September 29

Today's date is September 29th, 2012. Well, not really, because I'm starting this post at 11:05 on the 28th. I'm going to attempt to stay up past midnight to have this posted when I'm done. I hope nothing interesting happens tomorrow, because I'm not going to be able to write about it until the next day. I'm currently working on My Top Ten List of Kylie Songs. It's more difficult than it sounds. The criteria is that it must be a single that Kylie sings by herself. There's a reason for that, but you'll find that out later. By the way, in an attempt to have sings from multiple different albums, I cut some good songs from X and Aphrodite, and ended up with more songs than I wanted off of Light Years. So not my fault.

My Top Ten List of Kylie Songs (cool, I never knew I could underline stuff)

#10: Spinning Around

A number one hit in the UK, this song is unforgettable. It was performed at the Queen's concert, so it must be good. Apparently it was partly written by Paula Abdul. I'm not entirely sure who Paula Abdul is, but everyone else is, so I'll go with it. Plus, I'm always a sucker for Kylie in gold hotpants, and the line dancey thing at the end is beast.

#9: Hand On Your Heart

Another number one hit, this is one of Kylie's older songs. I like to watch the music video to see how young and innocent she looked. Although, once I had the music video going on YouTube in my pocket, and the volume slid all the way up, and I thought the roof was falling on me. Not a pleasant experience. This is one of my go-to shower songs, so I just couldn't leave it off.

#8: Giving You Up

An interesting choice, you might say. This was my lifeline to Minogueland during my technology free week. It played a lot on Jango, in Chinese class when I was supposed to be working. I realize it got some pretty bad reviews, but that's not going to stop me from loving it. I tend to somewhat disagree strongly disagree with most critics. One of my favorite movies, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close got crappy reviews but that's their issue. Anyway...even though this song is from an album I never even knew existed, it rocks. The giant Kylie music video was pretty good too. It must've been fun for her to be a giant for once.

#7: Your Disco Needs You

Check my background on the Twitter. It's a screenshot of this music video. I must say, the music video was not very...shall we say, technologically advanced? I still absolutely love it, because Kylie is so freaking cute. Even when she's powdering her face with a humongous brush or marching around with a baton and 100 other Kylies. The song itself is awesome. It's not one that gets you right away, it sneaks up on you. You hear it at just the right moment and it just makes you feel happy. That's why I like this song. Also has something to do with Jonathan Parish's email addres in The Straight Road To Kylie :) Oh, look, now it's the 29th

#6: What Do I Have To Do?

This is another song like #7. I didn't originally see this song as being one of my favorites. But it snuck up on me, and made me mad
that I didn't have enough money on iTunes to buy it. Let me just talk about the music video for a second, then I'll be done. The music video was so...erotic. If Kylie isn't an in-the-closet bisexual, I would be surprised. Don't hate me for saying that; we all have our theories. Besides, she has said in an interview she's fancied girls before. If that isn't proof... My point is, that was just hot. Just plain hot. The music video is the reason I don't know the words to most of the song.

#5: On A Night Like This

In my opinion, IN MY OPINION, this is a much better song than Spinning Around. I would say it was underrated except for the fact that she had a whole tour named after it. A music video where she just repeatedly takes off her clothes and puts different ones on is ace. Can't beat that. Although frankly I don't understand the whole synopsis of the video, just listening to the song is plenty.. The lyrics really speak to me. Don't say it's like a fantasy when you know this is how it should be. You kiss me, I'm falling, can you hear me calling? You touch me, I want you, feels like I've always known you. I was prepared to be devastated when this song didn't make the cut for one of my mix CDs, being cut off by Spinning Around, but it made thee cut anyway. Phew. Love this song.

#4: In My Arms

The first time I heard this song was on Pandora. I bought it instinctively on iTunes, at first being a little worried it would start to annoy me, like Looking For An Angel did when I bought it spur of the moment. It never did. I can't explain why I like it do much. I just do. If there's a music video for it, I haven't seen it. The acoustic version she did of it on the radio...that time...do you know what I'm talking about? Yeah, that was brilliant. Wow, I just spelled brilliant brilliny. A genius, I am. The acoustic version is the (time)bomb. I might even like thr more than the original.

#3: Breathe

Yes, I do actually have something from Impossible Princess. The first song I had off this album was Too Far, but I was not aware that wasn't a single. Hmm. Breathe might be my go to talent show song. It used to be a shower song, but I can never sing it right anymore. Which sucks. But I can sing along to it, so it's all okay. If you haven't seen the acousti version of THIS she did backstage at the Aphrodite tour, you must. I heard that version BEFORE I heard the original. I adore her backup singers, I must point out. They were great in that.

#2: Flower

Yes, ladies and gentlemen, Flower is not my number one song. I will get shunned for this. There's nothing bad I can say about this song. It's absolutely beautiful and I'm proud to say I helped unlock to video with 73 tweets. And I only had 445 to begin with! The song is stunning, the video is stunning, Kylie is stunning. I marked the date of the release in my agenda, etched the song lyrics on my Minogue page, and although I haven't been waiting for its release for 5 years, it is definitely a favorite. Now, shun away.

#1: All the Lovers

This is my sort of anthemy song. It's about universal love, and who doesn't dig that? It sends a good strong message through a video that's a teensy bit sexual, but that second bit isn't the point. It sends a good message with a white horse, a dove, a giant mountain of love, and the goddess of love. This is my dad's and mutual favorite. Sure, he likes I Should Be So Lucky more, but I promise you this was a close second. This would be my talent show song, but my dad says I can't sing about lovers. Lover=one who loves. What's so bad about that? I cannot get enough of this song, it just makes me feel good.
Honorable Mentions

Can't Get You Out Of My Head

I had to include this somewhere on here, didn't I? It's her most successful single to date, and you can't not acknowledge that. Personally, I just don't think this is one of her best songs. Sure, it's pretty great, but not one of my favorites. Besides, if any of my airhead friends are reading this list, this is the only songs they're going to know.

Give Me Just A Little More Time

I admit, Kylie can do better than a remake. But I just adore the music video for this song. It always makes me smile. It's catchy and I am a total sucker for 80s Kylie ;)

Best Album

Aphrodite

Hands down, this album is my favorite. It's the only full album I have. I love the bonus song, Mighty Rivers, and, you know, all the other songs too. X was a close second. Abbey Road might put them all to shame, who knows?

Best Music Video

Red Blooded Woman

Two words: Fucking. Hot.

Best Tour

Aphrodite les Folies

This one's kind of unfair, because I've never been to any of her concerts. But the one that I'm most depressed that I missed out on is Aphrodite, so there. A close second was the Anti-Tour. The poster in my locker was an ad from the Anti-Tour, and it's just freaking awesome. But Aphrodite les Folies was even more epic.

I would've posted this earlier in the day (it's now 3:35pm), but I wanted to get all the awards picked. Unfortunately, the "Best Non-Single" award and the "Best Duet" award started to give me headaches, and soon I just fell asleep. While "Best Non-Single is going to continue to be a challenge, I think I know which duet I'm going to pick. If you have any other ideas for awards, by all means tell me! Feel free to share your picks with me as well!

Did I mention, I got my first legit Kylie poster earlier this week! It's from the Aphrodite photoshoot: http://www.amazon.com/Kylie-Minogue-24X36-Poster-02/dp/B005G8W70M/ref=sr_1_17?ie=UTF8&qid=1348947832&sr=8-17&keywords=kylie+minogue+poster I totally love it, but it fell off my wall...

Also, my sexy shirt that everyone complimented me on yesterday, because I think I forgot to say, was a lacy neon green tank top from Delia's. I only got dress-coded once (hem hem Ms Parkhurst!), but it was still worth it. I just took off my gym shirt next period. Anything that can inspire fashion compliments from Livia Leiter and Mackenzie Ullom is a miracle. They are two of my 7th grade fashion icons. Livia even said the shirt looked better on me than her matching one did on her. Damn. I still don't think I'm anywhere near pretty, though.

I don't think I have any more to say...oh, my friends and I are starting a trock band. Our Particular Brand Of Insanity. I'm hoping we'll be posting our music on YouTube. Maggie says she might have somewhere we can perform if we're really serious, and that would be SO AWESOME. It sucks that I can't write songs, but I'll sing them if they're good. Even though Maggie sings way better than me and Caroline is more comfortable singing in public (I think). I'm so looking forward to that, though. OPBOI!

One last thing: Daniel, Cheryl Cole is hot. I'll give you that. But I still don't like her. Today's date is September 29. DFTBA.

~MELS

The Best Day Of My Life

Today's date is September 28th, also known as the best day of my life. I just feel so good about everything right now. I usually despise people who are overly optimistic, but I now know the feeling of everything in life being perfect. Right now I'm smiling into space. No one does that. Except me, apparently.

This morning (let's say, 6:50), I was waiting for the bus. My mom and I told Jaylin, an 8th grader who only rides the bus twice a week, that the bus stop had been moved from the front of the elementary school, down to the corner earlier in the week. The bus driver had told us to start waiting down there from now on, because it saves time (which it does). A few minutes later, Lily and her mom arrived. Lily's mom said something along the lines of, "Don't they have to get the bus stop officially moved before they can have it put on a busy road like this?" and that's how it all started. We all pointed out things like how she talks on her cell phone, and, apparently, lies. My mom and Lily's mom and Jaylin's mom all called Transportation, and when we asked where she was, she reported that she went to the stop, in the front of the school, at 6:58. We'd all been there right then, and the bus hadn't. Liar.

Lily's mom, living right across the street from the bus stop, volunteered to drive the three of us to school. In a CONVERTIBLE. We played loud music, danced, let our hair blow in the wind, and couldn't stop laughing. We were listening to Sorry For Party Rocking when we were almost at school. We made some cool choreography and were just being über cool. All of a sudden, Jaylin screamed, "Spider!" We laughed and Lily's mom reached over and shooed it out of he car. Someone shouted from a car behind us, "Jaylin, you was looking real cool until you saw that bug!" It turned out to be his friend Lamar's dad. We had a good laugh about that. Then it was time to get out of the car and go to school.

I was running a little late, but I got in line with the other 7th graders toward the end of the line. When I got upstairs, Isabella told me I looked really pretty today. It all went uphill from there. I got my best mile time of the year so far, 9:18 (yes, we do run the mile every Friday at our school). Chinese was actually interesting (I learned how to say àozhōu, Australia :D). Math was decent, and the fire drill made up for the boring quiz. English was still kind of awful (but not as bad as yesterday, when she led us 10 mins after), but I never really count English as a part of my day anymore. Lunch was super fun, duh. Science was decent too, but nothing special. Social Studies is going to have a whole bit devoted to it, so I'll skip that for now. Orchestra was awesome, we got to watch an opera, because we're studying the romantic period this year.

Now Social Studies. Yesterday, Ms. Stephens old my group of friends we were being too loud, and one of us had to move. Megan ended up being the one to move, but I wanted Ms. Stephens to know exactly why I didn't. I sent her an email explaining, saying that I wanted to prove to her that my friends and I could still be trusted to work together. This is why she sent me in response:

Grace,

Thank you for taking the time to write me this note, letting me know what was going on inside your mind and why you made the decision you did.  I thank you for clearing up for me what was behind your decision to stay.  I must admit I did see you as a strong person, and I was wondering why you were not one of those who offered to move.  I am honored that you felt safe enough to talk to me about this.  Also, I am impressed by the strength you are showing me, now, by writing this note.  

Please know that, for me, every day is a new day and a fresh start.  I do NOT hold grudges because I, too, make mistakes.  When I do, I make it my business to correct them, and I hope that I am forgiven.  Please know that I hold you and your friends in high regard.  That is NOT changed.  What has changed is that my respect for you has gone even higher because of the decision you made to reach out to me and tell me your feelings in such a respectful way.

Thank you.
Mrs. Stephens

I don't know why everything's really big now, but just go with it. This is why I love Ms. Stephens. She's so...real. She admits that she's not perfect, and in return, accepts that we aren't either. I'm so thankful I have her as a teacher.

Today's date is September 28, and I feel like I haven't written nearly as much as I usually do. I'll leave you with this thought: the guy that played Alfredo Germont from La traviata was really attractive :)

~MELS

September 27

Today's date is Septembet 27th, 2012. The first thing that I'm going to address is my abundance of names. My pen name is Melody Jade, as in Melody Pond from Doctor Who, and Jade just because it sounds pretty. My Twitter name is Tyler Jane-Berger, Tyler as in Rose Tyler from Doctor Who, and Jane-Berger, my friend Caroline's middle and last name, because we love the way Gareth David-Lloyd smushed his middle and last name together. My name on email is Grace Amy Pond, Grace because it's my first name, and Amy Pond from Doctor Who. I've also used the pseudonyms Raelynn Prentice, Salome Violetta, and Anonymous. My real name is Grace Young...but you can call me either that or Mels, which I've recently realized always autocorrects to Mel's :)

Now I will address 7th period with a crude list that may eventually turn into a poem.

List of nice things:

She said I've been looking nice this week
She lent me a highlighter
She wanted to sit with me in Orchestra

List of not-so-nice things she said:

Ha, you're fat.
Your clothes don't usually reflect how pretty you are.
You only smile with your teeth.
You never laughed last year.
You sound monotone on the phone.
Your expression is always so blank and hard to read.

I don't want to leave you confused, so here's an explanation. I'm having a fight with my friend Megan. I think I posted about that yesterday. All the bad things are building up, and that makes it hard to remember the good things. In 7th period Social Studies today, we were in the computer lab. Megan and I took our usual seats in the top row, where we always used to sit in math last year. Maggie and CC sat up there with us. Apparently we were making too much noise and not getting anything done, and Ms. Stephens came to tell us that one of us had to move. None of us wanted to. I got up to get a timeline for the project we were working up, and when I came back, Megan was in tears and picking up her stuff to move. I had no idea what had just happened, but Ms. Stephens took Megan out into the hall to talk. When Ms. Stephens came back in, she came up to tell Maggie and CC and I how Megan was strong enough to volunteer and none of us were. That totally pissed me off, because I had wanted to be the one to leave, but I wanted to prove to Ms. Stephens that the four of us could still be trusted to work together. Guess not. But I was mad that Megan wasn't mature enough to leave her friends without crying, and she still got props from the teacher.

I guess what I'm trying to get across is that I don't know what to do with Megan. She didn't talk to me for the remainder of 7th period, but in 8th, she acted like nothing had happened. Maybe I'm overreacting, but like I said, it's a build-up of everything. It's like when Dannii and Louis had a fight on X Factor about her stealing his song. She started crying, and looking like a total baby, but it wasn't just from that. She'd had a hard season and that was exactly what she didn't need to happen. I might lose it if Megan says something mean one more time. Help me, please, anyone.

On a lighter note, I will address my Dancing with the Stars brackety thing:

1st place: Joey Fatone and Kym Johnson
2nd place: Gilles Marini and Peta Murgatroyd
3rd place: Shawn Johnson and Derek Hough
4th place: Sabrina Bryan and Louis van Amstel
5th place: Apolo Anton Ohno and Karina Smirnoff
6th place: Emmitt Smith and Cheryl Burke
7th place: Helio Castroneves and Chelsie Hightower
8th place: Kirstie Alley and Maksim Chmerkovskiy
9th place: Drew Lachey and Anna Trebunskaya
10th place: Kelly Monaco and Val Chmerkovskiy
11th place: Melissa Rycroft and Tony Dovolani
12th place: Bristol Palin and Mark Ballas
13th place: Pamela Anderson and Tristan MacManus

My 1st place is purely heart voting, not head voting. It's unlikely that they'll get that far, but I'm a HUGE Kym fan. I put my other Aussie up there too, but I really do believe they'll do well. And I know for sure I got at least one right, because Pam+Tristan already got eliminated (which is extremely not cool).

On another light note, today was picture day! I looked presentable, but I never look great. Mackenzie an Sachi really stole the show, but then again, they ALWAYS look great.

Sorry to cut this short, but today's date is September 27. Inspirational thought: People are only as happy as they let themselves be. ---Abraham Lincoln

~MELS

September 26

Today's date is September 26th, 2012. I got Where the Wild Roses Grow by Kylie Minogue and Nick Cave stuck in my head. It's a wonderful song, but it's freaking scary. I heard it/watched the music video for the first time last night, and honestly I think it's even scarier than Lady GaGa's Monster. Which is scary. Where the Wild Roses Grow is seriously a beautiful song, one that you wouldn't immediately associate with Kylie, but can you ever FULLY appreciate a song when it's stuck in your head? My friend Caroline asked me today if I had a pointy rock (with which to kill our math teacher, but that's beside the point), and I thought of the video right away. Haha. I suck.

I got my part in the play today! I'm playing Theseus, the Duke, who honestly has never been mentioned in class before. I'm cool with that, even though it's a dude's part. I think it's interesting that, according to Isabella, I only have parts in the beginning and in the end. That'll be nice too. I get to be married to Naomi, aka Egeus. She's not extremely attractive, just...eh. She's got cool hair, though. If I had to be married to someone in the class, it would be Nick, Caleb (not my dog, different person), Mesiah, Essi, Isabella, Sophia C, Sophia P, or...idk who else. There's a lot of nice looking girls in my class, what can I say? Isabella and Essi and I probably spent about half the lunch period picking through the cast list, deciding who would be good (NIA!!), and who would kill the person who got the part they wanted (Hazel), and who didn't like the part they got (Kamila, Isabella, and Dominique apparently). In fact, Dominique was extremely pissed that she got the part of Puck, which happens to be the part Hazel wanted. Dominque stormed down the hall cursing when she found out her part, but I think she's going to be pretty good...if she convinces herself that Puck is a good part.

My friend Megan gave me a letter today. It explained (once again) that she was sick of me and Caroline obsessing over Doctor Who. They had a pencil+paper fight today over names. Let me back up and make this make a little more sense. My name on email is Grace Amy Pond. I trademarked that...ish, but you know what I mean. Sooner or later, all the Whovians started picking names. Katie River Song. Maggie Donna Noble. Hazel Jackie Tyler (trust me, she didn't pick that herself). Megan thinks she should be Rose Tyler. She's all of our favorite companions. Megan has seen about 7 episodes of Doctor Who, only a handful of which even had Rose in them. Caroline thinks she should be Rose. I agreed with her. Me and Megan fell out over that last year, and I SO don't need a repeat of that. Megan said nasty things about me right before our Aladdin performance, so I got a lot of people not talking to me, and she got a lot of people not talking to her. It was pretty bad. But Caroline has seen every single episode of NewWho, so she deserves it way more. Megan wants to put an end to it before it even starts, I guess. She broke up with us, in a way. We want her back. Besides, if I've been fangirling about anything lately, it's Min. Not DW. That's all Caroline. So I don't know what to do. She's like my sister; even though I hate her sometimes, we need each other. We share birthdays, advanced math classes, and 77% of our schedules. I need advice.

Now to my Dannii birthday plans. I told you I'd tell you about them. First of all, I never would've had the desire to do this if it weren't for my good online friend Nicola Kirstie, @nicolakirstie_ or Twitter. By the way, I'm @heartheartkms on Twitter, but if you're reading my blog, youre probably already following me, seeing as that's the only place I've posted the link to this. Right. Birthday plans. So Nicola is currently making a video for Dannii's birthday, containing birthday messages from fans (including my friends Caroline, Katie, and Sachi). I'm glad I found that, because it was really a lot of fun to work on and to convince other people to do. So I'm now hosting a birthday party for Dannii, and I've invited Caroline, Katie, and Sachi, because they helped with the video. I know, I'm excluding Megan again, but with good reason this time. We will listen to Dannii Minogue music, eat Australian food (basically a barbecue, no Vegemite included, sorry folks), and do other stuff because we are awesome like that. It'll be a lot more fun than it sounds, trust me. These girls are my three best friends, and if I can't have a good time just sitting in a room with them, I don't know who can. I am super psyched about it, and I am soon going to send out an Evite for the first time!! I'm almost excited about the Evite as I am about the party. Lol ;) If you're a Dannii fan in Arlington, Virginia, who's also a 12 year old, well, tell me! Maybe I'll invite you!

Now, since I didn't get the chance

to tell you more about my book yesterday, I'll tell you more now! I'll try not to spoil too much, but it'll be hard! This is a shot summary of the first two chapters. Remember, this is only the first draft. I already know I have to change the beginnin for the second draft, but I won't say how. So...

In Chapter One, The Girl Next Door, there's no dialogue. It doesn't happen in real time. Dylan talks about Kylie. Only you dont actually find out she's Kylie until the very end of the chapter, but if you didn't know that already, you must be a total moron. He talks about how they live in Adelaide, and how she goes to visit
her family in Melbourne one weekend every month. How she stays up late every night and plays her songs very loudly, dancing to them, but not singing along because her vocal chords are damaged. How she sits outside, begging for attention, but how everyone's too scared to approach. Etc. I know that's never a good way to end a summary, but still.

In Chapter Two, Deeper, Kylie comes home from a visit with her family. She tells Dylan how she fell apart from hearing Dannii sing, because it was like she was taunting her. She tells how she threw an ice cube at Dannii, leaving a bruise on her forehead. It sounds lame, but try hitting someone in the head with an ice cube sometime. It hurts. Kylie can't understand what possessed her to do that, but Dylan's there to comfort her. They become a lot closer after that incidence, and end up going to dinner at the end of the chapter. Aw. Sweet <3

That's all I have to say for now. Or at least, all I have time to say. I'm technically supposed be off my iPod by 8:00...oh well. I'll post again tomorrow :) Today's date is September 26, and I hope you had as great of a day as I did!

~MELS

It's K25 People!!!

Today's date is September 25th, 2012, and the only really important thing that went on today was the K25 tweet to unlock. I have now discovered that my alarm clock does, in fact, wake me up. I found out I accidentally set it for 3:20 instead of 3:40, but twenty minutes less of sleep doesn't REALLY make any difference, does it? I used 73 of my tweets to unlock an amazing music video, using the hashtag #KylieFlower. Apparently it was the #1 Worldwide Trend, but it didn't trend at all here in America. I don't blame you Americans for being asleep for this whole thing. Actually, I do. I was up, so why couldn't you have been? The Flower video was beautiful, anyway, so I guess missing out on it was punishment enough.

I was pretty exhausted at school today, no lie. I wore a sweater and sweatpants and a sweatshirt (planning on doing a lot of sweating, I guess?), and I didn't brush my hair at all. All my friends told me I looked great, though. I guess I should not try more often. I wore this outfit because I didn't want to wear anything that couldn't also function as pajamas, just in case I fell asleep during class. Sadly, I didn't.

The best class of the day was Act II, the after school graded class you can take in Arlington County. I'm taking drama, and I didn't have to do much, which was good. The only thing I had to do was rea the part of Titania in a scene from A Midsummer Night's Dream. That's the play were going to be putting on, and I'm really excited. Today was the last day of "auditions", and the cast list goes up tomorrow. I want to play Helena, but I bet Sophia's going to play her. Titania would be nice too, but I think Belle's going to play her. I don't know what good characters that leaves for me. I can't play Hermia, because I'm tall. I guess then I'd like to be Peter Quince, or one of the other rude mechanicals with less lines. So nervous!...

Today is also my dog, Caleb's birthday. It's the day we got him 2 years ago, anyway, so we decided today was his birthday. I think my parents are too wrapped up in their own little world of work-eat-sleep to care, though. As far as I know, they don't have a clue it's his birthday. We didn't get him anything, poor guy. They just think its "K25, whatever that is".

Today was my juice day at lunch! That's fun! I started only buying water at lunch, as the beginning of an attempt to lose weight. I let myself have one day to buy juice a month, and this month I purposely put it on K25. I put it on a special day each month, as kind of a celebration thing. Next month it's on the 19th, because that's as close as I could get to Dannii Minogue's birthday. I'll tell you about my plans for her birthday party some other time, which I am also psyched about :)

Now I must go eat pizza. Inspiring thought of the day: Things turn out best for those who make the best out of the way things turn out. Today's date is September 25, and have a great one tomorrow. Don't wake up too early!

~MELS

September 24

Today's date is September 24th, 2012. As this is my first blog post, you should know a little bit more about me.

1. Name: Melody Jade
2. Occupation: Part time student, full time dreamer, aspiring writer. Actually, I'm currently writing a novel (Kylie, I Love You). Contact me if you'd like to take it for a test drive!
3. Location: Arlington, Virginia, USA. Or Australia (I wish).
4. Addictions: Doctor Who, Downton Abbey, Dancing with the Stars (all my D shows), KYLIE MINOGUE!!!

Okay, I'm sick of answering self-issued questions about myself. It's the beginning of the school year, what can I say? All the teachers want to know. You guys get to know me a little more personally.

What's going on in my life NOW, you ask? Now there's something I'm always happy to answer.

At this exact point in time, I'm watching Dancing with the Stars. Kym Johnson and Pamela Anderson were hot hot HOT!! Yes, yes, I'm proudly bi and happy to admit the girls on this show are wayyyyy hotter than the guys. Especially Maks; he looks like a werewolf. My Aussies (Kym and Peta) are the sexiest creatures I have EVER seen, except for Min. And Karina's pretty hot too, for lack of a better word. And Anna. Way better than Cheryl and Chelsie. TEAM FATONE <333

Today, I learned how to set my alarm clock! How exciting! I really, honest to God, didn't have any idea how to do it before. I also purchased a free alarm clock app on my iPod. I'm counting on needing two alarms to wake me up tomorrow. Let me explain. Min (Kylie) is celebrating her 25th anniversary in the music business (cue insane cheers)! Because of that, on the 25th of every month, she's giving her lovers a very special surprise...but we have to "tweet to unlock". That means everyone gets online at a set time and, well, tweets to unlock the surprise. That set time is 9:00 GMT, which is equivalent to 4:00 EST. Yippee. So I have set my new alarms for 3:35 and 3:40, to give me a lot of time to roll out of bed and down to the computer. I'll be a student zombie tomorrow, but I could care less. If I can't pull it off this time, I've still got three more chances.

Now to my book. Yes, it is about Kylie Minogue, but that's not the point. I think you can still enjoy it if you aren't one of her super fans. This is the first draft of the inside jacket flappy thing:

You can't live in Australia without knowing who Kylie Minogue is. Or can you? For 48-year-old Dylan Chessie, that seems to be the case. Someone moves in next door to him, but he genuinely couldn't care less. He eats lunch with her, goes jogging with her, lives just a few metres away from her, and the fact that she's Kylie Minogue doesn't make any difference to him. One day, she lets him deeper into her life, and he begins to see her in a different light. What will happen next? With help from his best friend, Catherine; his late little sister, Talia; Kylie's family; and ten teenage girls from the mall, his life starts to change for the better. Though his and Kylie's relationship might hit some bumpy spots, they always stick to it. It just goes to prove that even the craziest of situations can turn out to be the best thing that ever happened to you.

Please comment if you'd like to have a read. It won't be finished or typed up for a while, but I need to know who I have to read it, and therefore who I have to thank in the "Acknowledgements" section. Today's date is September 24th, and I'll back to continue über fangirling again soon.

~MELS