in his first ever trip to the bottom three, constantine got eliminated.
to say that i'm shocked is an understatement. it's absolutely frustrating to see a good performer getting cut! what made this frustration worse is the fact that an average contestant (i refuse to consider him a singer or a performer) managing to survive and land in the top group! f#*k!
pardon the expletive, but i really feel so sh*#ty about the results.
constantine technically isn't the best singer in the competition. but i must give props to him for being a great performer. he knows his audience. he knows how to appeal to them. he knows how to make people enjoy watching him. hell, he pouts way much better than supermodels! he definitely has more "star quality" than carrie, who is a better singer and a favorite to win.
making comparisons between him and scott is pointless because scott is simply not in the same league as constantine. constantine has star written all over his performances, scott seems like he's just singing in the shower.
the shocking results remind me a lot about john stevens from last season. no matter how awful (and painful) his performances were, his fans just kept him going. george huff and latoya london got the boot before him, although george and latoya definitely gave better performances.
but compared to scott, john's better. at lease he has some "star quality" and charm - he's just not a pop-music material. scott has none. he's just an ordinary guy who happens to know how to sing. his being described as an average joe doing well in a competition speaks a lot his lack of star quality.
and if you're in a competition searching for the next american pop music superstar, then you've got to look and be a star. (in the first place, i wonder why he even made the cut to the final 24.)
it's like reuben studdard. he may have won season 2, but look where he is now. (where the hell is he now?!) kelly has done absolutely great. fantasia's album is still ranking high on the billboard charts. clay, the runner-up, is doing even better than reuben.
i won't say that because of this shocker, i'll boycott idol altogether, that's plain s*#t. but i do hope the season will end with a really deserving winner. whether it be bo or carrie, or even vonzell or anthony, i don't care, they're all deserving. they are good performers, and arguably good singers, but most importantly, they are american idols.
a f#@kin' idol shocker
papa ratzi
actual cover of a british tabloid
just a short thought about the new pope: although he is known to be a conservative and a hardliner when it comes to enforcing church doctrines, i remain hopeful that benedict xvi will take a more moderate and pragmatic stance towards dealing with sex, birth control/contraception and homosexuality. the world is constantly evolving, times have changed and the church must keep up and make themselves more attuned to people's needs.
shanghai diary (part 2): a must read!!!
pagbigyan nyo na ako. i just had to squeeze out every single bit of juiciness from this "highlight" of my trip in shanghai. that's why i decided to break this out into a separate item.
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april 14: caught in the act
state of mind - bored and exhausted. pissed with my roommate - jj - because he "unilaterally" decided to stay on for an additional night, whereas based on the schedule, he should be flying out in the evening - and i should have the room all to myself that night.
i know that he's staying over because he wanted to spend more time with his girlfriend. but heck, without any prior notice to his superior nor the project manager, he simply decided that he will stay for an additional night. p***ng**a, kabago-bago feeling boss na sya!
if it's anyone else, i wouldn't mind. but it's jj, with a bloated ego and menopausal prissiness. all i wanted was a comfortable night without feeling like i'm walking on eggshells - and his decision to stay meant i wouldn't get any of that.
after several attempts of wiggling out of having him as a roommate for another night, and after his boss spoke to me and told me to just let jj stay so he can focus on work, i agreed - grudgingly.
that night, i joined the iic operations team along with friends from the manila office (tatlo sila, so let's collectively call them 'mel') for a nice and tasty shanghainese hotpot dinner. it was nice getting to know these people outside of work. masaya silang kasama.
knowing about jj and his "ulterior" motive for staying over, mel were teasing me "are you sure pwede ka ng bumalik sa hotel?" to which i said yes, thinking that jj and his girlfriend will be out on a bar, as what he hinted earlier that night.
but no, as i opened the door to our hotel room, i suddenly heard panicky voices. then a head popped out the corner. it was jj, naked, giving me a sign not to go in (you couldn't see the bed from the door). okay, so i get it. sige na, tapusin nyo na yan.
i left them alone, pero syempre being the chismoso me, i checked out their clothes hung over the hotel room's couch before finally closing the door. after the initial "shock" (more like, natawa ako sa katangahan nya), i felt pissed again. i was very tired from the week's activities and all i wanted was to be able to lie down and relax. of course, i couldn't do that because MY ROOMMATE'S FREAKIN' HAVING SEX IN MY HOTEL ROOM!!! ta***na!
so heto nagmukha akong tanga walking aimlessly around the vicinity of the hotel - carrying a watson's plastic bag containing packing tape (i forgot to leave it in the room) - at past 1030pm in china. i went back to the hotel about 1115pm na.
ang pathetic di ba!? at that time, feeling ko ang loser ko. pero come to think of it, jj's the real loser. una, kung hindi ka ba naman tanga't kalahati't to be caught in the act by an officemate. and secondly, if he ain't a loser, then i won't be here creating a separate post just to highlight the fact that jj is among men who think with their dicks rather than their brains!
i rest my case - evil bitch marky (mwahahahaha!)