time of the season

i feel a little embarressed that my first entry in almost a week is largely about the past hour of Idol-viewing i had. hahahahhah. long-time readers sld know that yes, it's that time of the year again when Loo gets TOTALLY engross in American Idol and desert food, lodging, rationality, manners, books etc etc and just succumb to the drug that is AI.

Therefore, i shall blog in points and randomly, for the past week has been sorta awesome in some sense. Idol first:

- Paula is back to talkin COLOURS! after one or two seasons whereby she DID NOT ask contestants to "colour up your vocals", she's back in top colouring form by sayin that word THRICE TOO MANY! WHHOOHOO!! IT WAS TOTALLY HILARIOUS. Simon would then proceed to ask Paula what colour she thought the subsequent performers were. Of which Paula gave a very rarely dignified "not grey or black", in reference to Simon's tee. hahah. Just when i thought Paula FINALLY made sense last season, this season she's back to gibberish and awkward silences, square one.

- you can cut the tension with a knife. Simon was verging on leaving halfway thru the show. there were so much argueing goin round about who's good and who's not, who looks grotesque and who looks like he needed to get out for more air (i cant believe he said tt). For once, i felt Simon was close to being obnoxious and rude.

- the judges seem to have mellowed. Simon was critical, yes, talking about relevance in today's industry and making something old your own (no wonder Jordin won and Melinda was not signed on to 19 Entertainment or J Records. she's gonna sign with another label like Eliot Yamin thou). but Randy was less critical than usual. You'd think tt after 7 seasons, they might have lost abit of tt sharp eye for superstardom. thankfully Simon always brings it back to perspective, that at this point, its more than just good singing. it's about blowing audiences away while guaranteeing a spot in the music industry post-idol.

- MY FAVOURITES: guys - David Archuleta, David Hernandez, and the Jason "Dreadlocks" Castro!

- MY FAVOURITES: girls(hopefully they dun disappoint tml) - Amanda Overmyer! Brooke!

- cant help but notice how much younger this yr's contestants are. i lost count but more than half of them are less than 25, which really makes it alot harder to believe when they take on, say, an ELVIS song.

- Danny was funny initially. i thought he'd be like an airhead for liking Britney. today, he's too in ya face singing Elvis' Jailhouse Rock. i cant help but think the producers put him in to target the gay audience. he was all SUPER SKINNY jeans with nice hair and all. and his attitude was very in-ya-face and hard to swallow initially. but i think subsequent weeks he'll have more fun. and getting kicked out last season at Hollywood week turned out to be a blessing in disguise given his awful piercing on lips, bad hair, and almost gothic outfit.

- David Archuleta. FREAKIN AWESOME. at 17 he can blow man! and i tink i saw his quivering lips and uncomfortability on stage, which was rather endearing. everyone likes an earnest budding star. but when he sings, he's got nothin else to prove man.

- i dun like Michael. i think he's one dimensional. kelly and carrie's success relied on their cross-genre abilities IMO. Michael cant be another Chris cos he lacked, IMO, a contemporary pleasing rock voice and Chris' emo good looks. yea. its superficial but true.

- i watched NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN, this yr's most nominated Oscar film. my friend thought it was boring, so it's not for everyone. for starters, there's NO MUSIC. cept for tt brief short Mexican trio playing. the silence builds up the suspense, and it played like a thriller to the same effect. basically its the story of one guy who found a briefcase of money at a bloodbath between a drug exchange. the whole movie revolves around 2 guys who is chasing after him: a jaded sheriff who thought he'd seen it all, and a ruthless, almost psychopathic serial killer, whom sometimes relies on a coin toss to determine his victims. Javier Bardem of THE SEA INSIDE plays this serial killer to terrifying effect. his built reminds me of Michael Myers from HALLOWEEN, and if looks could kill, his would have slaugtered a town. at one point, i KNOW he's gonna kill EVERYONE he sees, but still there's a small part in me tt always doubt if he's really gonna do it. still, it was pure suspense. certain points u can almost hear the pin drop. Joel and Ethan Coens' films have always explored the western country wasteland-solitude quality, and this one is no exception. The accent and silence might put some to sleep, but i kinda love it. it's touted to win best picture, but i'm not too sure if the Academy usually reward films this diverse.

- CNY at susan's place was fun with the yusheng! Becca tarot-carded me and i thought it was feakily accurate in some aspects. after tt we watched AH LONG PTE LTD, which without a doubt was a light-hearted holiday comedy tt made me change my impression of Mark Lee (and to some extent Jack Neo, negatively) cos his msia accent was SO DEAD ON AND HILARIOUS, but it was so vulgar. Vulgar in all sense of the word. I was appalled at the hokkien vulgarities and the sexual connotations. besides tt, it's still vulgar.

- I NEED TO STUDY EXERCISE AND LEARN MY GUITAR!!!

- and i dont sulk for "could've beens" no more.