Alice Springs (Monday 2)

What an interesting day! This morning I moved into the small bedroom because Leon has some friends coming. So I washed all the sheets and get the room ready for them. Gaye and Andrew arrived about lunch time and we had a quick chat before they went for a bike ride around Alice. Just after they left, Owen arrived to film his documentary.
I was actually pretty nervous about the whole thing, which I found a bit strange. I have done quite a few interviews for radio and newspapers, and one or two tv pieces. But to sit in front of a camera, with a microphone and lighting, for two hours, was a bit alien. Fun, but also quite nerve wracking. I started off having no idea what I was doing and rambling on, but after half an hour I was starting to think about my answers a bit more. It also helped that I got out my notes for my talk, so we used that as a bit of a guide line. I found I was really enjoying myself by the time we finished. I was obviously feeling more comfortable, because I started bossing Owen around. He'd start telling me what he wanted, I'd get in my head what I wanted to say, and just tell him to shut up. In my defence, he did tell me to tell him to shut up if he needed to shut up. We were doing a sound test at the start and he asked me what I did yesterday. I told him I met some weird guy who wanted to film me. Apparently he thought that was funny. I can be a bit of a smart alec at times.... I was struggling a bit at the start to keep a straight face too. Turns out I laugh a lot when I'm nervous. And around silly people. Just joking Owen.
We had just finished up when Gaye and Andrew got back. Within a few minutes the guys were talking editing and Andrew had Owen looking at stuff on his computer, which was a bit funny. I took another hour or so to finish up, looking through photos to include, and taking photos of 'the boots'.
Leon and Andrew headed off to a practise session with the band Leon is a part of. They both play Dobro, a steel guitar, used in Bluegrass and country music. I really like the sound. Leon was playing for me last night, showing me how it works.
Gaye, Sandra and I stayed home. They got drunk on wine while I played them Dylan Yeandles performances from Australia's Got Talent. If you haven't seen him, you tube it.
We ended up having stir fry for tea, after we found out the Thai shop is closed Monday's. These guys are all late night people, so I can see this won't be an early night...