in memory

of baseball players who have gone before us...

enjoy the big game at the stadium in the sky boys...

see what we did this weekend?

for the record...

i'm not a patient person.

i hate waiting.

i don't want to do it anymore.

GAAAA!

this week on "why you won't be my next american idol"...

welcome to a very special episode of "why you won't be my next american idol". i'm your host - karen seacrest.

let us all take a brief moment to mourn the loss of hair-boy.

now that we've done that - can i get a "woot woot!" please?!?! come on - ya'll know you wanna. take that howard stern!

that's right. this week is the long awaited "sanjaya gets told to hit the bricks" week. don't we all feel better now? i have to say - it's all my doing. i took matters into my own hands this week and actually voted FIVE TIMES. clearly it made a difference since i haven't voted at all during the weeks that he hasn't been booted. no need to thank me. just throw treats.

anyway. we say "don't let the door hit ya" to the follically blessed sanjaya malakar. sanjaya - you won't be my next american idol because one michael jackson in the world is more than enough. you started off singing with your sibling. then you branched off to go it alone. you really were a heartbeat away from hanging out in vegas and dressing your children with bed linens. it's really for your own good. enjoy being a teenager for awhile.

well - karen seacrest has a busy nite ahead of her - big party at the ritz. but as soon as it's over - i'll start doing the research to figure out what exactly a "life anthem" is so i can prepare myself for next week's commentary.

until then. karen seacrest. out.

what karen is currently reading

having finally finished marie antoinette: the journey (it only took about 3 months)- i am now reading the hidden diary of marie antoinette.

this book is all fiction. and a far, far easier read.

my review of the first book will come in the next few days. i'm still digesting it (and trust me - there was a lot to digest!)...

six degrees of american idol....

my mom just returned from arkansas where she visited with my great uncle frankie and great aunt ruth anne and found out this interesting piece of information.

my great aunt ruth anne is the cousin of carrie underwood's grandma!

which makes me and carrie underwoood - absolutely nothing.

all of my blood relations are with uncle frankie who is married to aunt ruth anne. but aunt ruth anne could still work on an autograph for her favorite grand niece - couldn't she?

aunt ruth anne said that carrie is a real stinker because last year she skipped the family reunion to go on tour....

this week on "why you won't be my next american idol"...

welcome to "why you won't be my next american idol." i'm your host - karen seacrest...

what is up with the top 8 anyway? do they not realize that there is more to latin music than santana and gloria estefan? 5 of the 8 performances featured a song by one of these two. i ALMOST wanna praise sanjaya for thinking outside of the box. but i won't because i really thought he should have done "livin la vida loca" by ricky martin. or "hips don't lie" by shakeria. that would have been cool....

anyway. this week we say "adios" to legs. i mean - haley scarnato. who obviously had the entire competition confused for nair commercial audition. everyone sing! "who wears short shorts? we wear short shorts!"

and haley - THAT is exactly why you won't be my next american idol. because i'm tired of seeing your long, skinny, toned, perfect legs in short shorts and short skirts. and i'm really tired of watching all of the guys i know drool. and maybe - just maybe - i'm a little jealous cause i don't have long, skinny, toned, perfect legs like yours. especially since my husband is one of those droolers....

men...

so until next week. this is karen seacrest. fuera (which the online english to spanish translation thingie says is the translation of the word "out").

why can't i ever find anything to wear???

now that i've spent the entire day in heals...

my feet hurt and i'm going home and refusing to cook dinner and putting on my jammies and watching sanjaya do "livin la vida loca" on latino nite...

i know some of you are confused - all will hopefully be revealed in due time...

tell the truth...

do i look professional??

this week on "why you won't be my next american idol"...

i really can't believe this. can someone PLEASE explain to me why he is still there?

why? WHY? WHY!!!???!!??!?!?!!

btw - i have it on good authority that a woman i work with is a sanjaya fan. i don't think she's voting though. which is a good thing. we must find out who is responsible for his progression in this competition so that they can be stopped!

okay - so this week on "why you won't be my next american idol" - everyone is safe but gina glocksen. i don't have much to say about it. i'm too angry. but since i have to say SOMETHING - gina - you won't be my next american idol because no matter how many times i ask him - jeff won't let me do my hair in a cool two toned style like yours and in order to be my TRUE american idol - i have to at least be able to try and imitate your fashions without my husband threatening to make me sleep with rolen...

coming up next week - sanjaya imitates jlo and sings that his love don't cost a thing...

this is karen seacrest - out. grrr.

you're so jealous - you wish you were me...

cause come wednesday - jeff and i get to go to the baseball game...

AND

we get to sit in the ameristar box....

AND

food, beer, soda and parking are ALL included...

AAAAAND

we don't have to pay for ANY of it...