American Idol

I managed to win two tickets to see the 2008 American Idol Tour, this is where the top ten contestants of the show go on tour all over the USA. So of course, I had to take my number one compodre, Nikki, with me to see the show ;0)

We managed to make our way up to the nose bleeds which worked out just fine because we had a good view and less people to fight for leg room. The top 6 came out and performed . . .

Chikezie is Cody's favorite and Nikki really enjoyed Brooke. I always thought Brooke cried to much on the show but her voice and range of musical talent are nice. I was rather upset with the David Archuleta craze, that boy should have never made it as far as he did, in my opinion. I was sure that Michale would be competing against David Cook.

It was kind of disappointing because it felt like the first 6 really had to stick to the songs they sang on the show and they didn't give them much room to play it up. Or maybe they're just crappy performers ;0) After they finished there was actually an intermission!!! I had never heard of music concerts with intermission, how weird is that! They had these two guys battle out on Guitar Hero, and a human Pop Tart floating around the crowd, it was just too funny!

Then the show got good!! Thanks Mom for letting us stay latter considering the next morning was the first day of school for Nikki. It was sooooooo worth it!! Syesha and Jason came out, Syesha looking like a hooker version of Whitney Houston and Jason got some good cheers from the crowd. I rather liked Jason on the show but he always seemed so stiff on TV. You could definitely tell that the show and the tour has really brought him out of his shell. His performance was more "real" so to speak and he actually made a few jokes ;0)

THEN . . David Archuleta came on stage (he got smoke and no one else did, I'm sure he put that in his contract! wrong!), the crowd went wild!!! Of course he sang a few songs from the show and then another one that Nikki says is his new release (I've never heard it).

I think Nikki LIKES David ;0)

He did his goofy, big tongue laugh and walked off stage. Then came David Cook!!! OMG!! The entire place stood up and just went wild. He couldn't talk for what felt like 5 minutes. He is definitely the greatest performer I've seen in a LONG time!! He worked the stage, the crowd, even the crew!! It was a blast to watch all the teenage girls go crazy trying to reach out and touch him. He sang his version of Hello, which I think he won the show when he sang that song!

The atmosphere was great, we left in smiles, good times . . . good times.

Glasses!!!!

So Cody kept telling me that he couldn't see or hear and that I needed to take him to the doctor! This, my anal retentive son was wrong about his hearing . . . he scored perfectly on his hearing test so I know that the next time I tell him to clean his room, he can't use the excuse, "I never heard you!"

The eye site was a different story though. The doctor says that he's far sited (like my Mom, but no one else!) and even though it's not serious, he has to strain his eyes to see. Thus $320 later . . . .

. . . . . my little boy looks so grown up! Of course, he's excited to wear them now but I give it about 2 months and I'm sure it will be a new reason to argue with each other!

I think we all go through that stage when we're young, we want glasses because we see someone we think is cool wearing them and we want to be cool. I remember I had a pair of hideous purple rims with just plastic for lenses. I wore them my entire fifth grade year and even though I knew they weren't prescription, I never bothered to correct anyone who thought they were "real."