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Things I Refused To Learn 1: Standing Out

In school, I wasn’t the most popular of people. What I mean to say is that almost no one liked me. I don’t blame them, really. I was loud, obnoxious, chubby, socially awkward, I talked at length about stuff no one cared about, and I did a lot of weird shit without thinking. I guess [...]

Of Banks and Unicorns

The 21st century is well under way by now. While a box on wheels hurtles us along the landscape at previously unthinkable speeds, we can use a tiny little magic trinket to communicate with someone on the other side of the world while we watch a moving picture film on the same trinket. This frequently [...]

The Wager Between Jones and I

I should preface this by telling you that this is a narrative I’ve cooked up based on the strangest game of Jones In the Fast Lane I have ever played. Click that link if you’ve never heard of it before. I just now discovered there’s even an unofficial Flash port of the game, so go [...]

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A Little Update

Hey there! A month and a week ago now I left Edinburgh to do four shows at the Butlins holiday resort in Minehead: Lazytown Live, Brainiac Live, Looneytunes and the Aladdin panto. Since then, we’ve rehearsed and opened the former two, and the latter two are coming up in the next month. Both Brainiac and [...]

Video 004: Noodly Beans

NUDE FOOD FRIDAY! (I uploaded it yesterday) Wooh! This is hardly even cooking, but it’s easy and cheap. Also, my parents are in town. They’re leaving tomorrow morning. It’s been unexpectedly great to have them here. Don’t get me wrong, I always love seeing my family, but it was especially nice to have them over [...]

Cold sores aplenty!

Since I was about 16, I’ve developed cold sores about once a year. That pesky Herpes Simplex virus simply loves the cold weather and reduced immunity system of the winter months. It stands to reason that when I developed the third outbreak in six months, I started to get a bit anxious. To the onlines [...]

Equity, CastingCallPro and Portraits

Just chiming in quickly before getting back to work on my essay to say that I got my entry into Equity (remember the union thing?) today, which enabled me to get my Casting Call Pro profile back up and running. ALSO, Mike Rooth ( @uncouthrooth on Twitter ) has offered to do a commision for [...]

Hey Fiddledy Dee! The Actor’s Life For Me…?

Headshot 2, originally uploaded by Magnulus. I’ve decided that once I finish university, I will focus on acting for a while. Even in my first year, when my friend Kerry told me he never understood why I didn’t go into performance of some sort instead of production, the seed of doubt was sown in my [...]

How hetero am I?

magnulus is 54% HeteroHow hetero are you? How hetero is Martha Stewart? Try out any Twitter name and get the real picture. Are we really the words we use? Hope to see you at Stockholm Pride! That’s how much. The site says “You’re confusingly hetero. Your friends know. Your family know. You’re probably the only [...]

Slog #6: When Magnus met Marit

In answer to a Formspring question, I tell the (probably boring to most people) story about how I met my wife. I think I’ll keep doing my answers as slogs, actually. Slog #6

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