i'm not a perfect blogger

The week's gone by in a bit of a blur - hence the non-existant blogging. (We all know that's the most overused excuse ever, but we'll let it slide again, right?) Anyway, because of the flurry of activity at work, I called my assistant, who's on contract with me for a year part-time (meaning two measly days per week) to come in for the whole week. It's kinda nice having someone to do all the grunt work for me while I perch on a chaise longue supervising his efforts while being fanned with enormous palm fronds and being fed grapes.

Aside from being my little 'boy bitch' (as I so endearingly refer to him), he's also amusing to have around. A particular brand of sarcastic humour notwithstanding, he and I share a fondness for The O.C. (Seth Cohen being a hero to us both) and we have similar tastes in music (which is important when you have to spend the whole day in the same room with somebody).

So anyway, I usually listen to Virgin Radio UK during the work day because they play much better music than any of the local stations, and I like listeniing to the British accents of the DJs. For some reason, this week was like a Hoobastank-fest of insane proportions. The Reason (I refuse to post an MP3 link to it because I now posess a complete vehemence for the song) kept playing on a loop! Okay, I exaggerate, but it seriously played like twice in an hour one morning, and then again later that afternoon. The same story in the days that followed. Every time it would come on, we would stop what we were doing and bang our heads on the table.

Then on Friday, the damn song played yet again! In a moment of frustration, i switched to iTunes on my computer and hit a random playlist to listen to instead. Minutes later, guess what song appeared on the playlist?!? You guessed it! Turns out I had loaded the entire album several months ago when the band wasn't so overplayed and I was still fond of the song.

So, in an effort to add some new tunes to my collection and to avoid any mention of the stanky hooba's next week, I went CD shopping this weekend. Hey, it's as good an excuse as any, right? Here are the new additions:

Keane - Hopes & Fears
De-Phazz - Plastic Love Memory
Chris Botti - When I Fall in Love
The Clash - London Calling
Jamie Cullum - Live at Blenheim Place [DVD]

As well, I shopped online for the following two items since I couldn't find them anywhere else. I'm pretty damned excited to get these babies in the mail. And since concert tickets have sold out every time they've come to Vancouver, I figure a DVD of the concert experience is as close as I'm gonna get for now.

Scissor Sisters - Remixed [EP]
Scissor Sisters - We Are Scissor Sisters and So Are You [DVD]

The hills are alive!