SLOW

For anyone who was able to escape the ENORMOUS amounts of publicity, commercials, newscastings, and the morning paper, the new American Idol is....(drum roll please)....DAVID COOK (audience roars)! He is on the left half of this picture. Here is a link to a group performance by the top twelve finalists, in case you are unfamiliar with the show and are actually interested:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=h8Ue04yd1sU



Wow, so, I watched that show last night with my roommate, Britni (ok, ok, I have actually watched most of the season), and I kind of couldn't believe the amount of attention that was given to these two finalists by millions of fans! Thousands of people gathered in their hometowns and other various locations with signs and chants and all sorts of support for them. It's cool and everything, I was just thinking that it would also be super neat if that kind of attention was given to other noble people, like overseas soldiers or social workers. Maybe we can work on that.


Things have slowed down significantly here! Rusty left last night for San Fransisco to attend his brother's and sister's college graduation ceremonies, other friends are busy working summer jobs, and me? I am up to my eyeballs in the 'S' word.....studying! I am still busy preparing for the big move of all my stuff down to Tucson this weekend. I will be spending the next week there, hopefully catching up with some good friends and having fun with my parents.



After that trip, Britni and I will be "camp counselors", for lack of a better term, at a youth leadership seminar in Phoenix, AZ. We sort of got roped into it by my sister, who was desperate for volunteers, but it has been fun already planning it with Britni, and it will be a good experience. I will be head over 16-18 high schoolers (God help me), stay in the co-ed dorms with them (God help me more), and take them to different seminars on ASU campus throughout the week. My team is the yellow team, and our team name is the Lemonheads.


Lastly, I want to say that I really appreciate that friends and family have actually been stopping by this website from time to time and reading it! I love all your comments, emails, and participation! Thanks, you guys are the greatest! Have a great Thursday, everyone!