My last post has established some level of cred, so let me ask a completey uncool question: Is anyone here following American Idol this season? I just can't get enough of that show, even though much of it is cheesy. If so, who are you rooting for this season? I know it's cool to root for Blake, and I've liked him a lot ever since that classy Keane "Somewhere Only We Know" performance he did in the semi-finals, but I tell you, I'm liking Jordin Sparks the best of all. She's so infectuous and a really powerful set of pipes, but she stays modern and fresh unlike Melinda. Melinda is obviously a technically awesome singer but she doesn't excite me. Also, I will miss Haley's physical attributes and general cheesy charm now that she's gotten kicked off (justifiably). I was rooting for Phil to go away; he just gets on my nerves. I think the judges often get it wrong (and they're kind of idiots generally a lot of the time), and I guess so do the voters, but I just plain like that show.

Also, as long as I'm already opening myself up to elitist mockery, that former Idol Carrie Underwood has some really great singles that I can't help but hearing because they're everywhere. That song "Wasted", which seems to be about an alcholic that decides to quit, is really catchy and powerful. She seems like something special to me, despite the fact that she trades in over-slick musically unoriginal pop-country.