The One With American Idol

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You know, I managed to let five years fly by without ever feeling the need to be consumed by that which is, I feel, solely responsible for the downfall of our civilization.

Fine, maybe I am overstating my case a bit, but you get the drift, right? Anyway, this season I am thoroughly enjoying myself with the audition process. Have you ever sat and found yourself critiquing right along with Simon Cowell? Um....'Cuz I do! I would do just about ANYTHING to be a guest judge on this show. I may not like the premise of the show, but I do love to see how many amazing singers there are in our great country! Some of these kids impress me in new ways each week.

Of course, the good kids are not even HALF as much fun as the bad. I love hearing them tell the judges, "But my friends always tell me how good I am."

Honey, FIND SOME NEW FRIENDS! But even with the fun of watching numerous morons humiliate themselves on national television, there is still more - it's not even the best part?

Do you know what the best part is? This best part is that in the audition room...


They
lock
one
of
the
doors.

See.....the judges always seem to find themselves in a room with double doors and for reasons unknown to the rest of the world, the left door is ALWAYS locked. In fact, you would think these moronic "singers" could figure that out, but nope. I thin I've heard Simon say, "Other door," more than I have heard Randy say, "It's a little pitchy." Anyway, thankfully, I have the answer to the burning closed door question. They lock the door for comedic effect. Let me show you what I mean.

Simon: "I'm sorry, Love. It's a no."
Girl: "Please, I've worked harder than ANYONE else. I've worked harder than I ever thought I could! What can I do to be better?"
Simon: "It's just not quite right."
Girl: Gathers her strength, lifts her head and says, "I think you are going to regret this." Then she slowly turns toward the exit, and calmly walks to the doors.

And it won't open. After a few tries, she manages to open the correct door and leave, but it's too late. Her triumphant egress is ruined and she must walk out with her head hanging. SO sad.

Actually, the best ones are those who win. One guy screamed, jumped up, and raced away from the judges. Then *BAM!*

Hee hee hee. I love it. Anyway, just thought I'd share. Now I must go finish a project for tomorrow. Adios!

The One Where it's FREEZING!!!

Um, IT'S SO COLD!!! Seriously, Ashton finally stopped talking today because his lips froze over. It's been nice to have things so quiet. Oh, please. You're starting to feel all sorry for Ashton again, aren't you?

I take good care of him. I bought him a new sweater this year for Christmas. I even trimmed it so it wouldn't drag in the ground, then I donated the excess to a small kitten that was cold.

Seriously, it is SO COLD! I recorded a video to post yesterday, but I am having problems processing it for YouTube. I know, you are very sad. Life will continue. I don't really have much to say, I just wanted to gripe because my car door was frozen shut today. Have a nice day, all.

The One With SCHOOL!

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Hello, everyone! My, my, my....what is going on?! Let me tell you what is going on with me, okeeday?


SCHOOL HAS STARTED!!! In case you missed that, SCHOOL HAS STARTED! And I am actually happy about it. Mostly. I have to admit that it is very hard to walk past the music school and think about my old friends flunking musicanship without me...But it's okay.

Funny story. On the first day, I parked on the street behind the music school because I didn't haven't have a parking sticker yet. Anyway, I had to walk right past the building and I was a little sad. And then I heard cheering....All of my friends were hanging out of the second floor windows with signs cheering for me!

It was amazing! I felt like I was walking down the red carpet!

Okay, so maybe I made that up. But I had you going there for a minute, didn't I? Hee hee hee. Actually, here is the primary reason I am marginally unhappy with school...



Why yes, yes those ARE all of my textbooks. No, that's not true. I still have three more on order. INSANE!!! One of the books is a comic book anthology. Really, now. REALLY! Comics? This is why I pay the big bucks, to read the Sunday comics.

Maybe I am being a little cynical. Maybe. The class looks interesting, I suppose. One of my classes is professored by this absolutely nutty woman who spent the first day telling us how she married the best man on the planet at the ripe old age of 53. It was cute. At least she kept things interesting. I think she's on something. Unfortunately, I do sit behind tight t-shirt, saggy jeans, no underwear boy. Well, that's his full name. He prefers to go by Butt-crack Billy.

Was that too much information? Sorry. :-)

OH!!!! I forgot to tell you my sad news. In fact, I don't think I can even describe it. I just have to show you the picture.



Are you sad? You SHOULD be sad! I'm sad!!! I don't know what's wrong with it yet. My poor car.

Okay, I have to get ready to go to work now. Today, we are PAINTING! WOO HOOOOOOOO!!!!

Talk to you later!

P.S. Um.....cutest video in the entire world!!!! Watch it over and over again.

P.P.S. So today is the NEW ARTIST PARADE!! We'll start at the bottom and work our way up.

"Just a Little Girl" by Stephen Speaks - Okay, Stephen Speaks is far from a new group, but for some reason, the world refuses to let them into the light. Have you ever run across a group that has lived in the background for YEARS and is ABSOLUTELY AMAZING?? Maybe that's overselling a bit. Anyway, I have been a Stephen Speaks fan for three or four years now and you should definitely check them out if you haven't yet. This is a great song. Then go download "Out of My League" one you are finished.

"I Won't Let Go of That Promise" by Michael B Allen - Bit of interestingness...I am jogging through iTunes today looking for new music and I run across this new artist...Michael Allen...and I think to myself, "Gosh, he sounds familiar." Turns out, it's one of my choir kids who graduated last year! So, of course, I have a listen and I find that he is acutally not bad. Has a way to go yet, but there is definitely potential there. Please listen to this song and them comment back your honest opinion. I would love to be able to send him a message telling him what my friends thought (unless we all hate it, in which case I will pretend like it didn't happen). Vocally, he needs a little work, but I think the songwriting is sound. The song REALLY picks up around 3:50. Check it out!! Oh, sidenote. Another one of my choir kids has started playing with Played by the Hour (now called Manodestra) in the past month. They are poppin' up all over the place!

"Hit Me Up" by Gia Farrell - This song is from Happy Feet and has a very addictive beat! Gia is only 17 years old and this is her first release. Actually, it hasn't even been released yet, I pulled it from the soundtrack. Check it out and tell me what you think!