Earlier on I went with Leftwing Idiot to Stoke Newington. We stopped to pick up some food from one of the many amazing restaurants on the high street. The man who served us looked at me like I was from a different planet.…

I’ve just watched The Fog by John Carpenter with Leftwing Idiot. I don’t cope well with horrors of any sort because suspense and excitement tend to make my tics over react.

Despite the fact that he had me pretty comprehensively pinned down, Leftwing Idiot still stopped the film fifteen minutes in and said, “Seriously, are you going to be able to cope with this?”…

This weekend was the Thames Festival. It ended this evening with the night time carnival along the river – one of my favourite events. It’s a lovely way to say goodbye to the summer. The costumes and floats are brilliantly creative and covered with lights.…

I’ve just returned to the lair after an amazing photo shoot. The photographer, Sam, was great. I felt surprisingly comfortable being photographed by him and I can’t wait to see the results. Posing with Tourettes is unpredictable and my plans for how I’ll look or move are often sabotaged by my tics.…

I’ve been at the Liberty Festival all day. It’s an annual event in Trafalgar Square that celebrates the contribution of deaf and disabled people to the arts. I went with a big group of friends.

I love the wide range of creative performances there, but I particularly look forward to comedy in the cabaret tent which is where that I spent much of the afternoon.…

Last week I got a call from Tourettes Action. They asked me if I’d be up for meeting an actress who’d been in touch with them. She’s preparing to play a character with Tourettes and wanted to meet someone living with it.…

Earlier on I was trying to have a conversation with Leftwing Idiot. I kept interrupting myself by saying, “I’m a baby”. I turned to him in frustration and said, “I’ve probably said that more times than anyone else in the world.…

When Leftwing Idiot and I were on our way home from Jamie’s studio in May, where we’d been recording my tics so they could be made into the Touretteshero Theme, we got chatting to a man on the bus about Tourettes and whether the tics could be turned into music.…

Here’s my version of I’d do Anything from the musical Oliver. It came from nowhere this evening and is presented here (almost) verbatim:

“I’d do anything for fucking mums, bitches and dog poo tits.

I’d do anything for a caged monkey in Peru.…

Friends and strangers are constantly misquoting me. For example:

“Figs on crisps” which was actually “Fingers on crisps.”

“Squirrel humper” which was actually “Squirrel lover.”

“Titty-wank your bank manager” which was actually “Titty-fuck your bank manager.”

“Hot green Kermit wank” which was actually “Boiling green Kermit cum.”…