Recent Entries

• by Lucy Diamond March 22, 2006
  This won’t hurt at all… Haven’t had much time to blog recently, I will be able to breathe again after Saturday, when it’s our first gig. There’s been lots of work to do, mainly learning 27 songs, which I think I’ve got the hang of now. I’ll be less nervous if I’m confident of the material. I neve...

• by Lucy Diamond March 12, 2006
  Keyboard players do it standing up Our band’s rehearsal today has been cancelled due to reports of polar bears roaming the countryside… It’s that kind of weather today, several inches of snow already, and we rehearse out in the wilds in a little village called Crossthwaite, population about 37, ...

• by Lucy Diamond February 27, 2006
  One strong heart, and one less so I really should be learning songs right now, not reading the forums and posting about my favourite artists, or writing blogs, but what the hell… Last week my dad had a heart attack, his second, and slightly more serious this time by all accounts, but he seems to...

• by Lucy Diamond February 17, 2006
  Two weeks on my wagon… And I’m still rollin’ along… Two whole weeks without a drop of alcohol, it must be doing me good. I certainly feel better for it. Can’t say I’ve missed it at all either. The band thing is looking very promising, the bass player brought me round a CD of songs to learn (LOTS...

• by Lucy Diamond February 7, 2006
  A quick one before I go to bed… Blog, I mean, it will help me get to sleep quicker if I release the thoughts of the day in this way. Not that I have any specific thoughts. Gosh, this could be very short… Um… oh yeah, after appearing on BBC television TWO Sundays in a row, albeit briefly, very br...

• by Lucy Diamond February 4, 2006
  Join the club Wednesday night saw the first meeting of the Kendal and District T-girl Society. Actually no it didn’t, but it’s kind of getting that way… My new t-friend Stephie, from Kendal, has met another girl from a small town just a few miles away. Her name’s Gillian, lovely girl. So Stephie...

• by Lucy Diamond January 29, 2006
  Mary’s Dance Who the fuck is Mary…? Actually, I’ve no idea, but I shall try to explain the title nevertheless. On my way back from Pip’s today I played an old tape I had found of an ex band, the recording made when I was 18/19, done in our own private (but very humble) recording studio on the si...

• by Lucy Diamond January 23, 2006
  Can’t beat a good stake… There’s been something odd about this week that I just can’t put my finger on. For some reason since last Sunday I haven’t been able to get to sleep. Often I go to bed and lie awake for a while, maybe mulling over the day’s events or whatever, but all week I’ve been lying...

• by Lucy Diamond January 17, 2006
  It’s been a long time since I rock and rolled… I mean blogged, sorry dear blog I’ve been neglecting you. Christmas seems so far away it seems strange to be even talking about it, but I’d like to give this one a quick mention, for my own personal record. One or two differences to my previous 41 C...

• by Lucy Diamond December 20, 2005
  "No-one said it would be easy..." Indeed, and neither do I, but nothing's impossible. Anyway, today's blog... "I don’t understand it so I hate it". That’s not right is it? It’s a phobia, an irrational fear or dislike of something. My dad seems to be trans-phobic. I think the only solution to tha...