Idol

I surprisingly enjoyed the final results show of American Idol. That song "Waiting for You" with Seal and Syesha was hot! David and David made beautiful harmony on their first duet of the evening, I'll call it "A Hero." Joel McHale was even spotted in the audience, my favorite from The Soup.

I love David Cook's reaction to the Ford Escape Hybrid gift. Once I got over being grossed out by his greasy look and bad haircut, I decided he was a sincerely nice guy and half-way talented.

Sweet, Graham Nash and Brooke White singing "Teach Your Children." He reminds me of a guy in Macomb. He's pretty well preserved for an old rock and rolla'. Brooke was one of my favorite contestants; a pretty, real folk singer. It was interesting when she would screw up her songs, showing that the show is truly live and she is vulnerable and human.

Who were those baby boys singing something really poppy about S.O.S.? Do not care for that.

Love the lady with the red pantsuit and purse. "Let My People Go" should have been a finalist, fo shizzle.

Sassy Carrie Underpants, I mean Underwood, is being a bad role model for young girls. I'm sorry to be a prude, but I've seen too many rural youth whose lives will be basically that, getting drunk in bars and not knowing the guy's last name, not because of Carrie, but somehow she makes it look glam...when it's not. And I'm sorry, but that outfit!

There is something mesmerizing about George Michael. I'm not sure what it is, but that guy fascinates me. I guess the image of him slumped over the wheel of his car somewhere in England with the paparazzi clicking away...then he gets up there and sings like nothing happened. Well, it was a few months ago. He is one kool kat with those aviators. I'm serious. That song was wicked. Paula and I both had tears in our eyes. I love how he said, "San Diego."

And the ending was, well, satisfying. Both boys seemed content with either place, but I'm glad the more atypical of the two won.

Last week, I ran off to Springfield for a day with the tip that "The Informant" was filming at our state Capitol. This is the new Matt Damon movie based on the Archer Daniels Midland price fixing scandal. Sounds like a real bore, but hey, when will Matt Damon be this close again? The icing was that Joel McHale was said to be co-starring as an FBI agent. That was a no-brainer. I had a friend who was crazy enough to go along on the fly. Unfortunately, things didn't work out too well, there were no Matt Damon sightings