A surefire way to get people to notice you is ask dumb questions. Out of her 700, 000+ Twitter followers, Imogen Heap was gracious enough to answer me this evening. I'm so so so excited for her new album, Ellipse, but was beginning to think I'd have to resort to Amazon to obtain it [legally], when she posts this:

#firsttrainhome (get now) and #Ellipse (pre-order) up on iTunes USA and Canada. The rest of us have to wait until tomorrow (I'm buying one).

To which I respond:

@imogenheap will it be on iTunes Australia? I'm pretty sure there is no release date in general for #Ellipse. :(

Thinking she probably won't respond. Nobody ever responds to me on Twitter, however a couple of minutes later:

imogenheap check last few tweets. it will be tomorrow

So I'm all:

Oh awesome, thanks! I hope I won't have much trouble finding a physical copy here... as much as I like iTunes. It took me ages to get SFY.

And she responds more! With:

imogenheap I'm working on trying to get #ellipse physically released everywhere. So far France, Japan are coming on board.

imogenheap best thing you could do to help it get bought in your country is go and ask for it at your record store. Word will get back. x

Wooooo!

All in all, I don't mind how I buy it, as long as I can listen. Your music means so much to me. Thank you for responding, and for the tip. x

So I'm going to do that. Then possibly encourage everyone I know to make a street team with me. My point in all of this though, and this mainly only concerns appled00d and fraction, is that now we have a direct source of communication and she will be only more than willing to adopt us, have us redo her album artwork, and be her personal stylists—as long as we merely ask kindly. That's the plan. Our five year wait is over.

Also, everyone should be watching True Blood. Its the best show I have seen in a long time, and it's basically like Sex and the City. Except set in Louisiana, with vampires, without fashion and a much fiercer lead. OK, it's nothing like SatC, aside from the fact that it's a HBO show and there is lots of sex. But it's soooooo good. Go watch!