Just wanted to say… No! Not the cute guy!

I just finished watching my tape of American Idol and I’m sad to see Jordan go. I mean, he’s Asian, he has a somewhat pleasant voice, and… he’s cute! As in very. hee.

I need some eye candy in the top 10. But no, America has gone and voted him off. Does no one want me to watch this show?!? Cause seriously, I remember being more excited about AI last season — the current season’s singers just aren’t doing anything for me.

I am officially addicted to the Food Network. Rob and I have been watching it every day for a week now. Last Monday, we were so inspired by a segment on maple syrup that we went to the grocery store to buy ingredients for maple chicken wings and banana fritters. Yummy. I don’t know how to cook at all — Rob is the cook around here — so I guess this is a good thing.

I didn’t get tickets to the American Idol concert — boo. The nearest concert is around an hour away from here and Rob’s car is very temperamental right now (read: it only starts when it wants to) so we don’t want to take the chance that it’ll die from the drive. Oh well. BUT my good friend Nik has offered to make a copy of the American Idol finale! Yay! Thanks again sweetie.

Wheeee! I am so happy that Kelly won!

Tonight’s finale of American Idol was great — just the right amount of snark and cheesy pop songs to make me happy. I didn’t watch the show from the very beginning (I started watching when they were down to 8 finalists, I think) so I really appreciated all the great clips from the auditions. Those were hilarious — especially of the people who copped an attitude with the judges after a bit of constructive criticism. Bwah! Too funny. I have to admit that I actually enjoyed the medleys too — such cheesy goodness. The finalists sounded so much more relaxed now that the pressure is off. But what in the world was going on with Christina Christian’s hair? She looked like she had just been electrocuted! Gah. What a nightmare. And whoa, that was a really subtle bit of foreshadowing when Will Young (the winner of the UK’s Pop Idol) and Kelly were singing that duet together — funny that they were both wearing black and everyone else surrounding them was wearing khaki pants. Was that on purpose, I wonder?

And yes, I did bawl like a baby when Kelly won — she looked so overwhelmed and then she started to sing. She was adorable when her voice got all squeaky from trying to hold the tears back. Awww. And wow, I never really thought too much of Justin but he was amazingly gracious tonight. When the judges were singing their praises for Kelly, she looked so uncomfortable but he kept smiling and looked over at her to make her smile as well. So cute. I also loved when all the finalists rushed the stage to hug Kelly — such a nice genuine moment. It’s cool that they all seem to really like each other. I might just have to get tickets to the concert.

Is it sad that I’m going to buy that American Idol DVD? I’ll probably also grab Kelly’s first single — I’m not crazy about the song — it ranks high on the schmaltz factor — but hey, it’s Kelly. And I have to support my same-name gal.

HUGE favor: I was wondering if anyone out there taped tonight’s finale — I didn’t have the foresight to record it and now I regret it. I would love to see it again. Please email me and we’ll talk cost.

Am feeling sick. Hope this stupid stuffy nose goes away by the time I leave next week. Grr. I always get sick at the most inopportune times.

Oh! I remembered to watch American Idol tonight. Kelly Clarkson is my personal favorite — she is so versatile with her singing style — every genre so far, she’s been right there taking the challenge with flair. I hope she wins!

And uugghh, did anyone catch the disaster of a movie on MTV? Real World: The Lost Season? I was flipping the channels while American Idol was on commercial break and caught a few minutes of the movie — terrible. Where do they come up with these stupid ideas?!?

So I finally broke down and watched American Idol — and I’m sad to say that I’m hooked. *sigh* After the disappointment of PopStars 2 (I hated the second season but I thought the first was highly entertaining), I didn’t think I’d ever be able to watch these crazy reality shows again. But gah — these contestants are actually pretty good. My two favorites are definitely Justin (I love his facial expressions) and Kelly (what an amazing voice and a great name ). AJ had a cute voice but he didn’t look very comfortable on stage and that girl Ryan made me cringe. I guess the others weren’t very noteworthy cause I can’t remember anything about them — either that, or I just have the most horrible memory. I’m sure I’ll tune in tomorrow to find out who gets booted off — let it be Ryan! — heh.