POP MUSIC - Time goes by so slowly...

Madonna's obviously aware that when she leaks little tidbits of her up and coming songs out to the public, that she makes time go really really slow.

She's succeeded in stopping time by teasing us with samples of her new single "Hung Up", which will finally be heard in its entirety October 17th.

In the event you were living in a cave, "Hung Up" is the first single from her album "Confessions on a Dance Floor", which comes out in November.

To please all dance floor historians, she is sampling Abba's "Gimme Gimme Gimme (A Man After Midnight)", and to put it lightly, it sounds awesome.

Every little thing that you say or do I'm hung up...I'm hung up on you.

I haven't really been a fan of mindless dance music for the last 5 years - with the exception of Kylie Minogue's "Can't Get You Outta My Head" or Gwen Stefani's "What You Waiting For" - but I make exceptions for aging blonde musical pop queens.

This time next week I will have heard the entire track, and I can't wait.

For the latest news, visit the following Madonna mega-fan sites:

M.nu
MTribe.com
MFever.com
MLicious.com

PERS - In My Pants!

Taking an idea I first saw on Amanda's journal, I took 20 songs from my mp3 player playlist, and added "In My Pants" to the end of each of them. How fun!

Here they are:

20. Radio Gaga In My Pants (Queen)
19. Die Another Day In My Pants (Madonna)
18. Run In My Pants (Air)
17. Lose My Breath In My Pants (Destiny's Child)
16. Rock On In My Pants (Jackson & His Computer Band)
15. Pug In My Pants (Smashing Pumpkins)
14. Breathe Me In My Pants (Sia)
13. Cherry Blossom Girl In My Pants (Air)
12. Brand New Colony In My Pants (Postal Service)
11. Tainted Love In My Pants (Marilyn Manson)
10. Filthy/Gorgeous In My Pants (Scissor Sisters)
09. Rich Girl In My Pants (Gwen Stefani)
08. Nothing Better In My Pants (Postal Service)
07. Appels + Oranjes In My Pants (Smashing Pumpkins)
06. Let Forever Be In My Pants (Chemical Brothers)
05. One More Time In My Pants (Daft Punk)
04. Hard Tits In My Pants (Jackson & His Computer Band)
03. Good Vibrations In My Pants (Beach Boys)
02. Love, Love, Love In My Pants (The Organ)
01. Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger In My Pants (Daft Punk)

Honourary Mention (aka not on my mp3 player):

Hung Up In My Pants (Madonna)

PERS - Life after Canadian Idol.

Yes, that's right. I'm still capable of posting even after Melissa won the damn thing.

Where to start...

I went on stress leave for 6 weeks in August into September. I became quite overwhelmed with anger and other assorted emotions before storming out of work and running to the clinic.

Surprisingly to me, the time I had off really helped me to calm down and re-evaluate the situation. Also, I'm taking Celexa, but the jury is still out on whether it's actually working or just making me sensitive to light and causing me to yawn every 5 minutes. It's covered under the company's health plan, so it only cost me $0.97 to give it a try. Fortunately, I didn't become psychotically suicidal as some websites have said about the drug's side effects.

The wheels are turning on my plan to enter OCAD in Fall 2006. It's amazing what a year can do to a person's psyche. When Chris first mentioned the idea of going back to school, I had a panic attack.

I became silent.
I buried my head into a pillow.
I didn't want to consider it.
The idea was absolutely preposterous.
I wanted to change the subject.
It was making me feel really uncomfortable.

Once I considered the alternatives - namely, being a call center bitch for the rest of my life, and realistically never finding a graphic design job with my current credentials - the idea of leaving the workforce for 4 years and being a student sounded really sexy.

I jumped into action and started building a kick-ass portfolio, full of paintings, sketches, graphic designs, and photographs - all organized in a clean, professional layout.

The application has been processed. The transcripts have been scheduled to be sent. The portfolio is close to completion.

I'm really going to do this. And I'm paving the way for an awesome future.

Round Two of Toronto will go much better than the first round. I have a plan this time.

Also, Chris and I are celebrating are first anniversary! Woohoo!

And my supervisor just handed my quality for this month...83.35%! Woohoo!

This bleak world is looking brighter! Woohoo!

And this isn't the Celexa talking....WOOHOO!

But, Gagh! I'm at work, and I have to go on the phone now...

There's no such thing as a perfect situation.

woo...hoo.