Akin's blog - #3

30 November 08

I am for the life of me still wondering how some people found out about my BAFTA nomination. I'm still getting e-mails from the strangest corners of the world.

Some have been very cryptic, others a lot more wholesome and congratulatory... and at least one was a not very well disguised cuss. This person actually said something along the lines of: "you may as well not go, as you obviously wont win."

That said, I decided to post one of the last e-mails I received from a very tall man I know. I hope he doesn’t mind me doing a cut-and-paste of his e-mail but Mr Tibbs (obviously that’s not his real name) is someone I have known for not too many years, but whose opinion I really respect. The mail is at moments hard to unravel, but I kinda got the message.

"Akin, I still remember you as an unmarried, childless, bored promo producer doing his 33rd Sponge Bob promo and inhabiting a desk that was a wall of tapes and shrine to 'can be arsedom'... but that was a lifetime ago, or was it simply last week and time has flown by?

Anyway, just to say many congrats on a richly deserved recognition of talent that is, has and will grow and will help you find much more success and glory in the future. I shall of course continue to call his royal highness Sir Akin of Wonderment and Delight. Enjoy it, whoever wins."

Thanks Mr Tibbs... and indeed everyone who has ever embarrassed my by bringing up the big B in conversation.

And by the way, I still haven’t written my speech.

Akin, Saturday 29 November

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