Who Needs American Idol?

Well. These people do, because without the show they'd probably still be unrecognized talent. This season of American Idol has been amazing. Not one of the 7 people left are bad. They all are extremely talented, so much so that it's hard to predict who will win when no once ever suffers from a poor performance. The contestants along with new judges Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler, who are quite the duo and bring a new flare to the show, has made this season the best in a long time. Here are my favorites of this season.

Haley Reinhart is my absolute favorite girl. She has an amazing tone to her voice that makes her very unique.

Haley Singin Bennie and the Jets

Haley Singin Rollin in the Deep

Lauren Alaina comes in at a close second for my favorite girl. Though it's only she and Haley left. The boy talent has definitely been stronger this season.

Lauren Singin The Climb

Favorite Boy is Casey Abrams. He can play just about any instrument and can sing just about any style of music and make it completely his own. He's probably the most talented musician for the show in a while.

Casey Singin Your Song

James Durban is the rocker of the season and he comes in as second favorite boy.

James Singin Uprising

My two favorites together.

Casey Abrams and Hailey Reinhart Singing Moanin

Paul McDonald. I also love Paul. He was voted off last week, and although he didn't have the strongest voice, I absolutely loved the style in his voice. The great thing about the publicity that American Idol entails, is that now Paul can probably go big with his band. Here he is singing a song from his pre-Idol days.

I'm All Smiles

Cuz music has that effect on me. That's right. Another music post.

Safetysuit, which is one of my favorite, if not THE favorite of the lesser known bands I listen to, just released a new single and that's right, I'm all smiles because of it. Their sound, probably classifiable as rock/pop, is not really the type of music I'm in to at the moment. I've recently found myself enjoying more of the folk and independent singer/songwriter stuff, but despite that, I will always love Safetysuit. Mainly because of their music, but partially because of who they are as people and as a band. They seem like genuinely good people. Obviously I don't know that for a fact, but when you watch all their interviews and random homemade videos, you do get a feel for 'em, so unless they're really good at pretending to be nice, decent, fun, chill guys, they must actually be that way. Anyway here's their new single. Check it out.

Complete with lyrics and all :)

And here's a little interview regarding the album, followed by an acoustic version of their single, which is of course, just as brilliant as the full studio version.

And here are a couple random videos they've recorded that showcase their personalities.

Doug In the Studio (Guitar and Lead Vocals)

Jeremy Fixes His Amp (Bassist)

Dave Instructs the Class (Lead Guitar)

Tomfoolery with Tate (Drums)

In the Studio With Chico (Manager)

And One of My All Time Favorites: Christmas Onezies With J and Chico

Go Purchase

Uh...Seriously?

So some relatively attractive guy came into work today. He wanted candy. Like a well-trained employee, I asked him if he wanted any popcorn or soda to go with his candy.

This is the conversation that ensued.

(Keep in mind that this guy, although somewhat attractive, had an extremely slow, mellow, mumbled speech pattern. He was kind of like a ditzy blond but the male version and not as perky with a mixture of possible stoner brain, or genuine idiocy.) Anywho. Here's the conversation. And the place was dead so it was just me and him chatting over the counter.

Me: Would you like any popcorn or anything to drink?

Guy: **IN ALL SERIOUSNESS** "No. I'm trying to watch my figure."

Me: **FAKE PERKY TONE MIXED WITH EXTREME SARCASM THAT I DON'T THINK HE PICKED UP ON** "Yeah. Swimsuit season is right around the corner."

(THERE WAS KIND OF A LONG PAUSE HERE WITH ME STANDING BEHIND THE COUNTER STARING AT HIM CUZ HE DIDN'T SEEM READY TO PAY. HE THEN LOOKED DOWN AND RUFFLED THROUGH HIS WALLET, SLIGHTLY DISTRACTED, ALMOST LIKE HE WAS THINKING ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE ENTIRELY AND SO I CONTINUED TO STARE AT HIM WITH MY "SERIOUSLY. CAN WE GET ON WITH THIS?" FACE. ) THEN HE FINALLY LOOKED UP AT ME AND SPOKE AGAIN.

Guy: "Do I look tan to you?"

Me: **NO LONGER FAKE PERKY BUT BLUNT AND SLIGHTLY ANNOYED WHILE AT THE SAME TIME SLIGHTLY AMUSED THAT HE'S SERIOUSLY ASKING ME THIS QUESTION** "Yes. But then again, I'm pasty white so pretty much everyone looks tan to me."

Guy: "That's true. Do I look too tan?"

Me: **EXASPERATED TONE** "You don't look orange, if that's what you mean."

Guy: Ok. Good.

HE PROCEEDS TO PAY AND THEN LEAVES.

He was seriously like one of those really shallow, vain, and unintelligent guys who thinks he's all that and then some. The kind I thought only existed in the movies and television shows. But today this guy proved to me that I have been mistaken and that they actually exist in reality.

Now. I'm not really judging him on his intelligence. Maybe he's actually very intelligent but simply has a hard time communicating. And I'm not making fun of him just because he agreed to my declaration that I'm pasty white. I came to terms with my lack of color a long time ago. But I AM judging him on his vanity for he stood there for what seemed like forever, clearly only thinking about the depth of his tan, until he finally just decided to ask my opinion, if only to interrupt the warring inside his head over whether or not he should hit the tanning booth tomorrow. Let's just say, I no longer found this guy in the least bit attractive. I did consider him unintentionally humorous though.

Am I Misunderstanding Something?

I thought the purpose of a wheelchair was to assist immobile people in becoming mobile, and generally people are immobile because their legs don't work quite right. Or maybe because they don't have legs. Either way, the idea of an elderly woman, in a wheelchair, using her feet and legs to scootch herself across a room, seems slightly odd. Yet this is what I witnessed a few days ago at work. Apparently nobody explained the concept of a wheelchair to her.