first of all, big shout out to miranda today - she turned the big 1-8 today (well, she actually turned 26, but she’s in denial about growing old ). so HAPPY BIRTHDAY Miranda!!!! I know I don’t have a pretty picture and inspirational message like she did on my birthday, but that would coping-catting, so i’ll just stick to the cyber-blog happy birthday message :).

on another note, i have a confession to make. me and miranda are absolutely hooked on american idol. i didn’t get into it very much last year, but i’m addicted to this season. my favs are brooke white and jason castro, but i also really like david cook as well. i just really like brooke and jason’s uniqueness (and brooke is just so sincere when she sings). but even if you don’t watch the show, you should at least take a minute to watch some of these performances.

here is jason’s from last night (you know miranda and i loved it simply for the fact that he’s playing an ukulele during it!):
[youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=TdnzKgq-B6Y]

and here is another favorite performance from jason:
[youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=kF4AuTOt4ns]

but the following is probably my favorite performance EVER on american idol. here is brooke white tackling a song by the almighty beatles and doing a heck of a job with it. like i said, i just love the emotion and sincerity that she sings with:
[youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=JWr8lJrKiME]

tonight on american idol is the now annual “idol gives back” special, and it really is an awesome cause. so if you have nothing to do on this wednesday night at 6:30, turn the tv on to fox and support a noble cause.

other than that, have a good week!

- heather