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kimberlyfdr - fellow Starsky & Hutch fan. :-)
kimberlyfdr - fellow Starsky & Hutch fan. :-)Apr. 12th, 2005
American Idol
Apr. 12th, 2005 09:00 pmThe theme to tonight's show was, apparently, 'rock out'. Scott Savol obnoxiously claimed to be the real rocker of the group and rocked out to... Hall and Oates? Ew. Carrie Underwood did rock out to Pat Benatar and I thought she did a good job of it. Vonzell really rocked - she just gets better every week - and it was fun seeing Constantine sing Bohemian Rhapsody. He ain't no Freddy Mercury and his voice came perilously close to cracking at least once, but I give him an A for showmanship effort. Though he could still take a couple of lessons from last season's Canadian Idol 3rd place finisher Jacob Hoggard who went all Ziggy Stardust in very convincing fashion one episode. OTOH, the actual real rocker of the group, Bo (short for Bogart) Bice, was kinda coasting a little. He can afford to, but still - dude, do something other than carry the microphone stand around. (Bogart Bice? What were his parents thinking??)
If I had my druthers, Scott would be going home this week - his 'I'm so great' pre- and post-song attitude really bugged me. However, he seems to have a big fanbase while Nadia, who has a fantastic voice, seems to have a very unforgiving one. So my prediction this week is Nadia and I hope I'm wrong.
And was it my imagination, or was Ryan Seacrest hitting on Anwar with that 'still has time to work out' comment? :-)
If I had my druthers, Scott would be going home this week - his 'I'm so great' pre- and post-song attitude really bugged me. However, he seems to have a big fanbase while Nadia, who has a fantastic voice, seems to have a very unforgiving one. So my prediction this week is Nadia and I hope I'm wrong.
And was it my imagination, or was Ryan Seacrest hitting on Anwar with that 'still has time to work out' comment? :-)
Today is the 25th anniversary of the start of Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope. Wow, I can't believe it's been that long. And you know you've hit middle age when you start saying things like that.
Terry's goal was to run across Canada. Starting in St. John's, Newfoundland, he ran 5,376 kilometers (3,341 miles) before the cancer that had taken his right leg (three years before he started the marathon) spread to his lungs and forced him to quit near Thunder Bay, Ontario. He died less than a year later at age 22. Annual Terry Fox Runs are held in his memory in 60 countries around the world and have raised more than $360 million CDN ($293 million USD) for cancer research. That's pretty impressive, to say the least. If you are of a mind, you can read more about him here and here.
To mark the anniversary, the Canadian Mint has released special one dollar coins with his image. A memorial near the harbour in St. John's was also unveiled today. With respect to the latter, I say 'thank goodness'. The previous memorial that was there was just downright embarrassing - it was an upright 4"x4" piece of wood with a little plastic plaque on top. He certainly deserved much better than that.
Anyway, just thought I'd say.
Terry's goal was to run across Canada. Starting in St. John's, Newfoundland, he ran 5,376 kilometers (3,341 miles) before the cancer that had taken his right leg (three years before he started the marathon) spread to his lungs and forced him to quit near Thunder Bay, Ontario. He died less than a year later at age 22. Annual Terry Fox Runs are held in his memory in 60 countries around the world and have raised more than $360 million CDN ($293 million USD) for cancer research. That's pretty impressive, to say the least. If you are of a mind, you can read more about him here and here.
To mark the anniversary, the Canadian Mint has released special one dollar coins with his image. A memorial near the harbour in St. John's was also unveiled today. With respect to the latter, I say 'thank goodness'. The previous memorial that was there was just downright embarrassing - it was an upright 4"x4" piece of wood with a little plastic plaque on top. He certainly deserved much better than that.
Anyway, just thought I'd say.
