Tonight Mariah Carey was on American Idol and if you know me you know how excited I was. I got little reminders from people of my past as well as people of the present. It’s so cool when people see Mariah and think of me. I spoke with a friend and he was telling me about how when him and his gf first heard Touch My Body they both laughed and tried to mock my “Mariah scream”. It was kinda funny but at the same time LOL. People think I’m crazy but I think I only know one other person who understands. Putting Idol and Mariah together has been something I’ve talked about over and over again since season 1 of American Idol. “Wouldn’t it be great if someone would sing Mariah songs?” “Wouldn’t it be great if they did a Mariah theme?” “Wouldn’t it be great if Mariah was a mentor?”. Yes, I took the wouldn’t it be greats up in stages. They didn’t have mentors when the show first started, and now they do. I’m happy because I finally got the question I ask every year multiple times a year answered! MARIAH DID IDOL! I couldn’t believe it when I heard that she was going to be on Idol this year. I’m still in shock.

Now for the bad news…this season sucks! So it wasn’t as interesting as it would have been if she did Idol last year but nonetheless Mariah Carey was on Idol and I tried to enjoy it for what it was worth. The boys did an excellent job. Maybe it’s because they’re boys so you can’t really compare a boys voice to a girls voice but I dunno…

Tomorrow Mariah will be performing Bye Bye and hopefully she does a great job. I love you Mariah!

So what’s been going on? I’ve been keeping up with Idol. Watching it every week. Watching the results shows and all that good stuff. I feel like Idol fell flat on its face this year. Usually there’s something that pulls me in but now I’m only watching it because it’s Idol. There’s not any one person that I’m in love with…and the competition is pretty much in full gear.

This week will be the Idol Gives Back special. I know last year by the time Idol Gives Back rolled around I had my favs. Heck, I had my favs during the audition phase and she ended up winning the whole competition! No one pops for me this year. I’m still waiting for something to happen and hopefully it will. I think the only reason Idol is getting great ratings is because of it’s track record. Everyone expects Idol to be great but this year it’s just not doing anything for me…

This weather makes me want to get away to a resort as soon as possible. You think you’re done, but nope. It’s never over. It’s so hard to believe it’s spring. Soon I’ll be out of school and hopefully the weather will be nice so I’ll be able to enjoy it. I wouldn’t mind topping it off with a little vacation to the Branson resorts. I’m sure me and the misses would have a wonderful time.

I like going paintballing. It’s a very fun sport. I need to buy some paintball supplies so I can go more often. If I were able to set up my own paintball center I could probably bring in a lot of money. It seems like it wouldn’t be hard to get something like that set up. I’m surprised we don’t have one in this area. I want to go paintballing but I don’t want to have to drive an hour or so to do so. It would be better if one was on campus. I don’t see why we don’t have one.

I’m ready for the new season of American Idol to begin. As always they said that this season is the best season ever. We’ll see if that really is the truth. I find that hard to believe. They said the same thing last season and some really weak contestants made it into the top 12. So hopefully this season doesn’t disappoint! The first show where America gets to vote is this Tuesday. I’m looking forward to that! I’ll be back with some updates on how the guys (or girls) did on the stage and which contestants are my favorites.

Next week the competition begins. This is where YOU get to decide who you would like to continue on to the Top 12 and eventually come the 7th American Idol. Here are the Top 24 contestants. I’m pretty pleased. I rooted for most of these people during the audition phase.

Top 12 Girls:
Kristy Lee Cook
Amanda Overmyer
Alexandrea Lushington
Joanne Borgella
Brooke White
Syesha Mercado
Alaina Whitaker
Asia’h Epperson
Amy Davis
Kady Malloy
Carly Smithson
Ramiele Malubay

Top 12 Boys:
Chikezie Eze
Danny Noriega
Jason Yeager
David Cook
David Hernandez
Luke Menard
Michael Johns
Jason Castro
Robbie Carrico
Colton Berry
David Archuleta
Garrett Haley

Rihanna is so talented! I definitely fell in love her with her Good Girl Gone Bad album. Her sound is unique. I listen to that CD a lot, especially in my car. I just got in and on the homepage of Yahoo was some Rihanna unplugged videos. I loved hearing artists on unplugged sessions…and Rihanna doesn’t disappoint! I hope you enjoy these videos as much as I did.

Hate That I Love You:

Umbrella:

Shut Up and Drive:

Yahoo! Pepsi Smash Exclusive Interview:

I remember living in the dorms and trying to talk on my cell phone. It was impossible. It wasn’t just my service, it was everyones. My calls would drop every two minutes. I got used to talking on the phone outside. It was really ridiculous. I went as far as buying a cell phone signal booster. It really is annoying when you can’t talk to anyone in your own room!

So you want to know how to play games/send messages to your friend on you Wii? Do you also wanna rock out with them on Guitar Hero III? Well here’s how:

I worked at a video store for a lot of years so of course I’ve seen so many movie posters come and go. Out of my time being there I only took one poster and that was the Fantastic 4 poster. I really wanted the Happy Feet and Dreamgirls posters but of course those two movies came out when the company went on a movie poster hiatus. The posters at my store were cool because they’re usually taller than I am. But realistically what am I going to do with a poster that big? Stick it up on my wall? Yeah…right! I did find a site with some cool original movie posters. I’m going to check it out and see if they have some of the posters I’ve been dying to get.