Most of tonight’s performances were terribly boring.  I was only blown away by one performance.

Jasmine Murray was just okay. Her song choice was a silly little pop song and she started in a register too low for her. Grade C

Matt Giraud began strong with Viva La Vida but then he began to go all over

Let me start off by saying that this first night was pretty terrible. There were a few stand outs, but the rest? I don’t know if I would continue to watch this show as a newbie having seen last night’s  performances.

First off, Tatiana del toro is SCARY! There is something wrong with that girl. Between her and Nate Marshall we are one sandwich short of a picnic. These two are just too

I had planned to wait to write my blog until the top 36 were chosen for American Idol. But, every once in awhile something comes up that causes me to want to put my two cents in. This time it is the sense of entitlement

The new season without Jason Castro. And yet we did get to see him :
“I am a MAN”. LOL In any event here are a few of my thoughts.

I thought that Jason’s brother, Michael Castro, was okay. He didn’t knock my socks off but he was definitely good enough to make the cut.

I really liked the fellow who lost his wife

my name was Mandy.  

What do gifts mean? Why do we give gifts to people we don’t even know? The biggest reason anthropologists attribute to the importance of gift-giving is that it solidifies the social bond

On a blog that people who do not want to be censored frequently post on something very eerie and disturbing happened. One person posting under a fake name, “lmao”, began posting personal information about me! It was clear that the person knows me, and that they hate me. Very creepy. Like poison pen letters, if you will.

I think I know who it is. And if it is who I think it is, people will be very very shocked

Recently someone mentioned that they felt that they were being chased off on ddb and the new jason castro site by older fans. My response to this is the following:

It isn’t because they are older per se. Jason has always had a lot of older fans. What has happened is that for some reason….maybe because they unconsciously think they can BUY a piece of Jason,

Ok, I got this tidbit from topidol.wordpress.com. The author has a number of quotes about people discussing (arguing?) about attending Jason’s church when they are in town for the December Patti LaBelle concert. One woman bravely and succinctly expressed that people should not be going to Jason’s church just to see him. And it is amazing how many people suddenly found religion!

I went over to the new site for Jason (not his official site). This is the  one that replaced ddb (daydreamingboy.com) I was very please to read a wise and good-hearted post that Kali (the administrator there) wrote. I am quoting parts of her post from there, in which she attempts to re-define how the site needs to move from cliquish

Much of what I have previously written here are exerpts from sites that I have posted on. Yes, there is a lot of anger there, but that is due to the fact that I post the most when something makes me angry, Now I simply will write things as I am aware of them.

I feel bad for Jason Castro. While he was doing The AI Tour,  I assumed that the multiple family PR missteps were because he did not have time to handle his own career. Since then, however, it appears that he is continuing to leave things up to his mother, mainly, to handle. He has always struck me as very mature for his age. But, given the latest date night, I have to wonder about this. He seemed more like 15 than 21. Fans get maybe 4 minutes of him a month and he can’t think of anything to say etc. It has caused some fans to feel insulted that he gives this so little thought. And he doesn’t bother to post bulletins anymore when a date night is up. What is this all about?

The predictable post AI crazy over the top fans has got me asking “What is this all about?” I suspect it is the wish to keep the fan base small so as to have easy access to the Idol. With a large fan base

Does it not strike anyone as crass, to have Jason’s brother, Michael Castro trying to get on AI right now, and stealing what

Someone on another site accused me of hating Betsy Castro. I answered with the following:

“I don’t give a rat’s a$$ what Betsy Castro

It is clear that the ddb (daydreamingboy.com, Jason Castro fansite) clamp downs were due to trying to please the castros. The Castros should never ever have been so involved in a fan board and NOW

Jason should see the writing on the wall of how his family, and he, are being viewed. Why don’t they ask themselves why everyone left suddenly? This was before the AI tour was over. His slide, sadly enough, is mainly due to no one ever taking any PR problems seriously. Not a single one. Betsy said she was advised by the rah rah fans