Spontaneity, Elastic Bands, and Pickled Onions

You know that feeling? That undeniable urge to just do a thing that's been in your head for a while. It’s not planned, it’s not sensible, but it’s a mental itch that simply must be scratched. That’s what happened last night. The result? An impromptu, unpolished, and frankly amateurish video about unjaring a pot of M&S Traditional Pickled Onions.

The studio was a complete mess, a testament to a million half-finished projects. I’d done zero prep. There was no script, no proper lighting, and certainly no grand plan. I've got no camera set up, forcing me to jury-rig the camera (phone) with nothing more than an elastic band and a prayer. It was a recipe for disaster.

But then, the enthusiasm took over. It’s a funny thing, that spark. It tells you to ignore the chaos, to bypass the sensible part of your brain that’s screaming about professionalism and preparation. It just says, "Fuck it... let's just go with it."

And so I did. I hit record.

There’s a certain freedom in not bothering with a script. It’s the same energy that makes you take a different route home just to see where it goes, or start a project with no clear end in sight. It’s about embracing the moment, the raw, unfiltered impulse. This wasn’t going to be a cinematic masterpiece. It was going to be real.

Once the recording was done, the temptation was there to tidy it up. A bit of editing, some colour correction, maybe cut out the bit before I started properly. But that would have defeated the entire point. The spirit of the whole exercise was spontaneity. Polishing it would be like ironing a ripped t-shirt.

So, sod the post-production. That bastard was getting uploaded as is, in all its messy, elastic-band-enabled glory. Sometimes, you just have to capture the moment and let it be what it is.

You can see the mental run-up I was taking to what I thought was the start of the video.

And the onions themselves? Well, you'll have to watch to find out.

You can witness the glorious, unedited chaos here: