David Archuleta killed Neil Diamond... in the worst way. Jason Castro didn't do much better either.

Seriously someone needs to take a dart gun of some kind to that kid so he stops murdering great songs in the name of 'tweens'.

Neil has a special place in my heart. He is on the soundtrack of my childhood and the Jazz Singer is still one of my favorite movies (even if it is awful). Seriously the idea of being in the same room as Neil makes me a little weak in the knees. Yes I know that's tragic in a Saving Silverman kind of way (yes I also love that movie).

My favorites from idol this year: David Cook and Syesha Mercado. They took Neil and made his work perfect for them without murdering it.

I love working with teens. They're cool, I learn things from them and they're close enough in age to where I don't feel like a seriously old person. However, I don't like how matters of religion, christian life and purity are taught to them. If they're going to have sex they're going to have sex. It might hurt a little they could get their heart broken in the process but over all sex is fun. No lie there folks if your sex doesn't at least feel good I feel sorry for you. Anyways back to the kids... half of the phrases and things used to illustrate the points didn't even make sense to them. Honestly I though 'damaged goods' was a commonly used phrase but we had to explain it. I hate the phrase and things but at least they know what it means now.

So here are a few interesting things I learned about/from high school students tonight:
1. They barely remember tapes.
2. Brutal honesty is best served with pizza.
3. They know way more about that they want to be when they grow up than I do.
4. Having good friends is the only way to make it through grades 7-12.
5. There's a movie about a syphilis outbreak in a high school and it's "good".
6. Drama Club politics never really change.

And because I'm in a listing mood here's the Top 5 pets I've always wished I could have:
1. Giraffe
2. Koala
3. Raccoon
4. Hippo
5. Armadillo

Yes, I know hippos are dangerous and the other choices would require a zoo permit but a girl can dream.

From the Start

Everything has a beginning and this is mine with blogger. I've had other blogs before but they've always ended up as places where I've eventually had to edit myself before so and do might be reading with filters and friends lists and 'this will upset that person' and so no. I've come to blogger to make a fresh start. No one knows me here (unless you're extremely clever and stalker-like) which is exactly what I want from this blog.

So what could one expect to find here?

Well I'm not exactly sure yet but as I said above it won't be edited because I'm afraid of hurting someones feelings. I have some things coming up that will no doubt make the cut for posts here such as a trip to Scotland, relocating to a summer camp once again for the summer, seeing new cities, meeting new people, I will no doubt be grumpy an ramble a good bit. There might be a few stories from (in my opinion) my not so average childhood. You may learn a little about where I may or may not live if you stick around.

I should clarify I'm not really writing for an audience but by doing this saying I don't want comments and such would be a lie. I'm of a generation of attention whores who's parents spoiled them rotten so I love the attention as much as any other 33(ish) person or younger. We're all drama queens and scene stealer's in someway even if it is only in our heads where we think just how awesome it would be if we could bash in the head of our Boss causing everyone to chant out name. So this is my way to step out of my own head a bit.

I think that's enough for now. If you've seen this I hope you have a good day, remember everything is better with cheese... unless you have lactose issues.