American Idol!

Finally! Something worth talking about! I mean, price curves and The Deming System of Profound Knowledge are absolutely RIVETING, but once in a while I need to talk about something else. And, as I mentioned when this blog began, all of my blogs eventually devolve into a discussion of American Idol. The thing is, business school is great, but it's not life. I refer you to the 2nd President of the United States, John Adams:

"I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. My sons ought to study mathematics and philosophy... in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry, music, architecture, and American Idol."

And somewhere in heaven, John Adams is looking down upon us, thinking: "I wrote the freaking Declaration of Independence for this!?"

And, somewhere else in heaven, Thomas Jefferson is looking down on John Adams, thinking: "You didn't write the Declaration of Independence, jerko. I did."

Anyway, back to American Idol. Here are my thoughts on the final twelve:

David Archuleta is the local hometown hero. He's from Murray, UT. I think that once you live in Utah for a while you forget that Murray is a really goofy name. We also have a town called Roy, and I think that if I ever have twin boys I'll name them Murray and Roy. They'll grow up to be truckdrivers.

Anyway, David Archuleta is pretty good and my wife loves him. I like him, except that he sang a song by Phil Collins, which is pretty unforgivable.

Jason Castro has dredlocks, and that's just about all I have to say about him. For the life of me I can't remember what he's been singing the last couple of weeks. Based on that alone, I'd guess he won't make it in the top ten.



David Cook is also kind of forgetable. Or am I just forgetful? It's difficult to say. (Do you realize that there are three Davids in the top 12? What the heck?)




Kristy Lee Cook has really good teeth. And I got her confused with Brooke White the other day, and I was really surprised that Brooke (a good Mormon girl) would be showing so much cleavage. But, it wasn't Brooke. It was Kristy.



Chikezie was once referred to by Simon as "Jacuzzi". I used to be fairly ambivalent toward Chikezie, but lately I've decided that I really like him. I don't think he's as good of a singer as many of the others, but I want him to do well. He won't win, but he's a nice guy.


David Hernandez made headlines recently when some news station discovered that he used to be a stripper in a gay bar. I am grateful for this news to appear, however, because if there were any voters out there who were thinking "I'm going to vote for the gay one", they then voted for David Hernandez and not Danny Noriega. Because, hoo-boy, I'm glad Danny Noriega is gone.

Michael Johns has a son, who looks surprisingly old considering Michael is only 29. Maybe it's like that guy in New Amsterdam who looks 40 even though his son is 65. But probably not.



Syesha Mercado. Mercado in Spanish means "market". And the Spanish word for fish is "Pescado". In other news, some guy just walked past me drinking water out of an old milk jug. Someone needs to tell him that that's weird.



Ramiele Maluby. Will this list ever end? I running out of things to say!





Amanda Obermeyer frightens me. Maybe that's the look she's going for. Personally, I want to vote for her to keep her off the streets, because she'd be a very effective mugger. Or a psycho tattooed crazy person, like in Mad Max.



Carly Smithson is like the nice version of Amanda. Also tough, also a rocker, but in a nice, accessible way. She's also from Ireland (I think), so she must be neat. If I were from Ireland, I know I'd be neat.



Finally (finally!), Brooke White, from Mesa Arizona. Yesterday, some Utah news person interviewed Brooke and asked her if she had any Utah ties. She mentioned some friends and cousins in Logan, and then she said that her husband went to school in Provo. Which begs the question: BYU or UVSC? I would guess that, if he went to BYU, she'd say BYU because no one would want to accidentally be mistaken for a UVSC grad. But, if he went to UVSC, he'd always say "I went to school in Provo", because, you know, who wants to claim UVSC? Let's hope she wins. Because, if she doesn't, they'll be living off his Taco Bell income for a while.

My current pick to win it all? No idea. My current pick to lose as #2? David Archuleta.

Tune in next week! Seacrest out!