number six.

I have a boyfriend, his name is Nick, and he is lovely.
He also has THE MOST amazing music collection, 150 gigs of music...awesome.

So I have a couple of new band interests, they are:

The Middle East, a Queensland band I believe, they are quite unknown and I'm seeing them play this Sunday, they are super chilled and awesome.

Deerhoof, an older band, kind of rocky but with a whimsical female vocalist, equals a good mix. I like them.

The Besnard Lakes, nice falsetto boys singing melodic songs with nice instrumentation including violins and brass.

Electrelane, a bit more techno influences, a late nineties super cool all girl band, they are just super cool, kind of chilled.

The Knife, Sweden duo known for their song 'Heartbeats', good electronic band, sweet vocals and harmonies.

I'm also getting into some sixties rock which is pretty sweet, The Kinks and The Easybeats, yeh.

Ummm I have my directors assessment tomorrow, me and a friend directed a scene from Summer of the Aliens by Louis Nowra, it's gone really well I think, it's been weird, I dont know what to say exactly other than Socialist Alternatives are the worst to do anything with if it isn't related directly to Socialist Alternative stuff.

My week has filled up really quickly with directing stuff, group therapy stuff and a couple of parties and gigs which is exciting and also daunting. I'm also not getting a break as I go straight into rehearsals for Lysistrata which I'm doing with the Honours program at uni, I chose to do it so it's my own fault, but it also means I get to finish a subject four weeks into semester. It'll be interesting coz most honours shows suck so I'm intrigued as to what the process is going to be like, we have heaps of rehearsals and were told we'd only have two a week (lie).

I start CBT Social Anxiety tomorrow night, I dont know if I really qualify for the group as I CAN handle some social situations, its just crowds and stuff that I can't do. Nick made an interesting observation that my social anxiety issues are all linked to the visual, so I dont like people looking at me intimately and I struggle being around heaps of people because I think they're all judging me (on the visual), I know this is irrational but thats what Generalized Anxiety Disorder is.

I've grown so much since spending a month in hospital and I feel much more mature and able to handle things. It feels good.

Thats all for now, post soon.

L.