I’ve been campaigning for votes to get myself the last place in the Scottish Sun’s, Take the Mic, competition. Getting the place gives me a chance of winning £12,000 and getting some much needed publicity, so i’ve taken it quite seriously. The thing is, it’s totally screwing with my head.

My natural instinc is to get as many votes as possible, getting myself in an Alpha state of mind, grrr, winner, must get prize, type thing. I’ve been constantly checking not just my votes on facebook and twitter, but checking my competitors too. Spying on their advertising, seeing which of our mutual friends have voted for them and not me (of which I remain silently indignant) all of which feels like a primitive drive and need to win.

On the other side of that, it’s now between me and 4 other comedians that are not just good at what they do, but they are all nice guys. All of them have a drive and passion to entertain audiences and do so succesfully every week. I’ve enjoyed a beer and a blether with them on frequent occasions. 2 of them have been partying with me till stupid o’clock in the morning on a number of drunken adventures.

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Hello there,

The Scottish Sun are running a competition for comedians, where the overall winner could win £12,000 and loads of good press. So being the needy narcissist that wants to be the centre of attention, I’m gagging to win this!

I was pipped to the post at the heats in Glasgow, but there is one place in the final left, which relies on an online vote. This is where I need your help.

There are three ways to vote (doing all three will help me even more, this is where it gets complicated)

First is on twitter, (If you don’t have a twitter account, set one up) if you have an account copy and paste this in to your next tweet -

I’m voting for Chris Henry at @takethemic http://bit.ly/cOqPvm

The second and third way of voting are done on the take the mic website. So click on the link below, then go to the bottom of the page where it says VOTE.

Under the facebook logo, Click the “like” button (it should change colour, then change back)

Then click the “Take The Mic” logo, once you’ve done that, it should then thank you for your vote.

http://www.takethemic.net/comedians/29-chris-henry

If you have already voted, thank you for your support, would be amazing if you could spread the word and get your friends to vote too. Voting closes on Friday at 3pm.

Thanks again from your needy, dirty joke teller,

Chris

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