I'm TALANTED

Take a look at this week's Billboard Hot Digital Songs chart.

BILLBOARD HOT DIGITAL SONGS - TOP 50
38 1 SHAKIRA HIPS DON'T LIE 266664 999 18003 284928
1 2 FURTADO*NELLY PROMISCUOUS 96847 0 96594 276894
3 3 CHAMILLIONAIRE RIDIN' 76833 1 75913 697174
2 4 POWTER*DANIEL BAD DAY 73121 -16 86825 1439228
-- 5 YUNG JOC IT'S GOIN' DOWN 65445 999 0 65445
5 6 FORT MINOR WHERE'D YOU GO 61041 -2 62586 419927
6 7 RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS DANI CALIFORNIA 55858 -3 57646 512485
4 8 RIHANNA SOS 55332 -15 65254 614157
7 9 FRAY OVER MY HEAD (CABLE CAR) 52491 -7 56291 604177
9 10 RIHANNA UNFAITHFUL 52482 5 49996 236325

WOW. GO SHAKIRA! Biggest weekly downloads EVER! I can't even begin to convey what a good decision it was to include downloads in the Hot 100. Since then we've had #1 songs that would have been unthinkable just a couple years ago. You're Beautiful, Bad Day, etc (not that I like either of these songs). And of course S.O.S and now Hips Don't Lie! Just think about when Britney finally makes her comeback! So exciting! Second US #1 single! Ok I'm getting a wee bit ahead of myself here.

Anyway since we're on the whole music thing, WHAT IS WITH SINGAPORE IDOL THIS YEAR? I haven't bothered to watch anything since the first episode this season, but caught snippets of the 7 female contestants today. THEY WERE AWFUL! As in, seriously, A-W-F-U-L. This isn't about any inherent aversion to all things Singapore. They really are disgraceful. All my friends (and frenemies) would testify that I cannot hold a note to save my life. I really can't. But see, that's why I would never take part in a singing competition.

TALANT indeed!

Anyway, let's not jinx anything, but this week has really been a breeze compared to last week. I was wrong. How often do you hear me say that? Have been home by 6 something everyday so far, and one day of staying-in tomorrow isn't going to kill me. Finished reading The Devil Wears Prada and The Great Gastby this week. Both books couldn't be more different, but I really enjoyed them. Perhaps more so Prada but I did finish The Great Gatsby in ONE day (which would be today, and it isn't that hard because it's only 170-ish pages), so that should say something about how much I enjoyed it.

However, I am, at heart and despite any pretense to the contrary, basically a very trashy person. How could I not ABSOLUTELY ADORE Prada? It was everything I expected. Shameless name-dropping, from Balenciaga to Missoni to Hilary Clinton to Karl Lagerfield to...you get the point. And I loved the sneaky references to Anna Wintour, who is rumoured to be the said 'Devil', although the author denies this. Ha! As for the story, well...there isn't one! Haha. It's inconsequential. Girl gets a shot at a job that she hopes will do big things for her career and gets caught up in the swirl of it all, nearly losing herself (and her friends and family and boyfriend) in the process before realising just before it was too late and giving a big F U (literally) to her nasty boss. The storyline is just a skeleton, an excuse to overwhelm the reader with a plethora of brand names, fashion/entertainment/cultural personalities, and the like. Girls (and gay guys) worth their Jimmy Choos (which, by the way, feature prominently throughout), will love it. I know I did =D

The Great Gatsby. Hmmm. It opens the world of 1920s New York to the reader. A world where the glitteratti sip on cocktails and dance the night away, where everything is hollow and empty at the end of it all. I loved the language used. The lawn creeping up the walls of the house as vines, as if from the momentum of their run. The airy, light descriptions. The ephemeral, effervescent tone throughout. The yearning and longing for an object which, by nature of the intensity and imagination of the obsession, can never really live up to expectations. Define short and sweet in 3 words? The Great Gatsby. It's not saccharine sweet. More like bitter-sweet. Ha dee ha ha I'm just OVERFLOWING with wit no?

Anyway, now I'm out of novels to read. Which is not good. Something about novels that I find easier to absorb when in camp (and therefore liable to a million and one distractions). Mutter mutter. Will have to do something about this situation.

It's time to go. I'll check in again sometime. XOXOXO