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 - an almost perfectly punctual karen seacrest.

it's finally the time we've all been waiting for. the night where the prediction i made oh so many weeks ago has come to past. it is - the season - of the davids. but before we go there - we have business to address first....

this week on "why you won't be my next american idol" we say so long to someone who in all honestly shouldn't have been in the top three in the first place. that's right. hit the road syesha mercado. syesha - you won't be my next american idol because the cycle 9 winner of america's next top model was saleisha stowers. it's too easy to confuse the two of you. you kinda look a little alike. you both have that rihanna thing going on. and we don't even need to mention how similar your names are. you can't both win reality shows where the theme is finding the best "insert talent here" in america. it's just too weird!

so that leaves david. and david. i really hope david wins. david cook of course. he rocks. and he's from missouri. and there has yet to be any weird news hit about david cook. or his dad. and he's just plain better!

vote for david cook!!!!

until next week when we crown david cook the next american idol and i take the cake in my idol bracket by accurately predicting the winner for the first time - this is karen seacrest. out.

all i have to say is...

i would hate to be the cookie mom of this girl's troop! my car isn't big enough!

r.i.p. greg

this post in memory of greg koerner.

greg was a good man. he was always there whenever he was needed. a friend to everyone.

in the world of WU b-school - greg was olin.

rest in peace greg.

you will be missed. you will not be forgotten.

earthquakes

i will no longer complain about feeling the little quakes we continue to have since last month's bigger quake. what happened in china is horrible. and since the first 7.9 this morning, they have had a dozen aftershocks that were all more than 5.0 - one that was over 6.0.

our 2's, 3's, and 4's are nothing...

ps, i love you

last nite i watched ps i love you with hillary swank. it was pretty good. not as good as the book. but not horrible either.

anyway - i never realized how much hillary swank and jennifer garner looked alike!! it's almost freaky. especially when you compare the performances in ps i love you with catch and release. as a matter of fact, i was watching catch and release yesterday morning and when nina walked into the room last night, she thought it was the same movie i had watched earlier that day and wondered why i was watching it again...

irony can be defined...

by flipping channels and finding dora the explorer on the spanish channel. it was completely transplated into spanish. except for the parts were dora normally tries to teach the viewers simple spanish words and phrases - those parts were in english....

it's quite possible...

that i may never have to go down into the basement again. everything i need to do can now be done from my bed in my jammies...

jeff claims to be a laptop widow and bailey is jealous that she can't get to my lap to sit anymore.

now - if i can just figure out how to use my powers for good - and maybe get the laundry and dishes to do themselves...

day off...

i have the day off today.

there's tons of things i could be doing.

but this laptop stuff is just way too much fun. the tv's on. i've got some pizza. with pineapple. i didn't even have to get out of bed if i didn't want to.

now that i have my laptop and wireless access and i don't have to go to the cold basement to babble about nothing. isn't this cool???

now - you may remember that i was convinced i was going to be the next j.k. rowlings - all i needed was a laptop.

i suppose i should get going on that...

testing. testing. 123

i'm, like, totally sitting in front of my tv right now watching ugly betty.

charlie's water just broke. i don't like her. i hope they find a way to make her go away....

the return of "why you won't be my next american idol"!!!

So, bringing everyone up to speed – the following people won’t be my next American Idol for the following reasons.

Michael – you were robbed. I have to say it once every season. And even though I never thought you would win – or even make the final 2 – or maybe I did – I haven’t reviewed my bracket choices in awhile – you were still robbed. But since it’s my job to insert something witty at this point – you won’t be my next American Idol because it’s AMERICAN idol and not AUSSIE idol. Maybe you can get a second chance over there.

Kristy – you won’t be my next American idol because you appear to be perfect. Perhaps a little toooo perfect. I’m certain you have a flaw (other than being less than entertaining on stage). And one of these days, TMZ is going to find it.

Carley – you too were robbed. Again – I never thought you would win – but thought you would go farther. And since I’ve already used the “American not Irish” reasoning on Michael – you won’t be my next American Idol because that tattoo on your arm kinda looks like Amy Whinehouse. And they tried to make her go to rehab but she said no no no….

Brooke – you won’t be my next American Idol because I like just a little more edge to my idols. And you’re kinda folkish. And I’m not buying that you can’t play piano with your shoes on…

And finally, we have Jason Castro. Jason, you won’t be my next American Idol because after all these weeks I’m still not 100% certain that your awkwardness in just shy nervousness. Although I really hope it is. I just can’t help but wonder if there’s some “all natural herbal supplements” – if you know what I mean – contributing to that silly little grin and bad interviewing skills.

But my condolences to Lindsey on the loss of her Idol…

Coming to you live (and yet slightly prerecorded) on my new dell laptop, this is Karen Seacrest, promising to try and be a better Seacrest and saying “OUT” – just hopefully not for five weeks….

GoodSearch.com

The local NKF office has created an account with "GoodSearch.com". Good Search is a search engine (powered by yahoo). You select your charity (in our case "National Kidney Foundation (NKF) - Metro East and Eastern Missouri"). Then you use either the webpage or their toolbar option (like the popular google toolbar) to search for whatever floats your boat.

The NKF will earn a penny for every search conducted.

You can also shop there at any number of stores and a portion of your purchase will go to the NKF.

Now - if your anything like me, you and your google toolbar practically have an intimate relationship. So why not do some good with your searches and help the NKF at the same time! It's easy as google!

You'll see a little animated box on the right under my cartoon. Give it a shot!

nina's vault

floor routine

nina's gymnastic "meet"

nina particpated in a fake gymnastic meet this weekend. scores were given (though not accurately) and everyone received a medal.

here's video of her beam routine...

hold on to your hats!

i've just recieved a $104 child support payment.

the last payment was received in august and amounted to $50. that averages out to $5.50 a month.

all my financial problems are solved! (insert picture of me rolling my eyes here).

shaken - not stirred...

i feel like a martini...

and ever since this morning - i've been obsessed with the usgs webpage...

and i'm super glad we've had no activity since the 4.5 at 10:15 this morning...

hmm...

you know that the world is headed to a strange place when 2 of the top 18 stories on the fox news webpage involve you tube...

help me in the fight agaist kidney disease

visit my kidney walk page to see how you can help!

karen seacrest thanks you!

call me nuts...

but 20 years later - they still look good.

and when the tour is announced - i FULLY INTEND to buy tickets.

sing it with me now.

oh oh oh oh oh

oh oh oh oh

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. gimpy karen seacrest. workin 9 to 5. every day. and man - does it interfere with fun things like being karen seacrest. my pretty face doesn't seem to keep us in groceries and electricity...

it's been quite the exciting week in idol land...

ryan bumped into something and hurt his knee...

david cook is all stressed out and having blood pressure problems and has to go to the hospital and is trying to shrug it off as nothing. and it's not working either. watch the playback - he didn't look well on tuesday nite...

simon hated everyone but david archuletta - i suspect little david's daddy is paying simon bribes to be nice when no one is looking...

paula couldn't string together words into an understandable statement...

randy didn't say the word "pitch" quite as much as normal...

oh. and little ramen noodle malubay cried her little eyes out and packed her high wasted pants up and went home. ramen noodle - you won't be my next american idol because - wait. is that you? are you on the stage? cause i can't see you. wave your arms. oh you are. well, can you stand on a chair or something? you are standing on a chair? hmf. let me break out the binoculars. hold on. OH. there you are. i see you now. that tiny little thing that gets visually swallowed up by the big stage. it seems like the vast stage area intimidates you - making it really hard for people to be entertained by you. i can just imagine how hard it would be to see you inside the scottrade center from the nosebleed seats...

by the way - i'll bet you $.50 no one gets voted off next week...

this is karen seacrest. out.