Life offers us many challenges. And that's why I'm gonna hide behind the couch.

okay, so maybe it's just my opinion.

from the first time i listened to kris allen's cd, 'the truth' was one of my favorite songs. and if i had to choose ONE song from the album to be my absolute favorite, i'd probably say 'the truth.' i just want to be very clear that i LOVE 'the truth' by kris allen. it is AMAZING.

that being said, i love 'the truth' by KRIS ALLEN. not kris allen and some other guy (aka pat monahan from train). i think the record label deciding to re-work the song as a duet is a horrible and horrendous idea. it sounds AWFUL. pat's voice does NOT work well with kris' and when the bridge starts up it is extremely jarring and sounds like some terrible peter brady voice malfunction. there is absolutely NO sound reason to make such a change to what is already an amazing song.

and this leaves me torn. because i want kris to do well, but i don't want THIS song to do well. or more specifically, this VERSION of the song. can people call in to radio stations requesting the original to be played instead? i mean, is that something stations would be ALLOWED to do? if so, i totally think people should do that. i don't WANT to support this version of the song. sorry, but i don't. i feel bad that that would affect kris negatively, but i kinda don't care. it's a BAD SONG in this released single adaption, and i think the record label needs to be shown that they fucked up. i also think that kris needs to stand up for himself and his music. trust and believe in yourself as an artist and in the song you originally did, because it is PERFECT that way.

grr argh this really annoys me way more than it should.

i never did talk about last wednesday's episode. it was a bit of a let down after tuesday's night of awesome-ness.

people i liked... a girl named miriam (i think?) who they didn't show much of. she had long dark hair and a gray dress. and then the blonde country girl they did a shit-load of background on. she was sweet. i loved how they played kris allen 'before we come undone' in the background. very cool :)

tonight's episode was awful with barely any good people. i did kinda like the curly-haired katelyn at the beginning. but my FAVE was a dude right at the very very end. they only showed a tiny bit, but i think his name was keith simple (?) and he had a guitar and a gorgeous raspy voice. the second he started singing i was like OH, YES! loved his voice.


EDIT: dude's name is keith semple. and he got the boot. he is apparently irish and only here on a work visa and didn't get his shit together in time. i is sad :(

i had a ridiculously emo weekend. and really, i'm too old for this shit.

read a lot of angst.

and watched the youtube video of kris allen at that vineyard concert thing doing a mash-up of 'falling slowly' and 'with or without you' again and again and again. his voice just breaks my heart.

also, i've listened to his cd about a million and twelve times now. my favorite is definitely 'the truth'. my three other faves are 'before we come undone', 'red guitar' and 'i need to know.' i don't even listen to 'heartless' tho (i think i said that before). regardless, i think it's a pretty fucking awesome first cd.

too bad it doesn't' seem to be getting a lot of interest tho. altho, i guess i really don't know if that's exactly the case, considering i don't watch tv and barely listen to the radio. but usually i can tell when something is fairly popular or not, and it doesn't seem like he is. am i wrong? that'd be cool if i was. cuz like i said, i am getting old.


EDIT:

i love his voice on the cd. it is so natural and raw and organic. he doesn't have the best singing voice ever or anything, but it is so real and emotional and beautiful. i love hearing the breathing and his little quirks and flaws. if they had over engineered his voice, i would have been really pissed. the cd sounds like him and that is awesome.

adam lambert's new album cover. photoshopped TO DEATH. and really extremely poorly.

his face has been so shopped it doesn't even look like him.

and the shoulders. gack! he doesn't even HAVE a right shoulder, and yet the left goes on for-fucking-EVER until it fades off the side making the whole thing look strange and wrong and lopsided.

and the fonts? just bad bad bad.

i saw a comment that used two words i thought described it best (worst?)... trapper keeper.

photoshopdisasters(dot)com anyone?

both the album cover and the single cover for kris allen are so UNF.

goddamn that boy is so fucking hot.

i have such an enormous crush on kris allen right now. it is quite ridiculous considering how young and tiny and married he is, but he's just so fucking adorable!

love the new torchwood trailer. the bit with the lady speaking to/about jack is quite creepy and makes me nervous for him. a bit too much of acting eve, but i do enjoy how she says 'world' twice. still enjoy the kissage and ianto :)

my dad is in surgery as i type. i should be at the hospital right now, but when my mom and sister asked me if i really wanted to be there or not, i was honest. i really do hate Hate HATE hospitals. i don't do well, and there's nothing i can do or offer them/him by being there. i kinda feel bad/guilty, but i feel so much less nervous and more comfortable with the whole mess.

so, as i've said many times before, i tend to be quite fickle. and after roaming about on some idol journals, i think i have become somewhat fond of adam lambert. crazy, right?

and it's not like i hated him before, but i wasn't particularly kind. i still think he seems a bit insincere and 'practiced' at times, but in general i think he seems like an okay guy. for me, the idol factory did not portray him well, but obviously millions of others disagree. i just think that outside of idol he seems much more genuine, as opposed to him playing some awful 'persona.'

regardless, here is me feeling a little bit guilty.

i still love kris tho and think he is nothing but wonderful :)

300th episode and idol engineers still suck ass.
the judges choice is almost never good.


danny - didn't know the song. didn't like the song. didn't like the performance or the vocals.
kris - not a good song choice in my opinion. not awesome, but he did well and i love him playing instruments.
adam - ugh. besides the fact that i can't stand his voice, he is one of the least sincere performers i have ever seen. awful to watch.

unexpected giraffies!

danny - meh. didn't particularly care for this.
kris - don't know this song and hate kanye west, but i LOVED this.
adam - love aerosmith and love this song. couldn't stand this. and i repeat... NOT genuine. faking faker that fakes.


EDIT for RESULTS:

seriously? what the fuck.
holy hell that's a lot of votes.
see? even katy perry thinks adam makes a good fat elvis.
hell yeah, baby! go kris :)
and no real surprise.

cool theme.

kris - i really liked this, but i didn't LOVE it.
alison - really good. and no crazy bad performing. lovely.
matt - kinda boring unfortunately
danny - liked this. voice stayed real nice.
adam - creepy fat elvis in the house. and i do NOT like his voice.

EDIT for RESULTS:
shit. i actually liked their little group sing thing.
why the shock? there's only 5 people left. such fake drama.
hell yes sytycd commercials!
i think we all knew how that would end. poor matt :( i so like him.

quentin tarantino? who the fuck thinks this shit up?

alison - hate this song. i don't like how she performs. it distracts from her vocals.
anoop - love this song. not awesome, but lovely nonetheless.
adam - god i can't stand his shrieking. and dude still creeps me the fuck out.
matt - love this song. started out real good, but got pretty bad there.
danny - love this song. only an okay performance.
kris - love love loved this
lil - love this song. didn't care for this.

EDIT for RESULTS: aww, poor matt. still didn't sing that great tho. but oh hey, they saved him! wow... kinda surprised by that.