Being premier gestapo? Sometimes sucks.

Alicia is supposed to be working from home due to having to babysit her little siblings (damn school holidays). She also finds herself having to midwife her sister's dog. In grand tradition, workflow and IT have not sorted out her connection properly even though they told her they did, so she can get email but can't actually *do* stuff. And it's really slow.

So, instead of doing *minor* gestapo delegation duties, I'm now on *full* gestapo enforcement delegation duties. :sigh: oppressing the masses is so much more satisfying when it's stuff you came up with yourself, rather than acting on orders to oppress the masses.

Tom, our supreme overlord, is ill. So that's even more to be stored up/stuff that can't get sorted (mostly tech) until he's well again...

I wonder what it says that I spent five busy minutes writing up a Hierarchy Guide to the Evil League of Evil that is our dept. (this kind of thing happens. I get bored/frustrated, I write up guides and stick them on the wall)

In other news, my sundress (Kate Moss collection, didn't buy in the shop even though it fitted me perfectly due to the price tag and the 'oh dear god it makes me look *wholesome*' freak-out - give me a break, I was still in denial about how much fun the wholesome look was a few months back) has arrived from ebay.

Watched the finals of the Canadian HDYSAPLM. Glad Elisha won over Janna. I know they always went on about Janna's professionalism, but as the series went on, I disliked her more - especially after her performance of 'Defying Gravity' in musicals week. Which was shit, even though they raved about it. Voice wasn't right for the song, she spoke half of it... Sam did it *much* better in IDA. Her performance of 'Don't Cry for me Argentina' was... blegh. really blegh. And bland. Madonna was about, oh, fifteen times more impressive, and still not as impressive as Elena Rogers. Then came the flashback compilation of her performances. And sat and went 'actually, I really don't like most of these. And there's always something horribly calculating/cold about her. Elisha? her compilation was absolutely nothing special, she was regularly not in tune - but much more likeable. acting was better, or at least drew you in more. Visibly improved week by week. As has her stage presence - there's something magnetic about that girl via the tv, at least. And her performance of 'Memory' was fucking *stunning*. Couldn't look away. I'd've actually liked Jamie to get it- better Maria, more experienced, but didn't get the votes. Oh well. her and Marissa'll probably get good careers since they showed utter professionalism, great performances and likeability the whole way through.

Overall, as a show, it was clear they didn't know what to do with it half the time, I hadn't realised how much extra those godawful tasks we had on the UK versions actually show you of people's personalities/backstage/acting abilities, *especially* when all you're seeing due to time constraints on the Canadian version is the performances. Graham Norton far better host, since he didn't try to force the jokes. I know we used to roll our eyes at the terrible puns and byplay between him and Andrew, but they knew and we knew it was pure cheese. Half the jokes fell flat in this. The judges - Simon and Elaine? Fucking painful. Biased, vindictive, unprofessional, bland to watch... At least John was there. And Andrew, when he came on, was a breath of fresh air. Canadian version did have some good things : for the most part, great choreography for the group numbers, better dresses for the most part, and better song choice - more musicals and more songs you could do something with.

my to-do list currently looks like :
sundress making
jobs
conina skirt fixing
track down new sandals