Oh what a week it has been. A good one though. And busy! I had a ton of stuff to do for work as I have a week off next week, so of course all of next week's work needed to be up to date too. I finished our firm's environmental audit too (which I implemented about a year ago)... and was all annoyed with the branches that STILL don't recycling facilities. I got all preachy and "it's disgusting in this day and age that you are only just doing something about it" etc., then realised I was sounding a bit of a twat. But still - did live earth teach people nothing? Sheesh. Anyway, off soap box and on with a round up of the week (a week that contained some potentially very exciting news for me. Ooo intruiging)...
American Idol finale:
Despite sucking harder than an top 24 contestant on his/her knees on Tuesday night (ooo how inhabited with the spirit of d'luv was that!), Mr David of Cook beat cherubic looking David Archuleta. Of course all of that was deemed irrelevant by the appearance of a very dapper looking Ryan Tedder. Take some fashion notes Archie. Jeans and a jacket will only get you so far in life... (Download video here)
The other highlight was who was arriving on the red carpet! Some WTF moments came from Thomas Dekker (great new crew cut, but that top? Jesus!) and Jon Peter Lewis (either a VERY unflattering angle or someones been drowning their sorrows in cup cakes!) Still at least Blake Lewis looked quite decent in a sort of boffable way...(click links for piccies)
I'm temporarily changing my opinion of Jason Dreadlocks. His version of Hallelujah was quite good.
The rest of the show was mainly filler. Seal was good. As was Donna Summer, though one girl in the group tribute did not look happy to be singing in a group! Oh well. X Factor to look forward to now then...
Movies:
Oh I am so very very behind with movie watching. I think it's because I have developed an allergy to the cinema. It's full of talking people, chewing with their mouths open and discussing the plot continuously through the film. And so uncomfortable (oh what a little ray of sunshine I am!). Anyway, DazPecs and I did date night again and went to see Indy. Some very great moments, (brilliantly outlandish) including the ridiculous car chase/sword fight through the jungle which was quite entertaining. Shia did a decent job and Harrison tried not to look as old as he is. Despite some great moments not a particularly great film, though nice enough. I need to desperately catch up on Prince Caspian, Made of Honour, Speed Racer, Iron Man and ooo Sex and The City next week. Viva Carrie Bradshaw!
Pop bytes and bloggy gossip:
Oh Laura are back! Well they never went away. But they do have a stunning new video for Release Me. Sigh. It's lovely.
Monsieur D'Luv is remembering when Madonna wore blouses in videos and he wore denim shirts. Fashion disasters that have come back to haunt them both :P
Bobby puts some ridiculously good looking bloke on his site and gets spammed by an overzealous Doe Deere fan. Crikey!
DanUK has all the great comics gossip. I feel slightly ashamed that I downloaded some comics this week and spent ages wondering what the fuck a .cbr extension was. Worked it out now...
DanUSA and Heidi are guilty. And not just of love in the first degree....
XO is critiquing all the necessary album covers. The Zuton's one almost makes up for their music...
Digital Spy has an endlessly amusing look at flop boybands.
Fizzypoptastic Top 21 Songs of the week
21 ~ Mariah Carey, Bye Bye (NE) 20 ~ Last Shadow Puppets, Age of The Understatement 19 ~ Sergey, Flyer 18 ~ Jesse McCartney, Leaving 17 ~ Enrique, Can You Hear Me (NE) 16 ~ Duffy, Warwick Avenue 15 ~ Jason Mraz, Lucky 14 ~ Captain, Keep An Open Mind 13 ~ Kylie, In My Arms 12 ~ Ola, Love in Stereo 11 ~ Blake Lewis, How Many Words? 10 ~ Rongedal, Just A Minute 09 ~ David Jordan, Move On 08 ~ Alphabeat, 10,000 Nights of Thunder 07 ~ Caracola, Smiling in Love 06 ~ Madonna, 4 Minutes 05 ~ The Feeling, Without You 04 ~ Jack McManus, Bang on Your Piano 03 ~ Jesse McCartney, Bleeding Love 02 ~ BWO, Lay Your Love On Me 01 ~ Maroon 5 ft Rihanna, Never See Your Face (1 week)
Previous 2008 Number Ones: The Feeling, I Thought It Was Over (4 weeks); David Jordan, Sun Goes Down (4 weeks); Jesse McCartney, Leaving (3 weeks); Madonna, 4 Minutes (2 weeks); The Feeling, Without You (4 weeks); BWO, Lay Your Love on Me (3 weeks)
