some sytycd pictures

I am just loving Mark Kanemura from this season's So You Think You Can Dance.

I do hope they intend to use him in the future for some choreography because he's really quite wonderful.

Ryan from Season 1 and Hok from Season 3:

Josiah

I guess I'm not doing my finale play-by-play afterall.

LOVED: Michael, Michael and Carly, Top 6 guys with Bryan Adams, Seal, Carrie Underwood, OneRepublic w/ David Archuleta (I NEED an mp3, please).
Not so much: ZZTop with Cook (complete with weird knee movements. Seriously. Who told him to do that?), Love Guru, Michael not singing the "warm and naked" part.

I'm sure I'll think of more.

Anyway. Josiah Leming signed with Warner Bros. and talks to MTV about it here. Yay Josiah!

And the winner is...

Michael Johns. Lord help me, I love that man. I have more to say after watching the finale but I'm uberbusy at the moment so this will serve as a placeholder for my Idol observations. I'd like to rewatch the finale though before I do.

Also? The SYTYCD season opener was on last night and I think I already have a favorite. yikes. That is always bad news for me. And no, it's not Hok this year. She's an 18 year old soccer player named Kherington Payne and she's wonderful.

The Finally Finale

So tonight we crown our winner. I haven't said an awful lot about this season. I've had things to say, believe me, I just haven't felt all that compelled to document it. The extremely predictable David v. David final two. I'm not sure I'll be doing a play by play this season. I thought I would since I've been more interested than I was last year... which doesn't say much. I'm going to see Iron Man though so I'll probably fast forward until I see Michael, Jason, Carly, Brooke, Robert Downey Jr, and all the other people that might interest me. I don't know who is going to win. I really don't. I know who "they" want to win so maybe that answers that right there. But it makes no difference to me.

*yawn*

I posted on RTVW about the Cook to Daughtry comparisons making my claws come out. They sunk in though when Simon said that if this stays a "talent competition" that Cook should win. I? don't believe that to be true. *looks at past eleventy posts* Obviously. Because of that, my claws have remained dug in and I was not allowed the opportunity to warm up to David Cook. I like the guy. I think he's talented. Do I think he's more talented than Daughtry? *scoff!* Do I think he's more talented than Bo? *pffft!* Do I think he's more talented than Michael? No. Absolutely not.even.close. I apologize to my other favorites (Bo, Chris and Bucky) but Michael has taken a very secure lead over them these past weeks. Now I realize that this is still fresh for me but I don't think he'll go backwards. He's way too wonderful.

So tonight, I will go to dinner and a movie and come home to my mmmMichael and his perfect voice and his gorgeousness awaiting my viewing. I will view with great pleasure and my husband will feel very lucky (I had a dream last night that is burned into my brain... and other parts). Thank you, American Idol, for bringing me somebody again. They're good for that. They're not good at getting anything right (except for S4 ~ Carrie and Bo) but they're good for giving me somebody to follow and be interested in.

The Rising on Sharon Osbourne 2003

Nothing hotter in the world. *wipes sweaty brow* *wipes drooly chin*

Baby Michael singing Radiohead's "High and Dry"

AI7 Final 2 vs. AI4 Top 2

I miss the good old days. When people got it right.


annoying screaming bitches

farther away but you can hear them

I can't be the only one

that honestly 100% believes that David Cook is The Chosen One. I mean, I can't be, can I?

Yes, More Michael

Michael and Carly (with the American Idol Band, suspiciously) on Ellen "One" and "Hold On, I'm Coming"


Today Tonight


The Morning Show

More Michael

Michael joins Carly's post-elimination AI Extra inter


Michael at the White House Correspondents' Dinner:

*melt*

I get that David Foster has a gift for this kind of thing but Michael is not "pop". Stick to your guns, Michael.

Michael's final performance

I don't think I posted this yet.


"Dream On" studio version




"It's All Wrong But It's All Right" studio version

This one makes me cry. I'm really going to miss him on the show.

River of Life

Michael Johns and Lebo Kgasapane

Michael on Idol Extra

Bucky went out 8th too

interesting

I'll be buying mmmmmMichael's stuff just like I've bought Bucky's.

*siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh*

Gotta give some throwback Idol love

To our first rocker.

Bo "In A Dream"

*melt*

While I'm at it.

Bucky "Best I Ever Had"

No idea what the judges were talking about here. He sounded amazing. If they would have done Idol Gives Back when Bucky was there, he may not have got voted out when he did. He would have had that free week that they get now. hmmm. That's an interesting thought. How would that free week have effected the outcome of that season?

Michael Johns

"It's All Wrong, But It's All Right"

*fans self*

David Cook

Can't we just have another rocker on American Idol without the comparisons? Do we need to have "compared to Daughtry" every fucking week? oy, people. Seriously. Dude is good.

"Hello" indeed


"Eleanor Rigby"


Wow. Just wow. "Billie Jean"



But still? Nothing will ever "compare" to this moment:

at least not for me.

beautiful Lost montage

Bring Back Rock Star!

Please write a letter to CBS asking them to put on another season of Rock Star. The writers strike is still going strong so they're more likely than ever to listen to us.

Send to:
Ghen Maynard
Executive Vice President
CBS Paramount Network Television Entertainment Group
7800 Beverly Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90036

The person to contact at Mark Burnett Productions is:
Conrad Riggs
Mark Burnett Productions
640 North Sepulveda Boulevard
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FloorLos Angeles, CA 90049

birthday present

from my JenJen. Isn't she the bestest? LOVE it. I finally found it to post a picture of it. It says "I Luv Riggins". hee!