geared up to sing Fighter by Xtina and a production assistant apologised and said they wouldn't be seeing me at all, Simon Cowell just didn't want to. I was going "but I only came along for a laugh, been here 24 hours!" and she kept saying he just didn't want to see me.
I'd been saying Simon would LOVE me doing Fighter, he'd find it so funny. I was GUTTED.
So I left with my friend and outside was the cast of a sitcom I legit LOVE irl having chats with fans. I said to my friend "oh this'll be great, [actual guy] follows me on Twitter" (he actually does which is why this dream is so realistic and why I won't say who it was).
PS I know this is a whole thread about a stupid boring dream but I had to get it out there.
I stood near the guy who follows me on Twitter and waved. He turned away so I went "hi [name]" and he ignored me for ages deliberately and eventually I said "[name], it's Sooz from Twitter" and he went "OK then!" and laughed all confused about who I am with the rest of the cast!
I walked away with my friend so sad and then three lads following me were going "it's Sooz from Twitter!" and laughing SO MUCH.
At this point I woke up. What a TERRIBLE DREAM!
I really don't want to audition for X Factor, the last time I did anything close was an invite-only audition for The Voice 10 years ago and when I didn't get through the first round (which is about 4 rounds before what you see on TV) I went "haha ok bye" and left absolutely fine.
Also, if I saw a famous actor that I really liked who followed me on here I'd never go over and go "HELLO IT ME FROM TWITTER", I'd leave them alone unless we were meeting in a professional context.
WHICH WE NEVER WOULD BECAUSE I'M A BIG LOSER WHO SIMON COWELL REFUSES TO SEE!
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THREAD: I've read the Andrew Neil Daily Mail interview so you don't have to. The headline is all very funny but leads you to believe he just had a big tantrum coz #GBeebies was pure shite. I've read on to show you there's more to it than that.
So we open with this, showing that Neil is "unflappable", has been targeted by the IRA, jihadis...he's not easily broken, that's what we're getting here. But #GBeebies has him in LITERAL TEARS and that's just in an interview. He nearly had a breakdown!
It sounds TERRIBLE, the journalist is HUGGING HIM as he says he couldn't go on! The tech nightmare and how everyone was LAUGHING AT HIM online left him "in despair".
But...that can't be why he nearly had a breakdown...tech drama and Twitter memes...more to it than that surely?
Politicians aren't supposed to be hilarious and obviously all art is subjective but Boris Johnson's whole thing is "lol he's just so funny!" and, honestly, I've never seen a less funny man.
He botches lines that aren't mad-funny anyway but are recognisable as jokes written down, he just totally fucks em up like in the scene in Joker where Arthur sucks at comedy.
I think David Cameron was funnier than Johnson and he's really not a funny guy.
In 2016 I was lunged at by an Hermes delivery guy when I was signing for a parcel in Ilford where I was housesitting. It was horrible, obvs. Later I had a gig and returning at 11pm I had to decide whether to walk 15 minutes from the station or get an Uber. NEITHER appealed.
I don't think a lot of people get that sometimes there are NO options that feel safe when returning home from something because, on that day in particular, men were fucking scary to me. The other option is: never leave the house and definitely never answer the door.
We're now three-and-a-half years after #metoo and people hear about a cop being arrested for the disappearance of a woman walking home at night and their first thought is "ah, she shouldn't have walked home alone at night". Fuck you, you have no idea.
THREAD: How the contestants of season six of Australia’s Married at First Sight feel about Harry and Meghan’s Oprah interview.
INES: Thinks Meghan is a “she-beast” and has slid into Harry’s Insta DMs.
CYRELL: Can’t believe Harry didn’t offer to help Meghan with feeding the chickens and thinks that was so disrespectful of him.
MIKE: Got bored and complained coz “this isn’t therapy, it’s meant to be just a laugh”. Has advised Harry in an Insta story to "just have a laugh" but is yet to hear anything back.
Meghan Markle's father (I'm not gonna name him) getting airtime is foul. If you have never been in the position of having to estrange yourself from a parent you won't have a clue of the level it has to get to before you cut ties. No interest in his mewling display.
When you cut a parent off it's after years of pain. The act itself is horrendous. You lose people you've known your whole life as they decide the problem was you. Other people periodically tell you "he's very proud of you, you know" etc like you asked.
Imagine all of the above and then national publications and ratings-smash TV shows inviting the parent on to "give my side". Fuck you if you have anything other than empathy for the estranged child, no matter how "just annoying though" you find her.