Season 11 of American Idol comes to an end tonight; we find out who inherits the sash and tiara from Scotty “Baby Lock Them Doors” McCreery. Will it be southern heartthrob and Dave Matthews impersonator Phillip Phillips, or will it be ballad-bot Jessica “BB Chez” Sanchez? I think both have rabid fanbases that voted their [...]
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top 10 pet peeves of a receptionist
My first job out of college was a receptionist for a mid-size telecommunications company. Obviously not my dream job, but it was 2009, I was in loads of student loan debt and I couldn’t afford to be picky. The job had its ups and downs (mostly downs, but that’s a story for another post), but [...]
Posted by aljal on January 11, 2012
http://aljal.wordpress.com/2012/01/11/top-10-pet-peeves-of-a-receptionist/
‘so you think you can dance’ top 20: boobs, blood and bollywood
After last week’s oh-so-controversial non-elimination on So You Think You Can Dance, we got to see the top 20 dance again last night. Hollywood legend Debbie Reynolds joined Nigel and Mary on the judging panel. While it was amazing to have someone who starred in Singing in the Rain involved with the show, she functioned [...]
Posted by aljal on June 23, 2011
http://aljal.wordpress.com/2011/06/23/so-you-think-you-can-dance-top-20-boobs-blood-and-bollywood/
‘so you think you can dance’ top 20 recap: beauty and the beasts
Praise Jesus, the performance round of So You Think You Can Dance has started. Unlike its bigger, bolder cousin American Idol, SYTYCD zips through the audition/Vegas rounds and gets right to the meat of the competition. Nigel “If I’m being frank” Lythgoe is on the judging panel, as usual, but I’m so delighted to have [...]
Posted by aljal on June 16, 2011
http://aljal.wordpress.com/2011/06/16/beautyandthebeasts/
‘american idol’ finale live blog
This season of American Idol started out with so much promise; new judges, no more Simon, the promise of new blood in the fading franchise. Things went south quickly, thanks to the early elimination of Pia Toscano, the Judges’ Save used way too early, lack of criticism from the judging panel and obvious examples of [...]
Posted by aljal on May 25, 2011
http://aljal.wordpress.com/2011/05/25/american-idol-finale-live-blog/
2010 in review
The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Fresher than ever. Crunchy numbers A Boeing 747-400 passenger jet can hold 416 passengers. This blog was viewed about 2,500 times in 2010. That’s about 6 full [...]
Posted by aljal on January 2, 2011
http://aljal.wordpress.com/2011/01/02/2010-in-review/
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