Long Weekend

The Ritz-Carlton, San Francisco Luxury Hotel

There will be no more activity here from me until Monday. I'm headed to San Francisco for work, where I'll spend the weekend in the hotel linked above. There are a few advantages to working for people with money.

I leave you with thoughts on American Idol, as the political ones seem to have inspired little debate. Randy said last week that there are five good singers on the show. Why is it that two of them have already placed in the bottom three at least once? Fantasia, Jennifer, LaToya, George, and Diana all have talent and personality. Meanwhile, Amy, John Peter, John, Jasmine, and Camile all remind us that the pool of talent seemed a bit shallow this year. In a just world, next week's bottom three would be a shootout between the two Johns and Camile, and after we're rid of the three of them, Amy and Jasmine would be wiped out. After that happens--if it happens--the final five would be electric--how would you know from week to week who would deliver the best performance?

But that won't happen. I predict America will keep John Peter Lewis around longer than Jennifer Hudson--the dorky dancer may even give George Huff a run for his money. It's hard to imagine that LaToya London or Fantasia Barrino is going home anytime soon, but stranger things have happened.

Then again, maybe there's hope for the show. Leah and Matt were pretty clearly the two worst entries in the final 12 (though John Stevens is pretty bad, too), and they were the first two out. Time will tell.

See you Monday!