One Real and One Pseudo Competition

THE DUCKS WIN!!! They dominated the Yankees for the first 50 minutes. They almost blew it at the end, but the held strong. They are now in the NHL Finals against the Ottowa Senators. Canadians - Prepare to cry!! Depression will begin again soon. Jasen - I am very sorry that you feel the way you do right now. It must hurt to have your beloved Detroit Yankees lose. That was the real competition.

Now for the pseudo comp. American Idol. I call it a false competition because the lame song that the two dorkmeyers from Seattle wrote was completely created for a more traditional singer like Jordin. I like Jordin.

She is a better singer, but Blake is a million times more creative and interesting.

I want Blake to win, but my prediction is that Jordin will win it all. By the way, I never voted this whole season and I continued to keep my commitment tonight. I did not vote on American Idol - even though I watched every show and now I'm blogging about it.

Thoughts on American Idol

After watching American Idol, I am really thinking that this might be the week that Sanjaya goes home. He is really bad. I'm not too into Lakisha either - although she might be this year's Mandisa. Phil impressed me with his country skills. It would bum me out to see Sanjaya stay and someone that is actually good go home. This is the first week that I think the Sanjaya factor could really ruin somebody.

The Sanjaya Hunger Strike girl is weak though. She quit after 17 days for "medical reasons." What kind of commitment is that?

It's surprising that this show is still so interesting to me. It's so lame at one level and so difficult to turn off at another. I didn't watch last season and of course that's the year where we have a finalist sing at our church. This season I got hooked again and I think there are some life lessons in here somewhere that will redeem the time. Maybe Sanjaya is the effect of sin in the world or something - I'm not sure.