American Idol's Top Twelve

I can't lie. I actually CHEERED when Barbarella got cut last week from the Top 12. Seriously. I waved my arms in the air and yelled, "YEAH! YEAH! YEAH, MAN! WOO WOO WOO!" However, I was stunned when Hula Boy made it through and NOT Sundance!!! Where's the justice in that?? And what about that Haley Scranato -- Disney singer extraordinaire -- over Sabrina???? You could even tell the judges were dumbfounded on that one as well. So this season's Top Twelve is definitely a mixed-bag from the get go. Of course we all know that Lakisha, Melinda and Blake definitely deserved the Top 12 status and they are there. But the ones who squeaked by on the seat of their pants . . . ? Boooooo.


Carrie Underwood performed her new hit "Wasted" on last week's vote-off show and the one thing I have say is "EATING DISORDER"!!! I couldn't BELIEVE how incredibly SKINNY she is now! Does she have "eating" in her schedule, I wonder? Lord have mercy! But as always, Carrie delivered a perfect performance and we were reminded what Simon said to her during Season 4 -- "You will go on to sell more records than any Idol winner . . ." and she has certainly proved him right. Grammies, CMT awards, you name it -- she's won it. I am definitely a Carrie fan and wish her all the best, but I definitely wish she would eat a few cheeseburgers and gain back some of the weight she's lost!


OK -- I'm sure you're wondering who I'm glad that made it through and who I think shouldn't have. On my list of "SHOULDN'TS" are: Brandon the Back-Up Singer, Sanjy the Hula Boy (who CAN'T hula!), and Haley the Disney Cruise Ship Singer (everything she's sang has sounded straight out of Aladdin). I definitely don't think these three deserved making it to the Top 12 AT ALL. Everyone else that made it I say, "Right on." Unfortunately, I see these 3 hanging on and passing up the ones that should stick around. Can't wait for that! UGH.


So tonight is Diana Ross's coaching? That should be interesting. I'm not a big fan of Diana and think she is idolized way too much. Yes she was a significant part of the girl groups from the 60s but you can tell she is a diva and has to be the center of attention at all costs -- no matter who gets hurt. The other Supremes could tell you that. Plus I can't forget that Super Bowl half-time show she did that one year and all she "sang" was, "WHEEE WOOO WHEEE WOOO!" from the edge of that helicopter while she kept brushing that bush of hair out of her face. I'm actually interested in what she has to tell these contestants as far as advice and guidance.

Looking forward to tonight -- except for the 3 duds performances. :(

Something Stupid This Way Comes . . .

I was pretty bored overall with last week's Days. We get to see Steve all strait-jacketed up in the loony bin and he pretty much snows his doctor into getting him out of the strait-jacket but only if he takes a sedative. Of course we all know what he's really after and that's her cell phone. I still can't figure out if he's totally under EJ's control or only half and half and he's just an idiot now. BECAUSE HE CALLS EJ TO GET HIM OUT OF THE HOSPITAL. Stupid stupid stupid. I had to laugh at his antics with the doctor. Especially that part where he makes a big production of swallowing the pills and then kissing her on the nose.

Belle and Shawn are still on that island and all of a sudden Claire has blood poisoning. Shawn decides he'll build a raft to get them off the island while Belle stands there and berates him for even thinking of such a stupid idea. He makes a valid point in that if they don't try and get off the island, Claire is as good as dead so even if they do drown or get sucked into a whirl pool at least they tried instead of sitting around on their hineys. That shuts her up -- but only for about 5 seconds. All they have done while stranded is take turns blaming each other for the predicament they're in. Or maybe that's Shawn blaming himself a good 90% of the time while Belle goes back and forth between, "I can't believe we're in the situation" and "You're the man Shawn! I'd follow you to the ends of the Earth!"

You would think Lucas would finally realize that Sami is totally off her nut and needs some good therapy or maybe a good dose of Prozac. This girl has had moods swings the like I'VE never even seen. And I have mood swings, people. One minute she's all, "I'm good! Let's get married in the church!" and then she's, "GAK! GAK! WE'VE GOT TO LEAVE SALEM NOOOW! NOW LUCAS! NOOOW!" This is one time I REALLY wish they would do something totally different and have her actually CONFESS it all to Lucas. And also NOT forge the stupid medical records. Why not SURPRISE the viewing audience for ONCE? Hmmm? Even Celeste tells her that fake medical records aren't going to cut it with EJ but I read where she goes ahead and does it anyway -- this time dragging Nick into it. Like he doesn't have enough problems of his own.

Yeah, Nick and Chelsea are getting really cozy with the calculus tutoring. I never knew math could be such a stimulate but I guess it was all that yodeling, "Lowdy hi -- mody low" or whatever he was trying to teach her. He's flying high in the sky when he goes to tell Abbey his wonderful news and just like good ol Abbey she calls him a "chump" and says Chelsea is just paying him back for the whole Shane Patton thing. I would SO love to slap that smirk off her face. I absolutely CAN'T STAND HER!!!!!! I've tried to like her. I really have, but it's times like these that remind me what an absolute JERK she is! Her name should be Debbie Downer because that's ALL she does. Bring people down. Except for her precious MAX. Ugh. How she thinks he walks on water is beyond me. Even he himself has pointed out what an ass he's been to every girl that's had the unfortunate privilege to fall under his spell. But dumb Abbey just continues to sing his praises. And I still can't accept his sudden attraction for his "star" mechanic. It wasn't but three months ago when he compared her to a little sister -- or was that a puppy? Either way he had NO interest her whatsoever. And Jed's pretty stupid too to be all hung up on her because she's been nothing but rude to him ever since he made the mistake of talking to her that day at Java Cafe.

Nick and Chelsea's happiness is the shortest-lived EVER. He decides it's a GOOD idea to tell her about sleeping with Billie! OMG. He must've took the entire bottle of Stupid Pills. No one can talk ANY sense into him -- until he actually talks to Chelsea and comes THEES close to spilling the beans and she's the one who's like, "All that's in the past. I don't care what you did in the past with some older woman." And then it's BILLIE who comes busting in all flustered and yapping, "OMG! You didn't tell her did you?!" and it takes Chelsea all of 2 seconds to put it all together (that she should've put together the very night Nick and Billie did the deed) and she's absolutely horrified and grossed out. Nick gets a big slap on the face and Chelsea tells her mother she means nothing to her now! "GROSS!! ICK! I can't believe you two! BLECH! I'm going to throw up now!"

So Willow sinks even further is the depths of disgrace and shame when she asks EJ for a JOB. Ugh. Had to laugh though when he tells her to "turn around and BEND over"!! BA-HAHAHAHAHA! And she acts all worried! You would think she'd be used to that kind of talk and not think twice about it. Yes. That was mean. But I truly can't stand her and her pork chop lips. Plus, like he's going to boink her right in front of the Java Cafe? EJ's pretty scummy but he's NOT that scummy. He tells her he's going to write her a check -- what ELSE would he be doing? And her assignment? To break into Bo and Hope's house and steal Hope's jewelry. Of course we know this is to make Bo want to have Billie's STOOPID security system installed so EJ can spy on them. Like we couldn't see THAT one coming from a mile away. Like an elephant on the horizon! Geesh. Willow refuses but then has to reconsider when EJ calls the YMCA and informs the Den Mother that Willow is pregnant. So the Den Mother has to throw Willow out on her ear because of their policy of "no children". Technically, Willow doesn't have a child yet -- it's still in the oven -- you would think they would let her stay there until the birth or at least until she could find another place. But as you all know, this is a soap and stuff like that doesn't happen on soaps --just the stupid and unbelievable. So after the Den Mother calls to tell Willow she's out, Willow is forced to accept EJ's offer. Wonder what she'll spend all THAT money on? She stated, "This is two years salary!" Maybe Jed's independent study in cosmetology?

A lot more idiocies went down in the town of Salem but they're really not that important. I'm sure there'll be lots more to talk about NEXT week! Isn't there always?

(Screen Caps courtesy of Days2 with my own added captions)

Sanjy Likes Ta Hula . . . Cripes.

The guys were back to being weeeeak this week. HA. It was also "secrets revealed" and some of them would've been better off keeping their secrets to themselves. Take Sanjaya -- this kid obviously is desperate to get voted off. His confession of being able to hula was just LAME LAME LAME. Plus the fact he can't even hula well. What an insult to all the professional hula dancers out there. Ick. His hair also left much to be desire. Obviously he got his hands on a straightening iron and somebody needs to promptly take it back. Horrendous. He looks much better with the waves though I think he should lop that mop off regardless. What did he sing? I can't remember but I do remember that it was awful. Again. I won't even predict that he gets the boot cause I'm sure all those teeny boppers and Children of the 80s who want to remember Michael Jackson as normal wore their fingers off dialing and texting in their votes.

Even though I said I like Phil, he made me absolutely CRINGE with his rendition of LeeAnn Rymes' "I need You." Ghastly! As Simon would say. Simon cracked me up with his comment of, "That hat and those big eyes . . ." Ryan asked Phil if he would squint next week. I suggest he definitely pick a better song! And of course Jimmy and I were totally off the mark on who would be signing the LeeAnn song. We thought Brandon the Backup Singer would considering he fits that image of singing female ballads. He attacked Cyndi Lauper's Time After Time last week. And killed it. I actually did like Brandon better this week but I think he's not going to last much longer. But who am I to predict who stays or goes? Lord knows I got it all wrong last week with the exception of Farrah Fawcett Hair. But I digress.

I think Blake is the one to contend with because he is just so original and nothing the likes of American Idol has seen before. Plus none of the judges recognized the song he did but they still loved it. Couldn't tell you what it was either.

I voted for Jared because I just like him. He did do good on the Stevie Wonder song and I'm not a Stevie Wonder fan by any means. I think they have WAY too many Stevie Wonder performances on this show in the first place. If he makes it to the top 12 I hope they do something with his wardrobe cause that argyle sweater he was wearing last night did nada for me. He also reminds me of that dude on Young and the Restless -- Malcolm? Something like that. I don't watch Young and the Restless but still know who the major characters are. I've watched it few times when I've been waiting in dr's offices and I'm always stunned how REAL the storylines and characters are. Nothing like the craziness of Days where you have to suspend all notion of reality. Any hoo, I'm totally getting off track . . .

Sundance was eh. Nothing great. He sang a Pearl Jam song and I really wasn't impressed. I still hope he's around next week cause he has such a nice personality and loved his "secret" of being a thin person in disguise " . . . but there no pictures to prove it". Too funny. Especially when they stuck his head on a skinny body and made his teeth sparkle when he winked at the camera.

Chris Sligh, whom I'm going to refer to as Jack Osborne from now cause that's who he totally looks like, sang some weird song I'd never heard of. He can still sing though and still makes me laugh with his quirky personality. Interesting to know all those "luscious" curls don't come from a box. That was his big secret.

Well, folks it's time for the girls, so I'm going to go watch the show now. More tomorrow . . .

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The Husband has Replaced the Butler

Reminiscent of the Laci Peterson murder we now have a new face of evil. Stephen Grant -- who is accused of murdering and dismembering his wife Tara Grant. Just look at that face. Makes me shudder. Tara certainly didn't get the coverage that Laci acquired but her death is no less tragic. In recent news reports it is stated that Grant has not offered a motive for strangling and dismembering his wife's body. We only know they argued over her frequent business trips to Puerto Rico. The day before she disappeared she had just returned from one of the trips and she and Grant argued heatedly. The next day she disappeared (February 9) and Grant didn't report her missing until five days later because his story was that she'd received a suspicious phone call the night before and took off in a "dark sedan". Well, that should've been a heads up right there that everything wasn't on the kosher side. Unfortunately for Tara none of that happened. Maybe if it had she would still be alive and Stephen Grant wouldn't be facing Murder One. As always the husband becomes a "person of interest" and a lot of people might think this is unfair to the genuinely distraught man who really has lost his wife to some sicko, but sadly enough 9 times out of 10 the sicko ends up being the deceitfully distraught husband. What is wrong with this picture? What suddenly happens to make someone do this to the person they've promised to honor and cherish the rest of their lives? Is there some deeper evil that we rational people have no concept of? A deeper evil that shrouds them and makes them forget who they are and what they stand for? What is even more tragic about this case is the two children that are left without a mother and left with the knowledge that their father is the one who committed this despicable crime. They were even in the house when Tara Grant fought for her life and was strangled, but thankfully asleep in their beds.

Not only did Stephen Grant strangle his wife but he also dismembered her as well -- supposedly at his family's tool shop according to police reports. Sick sick sick. And the eternal question is WHY. What did Tara Grant do to deserve this kind of death? Absolutely nothing I tell you. I didn't know Tara Grant only first hearing of her existence when she was reported missing. But I can tell you just by looking at her picture that she didn't deserve this kind of ending to her life. What must have she been thinking the night her husband killed her? I can't even imagine. If Stephen Grant thought she was having an affair or not being 100% devoted to their marriage, it certainly didn't give him the right to decide whether she lived or died. But then sociopaths don't think the same way as rational people. If they did, then there wouldn't be any Laci Petersons or Tara Grants turning up missing and then dead and dismembered. The only comfort I can give myself is that the Scott Petersons and Stephen Grants of the world will get theirs in the end. Judgment Day is coming and it's not going to be pretty for the likes of them and all I can say is, "BRING IT ON." Until that day, I pray for the innocent lives affected by these grisly acts and hope the children are being loved and comforted the way they should be. It seems every day we are reminded what a tragedy life really is and that we are not meant for this world but only a short time. Too bad we can't live that short time in peace and harmony without the sonsofbitchs screwing things up.