American Idol elimination... bye bye Brooke

Well, I figured this. It should be Sayesha but she'll be in two weeks, after Jason is gone, leaving the two Davids. Sayesha's voice is a dime a dozen... Brooke was different, unique. Whatever.

American Idol Recap... Paula's off her meds!

Seriously, she judges these kids? Each contestant sang 2 songs tonight. The first songs were sung straight through, with no critique by the judges until the end. Randy made a quick comment on each of the 5. Paula, starting with Jason, first critiqued his first song, then proceeded to his second number? When it was pointed out that he'd only sang 1 song she said, "oh, I thought you sang twice!" What does one say to that? Gotta love live tv!

David C., David A... final two... should just cut to the chase. I really liked Brooke's second song. Jason, as cute as a button but he's a balladeer not an American Idol. Sayesha, forgettable.

Unintentional theme!

Looking back at the last two posts, I realize I have a theme... Grass! hehe So, I've put up a pic of a pot of grass to tie them together.

Back to the 70's, school locker sniffer searches!

Random use of police sniffer dogs breaches charter:

The use of drug-sniffing police dogs in the random search of a southwestern Ontario school and a Calgary bus terminal was unconstitutional, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled Friday. In a 6-3 decision, the top court ruled that the actions breached Section 8 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which covers what constitutes reasonable search and seizure.

So, to all my '70's friends from high school who were nabbed by the random sniffer dogs and still carry records, go get 'em cleared folks. They used to walk the halls with those dogs at least once a month if not more, out of the knowledge that they knew those long haired, hippie, freaks were smoking that marijuana!

Peace!

First lawn mower of the year!

Mich and I were chatting in the kitchen when suddenly we were interrupted by the sound of the first lawn mower of 2008! The kitchen virtually exploded with excitement ... we were stunned to silence! We looked at each other and both said aloud... "who is it?" I said there should be a reward. Mich said well then go and get a beer! Everyone knows that lawn mowing requires a beer! I grabbed one, ran outside and went to the house to the right of me.

I presented the beer and congratulated Sabet on being the first one in the hood to fire up his mower. He told me he just wanted to see if it still ran, but once it started decided to do the whole back yard.

Coming back into the house, Mich reminded me that Bob/Daddy, refuses to fire up our machine until the Victoria Day weekend. Well, actually he says "May 24th." So this year it's actually a few days past the Victoria Day weekend which is May 19th! I think it's kind of like the never wear white after labour day thingy? Or just a good excuse? He scoffs and mocks those who cut their grass pre-May 24th... though I'm pretty sure last year it was a tad premature for him too?

I'd like to mention that by May 24th, we'll need machetes to get through the back yard!

ps... to my family who live East and North of me, oh and those waaaaaaaay West and North of me who still have snow... ummmm... sorry about your luck! :)

American Idol... elimination... surely you jest!

Carly Smithson going home? lord love a duck... are you all tone deaf? Were there hanging chads? Problems with the voting machines? At least that time there was an excuse. sigh...

p.s. I couldn't have been more wrong in my predictions this week!

Nothing new to report...

Illness and fireworks season do NOT mix!

There is no such thing as quiet at a fireworks company, 28 days before Victoria Day! sigh...

American Idol, recap

These two should be the final two. David A. needs a bit more training, especially in breathing, he's young. Sayesha should go home but it will likely be Brooke, with Jason the other bottom 3 contestant.

Guilt and Alfred Hitchcock!

Mich and I decided to stop feeding the birds once the seed ran out. It is spring, there is food and really they don't need us anymore! Well... tell them that! They gathered early this morning, Cardinals, Grackles, Sparrows, Finches, Jays, Starlings, well you get the drift. They were NOT impressed. I took the feeder down last night so as not to taunt them.

Mich suggested a "closed" sign. I decided against it. Maybe I should have listened. I swear they're out there cussing me! Glaring maybe plotting? yikes!

I felt the earth, move... under my bed...

Living by the US/Canada border, about 200' from an underground rail tunnel that runs to Detroit, I am used to feeling slight vibrations as trains go through the tunnel. At 5:30 this morning I awoke thinking, "wow, that must be one heck of a train!" Only to discover that an earthquake had occurred. As earthquakes go, it wasn't much of one BUT... I hadn't gone to sleep until 12:30am!

The best earthquake I've ever experienced was in Calgary, in the 80's. I was sound asleep on my water bed when suddenly I was body surfing! Seriously, there was a tsunami happening! (Earthquakes can cause tsunamis you know!) The only other one I've felt was in Windsor, very early 80's and I happened to be laying in the tub at the time. I jumped out, grabbed an towel and ran into the living room to find pictures askew, and a couple of knick knacks knocked over. I had thought that on was a big truck going down the road past my apartment building.

Sooner or later I'm going to figure out that hey, earthquakes happen and it's not always large motorized vehicles shaking me up!

American Idol... finally!

Ok fine. It was even worth having to listen to Mariah, (though I was emptying the dryer during her singing; hey can't let stuff wrinkle,) if it meant finally getting rid of Kristy!

Don't be shocked

Yes I'm blogging during American Idol results show... Hello... Mariah Scary remember? Even the opening number made my teeth hurt! I'm going to tune in for the last 5 minutes. She's going to sing tonight, that's worse than the kids having to sing her songs.

Notes, written and responses delivered with a sarcastic one.

This is a note I left on the counter this morning for Bob & Michelle. Michelle my loving (and oh so grateful for all I do for her,) child called me at work. I quote, "I'm thinking of having you micro chipped in case you wander outside of the yard." end quote! (I realize that stating "quote" and "end quote" whilst using quotation marks is redundant, I am accentuating my point, not exhibiting any further signs of confusion!)

I, of course, took great umbrage at that remark. As an ironic aside, I did end up working late, unscheduled to do so. Unlike TOMORROW, which IS THURSDAY, where I am scheduled to work late.

Blast from the past

Today, I heard from an old friend. He found me on Facebook. He was always one of my favourite people in high school. Hearing from him made me think back to my favourite things. Dan Fogelberg was one of them. He left us too soon. This song always made me sing at the top of my voice, with all my heart. I always substituted the word "life" for "love." Love, was easy, life... well that was hard. Still I marvel at what life throws at you. How hard life seems to fight to make itself tough and really, how simple, happy and easy it should just be. Thinking about this, I guess I never really left the 70's did I?

American Idol, re-cap... Scary week!

Who cares? It was Mariah Scary week... blah, blah. David A, David C & Jason, they can make almost anything sound good. Poor kids, what a tough week! blech...

Mariah Scary... and my bitter dissapointement!

I'm in the kitchen, cleaning up after a great dinner when Mich asks, "hey are you watching American Idol tonight?" I say "sure, why?" She asks if I know what week it is. I get nervous... I try to say, "well, they're going to whittle it down to 6 isn't it?" She replies with "I don't want to upset you." I realize... OMG... It's Mariah week! If I wanted to listed to a bunch of air, with constant trilling to try to get to the note, I'd go to a hot air balloon festival! GAWD... I'd even settle for a Kellie Pickler, Kristy Lee Cook, Carrie Underwood night over Mariah Scary!

I now officially have NOTHING to which to look forward to! One can only hope that maybe, just maybe someone in the last 7, does something to pull those sickly songs into something worth listening to!

All is right with the world...

Spring has sprung, happy avian sounds fill my backyard. Buds are bursting, things are greening and other than fireworks season rapidly approaching... I am happy. (oh and knowing that 40 degree temps are around the corner doesn't impress me much either!) :)

I jinxed myself...

Today; was even worse than yesterday. Who'd a thought it possible? Can't wait for tomorrow...

Some days have way more hours than others!