number three.

I've been back at uni for just over a week now and so far it's going well, some frustrating conversations, and awkward moments but other than that I guess it's back to normal. I'm just frantically trying to catch up with assignments and everything considering we only have three weeks left of term.

In order to do this I've been reading up on various philosophical ideas and whatever they're called, and I'm enjoying Alain De Botton's 'Status Anxiety', which looks at how we handle anxiety about status and how it came about and how it affects various facets of our lives, it's an awesome book.

I also bought A Million Little Pieces by James Frey which is an autobiography of his life as an addict and how he gets better, so far it's pretty good, I guess he's just putting it out there that there are other ways to get better besides the twelve step program, it's much more bleak and down to earth which I like.

Alongside this I bought Jack Kerouac's 'On the Road' and 'The Social Contract' by Jean-Jacques Rousseau. My sister bought two books which I plan to read and they are 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' by Ken Kesey and 'The Consolations of Philosophy' by Alain De Botton. These were all bought over the weekend as I avoid my need to buy new clothes as not many of them fit any more and I opt for the less confronting purchase that is books. Weight gain is frustrating and I dont want to waste my money on stupid clothes for my fatso body.

Anyway, I have also been listening to Ratatat a bit, they're nice and instrumental so no words to get mixed up in but after a while their stuff's a bit repetitive. Antony and the Johnsons' 'I am a Bird Now' is an AWESOME album, I've been listening to it over and over again and his voice is so interesting and the way he sings the melody of his songs is beautiful, and the arrangements are beautiful! I just love it.

Um, what else have I been doing? Not much, I'm going to group therapy twice a week, it's good because I get to be around people who understand what I'm talking about and we learn as a group how to overcome various problems, it's also nice to be able to give other people feedback, and to be reminded that heaps of people have these problems, not just you.

Thats all for now unless I think of something else I should add (which obviously I'll do later if I think of anything.)


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