3 A4 books of scrawled observations, over 500 photos, several million associated work emails and one freelance job to be completed by tomorrow - just as soon as I sort all that out I’ll start on the “what I did on my holidays” post. For now all I’ll say is that leaving aside the severe food poisoning and the sunstroke (which both happened on the same day) I fell in love with India and can’t wait to go back.

Brilliant news on our return though. 7-11 was number one in the BBC Radio One Web Music Charts while we were away (just as well we fled the country - fame can be so wearing!) and was the most played song on the web. Apparently it was played on Radio One quite a bit too - Chris Moyles, Annie Mac and JK and Joel (who are covering for someone called Scott Mills) all displaying their exquisite taste. Unfortunately though Terry Wogan hasn’t yet played it which means that I haven’t heard it (I am and always have been a Radio 2 sort of girl - it comes of having a secret liking for Neil Diamond songs).

If that weren’t enough, its also had quite a bit of airplay on both MTV (which we don’t have) and proper TV too but as I only watch EastEnders, UK Gold or America’s Next Top Model I haven’t seen it on telly yet either.

Best of all though - the bookies (Ladbrokes, Paddy Power and a host of others) have whacked it in at 8-1 odds on for Christmas Number One. That’s brilliant news for me cos I shoved some dosh on it when it was at 20-1 but if you fancy a flutter and want us to beat Borat, then place your bets ladies and gentlemen please. I know it won’t be nearly as satisfying as beating him with a big stick until he stops breathing but bashing his ego to a pulp has to come a close second.

Real life grab it in your hands single available from all good record shops on the 18th of December, but if you really can’t wait that long - and who can blame you? - then you can download it from iTunes (which I can’t work so I’m not putting in the link) and Virgin Megastores online. This features a special extended remix version by Dino Lenny, who if you know about these things - and I don’t, so apologies if the following job description is all wrong - then you’ll know is a hip and happening producer/remixer/indiedance/techno/dj/tronic type. I’ve heard a sneaky preview and I have to say that he’s done a wonderful wonderful job of it. Can’t deny that the song was fantastic to start with but really, 13 minutes of my voice (and my voice alone) set to a techno beat is (in my humble opinion) only improving on perfection.

If you’ve already bought the single - thank you a million times. Now go buy it again. If you haven’t already bought it (and why not?) and need reminding of its utter fabulousness then go to YouTube and then go buy it. Buy multiple copies and send them out as Christmas Cards. Look on it as a charitable contribution to those of us (me) who need a pair of glittery shoes this Christmas!

Oh God. Here we go again…. (I’m just filling in what you’re all thinking)…she’s going to bang on once more about her 15 seconds of fame as the girl who goes 1 2 3 on Eskimo Disco’s 7-11 song and how if you went to this page on the Pingu site you could make me dance in time to the music. Well guess what? I am going to bang on about my 15 seconds of fame as the 1 2 3 girl on the 7-11 song because the nice people who make the Pingu series have made a whole video for the song and so je suis une rockstar once more!!

So please. If you want me to shut up about being the 1 2 3 girl on Eskimo Disco’s 7 – 11 song; Go HERE (Link is in bold btw). Rate it really high. Write something especially nice about it. Put a link to it on your blog and ask everyone else to write something nice about it too. Email the link to everybody you know and ask them to visit the link and rate really high. Hell, if you’re out in town tomorrow, paint the link on your jacket, hand out flyers or go up to total strangers and tell them to rate it.

Go on. You know you want to and even if you don’t, you should. Because the only way you’re ever going to shut me up about being the 1 2 3 girl on Eskimo Disco’s 7-11 song is if I’m too busy spending all F’s royalties from it.

PS. When you tell everyone about it – whisper…this is a sneaky preview, it isn’t due to be released for TV until November.

You may (but probably won’t)remember that a few months ago my dulcet tones were included on a little ditty entitled 7-11 (if you don’t - you can read the whole sordid tale here Despite my habitual cool, I was actually a bit proud of this and having scaled the dizzy heights of stardom I was determined that the world and his wife should know about it, so I bored the pants off everyone I encountered by rendering acappella versions of my (admittedly small but definitely significant contribution - I like to think of it as being at least as important as the “big boys don’t cry” bit in 10cc’s I’m not in Love”) part at every opportunity I could manufacture.

And then, as such things go, I forgot about it until a couple of weeks ago when S sent through a link. Not only does the web ring out to my melodious voice once more - you’ve got dancing penguins too. So, for your delectation and delight I give you this…

(I should just add that if you do click on the link you will spend the next 3 weeks desperately trying to make the sodding things move in time to the music but hey have we got anything better to do?)

For the past week, F has been doing something musicky which put all the computers in the house strictly out of bounds to anyone (that means me) I’m not sure what he’d been doing - but its been intense. As a result of this computerless state I buggered off to Newcastle which was nice - but equally computerless. I ave now returned to find that the computers are still strictly out of bounds. Normal service will be resumed shortly.

Eskimo Disco’s latest single ““Speakers Corner” is playing on XFM tonight. Go vote for it hereThen tell everyone you know to vote for it too (and tell them to tell everyone and to tell everyone and…oh well you get the picture.)

I was going to write chapter and verse on all the reasons you should do this but I then I remembered that you lot are all so cynical that you wouldn’t believe me when I said that they were brilliant so I thought that the best thing to do would be to tell you what others (who do this sort of thing as a proper job so they’re much more likely to know what their talking about) have said about them.…

…”Donna Summer on acid” Timeout

…”Kraftwerk meets the Human League” Guardian guide to Glastonbury

…”A towering monuement of marvellousness…one of the live bands of this year by many an account” Playlouder.com

…”…a fantastic, soul deep, disco shallow tune as infectious as nits at a primary school assembly.” Blowback

“…80s keyboards, honky tonk rapping and gratuitous gospel choirs which has been brilliantly assembled to make you get up and dance.” ETC, July 2005

“Buzz band Eskimo Disco have an Alabama 3-like vibe. File under electro disco indie…” Whats On London, June 2005

“Imagine Daft Punk on I Heart the 80s. Riotus, and above all, fun.” John Earls, Teletext Gig Reviews,

“While waiting for Scissor Sisters to put out a new album, fans would be well advised to try this lot. ““ Teletext, Single Reviews

(for full reviews and to listen to other tracks (including the one that I’m on!) visit Eskimo Disco

In the words of onebadway. Do it. NOW.