so here i am

MB is on a shoot at the Crystal Cathedral. Some kind of 3-day dealio where prominent Christians are being interviewed for …. I still don’t know yet ….. by ….. uhm, I still don’t know yet. Clearly, they are being filmed which makes me assume that someone at some point will watch what’s being filmed. And unless they are just talking to themselves, muttering soliloquies, someone is interviewing them. MB called me last night with a few of the names: George Foreman, with or without his grill; Kathy Ireland (poor MB, how will he manage, what a hardship, boo hoo hoo); Robert Schuller, pastor of the Crystal Cathedral and one of my least favorite Christians ever, but hey, they didn’t ask me; and, in stark contrast to the ridiculousness of Mr. Be (Happy) Attitudes (a book by Schuller about the beatitudes), Mr. Chuck Colson. MB loves Chuck Colson, reads his books. A really smart public Christian. Great life story. Fascinating.

So I’m not worried that Kathy Ireland will sweep him off his feet. I’m worried he’ll run off with Chuck Colson.

There are at least 20 people to be interviewed over the next 3 days. George H. W. Bush was supposed to be there, but now that’s up in the air.

So that means I’m here. Home alone. I’m concerned because, as we know, when I’m alone, I act out like a bad dog. I’m prone to panda rage; I move large pieces of furniture until they’re stuck at the top of the stairs; I eat eyeballs; and write heated running commentaries on classic Christmas specials.

I just thought I needed to tell you that, basically, I’m not sure I can be trusted with blogging right now. Mentally and emotionally, I am about 5 years old for the next three days.

Beware.

in case it’s not clear …..

Because it’s really, uhm, not, the little posts below are about last night’s American Idol premiere — which took place in Philadelphia, not San Diego as I said earlier. Oops! San Diego auditions will be aired next week, I hear.

princess leia

Black double-bun hair. Black polka-dot shirt. Black hotpants. Star Wars belt. Black fishnets. Black lace-up boots. Need I say more? When it’s over, she sobs on her grandparents’ shoulders, says a few choice swears, gets shushed by her grandparents, and loses one of her buns.

paul with the wide hips

Sings his love song for Poorla:

“There is this girl I know, I follow her around, I broke into her house, took off all my clothes and tried on her underwear. I really think that I love her. I’m not much of a talker, so I guess I’ll just stalk her. If she were a dog, I’d think that I would walk her, if she were Colombo, I’d Peter Falk her, if she were a bathtub, I’d caulk her.”

Simon: “I really think you should leave. You’re creepy. There’s something off about you. Get out of here.”

Amen, Simon. Ew.

the dude with the glasses and the fuzzy leopard vest

Milo. Stumpy, balding, 39, so overage for the competition. Looks like Woody Allen and George Costanza had a love child. Ryan lets him in anyway to share the song he wrote: No Sex Allowed, complete with weird little marching steps. “Sex is weak but love is strong, yeah …. No sex allowed! ….. if you don’t like it, just get outta town.” And so he did.

alexis

The girl who looks like Willem Dafoe, according to Simon. And you know, he’s not necessarily wrong. She does a Grace Slick imitation, the judges decline, and she begins to pontificate all over the place, flipping the camera off, wildly declaring how she wants to leave with her dignity, how, screw it, she’s “gonna go for actressing now.” Okay, Willem.