IMISSEDTHEBOAT for american idol whatever this year. right now at the Cleveland Brown's Stadium some 20,000 young americans are getting ready to audition for producers of the most beloved reality series, but i - well i'm not auditioning because "i'm too old." little did i know they just upped the audition age to 28. i try to comfort myself by remembering how beneath me the whole over-exposed farce really is, by how canned-corn god-awful the whole experience must really be and how i'm not trying to "make it" in the music industry anyways and how i need to smarten up and concentrate on more important things. *sigh* like cleaning out and reorganizing my boss' office while she's away on vacation. i can't believe i just said that. i feel like the red headed stepchild dumped on prom night after falling in a well. and i'm regressing! i can't even write capitals! my only comfort is that Tula might read this and laugh. :) Tula, if American Idol comes to a city near you, please audition! Please. Don't live to regret it as I have done.

[editor's note: I haven't really missed the boat, people. If I wanted I could go travel to some other wonderful US city to audition. I care, but not that much!]