Sitting Under A Tree with Aidan Jones

Ep 188 - It's Supposed To Be Bad

I had a moment of panic at the start of this episode because I thought I'd forgotten to go to my therapist appointment. Saturday night I did a couple open mics, got an insane letter from a homeless person, and saw a fight. I talked about all of that here, and now I'm going to go to my therapist appointment and tell him not to bother, I'm all fixed up!

Ep 187 - The Coolest Man In The World

Smith Street in Collingwood was named the Coolest Street In The World by a bunch of white people who work for TimeOut. I went through the list, and turns out I'm actually cooler than all of them. Who knew?! Crazy! Also I bought three jackets today.

Ep 186 - Aidan Jones - Professional Google Reviewer

Last Wednesday in one of the more desperate moments of my adult life, I changed my name on Google to 'Aidan Jones - Professional Google Reviewer'. I posted around 10 reviews of places I've been to recently with pictures of people taking pictures, all in the vain hope that this might entice people to watch my stand up, or engage with my other online content. You win again, Lockdown.

Ep 185 - The News

The worst thing about lockdown is that the anxiety of it all compels me to read the news and engage with politics. I hate politics, it's a soap opera, and learning about it never makes me feel happy. I resent that the information I need so that I can predict whether I'm going to be able to go outside next week is in the same place as stories about rich people suing each other. I resent that, because I'm anxious, I know I'm going to read it all.

Ep 184 - A Day To Relax

Last week I had a day completely to myself. I didn't catch up with anyone, I didn't get drawn in to any plans, I just woke up in the morning, and allowed myself time to do all the things that I felt I'd been putting off. It was the best thing I've done for myself in a long time, and I'm going to do it every week now.

Ep 183 - Stressing Myself Out

I'm trying to get better at prioritising the time I need to work on comedy stuff and my business at the same level as the time I spend at my removal job. It's easy to tell people I'm busy when I'm rostered on at a place and I have to be there, but I should be just as serious about the time I need to spend working on my own shit - more serious even! If I don't go to work, I just get fired, but if I don't work on my comedy, then my dream will go unfulfilled and I'll slowly grow old and bitter, which is arguably worse than having to get back on Centrelink.

Ep 182 - Orange

I recorded this in the hire car as the sun set just outside of Orange, NSW. Had to run to the gig straight afterwards so only putting it up now at midnight, but god damn what a glorious day of driving through the country.

Ep 181 - Fuck Swearing

The last few weeks I've been trying to swear less and offering money for any listeners who catch me out, but this week I went and saw the Mortal Kombat movie in 4DX. It was easily the worst movie I have ever seen in my life, and still, against all odds, it taught me something. Swearing can be a shortcut that robs us of the opportunity to find new, creative language to express ourselves, but the presence of swearing itself has absolutely no bearing on whether or not something is good.

Ep 180 - Some Conflict

Had a bit of a moment with a bartender on Saturday night. An angry moment. I hate him, which is hard to do on a podcast when you're trying to not swear. I did an okay job at it I reckon, but man did I want to unleash some of this big gun swear words! Also Oporto rocks.

Ep 179 - End of Festival

The Comedy Festival is done, and the morning after the closing party my girlfriend and I went out to a farm in the country and saw a bunch of animals - it was a lovely day. Then we had lunch in Newport, and while we were walking back to the car with ice creams, my girlfriend laughed so hard that she coughed up her mouthful of sorbet onto the sidewalk. That's what I'm posing with in the picture this week. Enjoy!