It truly is March Madness!!!!

First and formost, today officially starts March Madness. and let me go ahead and just come out with it...

Cal State Fullerton will beat Wisconsin.

I'm not just saying this because I'm a former student of CSUF, I really honestly believe that this time tomorrow everyone will be talking about the Titans. I think this for simple reason that as of this moment, t-minus 6 hours plus until game time, Nobody is.

They didn't even make the cover of SI this week, which has a collage of all the teams in the tourney. Both Play-in teams got on there.

I'm not even rooting for CSUF in their own bracket, because I'm for USC, but I'm just saying that the Badgers are going down.

And speaking of going down, What the fuck is wrong with you, America?

Kristy Lee Cook over Amanda Overmyer? KLC on the Mutha-effin' Idol Tour?

Has America lost their collective minds? Granted, Amanda had no shot at making it past 10th place this year, but this was Kristy's week to hit the bricks, and yet, she stays.

one thing that WAS nice to see was that People see through Randy and Paula's BS and Put Carly Smithson EXACTLY where she belonged...in the bottom three. she was not good this week, and hasn't been good in a while. I'n my American Idol bracket, I'm calling her to be eighth, just above KLC and Chikieze, and just below Michael Johns' Seventh Place Finish.

I'm not gonna recap this week, because I don't want to go song by song, but here is my Master top 12 List, including the Fallen Idols in the places they went out , for your reference:

• 12th: David Hernandez
• 11th: Amanda Overmyer (Really?)
• 10th: Kristy Lee "Should have been gone weeks ago" Cook
• 9th: Chikieze
  
• 8th: Carly Smithson
• 7th: Michael Johns

This is where it gets tough

• 6th: Syesha Mercado
• 5th: Ramiele Malubay
• 4th: "The Daughtry Spot" Jason Castro
  
• 3rd: "The Upset Special/Melinda Doolittle spot" Brooke White
  
• 2nd: "The Clay Aiken/ screaming fans can't save you spot" David Archuleta
  
• 1st: (American Idol Season Seven Winner, in a shocker) David Cook.

And really, the top four are kinda interchangeable. All of them will get a record deal, all of them will be hit-makers. The only two that will really have a career following the show will be David Cook and Brooke White. (Maybe Jason Castro, because he's niche.)

I can't see David Archuleta having a career past AI, because while he is an amazing singer, he's playing for a crowd of screamers who want a pop star like Jordin Sparks, and he is VERY Broadway/Adult Contemporary. (Not a lot of little girls at a Josh Groban concert, is there.) It's the same fate that befell Clay Aiken, and it will be the downfall of David Archuleta.

Mark it down.

BTW, Today is the first day Of Big Mike's One Man Asylum Blog, so go check it out and subscribe. he's attempting One Blog a day, which I tried and failed at last year, so here's hoping El Miguel Grande fares better. Good Luck, Buddy!

Okay, that's all for me. Peas Out Kids!

-G

Oh, what a fine mess...

It's funny how indecisive I have been lately.

One minute, I'm panicking, scrambling to put together scraps of my life, and the next I have too much life and I'm attempting to simplify, to the next where I have simplified, but I'm not sure if the stuff I kept is the stuff I want.

I'll never get happy this way.

It's like I'm on this Roller Coaster, on where I want to be is not at the the top of the coaster, but on the next coaster over, or chilling at the "Dippin' Dots" Stand.

It just that, none of these things seem correct right now.

But none of the options for change seem correct either.

Even the constants seem fluid right now. Can't (and won't) go into details about this, but the point will become clear soon I promise.

One of these days I'll figure this all out.

Hulu.com!!!!

Sign up for it, watch free TV AND full length movies.

So awesome, it gets an unsolicited plug in the circus.

Off to finish watching Big Lebowski.


-G

300 and American Idol.

I just got done watching 300 again, and MAN do I love this flick!!!!

Yes, it has a lot of gore, which isn't generally my bag, but the historical significance, coupled with Frank Miller's storytelling and the beautiful artwork make this a classic to behold.

So enjoyable...So very Enjoyable.

On the exact opposite plain was last nights American Idol...

First of all, It's always a dagger to the heart of the contestant when Paula Says " You look beautiful tonight..." it tells them that what's next to come is gonna suck from both her, and Simon right after.

So let me start by saying this...American Idol, with that pretty new stage of yours, you looked beautiful last night.

But the way 80% of the contestants butchered the virtual gimme that was the Lennon/McCartney songbook, wow...just, wow.

It's Lennon/McCartney! It's The Beatles! These are the greatest songs in Rock, and arguably MUSIC history. How so many could fuck them up SO badly is unbelievable. it's brings a tear to my Eye...let's just get started on the review, so I can get over with it.

First of all, did anyone else find it funny that like six contestants said that "Yesterday" was their favorite Beatles song in thier interview packages, and yet NOBODY performed it? Awesome.

I'm not gonna go into a full blown column of who did what here, Because, well I don't want to. I just want to talk in depth about Six of the Twelve contestants: Chikieze, Brooke White, Carly Smithson, David Cook, David Archuleta, and Kristy Lee Cook. The rest we're too on the average side of Good or awful.

First, Chikieze's version of "She's a woman" was exactly the right song to take and put it in a different style. His County-no-just-kidding-Rock version of the song was so much fun I watched again this afternoon and smiled. And since it's plucked right off the Beatles '65 B-Side album... nobody would cry too much if it was twisted a tad. That's the Joy of B-Sides. and I'm okay with interpretations in different styles of music of songs, just as long as the original intent of the song is relayed. "She's a Woman" is a fun song, and Chikieze had fun with it. Kudos!

On the other side of this Coin is the trainwreck Kristy Lee Cook. Her Country-no-just-kidding-Hootenanny verion of "Eight Days a Week" was so bad I just wanted for one of the over produced Pink shooting starts that were going off behind her on the background to miss it's orbit and crack her in the head so she would stop. (By the way, that is the first time that it think the obnoxiously bad backgrounds we're better than the performer itself.) If she just HAD to super countrify a song, she would have been so better off taking one of the beatles already kinda country-esque songs like "Act Naturally" or "I've Just Seen a Face" and rock those out in that style than taking a classic like "Eight Days a Week".

Now I have to apologize to someone here. Carly, I'm sorry. There I said it. I still think you have no business being on this show, but your version of "Come Together" was so good tonight that I will apologize for saying you are awful. It was very reminiscent of (Dare I invoke the Holy Idol Name? Okay, I shall) Kelly Clarkson. Keep doing stuff like that, and you just might win my favor one day... might.

Someone who has already won my favor, and not because she's smoking hot in her Faux-Virginity, but also because I really dig her musical vibe, is Brooke White. "Let It Be" is one of my favorite Beatles songs... and until I saw "Across the Universe", I never thought that anyone could match Paul's Intensity. After that movie, I had two favorite versions of an awesome song. Now, I have three. She poured so much of herself into that song last night that she burst into tears at the end and had to get a hug from Ryan to calm her down. Didn't change the song at all. Just sat at the piano and worked it out. Fan-Fucking-Tastic.

Also really good tonight, and has been since he rocked out the un-rockable song "Hello" last week was David Cook and His rocked-out version of "Eleanor Rigby". I can't wait until he gets a band behind him and go on tour with Daughtry, because that will be one really great Idol-Alum based Rock Tour.

And finally, What the fuck happened to David Archuleta last night? Did we finally see his Achilles Heel? I mean, it's not like he can't kick ass on songs written by a beatle... he Killed singing "Imagine". But then, to go through the ENTIRE Lennon/McCartney Songbook, and pull out one of the weaker songs they had, and then doing the F-ING STEVIE WONDER VERSION of the song? and then, on top of that, he missed quite a few notes and then performs Idol Sin number one, Forgetting the lyrics of the song 3 times???? Et Tu, D-Arch? were you trying to commit Idol Suicide there, kiddo? Or was this just your youth finally showing through. And don't tell me it's the stage, because YOU WON ON STAR SEARCH!!!!!!!!!!!!1111!!!ELEVENT-ONE!!!!!WTFBBQ!

Sheesh!

Okay, quicky comments on the rest:

Syesha Mercado: You are not Jordin Sparks. pick a good song and just fucking sing it. "Got To Get You Into My Life" is not that song, and your smile can't save you forever.

Ramiele Malubay: Just, No. Way to wreck a gimme like "In My life", One of John's best works.

Jason Castro: I like this dude, and liked his version of "If I Fell"...but it wasn't nearly as good as "Hallelujah" was last week.

David Hernandez: His version of "I Saw Her Standing There" was crappy.

Amanda Overmyer: Blues rock is your thing... but sadly, You can't sing anything else. still " You Can't Do That" was a good song choice for you, even though I didn't understand a work you said.

Michael Johns: "Across The Universe" is a great song. You are awful. P.S. You aren't Jim Morrison, and you vibrato is annoying at best.

Enough Blogging. I'm gonna go do laundry again.

-G

Anybody want to be my rock?

i need to lean on someone right now.

not to give advice

not to judge me

just to be there for me and listen to me hatch my escape plans.

i hope to find it soon.

-g

Behind Green Eyes.

Today was there first day in my life that I have ever felt insignificant.

Also, today is the first day of my life that I feel like I might have slipped off the tight rope a little bit.

There hasn't been a safety net for years.

Everything is slowly starting to implode... giving me just enough time to come up with a plan before my life becomes a burning wreckage.

I can't even say at least I have my health, because I'm not at all healthy.

I need to simplify. I need to not have three jobs. I need to start going through this pile of laundry and jettison things I don't ever wear. I need to donate a few of these trinkets i have lying around...sell a poster or two.

I think I'm having problems with my life because I have too much life and not enough time to devote to it.

And this job that is paying my crap money and giving me no hours but won't let me request to get another job because they still claim to be my "Main place of employment" needs to be gone. It was great when I was 19, Not when I'm 26.

I won't be going back either.

There are no constants anymore. Everything in my life is fluid. EVERYTHING. People, jobs, stability, health. nothing is secure.

One slip off that tight rope and I am screwed.

I almost cried today because of the pressure. It take a lot for me to cry.

I need to fix this, now.

I NEED TO FIX THIS, NOW!!!!!

I NEED TO FIX THIS, NOW!!!!!!!

-G

Sorry for the snap.

I apologize for the snapping at you in yesterdays blog.

I am just under a lot of stress lately and nothing seems to be helping so I just needed to vent, and this seemed like the best place to do it.

In fact, I'm actually kinda GLAD that nobody is reading this blog. Why?

Because in the past I felt like I had to stifle myself in order to appease my readership. well, no readership= no restraints.

I can bitch and moan and yell and cuss all I want, and it doesn't make a difference, because I won't get any backlash.

I spent the better part of my day today searching for jobs on both coasts...I applied to a few out here, and I bookmarked a few on NYC's craigslist.com

Why? I need a job with benefits, stat. I'm gonna talk to my managers soon in a plea to try and find some full time work at the resort, either in my current location or elsewhere.

Or, some in Manhattan.

I'm tired of only getting calls from people I owe money to.

I'm getting in the shower...I have work at 6:30.

-G

What is the fucking point?

Why do I bother doing these stupid blogs.

Nobody reads them. Nobody will ever read them.

I'm just being honest here, but I made a big to-do about making up a personal blog page, and It gets ignored.

27 hits? Are you Fucking kidding me?

I get less hits than the official Barney website.

Do I not have enough insightfulness? Do you not feel what I have to say is important enough to comment so I know you've at least been here? I even made the comments anonymous, so you don't even have to say who you are!!!!

What do I have to do to spark interest in you people? You want racy pictures? fine, here's a racy picture.



For god sakes, just comment. That's all I ask for, so I know I'm not wasting my time.

On Broken Teeth and American Idol.

Hey Kids.

Haven't put Virtual Pen to Paper in a while, so I thought I would jot down some of the goings-on for all to enjoy.

First, I have a broken tooth....I've actually had it for a few weeks, but the other day I was futzing with it and it started to Hurt really badly. REALLY BADLY...to the point where I had to unofficially see a dentist.

She told me I need a root canal and a crown... which would cost a no-insurance bozo like me $1850. I don't have $1850 lying around, so I left, went to the store and got some Toothache gum, which is this beeswax and benzocaine product to temporarily self fill the hole. which worked for a few days until I realized that the stuff is acting like a spacer (those of you lucky enough to have had braces know what a spacer is) and shifting my teeth to one side, which causes way more pain that a stupid toothache.

So I spent the day in Yucaipa, far away from civilization, and I was sucking down Advil like it was candy, and that made me loopy. as soon as I got home, I took a nap, sleeping on the side of the mouth that my bad tooth is on, and i woke up in more pain than necessary, but I have reached the daily allotment of Advil I'm allowed to take.

Long Story Short, I hurt.

On to my other Toe-pick Du Jour, American Idol:

David Archuleta has my vote for president.

Which means he will fall victim to the "Daughtry Constant" and make his exit around 3rd or 4th place.

Your AI7 Winner, folks? How about Jason Castro. when He wakes up from his pot-fog, He is gonna be dangerous...The producers REALLY want us to like Carly Smithson/Michael Johns, but theirs is a Kool-Aid I cannot drink, not just because of their Semi-Pro past, but because, they are both awful. Brooke White and David Cook are workable, too, and Danny N. is slowly headed toward the Sanjaya Mold....but unfortunately, the Tweens, Grandmas, and Soccer Moms are already on the D-Arch Bandwagon, so no prolonged existence for you!

Everybody else better not be hoping for a tour spot...theymight get on, but they better not hope for one.

Okay, the pain is leading me to the shower... peace out Y'all.

-G