chaotic phoenix

much love and appreciation

2005-05-28T08:53:00.000-04:00

i returned from rome yesterday with a gift in my inbox. someone, an extremely thoughtful someone, sent me the new album by Common called 'Be'. it was an album i was dying to get my hands on but just couldn't rationalize spending £15 ($30) on and it somehow made it's way to me. whoever sent it must've stopped by this site because they sent it to my chaoticphoenixak@gmail.com e-mail address and nobody knows of that e-mail except people who stop by this site.

so, to my extremely generous friend, whom i do not know and who somehow knows me very well since he/she somehow knew i was craving this album, i give you my thanks in ginormous proportions.

much love to you, and appreciation as well.

ode to moms

2005-05-08T13:25:00.000-04:00

POSITION:
Mother, Mom, Mama, Mommy, Ma,

JOB DESCRIPTION:
Long term, team players needed, for challenging permanent work in an, often chaotic environment. Candidates must possess excellent communication and organizational skills and be willing to work variable hours, which will include evenings and weekends and frequent 24 hour shifts on call. Some overnight travel required, including trips to primitive camping sites on rainy weekends and endless sports tournaments in far away cities. Travel expenses not reimbursed. Extensive courier duties also required.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
The rest of your life. Must be willing to be hated, at least temporarily, until someone needs $5. Must be willing to bite tongue repeatedly. Also, must possess the physical stamina of a pack mule and be able to go from zero to 60 mph in three seconds flat in case, this time, the screams from the backyard are not someone just crying wolf. Must be willing to face stimulating technical challenges, such as small gadget repair, mysteriously sluggish toilets and stuck zippers. Must screen phone calls, maintain calendars and coordinate production of multiple homework projects. Must have ability to plan and organize social gatherings for clients of all ages and mental outlooks. Must be willing to be indispensable one minute, an embarrassment the next. Must handle assembly and product safety testing of a half million cheap, plastic toys, and battery operated devices. Must always hope for the best but be prepared for the worst. Must assume final, complete accountability for the quality of the end product. Responsibilities also include floor maintenance and janitorial work throughout the facility.

POSSIBILITY FOR ADVANCEMENT & PROMOTION:
Virtually none. Your job is to remain in the same position for years, without complaining, constantly retraining and updating your skills, so that those in your charge can ultimately surpass you

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE:
None required unfortunately. On-the-job training offered on a continually exhausting basis.

WAGES AND COMPENSATION:
Get this You pay them! Offering frequent raises and bonuses. A balloon payment is due when they turn 18 because of the assumption that college will help them become financially independent. When you die, you give them whatever is left. The oddest thing about this reverse-salary scheme is that you actually enjoy it and wish you could only do more.

BENEFITS:
While no health or dental insurance, no pension, no tuition reimbursement, no paid holidays and no stock options are offered; this job supplies limitless opportunities for personal growth and free hugs for life if you play your cards right.

quotes of the day

2005-05-04T09:57:00.000-04:00

"i feel like life is careening recklessly through the extreme left lane, while i desperately wish that it were going slower."

"i need a xanax. or a martini. or both. paging karen walker, i wanna be sedated."

both courtesy of anna

just to hold you over

2005-04-28T09:20:00.000-04:00

land of ire reviewed in two words (both preceded by the phrase 'lots of'):

sheep
alcohol

there just aren't enough hours in the day to express everything i saw, felt, this past weekend (yeah that's cliche as all hell, but you'll eat it up just as well). later tonight i shall be back though because in 12 hours i'll be jetting along under the english channel on my way to the land of love and romance. oh sweet paree.

just call me 'the giving tree'

2005-04-27T10:46:00.000-04:00

see this blog isn't just about me, it's about you as well. see i like to help people, give my two cents, try to make life a bit easier. and so because i'm the generous amazing person, i'm going to give a tip. well, not so much a tip, i guess i don't know what it really is. it's something that someone suggested to me, and so now i'm passing it on to you (in the plural sense, not you specifically, but you're more than free to think you're that special). so i guess you could call it a suggestion. yeah. i'm offering you a suggestion.

inevitably in an interview you will be asked if you have any questions. it's as sure a thing as me eating taco bell (when available of course...damn these english people!). and so, here, right now, i shall bestow upon you the greatest, most wonderful, and awe inspiring (it doesn't really inspire awe) question.

interviewer: so, do you have any questions?

interviewee: why yes as a matter of fact i do. if your company were a person or a car how would you describe it?

:: applause :: (not to be done on the actual interview)

why thank you. you love it do you? why yes, i know, it is quite amazing. i came up with it all by myself (yeah right). so now that i've given you this amazing question to ask that will inspire awe in your interviewer for having just been asked a super-amazing and awe inspiring question feel free to go out and inspire awe!

and in the spirit of interviewing which inevitable leads to work, i give you this hilarious cartoon.

trip numero uno

2005-04-21T08:47:00.000-04:00

and i'm off. well, not yet anyway, but soon, in apx. 7 hours i shall be flying high in the sky to the land of ire (for those that did not get my lame attempt at a joke that's ireland). i will be drinking some guiness, and kissing that famous stone that i can't really remember right now.

i'll be writing a whole boat load all about it when i get back and hopefully will get to put up some pictures. so until then, hope everyone has a fantabulous weekend.

cheers!

help a guy out

2005-04-21T07:51:00.000-04:00

okay people, i'm in need here. i need somebody to help me out. this isn't a want. no. it's much more than that. i need this. i'm aching for it. my body just cannot go on anymore without it. i need for somebody, anybody in fact, to ship me either a taco bell grilled stuffed chicken burrito with loads of fire sauce packets, OR, a taco bell chicken border bowl.

now i'll leave it amongst yourselves to decide who will take on this incredibly important task.

much love and appreciation for he/she who steps up.

saved

2005-04-14T09:38:00.000-04:00

recently i've been finding myself with a lack of not only motivation to blog but also without a single thing worth writing about. i know it sounds like bullshit, the kid overseas in a different country on a trip-of-a-lifetime has nothing to say. but never the less that's the position i've been finding myself in. i've never been a daily blogger but i've tried to get a few posts in a week and usually have never had to stress it. but i guess i've come down with a case of bloggers-block if you will. so in an attempt to ease my way back into this game and out of my current situation i shall pose this question: have you ever wondered what the blogger behind the screen looked like?

i know that on many times for the sites that i frequent without any sort of photo id i come up with a visual image for the writer much like i would a character in a book. i try and assemble not only the face but the whole appearance and persona. well today i've found out that my submission into self-portrait day has been accepted and posted on-line. so for the two of you who still stop by this site feel free to pop on over and meet not only myself (4th row on the far right) but some other fellow bloggers.

i guess now the only question is: am i everything you thought i would be and then some?

much neglected

2005-04-02T10:07:00.000-05:00

i feel as though i have no idea what is going on in the blogging world anymore. my bloglines is full with new posts that are unread. i think everyone decided to start posting regularly once they knew that i don't have great access to a computer. in a way i love it because i'm not using the computer, i'm not watching tv, i just go outside and find some new thing to see, some new place to go. but man, i really would like to know what happens in next weeks episode of 24. i know, it's a bit sad and pathetic, but it's just so addicting.

anyway, i think i could quite possibly have seen more things here these last three days than i have ever seen in my previous 20 years of life in the us. yesterday (friday night) we went to go out to this club called 'fabric' that's apparently one of the hottest clubs ever. ummm, yeah. i think that club was specifically designed and catered to people who are looking to smoke the ganga and pop e pills all night long because that was pretty much the environment that surrounded us. what makes it all the funnier is that the school that i'm studying at while i'm here is the one that provided the tickets. you would think they'd know what the place would be like. and if so, then it's hilarious that they're pretty much promoting ecstacy and pot, among other things.

that's all i can write right now. i'm going to go see the flat that winston churchill owned, it's right next to where i'm living. apparently i'm staying in the poshiest of all the pish-posh areas. every flat here is valued at min. 1.2 million pounds. every third car that you see in this area is a mercedes (more likely than not an slk) and that's only because the other two are audi's and porsche's. the one good thing about this is that i got to pose right next to a BENTLEY that was directly in front of the entrance to our flat.

yeah, i know, you hate me right now don't you?

alive in london

2005-03-31T03:31:00.000-05:00

hola, oops, wrong language. g'day mates!

well, i'm still alive, albeit a bit tired still. i don't really have time for a long, elaborate post today. but, i will say, god damn it rains a lot here. seriously, like, i thought it was all hype. NOPE! i get out of the plane and what's the first thing i'm greeted with? no not a lei, RAIN! right on my head too. i'm starving to see the sun, and for a steady stream of water.

still can't believe i'm here, maybe when i do something touristy like go to see big ben it'll really hit home.

well, cheerio!

london calling

2005-03-29T01:36:00.000-05:00

today is the day. in a few hours i will be aboard a plane on my way extremely far west to travel from my good ol' jerz to london. in the following ten weeks i shall bore you to the point where you realize that this is not a blog you should spend time reading with posts talking all about my trip. if you find that this is not your cup of tea (haha, one lump or two?) then by all means i wish you a safe journey on your way to another url (personally i don't think that's as cool a trip as mine).

so, i shall probably not be posting for a few days while i get settled in. and in case i never post again ever then you can safely assume that i must have been trampled by a mad cow (c'mon, that was funny).

i will be taking many pictures and will provide a link for the few of you who might like to see them. so until later, cheerio mate! (yeah, i think i'll fit right in, they'll never be able to tell i'm an american)

quote of the weekend

2005-03-28T04:19:00.000-05:00

insomnia has struck yet again in the land of my bed. well, i guess that's not entirely true. see, i was packing. but i finished that like two hours ago. so, insomnia has partially struck. this past weekend was my last weekend here in the US until the middle of june since on tuesday i will be venturing east (or really far west if that's how you wanna look at it) to the isle of brits, the land of bad teeth, the dogs bullocks...for those of you who cannot decipher that i'll give you a hint...it's england. in honor of this being my last weekend, in addition to my parents 27th anniversary (who says marriages don't last?) my cousins came down to visit. i would post pictures but none of them know about this blog and i wouldn't feel comfortable posting them without their consent, so instead i will leave you with a quote that none of you will probably find funny, but one that literally (seriously, no lie) caused beer (blech, me no like) to go from my mouth, up my nose, and then out, all the while laughing hysterically (after choking and coughing for a bit).

ms: dude, i would totally pimp you to an old man with a peg leg for a taco bell nacho bell grande right now.

ak: (after wiping my nose) c'mon man, you kidding me? i'm worth at least a 10 pack.

speaking of change

2005-03-25T04:45:00.000-05:00

well, while we're on the topic of change i think i should tell you about the most drastic change i've had to overcome this past week. due to my imminent departure i've had to embark on many a journey to the mall to fulfill my requirement of taking more than 5 pairs of jeans with me. one such pair that i picked up has completely thrown my entire routine and system out of whack. for the first time in my 2o years of existence, i'm wearing a pair of jeans that has buttons instead of a zipper.

now, returning these troublesome jeans is just not an option. they look too good and are the perfect color (nice dark blue, not dark dark but just dark) and i would never be able to find a suitable replacement. but, i'm sure you can sympathize with my frustrations of going to a public bathroom and looking like a complete and utter fool while taking two minutes after having finished emptying my bladder to try and button the damn thing up. see, the first mistake i made, when going to the public bathroom while wearing my new jeans, was that i used the urinal instead of just going to the stall. had i anticipated the problem i would have trying to button those four buttons i would have been able to avoid being asked "dude, you get your shit caught or something?"

well...this is new

2005-03-25T04:16:00.000-05:00

okay, so i've mentioned before that i can get a case of insomnia every now and then. but come on now, it's 4:12 am. this is getting a little bit out of hand. i'm at that stage now where i'm starting to calculate how many hours i'm going to sleep as opposed to how many hours i could've gotten to sleep if had an semblence of being a normal human being.

such a shame that's not the case. looks like i'm only going to get 4 hours.*

*assuming of course that the second i click the 'publish post' button i fall into a trance-like sleep.

a little bit of everything all wrapped up in a pita

2005-03-24T00:37:00.000-05:00

do you know who came to my site the other day? well, neither do i. but, i do (i told you i liked using italics) know that said person goes to my school. how do i know this you ask? (you probably didn't ask that, but we'll assume you did for sake of the post) i knew this because my sitemeter said that someone from drexel visited via pink lemonade diva. so, to anonymous fellow drexel student, i welcome you with hopes that you have not experienced the shaft to the same extent that i have.

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i'm a creature of routine and habit. i'm not very fond of change. especially if it's drastic change all at once. i find it a bit overwhelming and it makes me feel like i'm in china, and everythings moving really fast, and i don't know what anyone's saying, and despite my best efforts i just cannot find a wawa that will sell me a coke slurpee. so i've been incredibly shocked at how i've been able to handle things the past few weeks.

in exactly 5 (that's right...FIVE!) days, i'm going to be sitting on a plane en route to a country i've never been to before (england...i was about to write london before i realized that london isn't a country. unfortunatley when i told my co-worker that "my sister is going to tahiti, you know, one of those islands in hawaii" i was not able to hit the backspace button and prevent myself from the pointing and laughing directed at me all at once from all directions*), a country i might add that does not house anyone i know, doing something i've never done before.

i think the reason i have not yet freaked out is because it has still not yet hit me that i'm actually going to be leaving this country and not seeing anyone i know for 10 (TEN!) weeks. i'll probably realize that this is not all one big dream approximately one minute before i order 3 (THREE! i promise i won't do that anymore) screwdrivers from the stewardess (that's right, i said it). luckily for me international flights means free liquor. i can envision my extreme giddyness in my tiny-3-by-0.5-foot-area-airlines-like-to-call-coach just now.

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i suppose i could pretend like i'm extremely cool and created this entirely new and unique design all by myself, but you all know that i'm soooooo not cool, and that if there's one thing i do, it's give credit when it's due (there was no intention for that to rhyme). so, having said that, i simply must tell everyone that this stunningly dashing new blog design is all the creation of the incredibly talented catherine from flirt in a skirt. cat decided to create a non-profit little business on the side, called blog togs, where she creates, designs, and implements a completely unique design that totally signifies everything that is you. how she is able to do this? i have no idea, and if she tried to explain it'd just put me to sleep, but none-the-less she does and for this cat i say thank you. i love my design and you totally captured what i had pictured in my mind.

* slight exageration...it was really one person pointing and laughing at me while she spun around in circles.**

**okay the circles thing was just a blatant lie. it was really just pointing and laughing. minus the pointing.

down with the magma

2005-03-23T08:03:00.000-05:00

i will now proceed to show you all the supreme levels of my dorkiness. prepare to be taken to depths you have never seen before. oh yes, we're going deep. waaaaaaaaaaaay down to the magma. so put on your rubber shoes internet because it'll be one bumpy ride. yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehaw

okay, so a neutron walks into a bar and orders a drink...he's sitting there and trying to mack it to the fly lady electrons when a little while later his proton buddies come in and join him. so being the cool nice neutron he is he buys them all drinks and opens up a tab...after many rounds and countless inter-atom flirting the neutron goes up to the bartender and says "hey barkeep, how much i owe you?"

the bartender in his smoothest way replies, "for you neutron, no charge!"

quote of the day

2005-03-22T16:52:00.000-05:00

recently (i think it was sunday) zach braff was on punk'd. for those of you who've never see the show, it's kind of like a prank show but the pranks are done to celebrities and they're the most well thought out pranks ever. on this recent show, zach braff's porsche was spraypainted by a bunch of little 11 year olds whom he refused to buy beer for. the following was one of his many hilarious lines during his temporary moment of freaking out when a "security officer" is bringing the kid towards him:

zach braff: don't bring him near me, because i don't care if he's five i'm gonna punch him in his fucking face.

after realizing that he was the butt of a hilarious prank he responded:

zach braff: i can't believe i almost beat up a five year old on national television.

i think i'd have pretty much the same reaction if that were my porsche...actually, i think my reaction would be:

ak: holy shit i have a fucking porsche!

on an unrelated (well, not really) note, i wish i could be on punk'd. it looks like it would be much fun.

movies in under a minute

2005-03-21T22:11:00.000-05:00

i am sure most have you have already seen the movie titanic. but for those of you who haven't and for those of you who have, here is the movie summed up in less than a minute:

leonardo dicaprio: your social class is stuffy. let's dancy with the ship's rats and have fun.

kate winslet: you have captured my heart. let's run around the ship and giggle.

(major plot twist, the ship sinks!!!)

leonardo dicaprio: never let go

kate winslet: i promise. (lets go)

the end
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and now i shall sum up the movie wild things.

(there is a PLOT TWIST. then there is a PLOT TWIST. then there is a PLOT TWIST. then there is a PLOT TWIST. then there is a PLOT TWIST. then there is a PLOT TWIST. then there is a PLOT TWIST.)

the end

(then there is a PLOT TWIST. then there is a PLOT TWIST. then there is a PLOT TWIST.)

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for more one minute movie summaries visit movie-a-minute.

weekend quotes

2005-03-20T12:55:00.000-05:00

bugs: you shouldn't use the fouton rod as a pillow, it'll give you
cervical problems.

me: umm, hate to break it to you bugs but guys generally do not have a cervix.

bugs: your cervical spine fool.

me: oh...well then...there we are.

pigs: it's ok ak, i was thinking the exact same thing.

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

2005-03-18T10:22:00.000-05:00

hello all, please bare with me as i'm in the process of having some things changed.

thanks.

hello all

2005-03-17T09:37:00.000-05:00

so i get into my work and, like always, i don't really have much to do, so i go on-line and start snooping through my bloglines, checking out the new dilbert and dog eat doug cartoons...eventually i make my way over to my sitemeter so as to see if anyone i know's been checking it out or anything when all of a sudden i notice that in the 9 hours that has passed today i've already gotten as many hits as i do during a full day.

so i start clicking through the users to see where they're all coming from and i notice that most of them are from good ol' anna's diary (apparently she linked me in her post today, but most of you already know that...thanks anna, hope you're today has been better than your yesterday)...

so i thought i'd just say hi to anyone who's stopping by to check out the guy who sent the 'baby beyonce' video...if anyone would like to see it just leave a comment with your e-mail address and i'll shoot it over when i get home

feel free to snoop through, maybe you'll find something interesting (you probably wont though)...thanks for stopping by and don't forget to check out some other fine blogs listed in my blogroll.

oh, and i almost forgot (actually i did and now i'm updating this post)...TOP OF THE MORNIN' TO YA!

HAPPY SAINT PATTY'S DAY!!!

who?

2005-03-16T10:56:00.000-05:00

i dare you not to laugh...try, but i bet you wont be able to. you can find the original copy here.

(A CUSTOMER steps up to a video-store counter with a stack of videos.)

CASHIER: Hi. Did you find everything you wanted?

CUSTOMER: (Handing over membership card.) Yes, thanks. (Pause.) When is this one due back?

CASHIER: The day after tomorrow.

CUSTOMER: Yeah, when's it due back?

CASHIER: The day after tomorrow.

CUSTOMER: Yes. The Day After Tomorrow.

CASHIER: Right.

CUSTOMER: Right. When's it due back?

CASHIER: The day after tomorrow.

CUSTOMER: I mean the movie. The Day After Tomorrow. When is it due?

CASHIER: Oh! I get it. That's funny. You thought I meant—right, OK. It's due the day after tomorrow.

CUSTOMER: The Day After Tomorrow is due the day after tomorrow?

CASHIER: Exactly.

CUSTOMER: And Before Sunset?

CASHIER: Anytime before 10.

CUSTOMER: Is it the same as The Day After Tomorrow?

CASHIER: We close the same time every day. Ten o'clock.

CUSTOMER: But what day is the video due?

CASHIER: The Day After Tomorrow?

CUSTOMER: Why are you asking me?

CASHIER: The Day After Tomorrow is due the day after tomorrow.

CUSTOMER: I know, but what about Before Sunset?

CASHIER: Anytime before closing.

CUSTOMER: But what day?

CASHIER: The day after tomorrow.

CUSTOMER: Before Sunset?

CASHIER: You can bring it then if you want to, but we're open till 10.

CUSTOMER: The movie! Before Sunset. When is Before Sunset due?

CASHIER: Oh! We did it again, didn't we? Isn't that just like that ... what's that sketch called? Anyway. Sorry. Before Sunset is due the day after tomorrow.

CUSTOMER: Thank you. (Pause.) Is that the same for the others?

CASHIER: You're not renting The Others.

CUSTOMER: Why not?

CASHIER: I don't know. You can if you want to.

CUSTOMER: Well, I would like to rent the others, please.

CASHIER: I'll check the computer.

CUSTOMER: For what?

CASHIER: The Others.

CUSTOMER: What's in front of you?

CASHIER: (Looking through stack.) Well, we have The Day After Tomorrow and Before Sunset. Then Seven, After Hours, 48 Hours, Ten, and Before Sunrise. Hey, that's funny, "before sunrise"—we could have gotten confused about that too, huh?

CUSTOMER: Yeah. Could you ring them up, please?

CASHIER: So you don't want The Others?

CUSTOMER: I want all of them.

CASHIER: But not The Others?

CUSTOMER: I want everything sitting right there in front of you.

CASHIER: OK, I'll ring them up. (Pause.) I'm sorry, but your account limits you to six rentals.

CUSTOMER: Oh, OK, I won't rent Ten.

CASHIER: Excuse me?

CUSTOMER: Get rid of Ten.

CASHIER: You have seven here.

CUSTOMER: I still want to rent Seven.

CASHIER: You're not allowed to.

CUSTOMER: Why can't I rent Seven?

CASHIER: Because it's over the limit.

CUSTOMER: Right, but I want Seven. Get rid of Ten.

CASHIER: (Pause.) That would leave negative three.

CUSTOMER: Excuse me?

CASHIER: You know what? We'll just let it slide this time.

CUSTOMER: Thank you. (Pause.) Is that one due back the day after tomorrow, too?

CASHIER: Yes, you have 48 hours.

CUSTOMER: But is it due with the others?

CASHIER: You don't have The Others.

CUSTOMER: What did you just ring up?

CASHIER: You want me to read these to you again?

CUSTOMER: No, just tell me when they're due.

CASHIER: The day after tomorrow.

CUSTOMER: But what about the others?

CASHIER: You don't have The Others.

CUSTOMER: Is 48 Hours due the day after tomorrow?

CASHIER: Yes, by 10 o'clock.

CUSTOMER: Is Ten due the day after tomorrow?

CASHIER: Yes, by 10 o'clock.

CUSTOMER: What about After Hours?

CASHIER: There's a late fee.

CUSTOMER: For what?

CASHIER: If you return after hours.

CUSTOMER: The day after tomorrow?

CASHIER: All of them.

CUSTOMER: So it's due the day after tomorrow?

CASHIER: By 10.

CUSTOMER: What about Seven?

CASHIER: You can bring it then if you want to, but we're open till 10.

CUSTOMER: The movie! The movie! When is the movie Seven due?

CASHIER: (Holding up each video one at a time.) Seven is due at 10 the day after tomorrow. The Day After Tomorrow is due at 10 the day after tomorrow. Before Sunset is due at 10 the day after tomorrow. 48 Hours is due at 10 the day after tomorrow. After Hours is due at 10 the day after tomorrow. And Ten is due at 10 the day after tomorrow

CUSTOMER: Thank you! (Noticing the last video after a long pause.) But what about Before Sunrise?

CASHIER: (Pause.) We're not open before sunrise.

(CUSTOMER gives up and walks out.)

were you able to do it??? yeah, i didn't think so.

in the ides of the beholder

2005-03-15T17:25:00.000-05:00

this really has absolutely nothing to do with the title...in fact, there isn't really much that will be written...but my attempt to be witty came up with the above title (i told you i'm a dork) and i would have kicked myself if i did not make good use of it seeing as how today is the ides of march (i've said it four times already today).

so, since i do not have much to say, i shall leave you with a quote that made arizona ice tea exit my mouth and go all over my comforter.*

"when i die i want to be cremated. i want you to take my ashes and mix them with the ink that the government uses to print money. yes. and then i'd be everywhere" - skipper (ray romano) - "eulogy"

*i bear no reponsibility for any dry cleaning that might be necessary

i am the almighty

2005-03-14T12:27:00.000-05:00

HA! they can't handle my wrath and fury.

they (fox) folded like a deck of cards.

after less than a week of boycotting american idol they've given in to my demands. nikko smith is back in the competition!

i officially end my incredibly effective boycott. see, this just shows that nobody should doubt me and my power. muahahahehelolLOL...(you have all just been introduced to my eeeeeeeeeeeeevil laugh, you should feel honored)

popularity contest

2005-03-10T12:13:00.000-05:00

you know, for once i got all involved in something and it came back to bite me in the ass. i actually watched american idol this year, and from the beginning too. so i became attached to a couple of the performers, people who i wanted and thought deserved to win. nikko smith was one of them. today they eliminated him and replaced him instead with a whack rocker who has no vocal talent name constantine. and in addition to that, they eliminated my cute, pretty amanda. now she probably should have been eliminated, but still, she's hot peoples, they could have atleast let us look at her for a couple more weeks.

but nikko should have made it and in my opinion he should have won the whole competition. in response to this injustice i feel that it is necessary that i boycott american idol for the rest of the season. but i must say this, either anwar, mario, nadia, or vonzell better win this "competition." otherwise, this is some BIG bullshit!