AI, vball

I haven’t made any blog comments regarding this season’s American Idol although I have been watching it faithfully. However since we are down to 6, I thought I would offer up my opinions on each.

Diana Dewhatever – she sings well, she is very young, it annoys me that they always flash to her butterball mother during the performance. Diana is only 16 and already looks like she is a only a few twinkies away from joining mom in porkertude. She doesn’t have anything that would make me want to hear her over anyone else.

Fantasia – a natural performer, highest energy of the group, however most of her songs sound the same to me, really found it annoying the other week when they brought her kid on the stage right after she sang, seemed almost like a ploy to draw votes (which backfired as she was in bottom 3)

The Hawaiin girl – She is another good singer but she seems to have a hard time getting through an entire song without hitting a few rough spots. She looks better since she stopped putting the flower in her hair every week. However I don’t think there is anything unique enough to let her win

Latoya – I think she is the best in the group, she sings great, looks good and dances well. However I will be surprised if she wins because I don’t think she has huge support because she doesn’t have any “quirks”

George – George is Alison’s favorite. His personality is his best trait. He sounds great if he sings a song tailored to his voice. His recent performances have been less than spectacular. I don’t think he will win.

John Stevens – I pity this kid. Although he has definitely made an effort to display more personality as the show has progressed he just is overmatched. His voice is tailored for doing Christmas albums, nothing else. He should drop out and get right to work on his Xmas compilations. He seems like a great kid but he just can’t sing pop songs with that voice. He’s the next Johnny Mathis.

There ya go for all those that follow AI, let me know your thoughts. If I had to pick a winner at this point I would imagine it would have to come down to Fantasia or Latoya, however the recent voting says otherwise.

This weekend I kick off my 2004 volleyball season with a tournament in Siesta Keys with a guy I never met before who lives on the east coast of Florida. I met him on a volleyball message board and we agreed to give it a go. Rich, my preferred partner for the past 10 years or so has more or less retired from serious volleyball. So I hope things go well this weekend so I have someone to play a few tournaments with down here. It is tougher and tougher each year to find the time and motivation to play but everytime I do I wind up being happy I did so I will continue on as long as I can. Physically I am holding up better than I have in many years so maybe I can actually do a few more touraments this year instead of steadily decreasing my number of tournaments like what has happened the past 5 years. Forecast is for the upper 80’s and muggy. Whew…..