It's a dreary Monday morning and I'm trying to do a million things at once before I head to my best mate's wedding in Ireland and then to Ibiza for a week of partying (and DJing). Quite telling of me which one I put first there. This weekend was nice and relaxed which was needed as I've been away a lot and DJing loads. I took advantage of my free time and went shopping. Thinking about it now, I managed to purchase two rather conflicting things: a watering can and a CDJ.

Yes, I think that reflects the dichotomous nature of my life at the moment. On one level I'm potting chrysanthemums and starting to collect Dulux colour cards and on the other hand I’m DJing and now, finally, I own two CDJs. I’ve been DJing with more and more CDs and less and less records lately... to the point where I’m getting cocky and seeing how small a DJ bag I can bring with me when I play overseas. It all ended badly recently in Derry recently when I ran out of records and had to play half an hour of indie classics which sounded slightly odd after an hour and a half of banging disco house music. I learnt my lesson fast. This week started in a studio in central London interviewing Basement Jaxx. They asked me to interview them for their website around their new album 'Crazy Itch Radio'. It was cool to finally meet and chat to them.

I'm proud to say that for the first time in my life I’ve got my own album coming out! It's called The A-Z of Annie Mac and it’s coming out on the Sunday Best label. It's a double album with every track representing a letter from the alphabet, ie Q-Tip for Q, Royksopp for R, The Similou for S. It was very interesting putting it together. There were many sleepless nights involved, with letters and tunes flying around my head. Trying to fit the tracks in and around each other felt like doing some sort of music crossword but with no right or wrong answers at the end. Finally it's done and out this month.

I'm doing a big DJ tour around the release called Annie Mac Presents... It involves getting all my favourite DJs into my favourite clubs and putting on big parties across the UK every weekend for about three months. I did the tour last year and it was such a success, we had Stuart Price playing on Boxing Day in Belfast with reindeer antlers on his head, Erol Alkan shaking the mixer over his head in the middle of a storming set at Chibuku Shake Shake in Liverpool and Mylo DJing in a full basketball kit for a dare in Fabric. I can't wait to get back out on the road again. This year it's more of the same. I've got Switch, Erol Alkan, Justice, High Contrast, Simian Mobile Disco, Andy C, Justice, Pendulum, Digitalism and many more playing alongside me all over the UK starting this month. You can check out all the dates on my myspace: www.myspace.com/anniemac16

I am completely addicted to myspace. When I can't sleep at night I get up, switch on my computer and get sucked into a vacuum. I pimp my page, nose around people's friends, check out music and come away three hours later wide eyed and sleep deprived wondering what happened.

The only other thing left to talk about is BBC Radio 1. I've been given two new radio shows which both start at the end of September. The first is on Sundays at 9pm and is going to be a one stop shop for all things "youf" culture. The second is a Friday night party show, with me at the helm playing a mash up of dance music, from d&b to disco to breakbeat to bootybass to new rave to electro house.

I love being on the radio. There's such a thrill when the on-air sign lights up and you know that hundreds of thousands of people are going about their business listening to the tunes you're playing. Roll on Friday nights!

ANNIE MACMANUS / ANNIE MAC ON BBC RADIO 1 THURSDAY NIGHTS 9PM - 11PM

A TO Z: ANNIE MAC IS RELEASED THROUGH SUNDAY BEST ON SEPTEMBER 11TH