my american idol analysis and prediction.

http://www.idolonfox.com/contestants/



weighing the performance they gave, the choice of song, their talent

the two i would pick is Charles Grigsby and Trenyce. Julia DeMato came in a very close 3rd. if she could have chosen a better song to show off her voice, she could have easily been my #1 pick. and what Kimberly Caldwell has more of compared to everyone else is the star appeal. Trenyce and Julia DeMato doesn't have much of it. I would be surprised if the chosen ones are someone other than these 4 mentioned. weighing in the star appeal, my final prediction is that Charles Grigsby and Julia DeMato will advance.



one person that i would like to see advance is clay aiken. if we were to judge soley on voice alone, he would be my #1 pick. just doesn't look like an american idol. will his voice make up for his lack of star appeal? we'll see.



so after work, i came home and watched smallville. it was disturbing to watch. lana needs to get treated better. she doesn't deserve it. and pete has never made me more mad than before. according to the past episodes, when you remove pete's inhibitions or add to his adrenaline, he's an evil sadistic murdering rapist control freak with serious insecurity issues. then i went over to nguyen's place to watch american idol, then took his integra out for a spin. it was my first time driving a stick with other cars on the road. overall, it was good practice. i worked on letting the clutch out more smoothly. and finding the right gear to go into when i had to slow down to a red light that changed into a green before i got there. i still need to work on getting the car in gear from a stand still more smoothly. still a bit jerky. nguyen didn't have the light clutch that eric told me the integras had. he had that adjusted during one of this maintenance jobs to where it was actually a bit heavier than eric's clutch on his eclipse. i did manage to stall it 4-5 times just trying to get it in first gear from a stand still. what is amusing to me is that whenever that i don't have the option to drive a stick, i fantasize about how great and fun it would be to be driving a stick all the time. and then i finally get around to driving a stick, and always end up questioning myself, "damn this is sooo much work. is it really worth it?" then i don't get to drive a stick for a while and this cycle just repeating itself. but i'm going to guess that this effect is less dramatic and my enthusiasm will grow as it becomes more natural to drive a manual.



after an hour of crusing scripps ranch, we went to get boba at mira mesa. then we watched an hour of Lord of the Rings 2 (DVD screener) that a friend copied for him.