IDOL ME.

Its Tuesday. Do you know what that means? No, its no fishstick night. Its American Idol Performance night!! I will admit, I am an Idol junkie. Not to the point where I have ever voted, but enough of a junkie to watch it religously. I like to think I know what is going to happen, so with that said, I am going to rank the remaining 8 contestants. I would have done this earlier with the Top 13 but I had to wait for my girl Meghan Joy to be voted off the show. I did not want to be bias in any form or fashion. Ok. Lets break it down.

THANKS FOR PLAYING

Scott MacIntyre- We get it dude. You are blind and you can play the piano...well with your eyes closed(too harsh huh). Is anybody else a little freaked out by him. Don't get me wrong, I think its incredible what he can do with his disability, but do what Stevie and Ray did, throw some shades on or something. But your voice. Its not enough man. You make every song sound the exact same. At one point, I thought you sang the same song back to back weeks. If you want to a chance to stick around, ditch the piano, stand in front of a mic stand(it can act as a cane too) and just sing. No piano in the song either. Good chance you peace out after this week.

Anoop Desai- You had me early on with the Bobby Brown performance because I am huge fan of 90s R&B, but ever since then.....I cant stand you. I pretty much lost all hope for you when you butchered MJ the first week. Although its not your fault. I hate when Idol makes them sing songs from an artist who just cannot be touched. They tell them all the time, don't sing Whitney or Mariah cause they are too big and too distinct, but hey, lets give them a week of Michael Jackson. HELLO! He is the most recognizable voice of all time. But Anoop, you picked Beat It and made me want to be beat you. Just stop. And then you pick Usher out of all the songs you can pick, you pick Usher. Cmon bro. Do you. And you is not a formerly colored black man or a soulful black man. You could be done after this week. Who dresses you by the way? Scott MacIntyre?

STOP SCREAMING AND MAYBE...

Allison Iraheta- When you sing, you scream. enough said. Too young. Moving on....

GIRLS RULE THE WORLD

Matt Giraud- The only reason you are still standing is because the little girls think you sound like Justin Timberlake and keep voting for you. And you wear scarfs and silly hats too. But in all honesty, I like you man. You got that soulful voice and stuff, but JT you are not. Stick with the keyboard and bring me some soul. You can sing man, but sooner or later the little girls are gonna realize you are not J Tims......tick tock tick tock.

Kris Allen- Alright. I got you lumped in this category because I can't put you in your own category and I can't put you in a better one. You got the chick votes. Hands down. Wife or no wife. You may have pulled out the wife card too early, but I feel ya on wanting to get it out there that you are married. You are the sleeper I feel in this competition. You just need to keep doing what you are doing, but lets get a little upbeat and move around the stage. You just stand or sit. MOVE. But if you can't dance or have rhythm, then sit doggie, sit.

YOU CAN DO IT....BUT.....

Lil Rounds- I love ya Lil. Love ya. But you are screwed. Every other word from the judges is about being like Mary J. You can't do that. There is only one Mary J. I know what they are saying, but Im sorry sista, you can't do it. I will say you need to throw some funk into it, some blackness. What was that Celine Dion shit last week??? BREAK IT DOWN. Throw some stank on it and just work it out. You are great, but it may not be enough. I am pulling for ya because I do trust a big butt and a smile.

I HATE YOU BUT....

Adam Lambert- Man Alive you like boys huh. But thats not why I hate you. I hate you because you scream like guy who got his dick stuck in a vaccuum....although you may like that. But bro, you can sing and you are different. Thats what the people want. They want weirdo. Look at whats his face from New Orleans who won....the guy who looks like someones uncle......TAYLOR! Thanks Google. He fuckin' won and it was because he was great entertainer. You got stage presence man. But stop screaming. Please. Now I hate dogs, fear them actually, but I even feel for them when you yelp like 12 octaves high. Right now you are the lead pony in this race.....but........

GOKE ME

Dan Fuckin' Gokey- You my friend, dumb glasses aside, are awesome. I get the goosebumbs when you sing. You blow it out. Man, I wish I could fuckin hold a note like this. You can't dance, but man oh man, you can saaaaaang. Not to mention you got the whole 'my wife just died' story in the backpocket. But you have not broken it out yet, you have not sang that song yet thats dedicated to her. You have just done what the judges told you and bring it. You win in my book. You won't get my vote but you win. GOKES. GOKES. GOKES.

Can we someone shoot Paula tonight?? She makes no sense and takes 6 days to get her words out. Get rid off all the judges except Simon. He knows what he is talking about. Listen to him tonight, guarantee you agree with at least 98% of the things he says. EASILY.

Top 25 Cereals

I am taking the easy way out today and I am just going to copy an old blog I wrote up when Myspace was the cool thing to do. Its a list of my Top 25 Cereals(with help from others). I reviewed it and deemed no other cereals that have come out recently are worthy to crack the list. Opinions welcome.

THE TOP 25 CEREALS
I like to consider myself a cereal expert. There is not a day where I do not have cereal, whether it be for breakfast, a quick snack, a pregame ritual before taking the field, I need cereal. This past week at work I decided to compile a list of my Top 25 Cereals. I know cereal can be a hot button topic for most people, so I figured I would lay it on the table and let arguements begin.
After hours of research and forming my own personal point scale, I came up with the following list of cereals. The point system was based upon the following criteria
-overall taste
-number of marshmallows per serving
-number servings one can consume in one sitting without feeling guilty
-Milk Conversion:does the milk become something else after eating the cereal. Is it drinkable?
-toys and back cover games available
-Cereal box character. Does it make sense? Is the character needed to sell?
DISCLAIMER:This is my opinion and by no shape or form was my opinion swayed by outside influences, I came up with this list while at work which involves me in an office by myself for 10 hours...........I had the time.

25. Corn Pops: simple, yet affective. the difficulty of opening the box in a neat fashion really makes it difficult to put it any higher.

24. Cinnamon Mini Buns: it is like eating at Cinnabon each morning and they always had a fun maze on the back of the cereal box

23. Kaboom: always find that one gem in Gram's closet every Sunday morning, this was it. Clown theme. fruity edible smiley faces. instant happiness.

22. WaffleCrisp: no one is going to ask you to leggo their eggo when you are eating this cereal. however the milk did become a little too sweet towards the end.

21. Dino Pebbles: A classic cereal for a very underrated cartoon character.Good to see Dino get some justice in the cereal world.Vanilla flavored cereal with quite possibly the most marshmallows per serving in any cereal.

20. Rice Krispies w/bananas: here me out on this. you cant beat Snap Crackle Pop first of all, second of all, you could eat about 8 servings without getting full. And is there anything more fun than realizing you still got a chunk of banana in the bottom of the bowl on the last spoonful. small slice of heaven.

19. Smor'z: ahhh, graham crackers with a chocolate swirled marshallow...slight erection.

18. Frosted Flakes: some may think this is a little too low for Tony, but if you were not paying attention as you chewed, you could wind up with a cut or two on the roof of your mouth. Plus they failed miserably with the chocolate version of Frosted Flakes. What saves them are the baseball cards they would put inside. THEEYRRRRRRRRRRRR GREAT!

17. Honey Nut Cheerios: I believe my record for a sitting is 9 bowls, enough said.

16. Honey Comb: really have nothing to say about Honeycomb, its just fucking good okay.

15. Froot Loops: never understood the reason for Toucan Sam, probably cause of his colorful beak, but I can appreciate what he was trying to accomplish with his cereal. not a fan of the blue loop though, what the fuck fruit is that??

14. Cap N Crunch: I know another classic not to crack the Top 10, but have you ever tried to drink the milk after eating this, just not very good and I also noticed it is just a shitty cereal when sogginess starts to set in. You are a fuckin Captain, cant have your cereal going soft on you.

13. Peanut Butter Cap N Crunch: The Captain clearly took 90210's David Cereal advice to heart when he said 'Switch it Up'. well done. good change of pace.

12. Cocoa Puffs: I never went 'CUCKOO' for Cocoa Puffs, but i did enjoy its ability to give me chocolate milk at the end. what keeps it out of the Top 10 is that some boxes just didnt taste very good, did you ever notice some puffs were sweeter than others?? maybe it was me.

11. Fruity Pebbles: sogginess keeps it out of the Top 10, but no one can deny how great each spoonful tasted. but like Froot Loops, it went to a blue pebble, why Fred, why?

10. Cocoa Pebbles: i know what you are thinking, why is this ahead of Fruity Pebbles, its just chocolate. Well first of all, do you see a blue pebble in the box, ummm no. and second of all the milk was great to drink after. And I must say, I could eat at least 5 bowls of it without thinking twice, in my household, it would be the first box opened and it was a race to the kitchen in the morning to make sure you got the last bowl.

9. Honey Smacks: I dig'em. but it presented the same difficulty as Corn Pops when opening a fresh box/back. Maybe I am just retared, but that silver bag has been a thorn in my side for years, but like the Chewy Chips Ahoy plastic tray is when you need to slide it back in the bag after getting to a row. I have woken up my neighbors at 3am I think while wrestling with the tray...its so fuckin loud.

8. Oreo O's: speaking of cookies, the only cookie possible that could easily be converted into a cereal. Simply ingenious to put the creamy center in forms of sprinkles on top of the O shaped cereal. unreal.

7. Apple Jacks/Cookie Crisp: Fuckin' good. enough said/Cookie Crisp a great cereal, sogginess places a slight factor in its ranking along with the size of the box, always thought they could expand the size of it.

6. Cinnamon Toast Crunch: Just an phenomenal cereal, but the sogginess factor comes into play. Love the cinnamon swirl, hate it when it goes soggy on ya. plus you need more milk than usual to get the exact cereal to milk ratio so that you arent eating dry cereal. not a cereal i would suggest to eat if you are at the bottom of the milk.

5. Cocoa Krispies: Its chocolate, it still snaps, it still crackles, it still pops and you get a great bowl of chocolate milk after. and that monkey on the box, love that fuckin guy.

4. Lucky Charms: Probably the greatest marshmallow taste teamed with oat cereal taste. they hit a homerun with this. Great character on the box, you cant hate Lucky. fantastic snacking cereal as well. I am almost speechless when it comes to this cereal. I love it, i love it, i love it.

3. Trix: The rabbit wasnt silly when he was trying to track down this delicious treat. My only knock with this cereal is the decision to go from the fruity balls to the fruity shapes. no need for it, we knew lemon was yellow, green was lime and so forth.

2. Reese Peanut Butter Puffs: The best candy to cereal in the history of cereals. So good, so rich, so tastey. so fuckin awesome.....i need to change my pants thinking about it.

1. Count Chocula: From the Count to the marshmallows to the little ghost shaped cereal. This cereal takes the cake in my cupboard. I was never a fan of his two friends, BooBerry and whatever the other fucking thing was. It was chocolately goodness with an incredible amount of marshmallows. The only cereal where I would purposely put the marshmallows aside til the end and still be happy while eating the ghosts. So fuckin good. They did it right. And I am a better person because of the amount of Count Chocula I have eaten over the years.

others receiving votes:Golden Grahams, Alpha Bits, Raisin Bran, Ice Cream Cone cereal, Mr T's. Teddy Grahams.
opinions are welcomed and encouraged.

If Doogie did it....

I probably should not even be blogging right now considering I am not in the greatest of moods, but Doogie Howser always, always, always wrote at the end of each episode no matter how tough of a day he had. With that said, I dont even know what I am going to blog about, I just know it needs to be done for my sanity.

I just attempted to watch Gran Turino with Clint Eastwood. Have you ever seen this film? The 45 mins I could barely stomach were awful. It was just Eastwood, old and wrinkly, saying racist things to people as he held a shotgun to their face. Its time for Eastwood to hang it up. It hurt me to watch him walking around and drooling his lines out of his mouth.

I went for a run today. In my head I was gone for an hour, but in reality it was 15 mins. Did you ever wonder what you looked like as you ran? Am I prancing? Do I look like a dinosaur right now chasing after his prey? Do I have too much arm swing? Ok I will have no arm swing. Wait you look crazy without an arm swing. I will arm swing, but not alot...side to side or up and down? Open hand or closed fist? There is a guy running at me, whats the proper running etiquette? Do I move or does he move? Fuck it, lets play chicken with him.
Me and running dont work well together.

I went for a walk today as well. I could not sit in my house alone after a phone call. All I wanted to do was walk around Thomas Park to calm down. It was nice, overlooking the city, no one else up there. So I thought. I sat on a bench, one of like 35 up there. I just wanted to chill, think, and stare. But this dude out of nowhere comes and sits next to me, starts asking me if I know what the giant block of concrete in front of us was. 'Do you know what this thing is? I see it from my place and wanted to check it out' 'No I dont, sorry'.............AWKWARD SILENCE FOR 6 MINS.
Like really dude? You are gonna ask me right now what this fuckin concrete structure is? Are we in a museum? Isnt there a giant plaque with a description on it? Go read it.

I went food shopping last month. I put myself in the express lane cause I only had a few items. The lady behind me and the cashier spark up a conversation as I am ringing my stuff up. This is how the conversation went..
'Hey Katie! Good to see you back at work'
'Hi, ya it has been a rought couple weeks'
'Ya what happened?'
'Oh well, my sister stole my identity and took all my money, so I had to fix that. Go to court and stuff. Sue her. Then my grandmother passed away.'
'Oh, Im sorry to hear that, well how is your dog doing, I love him'
'We have to put him down tomorrow....paper or plastic sir?'
'Life goes on right'
(Picking my jaw off the floor) 'Ah plastic...'
By far the most heart wrenching 5 mins I will ever have in the Express Lane at Stop n Shop. From now on, I buy more than 12 items and go in the normal line.

Saw Lady Gaga on Idol last week and I was disgusted. Just thought I would share that.

Look eye, always look eye.

Did you ever wish you could rip out a scene from a movie and put into your life? In other words, is there a scene out there that would fit perfectly into your life in order to get the ended you wanted at that specific moment? I know life does not work that way, but I think it would be pretty cool if you could do that. You open a large book, almost like an enclyopedia(sp?), find the section you are in right now, whether its DRAMA, LOVE, or COMEDY, and there they are, broken down into catergories, sub categories, super sub categories and so forth. Maybe it should be an electronic device, that way you can get real specific on what you want. You select it. You type the names of the people you want in it and the characters you want them to portray and BOOM! you are whisked off through this portal and arrive in the scene...even in the awesome clothes if you select an 80s movie. And thats it, you do the scene, everything works out and your life gets put back together the way you initially intended it. We all make mistakes. Some alot larger than others. But we all make decisions that we wish we could go back on or change if we could do it all over again. The only problem with that is that the decision you make not only affects you, but more importantly it affects someone else. Your actions will affect you, but they also affect someone else. I have made poor decisions. TONS. But none more than the one I made a couple months ago. I will not get into details, but just know I was selfish and probably fucked up something with incredible potential. As much as I want that second chance, its not up to me and I understand that...................BUT if I had my super duper movie scene mistake maker fixer upper I would select the following scene or scene to make things right.....

KARATE KID- Daniel Son pulls up to the Arcade in the new car, the bright yellow one, that Miagui gave him for his birthday, looking for Allie. And yes, I want the song YOUNG HEARTS playing in the backgroud still. He eventually finds Allie in the arcade, but she just is not having it. She wants nothing to do with him, but Daniel Son is relentless. He keeps interrupting her game of bubble hockey, then risks his life by getting shot in the Air Rifle video game. Now my situation does not involve anyone punching anyone, and I didnt get spaghetti dumped all over me, but still..the scene fits. Daniel Son figures out what the real deal is and that Allie was in the right and he was in the wrong. He chases her down outside the giant water slide and does what Daniel Son does....sweeps the leg.........kidding. He fesses up. Allie gives him a second chance. They kiss. MUSIC KICKS UP! Allie drives Daniel Son's new car off and they both yell BONZAI! BONZAI! BONZAI!

Thats my scene. If anyone from APPLE or Microsoft happens to read this blog, make it happen.