Last night's moon

I can't tell you how proud I am of these pics! Normally my moon pics turn out looking like a small burning fireball!

FOXNews.com - Obama May Block Sun's Rays to End Global Warming - Science News | Science & Technology | Technology News

FOXNews.com - Obama May Block Sun's Rays to End Global Warming - Science News | Science & Technology | Technology News

I love the headline on this.  Without reading the story, this is one that should end up on an installment of Jay Leno's Headlines.  "Block Sun's Rays to End Global Warming."  No duh, Sherlock!  Blocking the rays would most definitely end global warming, as we would all freeze to death!!

Oh, it gets better.  The man who was interviewed on this topic is so smart that I envy him.  He says geoengineering would slow down the earth's warming process.  What is involved in geoengineering?  I quote, "One such extreme option includes shooting pollution particles into the upper atmosphere to reflect the sun's rays."  I mean, pollution is bad.  Stop littering, people!  But shooting it into the upper atmosphere?  Puh-lease!  Just take a step back and look at this if you will!  Let go of all your political notions and opinions and run through what this guy is saying and see if it makes any sense.

The best quote of all was this:

Holdren (the man in the article) compared global warming to being

 "in a car 

(keep going)

with bad brakes 

(Keep going)

driving 

(Keep going)

toward a cliff 

(Keep going)

in the fog."

Do I think we all need to be responsible and keep our waste down to a minimum?  Sure.  Do I think humans are going to ruin the earth and make it melt away?  I think only God Himself has the power to destroy the earth.

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Top 8 - American Idol, April 7, 2009

My thoughts on the show!

This week the contestants chose songs from the year they born. It was one of the better weeks, but then again, as we get closer to the top, those who aren't entertainers or performers or singers are cut so theoretically each week should get better and better. Here's my commentary!

Danny "Stand By Me" - GREAT way to start the show! Started out nice and got everyone in a good mood for the rest of the show. I was really glad to see him do a slow side and a fast side in the song. 

Kris "All She Wants to Do is Dance" - I think I stopped lasting him last week when the judges absolutely tripped over their dresses because they couldn't get the praise out fast enough. They praised him for taking artistic liberties and for making the song his own, and it made me sick because a few weeks ago Adam was ahead of the curve on that one. Anyway! I agreed with the judges on Kris tonight: it was indulgent, he was lost. I was irritated that he was standing in the crowd and not on the mainstage, as I was last week when Matt did the same thing. Oh yeah, and I couldn't understand him.

Lil "What's Love Got to Do With It" - I'm still with her in this competition and I love how she's attempting different genres of music, but I'm starting to think that she should only sing R&B if the chance allows because it seems that's all the judges want to hear from her. Granted, she did mimic Ms. Tina last night, even down to the moves. She did take some liberties and definitely has a different set of vocals than the original artist. This isn't bad, it's just the power and emotion that is in the original song was different when Lil sang. 

Anoop "True Colors" - I thought he rocked! I was so glad he didn't attempt any MC Hammer! haha He is good with ballads and has a pretty voice when he uses it right. :)

Scott "The Search Is Over" - All I can say is, "Where did that come from?" We were watching and as the camera zoomed in to him we were in total amazement. "Where's the piano? Is that a guitar he's holding? I didn't know he played!" Granted, he doesn't have the strongest voice in the world, or the best, or one of the most pleasing, but wow! I was so shocked and proud and happy to hear something from him besides an inspirational song behind the keys. How silly of me to think the judges would like it. I wanted to throw eggs at each of their faces.

Allison "I Can't Make You Love Me" - Nice and simple. I still can't get over her voice. Surprised that the judges didn't comment on this week's outfit! Oh and glad to see her hair wasn't as crazy!

Matt "Part Time Lover" - He's nice to listen to and watch when he's not trying to be someone else. This week was good because he wasn't trying to be a blind black dude. He absolutely owns each performance when he makes it his own. One of the best performances of the night according to the judges and then came along--

Adam! "Mad World" - Those of you who DVR'd/TiVO'd/taped in plans of watching later, I'm sure you were upset to see your recorder stopped short of the whole show. Too bad, because not only did you miss another awesome song from the Adam Lambert Show Adam, but you missed a standing ovation from Simon! I have never seen him or Randy do that. Wow! Hopefully him getting cut off by programming won't hurt his chances. Surely people can figure out that if it's Top 8 and he's the last one, that they should dial 866-IDOLS-08, right?

Bottom 3
2 weeks ago I was 2 for 3 on these.
Last week I was 1 for 3.

This week I am doing 2 separate B3s- Who I think should be in the bottom, Who actually is in the bottom. Let me say before going forward, I don't have anything against the people in the lists. Somebody has to go home. They were missing something or weren't at the same level as the others, or their name was Kris. haha :) 

Who I think should be In the B3: 
Kris
Lil
Anoop

Who I Think IS in the B3:
Kris 
Lil 
Scott
(I struggle with all of these actually. Kris nor Lil have ever been in B3. Scott had the wow factor this week.)

Disclaimer: I use a scientific method to come up with these predictions. I cannot divulge by what means I come by them.

Rainbow pic

Here is the rainbow from a couple of days ago. I used the panorama option on my phone and it turned out the way it did because, well, I used the panorama option on my phone. It's hard to see outside b.c of the glare and it was raining so I was rushing. But anyway! Here is the full rainbow! If you look really hard at the right arc, you can see a faint double rainbow. :)

Roadkill

Sam's Club is having an open house this weekend, which means LOTS OF SAMPLES!  :)  I think I sampled every food item with cheese today....yummo!  My new item I'm trying from Sam's is Corky's BBQ sauce.  I'll let you know how it turns out on my pork ribs tonight.   :)

Things I saw on the side of the road today:

Baby walker (side of the highway--and yes, I looked to see if there was a baby in it.  Good news-there wasn't!)

Open umbrella (it was upside down on a 2-lane road)

It's Friday!

Woohoo!!

The sun is out and off to Sam's I go!  The store doesn't actually open until 10:00, so I've got a little bit of time, but I'm pumped and ready to go!  We are running dangerously low on the basics...salt, ketchup, bbq sauce.  This is getting ridiculous, my friends!  

We had a lot of rain come through yesterday and after it was gone, I looked outside and saw the most amazing rainbow!  For some reason they were really abundant in Anchorage, so abundant that I have seen a triple rainbow there.  This one yesterday was a full rainbow, connecting two houses on two different streets, with a faint "double" in view.  It was amazing!  

It made me think of this:  

And God said, "This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and every living 
creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come:  I have set my rainbow
in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and
the earth.  Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds,  I
will remember my covenant between me and you and all living creatures
of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to
destroy all life.  Whenever the rainbow appears in the
clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between
God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth." So God said to
Noah, "This is the sign of the covenant I have established
between me and all life on the earth."    -Gen. 9:12-17

American Idol Top 9

I changed this up a little from last night.

Anoop- It was good to see Anoop's personality shine again!  He chose a song that didn't showcase his vocals, though.  There were too many spaces that the background singers filled.  I didn't think it was "frat-boy dare gone bad" but I did think he could have done better.  (Don't ask me which song he should have sang.  I personally think that a true American Idol should be able to take any song and make it their own.)  *Not a front runner, but has a big fan base

Megan Joy- Oh boy.  If the camera would focus on her face only, we'd be doing good.  And if she'd pick a song that really showcased her unique sound, we'd be doing even better.  Her signature Corkrey move is just too much for one person.  In the words of Rooster, "She scares me!"  *Not a front runner, but has a big fan base

Danny- He's still one of my favorites.  I thought his song choice was great, as it's hard to go wrong with a Rascal Flatts song.  He did show a lot of emotion, which is definitely needed for any of their songs.  There were a couple of spots that seemed a little off to me, or like he was being over-powered by the backup singers.  Also, I was hoping he would reach up and grab the mic off the stand and do his crazy-but-in-a-good-way dance on the stage.  Maybe he'll learn that move for next week!  :)

Allison - I loved her version of this No Doubt song, for the most part.  The judges knocked her outfit, when I thought they should have been knocking her hair, or whatever that was on top of her head!  I thought she looked very punk-rock and of course she has crazy vocals.  (I'm starting to sound like Randy, dawg!)

Scott - It was nice to see just him and the piano, but come on!  He's been in this same box since...the show began.  I still can't imagine actually running to the store to pick up his CD, but it was nice to see him do a little more I guess.  This is the point in the competition where I've got to start getting harsh. In the words of Kara, "Show me some artistry!"

Matt - Hmm...I don't like when he sounds like other artists and tonight he sounded exactly like.....The Fray, the original artist of the song he performed.  Sometimes he sounds like Justin Timberlake and I don't like when he does b/c let's face it--there's only one JT.  He's starting to annoy me.

Lil - I thought she did good in trying to showcase her voice.  I like that she's not staying strictly with the R&B vibe like the judges are wanting her to.  However, if she did stick with just R&B then she'd probably get knocked just the same.  Still one of my favorites.  I hope she sticks around.

Adam -  I just can't get enough of this amazing talent!  He takes songs and makes them his own and did you hear how the crowd couldn't stop cheering for him once he started the song??  Holy cow!  As I'm voting tonight, Rooster asks me what I'm doing (duh!) and I was like, "I'm voting!" and he's like, "For who? The blind guy?" and I'm like, "No! The HOT guy!  Gotta make sure he wins!"  You either love him or you hate him, but I tend to pick musicians that fall in that category anyway.  Loved the outfit, the flared jeans, the blue and yellow shirts...loved it all!  

Kris - Technically I'm supposed to love this guy because he plays guitar and I dig the sound that he plays, but there's something about him that screams "Not special!" to me.  I don't know what it is but once I figure it out I'll be sure and report!  The judges praised his performance, but for me there was nothing to rave about.  I heard one commentary that said he blew everybody out of the water.  Umm...no?  He's getting on my nerves too.  

This is hard as I'm a bit rushed for time.  Also, they all pretty much performed at the same level as last week for me. (Except for Adam, which always throws his own spin!)

These are probably going to be far from the results tomorrow, but here goes...

Bottom 3:  Matt, Scott, Megan     

Going home: Matt 

One more thing.  There's this site dialidol.com and they post predictions.  I can't bring myself to look at it because I'm afraid it will pull all the fun out of the results show. The results haven't been spot on each week, but they've been pretty close.  I'll look at after the results show.  :)

Tune in Wednesday night at 9e/8c on FOX to see the results!  (Or record and watch later!)