'American Idol' should have been Archuleta

This post a little belated, but I felt strongly enough to Google this information, so I feel strongly enough to share it with you: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1587939/20080522/id_0.jhtml


Points I agree with 100%:

1. He was the New England Patriots. Everyone knew David A. sang the best and should have had the competition in the bag a long time ago. But people don't like that, so many started hating him and rooting for the other guy out of spite. (Side note: Who actually liked the Giants? Anyone? No.) In both cases: Jealous much?

2. He was goofy. This is true. He was awkward as all hell on stage, but he's a freaking kid people, give him a break. It doesn't mean he wasn't an AMAZING singer. Which he was. And is. That doesn't change because he finished second.

3. He was Al Gore. I didn't vote for him. Why? Not because I voted for Cook instead (which I didn't) -- but because I didn't think I needed to. After all, according to Simon, finale night was a KNOCKOUT and David A. was coming out on top for all I knew. How many people thought the same and didn't bother voting? (Side note: "The World I Know" was great, but the other two performances were sub-par. David A., on the other hand, was flawless.)

4. He could have tried a wider variety of songs. Which is something I really liked about David Cook and disliked about David A. On the other hand, he was so damn good at ballads I wanted to hear another every week. Well, you can't win them all.

My own opinion:

People didn't want a predictable outcome. That would have made Idol boring, so they voted for the other guy. David Cook was definitely not the worst, but the "vote for the worst" idea works here too. You don't want the best to win, so you vote for the other guy. (And no one hated Cook from what I could tell, there was no reason to, but I KNOW people hated Archuleta, though I think it was for stupid reasons.)

I love David Cook, even though David A. was my favorite. Don't get me wrong. I will probably buy both of their albums when they come out, because I am a big dork. But, for the record, David A is the better singer. I apologize for sounding like a crazed 13-year-old.

Work is about to change.

Hey everyone.

I have a new job. Sort of. I will soon no longer be the Jersey County reporter, but will instead be the online/video editor. I will still be doing some reporting, but only doing page design when I'm needed during vacations.

It's at the same place and I'm not getting any pay raises (which is doody). But my paper is trying to make a leap into the 21st century and it apparently needs me to help streamline the effort.

The no pay raise at the moment part sucks but I think this is a step closer to where I want to be in the future. I think I want to get into online journalism (though I feel like I'm betraying my beloved print...)

I am also applying to a 30-and-out Web design program at Lewis and Clark Community College so I can add that Web design associate's degree to my bachelor of arts in journalism. The best part is it should only take me about 1.5 years to do (while I continue to work full time). That should get me more opportunities and a pay raise of some sort (or I don't know what else will).

Lookout world. I'm changing directions.

A workout I can stick with

Finally, I have discovered a workout I can stick with. Yoga.

Mainly because it's at a great time of the day -- from 7 to 8 p.m. at Metro Sports -- for the first time since I started joining gyms.

It's a lot of fun too!

The great thing about it is that you are supposed to work at your own pace, the moves are challenging enough to keep you excited about trying more but not too complicated that you want to give up and that you leave the workout relaxed but still feeling like you did your body some good. (And you're not GASPING for air, thank God.)

I'm still a little rough when it comes to some of the poses I've learned, but I know that will get better with time -- and the flexibility, strength and toning benefits will be, by far, worth the work.

Can't wait till Wednesday!

UPDATE: Block party

So I forgot to continue blogging throughout the night. I got a little drunk, and I didn't find a lot to get pictures of to tell you the truth.

What I can tell you is that the night was a success. So many people came by and had fun playing Mariokart and visiting. I hate to say this but I almost can't wait until the next block party!

Downside: Some people from Metro Sports peppered my car with fliers which are now stuck to the windshield. My car musta been wet when they did that. I'm hoping it comes off with a little scraping. (I guess they didn't know that I already work for a membership there...)

Until next time...

First block party of the year

Nothing much has gone down just yet.
We got our parking spots early just in case tons of people showed up later in the night, as we assume there will be.
The girl across the hall said she is having people over, as are we... so I'm kind of excited.
We also cleaned the apartment.

I will continue to update, and I plan to have photos and videos of our first block party experience living in block party central (Lincoln Lofts). Stay tuned.