Always ona quest to have something new on this computer and my ipod (for gym, or for drowning out noisy workmates in a shared office space) I have two new albums as of yesterday:

The first one is the new Portishead album, Third. Had heard one or two of the songs on Triple J, but saw it yesterday for $19.99 at JBHiFi, and thought why not, I’m sure I’ll like it that much :)
And I do. It’s definately an album that the more you listen to it, teh more it grows… :)

The other album is the downloadable Nine Inch Nails - The Slip. Yes, I downloaded it because it was free. No, I don’t own any other NIN, but I do have memories of some of the more popular songs over my time. I prefer the Portishead, but am not deleting the NIN :p

=^.^=

Spent the afternoon doing articulation assessments. 5 of them in 3 hours. I actually enjoyed it - Proabbly because I had success with some and got some sounds out of them that they hadn’t said before :) Sometimes I really love my work :p

I was in meetings for 5 hours today *dies*

I think I have tonsilitis. I suspect I may not work tomorrow, we’ll see after I’ve slept for 8 hours, gotten up, had a nice hot shower…etc. But I was suspecting today that if I hadn’t been midlessly sitting in meetings all day that it may not have been a good idea to be there. Not with the razors in my throat and the headache.. *dies*

*adds No, Virginia to her wishlist to buy when it comes out in .au*

News of new music from artists I love is NOT good for a girl who should really want to be saving her voice. Damn :(

*stops singing to Yes, Virginia and goes back to cooking her veges for her cous cous tonight*

I’m trying hard
not to be ashamed
not to know the name
of who is waking up beside me
or the date, the season or the city
but at least the ceilings very pretty
and if you are holding it against me…

(okay, too many action stars tonight)

I wasn’t going to buy anything today, but on my way into the city, they said of Triple J that the Hottest 100 cd was being released today, so I just had to pop along to add it to my collection.

If you buy it from the ABC shop at the moment, it’s at the bargain price of $24.95. For 2 cds (a huge 43 songs!) that’s an awesome price. even if there are a few songs you will skip every time ;) Tracklisting is here.

Which brings me to having to sort out the songs I want on my ipod again. While at the gym, pondering the question of whether it’s true that thin people run or that running makes you thin (while huffing and puffing away feeling like I was dying), I realised that I really need to set up two playlists on my ipod - one for active gym stuff and one for calm, trying to ignore everyone at work while writing reports stuff. Because I kept having to skip over songs that I love, but that wouldn’t make me run. SO that’s what I want to achievve tonight. Two playlists!

Thought I might share my gym efforts on here. Yout won’t be privvy to my food journal because that’s still a little shaky and too personal, but the gym stuff I might as well! (more…)

The idea of Muse having the top song in the Hottest 100 did not occur to me whatsoever. heh. But if you lok a the list, not much of the top ten was in my area… Like that damn Soko, and Daft Punk getting in wiht a live version of a seven year old song. Ooh that’s it, just re-realease your hits as live versions and it’s like they’re new again!

I did vote for Karnivool’s vesion of Gotye’s The only way. I love it. At least that’s a cover, not the same song by the some band!

Spent the morning yesterday in the car - had a good run, except for being stopped on teh F3 heading out of Sydney for a bit. Crawling. But, it’s just an expected part of a long-weekend drive there. I had estimated I’d get in around 12:15, and I pulled into my parents’ driveway at 12:12pm, according to my clock :p

Spent the afternoon at a friend’s place listening to the countdown and catching up with people. Nice day. Plenty of opinions about what should and shouldn’t be in the Hottest 100 :) and exclamations of “I don’t know this song!”

Had dinner with the family, wiht my sister too. Still some wedding-y stuff to sort out, but it seems ot be pulling together hehe. And she said I can wear the shoes with the silver heel :)

Okay, need to figure out what I’m doing today - I can’t shower yet because there’s a burst pipe in th front yard and the water’s off… I need to catch Rish’s parents at some point - because it’s a nice thing to do, and because they have a monitor for Rish heh. Also give me a chance to get away from my family. i love them, they just drive me crazy…

aka Australia Day,
aka Invasion Day.

However you spend it, make it a good one. Take care on the roads! I know I’ll have to, as I’m just about to set out from Canberra to Newcastle. At least I’ll be in range of Triple J for the 9am and beyond part of the journey! What are you all up to?

Wll be in Newie for the long weekend, back to Canberra on Monday afternoon… with all the other holiday traffic! Have a bbq (Au day/hottest 100) then dinner with the family… possibly wedding arrangement stuff again.. I’ll see if I can get a say in the table placements! :p Plus I’ll find out what colour I shoud be doing my toesnails (I’m thinking to go with the bouquet/posy?) and whether I’ll need to start thinking accessories or if someone’s figures that out for me!

Leaving you with the question that someone found there was here with yesterday: Is it possible to have sex with a lioness?

Okay, Cessy, you truly horrible person, has alerted me to there being a Pink New Gen Ipod Nano… Makes me cry to think about my black 2nd gen…

But, if I HAVE to be honest… my 8gig nano is too small, and I really should hav e gone for a ‘proper’ ipod wiht a million gig of memory. I never have the right song when I want it as it is!

Now, I need to re-find some of my songs so I can play them, I can see entire silverchair albums that are unavaible! I need a playlist for the drive to Newcastle on Saturday morning. I’m thinking Garbage, Dresden Dolls, Love Outside Andromeda and a little Sarah Blasko, and I’ll be there!

There was excitment in collecting my mail in the rain today! Not only did I get my membership renewal for Speech Pathology Australia, an overdue gas notice for gas we never used, and a notfication that I’m on a pap test register, I also got a package.

With no return address. Not even postmarked. But hand-addressed to me!

Opening it up, it’s the Ministry of Sound Chillout Sessions 10. Complete with “SAMPLE PRODUCT NOT FOR SALE” sticker on the back. Maybe I’ve won it? The sticker reminds me of the Pink album I won from SameSame, but I don’t see that album as a comp there. And no, no letter with the album!

Oh well, listening away now, can’t say no to free music, especially when it’s good music! :)