Studio Diary #17  February 23rd-26th 2004.

Monday
I was so hungover today that my trainer left after half an hour declaring me utterly useless due to the fact that I had consumed so many cosmos last night with a bunch of girlfriends as we all gathered together to watch the final episode of Sex in The City that I was nearly sick whilst trying to attempt my decline push-ups.
Oh well....the depravity was worth it!!! We had such a laugh....even if it was a little sad to see our girls go off our screens and that the end was not to my liking.I think it would have been so much better if Carrie had told Big to stuff it when he came over to Paris to fetch her.I wanted her to be single at the end of the last episode.Still searching for the man of her dreams.............
Oh well.....not to worry.....Onwards and upwards!!!!The Sopranos are starting in a week's time and oh my goodness.....I can't WAIT!!!!!

Tuesday
My acne has still not cleared up and I'm getting desperate.Last night I attacked my chin with a safety pin and you should see the mess I made.It's ghastly.
As I was larking around with Danny,one of the studio assistants this afternoon, I was on a ramble about one thing or another and I mentioned something about my dignity. He looked at me with the most confused and amused expression on his face. "Dignity??" "Dignity" he asked again.And then he hurrumphed and said "Shmigniddy!" before leaving the room.
That sums up the way I am viewed by others.How disturbing and yet how utterly unsurprising.

Wednesday
Gearing up to finish the four tracks we're working on with John King tonight and as usual it's all crazy and frantic and mental in the studio!!!!!
Eeeeech.......we've fallen so far behind again.What is WRONG with us? Are we retarded!??!?!?!
Of course it doesn't help that we are all so fractured right now.Is dysfuntional communication a pre-requisite for bands who stay together for any length of time?

Thursday
Leaving this afternoon for Seattle to attend our old tour manager's wedding.
For some inexplicable reason I offered to sing during the service and now I am utterly shitting myself with fear!!! What on EARTH was I thinking!!!!
Must try to remember a few of my favourite things to take my mind off the terror!!!!

Things I love right now:
African red tea
My pink Split Toe Nikes
East Meets West by Nigel Kennedy and the Kroke Band (Something about this very bizarre cd brings me great joy but only people who like weird folk music will appreciate it!!! Really good to listen to when in the mood to do a silly dance in an attempt to lift one's own spirits.)
Perfectly Straight Straightening Cream for Hair by Clinique (This ROCKS)
Wally,Butch's cat.
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
My pink "Red Monkey" watch
Oatmeal,Walnuts and Wild Honey
Diamonte hair slides
"Humid" eyeshadow by MAC (Oh it gives me green eyes)
My red Dr Scholls (My darling mother had an identical pair of them in the 70's and every time I rock them, I think of her.)
Eagles of Death Metal advance cd
Kanye West (Oooh I think he's HOT)
Chanel Lip Gloss (NEVER gets gloopy!)
A manicure and pedicure for $18 (It doesn't get any cheaper than that and it looks just as good!)
My indian oil burner
DailyCandy.com (Lots of delicious tips!)