What am I referring to you ask? Is it the fact that so many were glued to their sets to watch the royal wedding? That people are actually paying to go see Charlie Sheen speak? That Birthers STILL don't believe Obama is American even though he produced his birth certificate?
Bringing sexy back
No. That is NOT what I'm referring to, though any of the above would make a fantastic blog post *makes notes for next week* I'm referring the the travesty that took place on national television last night. Casey Abrams was voted off of Idol last night.
Um, what?
Most of these people suck
Casey was a judge favorite and probably the most talented person to ever set foot on the idol stage. Disagree with me? Fine. He's a singer, songwriter, musician. You cannot debate the fact that he has an awesome voice. No matter what he sings (aside from maybe Smells Like Teen Spirit) he has made me swoon. He brought sexy back to the upright bass. He scats like mad. Rough around the edges, sure, but expendable? Not even close.
My idol obsession
He's got more style than Jacob, more versatility than Scotty, more experience than Lauren, and he growls better than Haley (I love Haley too, but not as much as Casey). And he . . . uh . . . well, comparing him to James would be like comparing apples to oranges. Can't do it. (and now that Casey is gone, James is a shoo in to win. If he doesn't I may just boycott Idol fooooorrrreeevvvvvverrrrrr)
However, there is no doubt in my mind Casey will get a recording contract. And I'll be first in line at the iTunes store (figuratively) to buy his stuff.
meh.
Friday Nibbles:
Random Pandora (iPod is dead) Shuffle Song: In the Waiting Line by Zero 7
Book of the Week: Hard choice, I hit the Borders sale yesterday. I think I'm going to go with Kristina McBride's, The Tension of Opposites. Been wanting to read it for awhile.
Movie of the Week: What is a movie? Kidding, let's go with another purchase from Borders, Blood and Chocolate.
Quote of the Week: "Wouldn't it be much worse if life were fair and all the terrible things that happen to us, come because we actually deserve them? So now I take comfort in the general hostility and unfairness of the Universe." ~ Marcus Cole
Random Thought (this is new, I'll tell you some of the weird crap that comes from my head): I dreamt about zombies last night and now I think I'm going to write a zombie book.
Vampires and werewolves. What's not to like? Sexy beasts the lot of them. Especially what Hollywood has done with them. Of course I've always love vampires, I have told you my kids sometimes call me Vampire Mom because of my affinity for the color black.
These monsters were a part of lives way before Twilight came out. Stephenie Meyer just brought them to the forefront again. Cartoons, like the Groovy Ghoulies and Scooby Do, and shows like The Musters introduced them to us at a young age.
Some of my favorite books and movies with these monsters? Number one definitely is Interview with a Vampire (the book, not the movie, not that the movie was bad, but really, who the hell cast Tom Cruise as Le Stat? Just as bad as Edward, not going there, that's next week) I fell in love with Louis when I read that book back when I was a teenager.
Movies like Fright Night and American Werewolf in London were a couple of my favorites back in the day. I remember AWIL being the cutting edge of special effects for the time period.
More recently I really liked Blade, the first Underworld movie (not so much the second), Brotherhood of the Wolf, and Blood and Chocolate. What they've done with Vampires and Werewolves are amazing. And of course two of my favorite shows ever were Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel.
Then there are books and movies and shows that are popular that I've yet to see like the Heather Brewer book series, Sookie Stackhouse, and True Blood. I'll get to them.
So, that's another reason to like the Twilight series, because I LOVE the subject matter. What's not to love about beautiful sexy immortals, or strong, rugged wolf boys?
That's all for Twilight this week. Come back next week when I tell you the four things I HATE about it. But for tomorrow, it's the Friday Free For All. I have no idea what to talk about, so it will be as exciting for me as it is for you. It is exciting for you, right? ;)
. Been wanting to read it for awhile.
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