5.3.13 Adam News and Info

I've never noticed Nicki's clothes, other than she's always been able to stand to give a standing ovation.  Mariah's girls however have been on display to the high (or better descriptively, low) heavens, the camera can't keep them all in view and have a close enough shot of her face too.  She looks so much better and younger when the puppies are cages or at least resting under cover.  I don't like that if one judge gives a bad critique they all think they have to say the same thing.  I don't like that Nicki always has her back to Randy & Mariah (see Kara and Paula interact on Adam's season to see how it should be) or that she constantly fiddles with her hair.  My husband hates her voice, I like that she is coherent.  Mariah's nice, my 70+ dad even knew who she was by looking at her, but in the critique department she's at a loss for words.  Randy has never had nothing to say and now they hashtag what he does say - which brings me back to hashtag pow, really Mariah?   Yes, the cheapest judge, has been the best but I've disagreed with him plenty this year too.  I miss Simon, not Simon in the middle when they alternate which judge speaks first, WTF, but when he was the end judge.  It's the "wait for it" moment that the show was all about.

atta girl...




Agree with your entire post.  When I think of Adam doing WWFM on Idol again (in any capacity) I'm totally like:

Another old/new pic, from April, 2011.


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"We then met up with some other friends at a hip restaurant called The Stanton Social. That’s where we had our first celebrity sighting of the trip. Adam Lambert, of American Idol fame was sitting one table away from us. We spent an obscene amount of time obsessing over if and how we should approach him for a picture. Lisa then did the most rational thing by tapping him on the shoulder, explaining it was our friend Kim’s 40th birthday, and asking if he would take a picture with her when he finished his meal. He couldn’t have been nicer about it, and he did indeed come over and took a picture with Kim, even though she’s more than a year away from turning 40. Yes, the man was wearing more eyeliner and nail polish than all the women combined at our table."

Here's a story. A true one.

Before I begin, tho, I have to tell you about my ride home from the grocery store. The weather was beautiful, and I had my windows open as I drove down the avenue. A CD of Adam's music from Idol was playing. Reached a stoplight, and a guy in an elevated pickup was blasting something I couldn't decipher. Well! Just so happens "Play that Funky Music" was on. I turned up the speakers as loud as I could!!! He gave me a 'thumbs up'!! Way to celebrate Spring!

On to my story . . .

I bid on the auction item for the private Adam concert. When it quickly reached $2000 I stopped and took stock of the situation. So did the other bidders. Nothing happened for several days; until only and hour or so before the ending time.

I'm not wealthy in dollars and cents; but I know what I want. I decided, since every day is precious, that I would try to be 'up close' to AFL one more time; experience my muse one more time . . . and I bid again, and again. Good Heavens! It kept going up and up. With just over a minute left, scared and dizzy from the internal struggle, I clicked to confirm my bid. And then, it was over! And I lost. I felt both relief that I hadn't broke the bank and sadness that I wouldn't have that moment to realize my personal dream. Gone, baby, gone.

Then, a day later, out of the blue, I received an email saying I had a 'second chance'! I could purchase a seat at this private concert for what I had bid!! I was ecstatic! I had to pause and think about the home improvement projects that would be on hold; the trip we wouldn't take, if I once again threw my personal caution to the wind, and let the Universe flow, and, like that wind, envelop me. Ultimately, my answer was yes.

Funny thing, though. DH came with me to the computer and felt something was wrong. Me - I was so excited I became impatient with his clicking here and clicking there . . . I just wanted to acknowledge my acceptance and hear more.

The long and short, the down and dirty, the end of this little story is that the 'second chance' was a sham. Someone was able to 'Phish' the site and contact the high bidders. I learned later, through the actual auctioneers, that had I given my CC# to the emailing address/person, they would have had a quick hunk of money in their hands . . and disappeared.

I send along this story as a reminder to all of us. A cautionary tale. I am internet naive. I only come to Adamtopia and my personal email site. I'm just learning about Twitter. I tell you, this 'second chance' offer looked so legit . . . it had the eBay site logo; looked completely credible; right down to the addresses to contact if fraud is suspected!

Glad DH knew more than I. It's a cruel world out there; even as I live within a spirit of curious love and nurturing acceptance. Maybe I should have known better. I can't help but want to live in a bubble of good. I need to continue to dance along a path towards joy, music, and better understanding, but now with a pebble in my shoe; reminding me that the journey we're on isn't always, pleasantly, what we planned.