Eliminating the Top 10

Since our move, as you may have heard, I cannot record more than one show at a time. Also, I have to watch the channel that's being recorded, so the DVR is basically useless. I mean why would I want to record the show I'm watching.  (To watch it over and over and, say, over again. Of course. Which is just crazy talk, right?) So anyway as a result of a severe show conflict on Thursdays, I find I am unable to watch American Idol when it airs. This basically means that I don't have to force myself to sit through an hour of eliminations. But it also means I don't get to recap that hour.

I'd do a recap of the show I did watch, The Vampire Diaries, but I don't want to.

In any case, it has occured to me that Top 10 is generally when I pick the order in which I think people will be voted off American Idol. That being said, I still don't feel like I have any idea who these kids are yet, so I'm not sure how this is going to work. But I decided to give it a shot.

Interestingly, at least if you're me, I started putting this list together Thursday morning before we knew who the Top 10 would be and I just started randomly listing them to get them into order and realized I only had 10 names.  I was missing someone and I honestly couldn't figure out who it was.  Turns out it was Shannon Magrane, so this clearly means I'm psychic. Or something.

Anyway, here's my list.  Every time I look at it I want to switch people around again, so I'm just gonna stop right now.  Keep in mind that Erika and Elise are basically interchangeable so either one could go at any time.  DeAndre and Heejun only hang on past them cause they are guys and people seem to like them for some reason.  I'm guessing it's cause little girls think DeAndre is cute and grandmas think Heejun is funny.

10. Erika Van Pelt
9. Elise Testone
8. DeAndre Brackensick
7. Heejun Han
6. Skyler Laine
5. Colton Dixon
4. Hollie Cavanagh
3. Jessica Sanchez
2. Phil Phillips
1. Joshua Ledet

I'm probably way off, cause I just think Joshua should win, not really that he will win. The winner will most likely be PhillipSquared, the resident WGWG.

But a girl can dream.

So What Happened on Idol Last Night?

Didn't watch American Idol in real time last night.  For one thing, on Thursday its opposite The Vampire Diaries and that's not a good place to be if you want me to pay attention to you. But, honestly, anyone who really knows me, knows that I prefer to watch Idol with my finger on the fast-forward button anyway.

I don't remember what happened. Seriously. I have no clue. I know I watched the show, but I have no memory of it.  Probably because TVD had several scenes with Ian Somerhalder in the shower. That sort of thing tends to confuse my mind for a while. Although I was a little unhappy at the beginning because part of the ep (still talking about TVD here) was wonky for some reason. Like the CW had some issues. If I didn't know I was watching an HD TV on an HD channel, I'd have thought someone was messing with the bunny ears.  The picture got all wavy and lined and then started flipping and finally settled with the bottom on the top and the top on the bottom, so that on the close ups people's mouths were above their eyes.  It eventually righted itself, but I didn't like it while it was happening.

But I still have no recollection of Idol. It's possible it was so bad that I've simply repressed the memory.  I plan on keeping that way.

In other news, I was talking to this woman yesterday. She was really nice and we hit it off right away, like you do sometimes with strangers. So we somehow got around to mentioning American Idol. I think I was telling her about my blog, cause why wouldn't I, and she told me about her crush on Simon Cowell and how she wasn't going to watch this season without him (just like me) and how she (just like me) somehow got sucked back in. It's like I always say, this show is evil and not in a good way.

Maybe it would get better if they had Ian Somerhalder in the shower.