my miscellaneous debris

Saw parts of the Grammys the other night. A lot of it was on the blah side, even some of the performances (like the black-eyed-peas). But then there was Pink - she was the highlight of the evening. She performed her song "Glitter in the air" from the Funhouse album and she performed about half the song from an aerial sling (like Cirque de Soleil (sp)). It was all kinds of crazy badass!! I've always liked Pink, she has an awesome voice and a take no prisoners attitude. This performance at the Grammys will be talked about for years. 

 Apparently the legal reps for Dr. Conrad Murray are morons. Anybody can find a med interaction cross checker online and see that the combo of meds that MJ was taking was potentially lethal. Here, check for yourself - http://www.aidsmeds.com/cmm/ (No, I don't have AIDS but they have one of the best med interaction checkers online) If Dr. Murray didn't know if it was safe or not he needed to look it up in the PDR or go online and find out. I hate these cocky Drs that will take an "educated guess" and risk killing someone rather than admit that they don't know everything and take a few minutes to go look it up. Dr Murray should go to jail for a long time for playing God. He and his ilk need to realize that the title of Doctor does not absolve them from responsibility.

Man, my allergies have been beating me down something awful. It's been going on for about 2-3 weeks now so yesterday I finally got J to take me to see the doc. I got a big ol steroid shot in one hip and my tweaked-out allergy shot in the other. He also gave me a steroid nasal spray which seems to be helping a lot as well. I feel so much better. Now I'm feeling like a dumbass that I didn't go sooner.

I am a bit worried that the steroids may push me over the edge into mania. I just have to keep monitoring myself. Last night I was starting to feel a bit edgy so I went on ahead and took half a xanax just to be on the safe side. That would be the worst - to start slipping into mania as night is coming on, I'd never even notice. scary.

My birthday is coming up in a few days. I'm all excited because the in-laws always take us all out to eat wherever I want to go so it's off to Red Lobster we go again. Woohoo! I loves me some popcorn shrimp.

Over and out y'all,

girrl88

Well, Alexis Grace got sent home last night.   I'm fairly bummed about it as she was one of my favorites. She has a beautiful voice and I hope that something comes out of this for her. I miss you already Alexis!

Okay now, on with the show…

Lil Rounds - I didn't really dig the song that Lil chose either and it sounded weird to hear her sing so straight with no riffs or fills (until the end). I wish she would have had a little more fun with this song or chosen another song that let her express herself better.

Scott McIntyre - First off, I wish that people would stop calling him "the blind guy"; IMHO that would suck. I would hate to be known as "the bipolar chick". I dunno, maybe it's not the same, maybe he's cool with it. Anyway…       As usual Scott turned in a solid performance. The only problem I have is that I still don't think that he's strong enough vocally to be where he is in the competition. He's a nice guy and I feel like I'm being really mean but I honestly don't think he should still be in the running.

Danny Gokey -WOW!! He was just flat-out amazing! I think his version of "Jesus Take the Wheel" was better than the original. He often starts out restrained but once he gets going it's just beautiful. He has a power to his voice that is just yummy to listen to.

Michael Sarver - Michael is a tough one for me to critique; consider the fact that I don't even call him Michael, I call him Jasper (he's from Jasper Tx). I don't really dig the song that he chose but I think that he did a good job with it.

Kris Allen - The more I hear from Kris the more I like him. He's got more than chips & dip going on and I like it.

Allison Iraheta - She didn't sound like Ann Wilson this week - yay! The problem with the song that she chose was that she kept throwing the last line of the chorus away. I don't know if she was running out of breath but that last line is important, it's like a little exclamation point at the end of the chorus, but we never got to really hear it and it would have made a big difference in the song. That issue aside she sounded wonderful as always.

Anoop Desai - If you would have told me that some kid was going to sing the Willie Nelson classic "You Were Always on my Mind" I would have told you that it was a huge mistake to try to redo that song. But then here comes Anoop Desai with his smooth sweet voice and I have to admit that okay, it's alright for Anoop to redo that song. 

Megan Joy Corkrey - Kudos to her for being a fighter and performing even though she had the flu. I'll tell y'all honestly - I really just don't like this girl and I don't know why. Her vocals are okay, no issue there. Maybe it's because she's just so girlie-cutesy. At any rate I know what it's like to perform when you're sick as hell so super kudos to Megan this week.

Adam Lambert - Is it possible for him to sing a song without having to hit those damn high notes? I guess it's possible but he probably won't since that's his schtick. I didn't mind the eastern version of "Ring of Fire" but why does he have to engage in such musical masturbation every single week? This peacock spends too much time preening. 

Matt Giraud - What a beautiful job he did with his song. He gets better and better every week. Woohoo!

Geesh I have to admit it. I'm avidly watching American Idol this season. I was doing a little write up about the contestants for something else and then was thinking - gee, why don't I do stuff like this (or like anything for that matter) on my blog. So here ya go. My take on the contestants 

March 11 (before the cuts have been made)

Lil Rounds - I love her voice. She has a great voice. Needs to pick more challenging songs or the judges will start in on her for taking the easy way out.

Scott McIntyre - He plays the piano beautifully and he does sing with a lot of emotion but the problem is that he doesn't sing at the level that he needs to be at to be a real recording star. The guy is blind, not stupid. IMHO he'd rather hear the truth than be coddled.

Danny Gokey - Love his voice. Hopefully the more practice he gets singing on stage the more his body will learn to move in a non-weird way.

Michael Sarver - First off he gets a big ol WOOHOO since he's from Texas!! Then he gets some extra love because he's a nice guy and he's from Jasper and it's nice to have something good come out of Jasper. But back to Idol business… He may not be at the top of the pile but he is in the middle of the pack at this time. He needs to step it up to stay in.

Jasmine Murray - There was a point when I loved her, I think it was during Hollywood week. Everything after that point seems like she's chasing that sound trying to catch it again. I feel that her voice needs to mature just a little bit. She would do well to come back next year.

Kris Allen - He was cute, the song was catchy. It was chips & dip man.

Allison Iraheta - I had never heard the song before so I didn't have anything to compare it to but maybe that was a good thing. I enjoyed the performance but I do hope that not all of her performances are going to sound like Ann Wilson.

Anoop Desai - He's popular but not very good at picking out his songs. He did a decent job with his song last night it's just that there aren't many people in the world that could have sung that song and made it sound good. Apparently he's not one of the lucky few.

Jorge Nunez - Very nice vocals but the song seemed almost tedious. It was kinda weird. I like Jorge's voice but didn't like the song.

Megan Joy Corkrey - Her vocals are decent but the girl has got to stop with the twisty-dance-thing. It's hard to take her seriously when she looks like she's about 9.

Adam Lambert - Oh Adam Adam Adam… He has a wonderful, powerful, awesome voice and it belongs on stage. It belongs on a Broadway stage. I just don't hear him being a regular album-selling singer. I would pay good money to hear him in a musical but I'd never buy an album of him shrieking away like he does. IMHO every song he's sung he's ruined with his annoyingly high range tongue sticking out self serving musical masturbation.

Matt Giraud - Very nice voice and he seems so much more comfortable when he's playing the piano. He did a beautiful job with his song "Human Nature".

Alexis Grace - I love that she has the balls to choose "Dirty Diana"!! She did a pretty good job but she did oversing it a bit in some parts.  Most likely she couldn't hear herself over the band. At any rate it was a gutsy move that could help solidify her fan base.