(This post is imported from my 'Couch Potato' TV blog - supertvlover.blogspot.com)
Kris Allen...
I'm bummed out about this. I had said previously I wouldn't mind if Kris won, but turns out I do. Adam should have won. And any appreciation i have for Kris is momentarily gone - he's the guy who by his own admission took what he did not deserve. But alas, I'll get over it.
Ok, things that make up for Adam's loss:
- The crappiest song ever made "No Boundaries" will NOT be on his Album - YAY!
- He does not ever have to sing the song that shit-for-brains-Kara-the-terrible-DioGuardi wrote, the aforementioned "No boundaries" (the Kara terms are proudly borrowed from TopIdol blog and EW recaps)
- Michael Slezak who is Entertainment Weekly's American Idol guru - bringing us recaps and Idolatry interviews and commentaries - will dye his hair Allison Fuchsia because Adam lost. Can't wait to see that!
- The American Idol title comes with some lame-ness that is associated with reality TV, so maybe Adam will get some street cred for being the season 8 reject.
- Now 19 entertainment will HAVE to sign Kris and will chose to sign Adam (they get priority for all contenders)
- Kris's loss for words when he was announced as the winner, the only thing he could muster was "Adam deserves this" - yes thank you Kris, we think so too!
Before i go out let me just put out here my predictions for each of the Top
13 - Jorge Nunes: Will fall off the face of the earth
12 - Jasmine Murray: Will fall off the face of the earth
11 - Alexis Grace: Will earn a decent living on Broadway or country music artists, despite wrecking Dolly Parton's beautiful Jolene - (i secretly hope I'm wrong and she becomes the new Carrie Underwood)
10 - Michael Sarver: Will earn a decent living as a country music artist
9 - Megan Joy: Could either fall off the face of the earth or get mediocre to reasonable success
8 - Scott Macintyre: Will be a successful song writer/musician but no solo career (and he knows it)
7 - Lil Rounds: Will be a failed gospel R&B has been
6 - Anoop 'Dawg' Desai: Will fall off the face of the earth - c'mon an Indian singer in Billboard's 100? When did that ever happen? The best he could do is take over the role of Kumar in the next Harold and Kumar movie and start a career in the movies
5 - Matt Giraud: After removing his famous forehead mole, he will have GRAND success! I love Giraud - he will be a STAR, and i will buy each of his albums which will be Gavin Degraw/The Frey-style fantastic and will go platinum at least! We'll be hearing a lot of his riffs in the future.
4 - Allison Irahita: Will be a good punk rocker (coz that's what's 'in' with the tweens nowadays) and will play in the league of Fall out Boy and Pink - but it'll take her a while to reach her peak
3 - Danny Gokey: Will have one album that's a total disaster, unless he duets with his old buddy from earlier this season Jamar, then he may make it!
2 - Adam Lambert: Will be an international SUPER STAR and will sell more than any American Idol contestant ever has, including Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood and Daughtry
1 - Kris Allen: Will make a decent living out of his music but no big success story here
Other people I'd love to hear from:
- Normund Gentle: Have his own comedy show somewhere - I'll go see it
- Felicia Barton: Put out a good Album that is Alicia Key's style
- Jesse Langseth: Put out a good Album that has some sexy slow songs like her rendition of "tell me something good"
- Bikini Girl: Will get a much needed boob job and will move into the playboy mansion
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
President does not want his ass kissed
Well, this is a first!
In the obituary of his grandson it says "The family would appreciate if no printed condolences are done". In my opinion this statement is what any decent person would do - so i guess this makes our dear first man 'decent' (yes, you read this right, i just said something nice about him)
Usually when someone important passes away people print condolences in the news paper. With Government officials this turns into a huge kissing ass competition where the bigger the space the better.
Let's see if people stick to it...
In the obituary of his grandson it says "The family would appreciate if no printed condolences are done". In my opinion this statement is what any decent person would do - so i guess this makes our dear first man 'decent' (yes, you read this right, i just said something nice about him)
Usually when someone important passes away people print condolences in the news paper. With Government officials this turns into a huge kissing ass competition where the bigger the space the better.
Let's see if people stick to it...
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Optimism BITES!
I was optimistic (and a little cheap) when i decided not to buy an Anti-virus for my new PC at home. Comon, torrents are safe, and Chrome has no spyware, and i will be careful.
WRONG!
So now i'm debating - should i just format the thing every 2 months or just go out and buy that 40 dollar Norton!
WRONG!
So now i'm debating - should i just format the thing every 2 months or just go out and buy that 40 dollar Norton!
Thursday, May 14, 2009
No more internet porn in Egypt
That is what the Ministry of Communications has been mandated to do according to yesterday's issue of Al-Akhbar daily newspaper.
They state that this decision does not breach any human rights to freedom of speech, and that it's against our "morals" and "religious beliefs". It it therefore, according to them, justified to apply a ban on Internet porn sites in Egypt.
Now let's think things through here. First thing is first; I think people should be allowed to "read" whatever they want. The government will not dictate what is appropriate 'literature' and what isn't. Does this mean they will ban sex novels too? Playboy?
But I understand why this pro-censorship non-secular country would disagree with this as a principal. Most people believe in absolute truths, and somehow the government has assumed the role of the guiding angel that will guide its people to the pearly gates of paradise.
Let's look at things from a different angle, where truths are relative and not absolute.
Let's check some facts here:
- The price of getting married - and thus having a healthy outlet for sexual desires - is high. Youth struggle to meet the financial demands of marriage that are posed by society. This means a man has to wait longer to get married, until he saves enough money for it.
- Egypt is a poor country with 20% (in 2005) living below the poverty line (Reuters - 2007). So this means that that the number of men struggling to get married is high - a logical assumption here, right?
- Sexual harassment on the streets is an obvious phenomenon. There are no documented statistics about this at my disposal, but let me make up one for myself. A 26 year old of less than average appeal would encounter 5 in every 10 men that will either say something inappropriate, attempt at some sort of physical contact or in some occasions decide to let certain 'things' see the light of day. I'm going to make a guesstimate here and assume that for females of above average appeal the average would increase to about 7.
- Sexual violence is a question mark. Cases are not reported, but at least one item in the Ahram Newspaper Crime section is related to some group or individual act of sexual violence. Now Ahram is a very toned-down newspaper that opts for understating the negatives and overstating the positives of the country.
Some data is available in this article by IRIN - the humanitarian news and analysis service of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs:
'Hend is one of 20,000 women or girls raped every year, according to Egypt’s Interior Ministry, a figure which implies that an average of about 55 women are raped every day. However, owing to the fear of social disgrace, victims are reluctant to report cases, and experts say the number may be much higher. “If the Ministry of the Interior gets 20,000 then you should multiply it by 10,” said Engy Ghozlan of the Egyptian Centre for Women’s Rights (ECWR) anti-harassment campaign. '
So we've stated some of the facts, let's look at some consequences.
Internet sites constitute an outlet for people that doesn't break the law or harm an innocent person. The lack of such outlet could lead to some of the following:
- Increased sexual harassment on the streets
- Increased sexual violence
- Increased demand on prostitution, which will lead to more Hepatitis C, HIV, and other STDs in addition to more problems with human trafficking and exploitation.
- Increased emotional frustration for men waiting to get married
- And if we take Saudi Arabia as an example - more men turning to same sex partners. If you oppose that, then that is a consequence on its own.
- If you do not oppose same sex partners then it means also an increase in STDs since proper same-sex sex education with reference to protection is non-existent
Has the government really studied the real impact of this decision? Can they say without a doubt that i will not directly or indirectly lead to one or more of these consequences? Has a study been carried out by one of the millions of sociologists in this country to support this? Are they going to respond with stricter laws against sexual harassment and violence to make sure there's no back-lash?
Call me sceptic but I'm going to answer with a big undeniable NO to each of those questions.
They state that this decision does not breach any human rights to freedom of speech, and that it's against our "morals" and "religious beliefs". It it therefore, according to them, justified to apply a ban on Internet porn sites in Egypt.
Now let's think things through here. First thing is first; I think people should be allowed to "read" whatever they want. The government will not dictate what is appropriate 'literature' and what isn't. Does this mean they will ban sex novels too? Playboy?
But I understand why this pro-censorship non-secular country would disagree with this as a principal. Most people believe in absolute truths, and somehow the government has assumed the role of the guiding angel that will guide its people to the pearly gates of paradise.
Let's look at things from a different angle, where truths are relative and not absolute.
Let's check some facts here:
- The price of getting married - and thus having a healthy outlet for sexual desires - is high. Youth struggle to meet the financial demands of marriage that are posed by society. This means a man has to wait longer to get married, until he saves enough money for it.
- Egypt is a poor country with 20% (in 2005) living below the poverty line (Reuters - 2007). So this means that that the number of men struggling to get married is high - a logical assumption here, right?
- Sexual harassment on the streets is an obvious phenomenon. There are no documented statistics about this at my disposal, but let me make up one for myself. A 26 year old of less than average appeal would encounter 5 in every 10 men that will either say something inappropriate, attempt at some sort of physical contact or in some occasions decide to let certain 'things' see the light of day. I'm going to make a guesstimate here and assume that for females of above average appeal the average would increase to about 7.
- Sexual violence is a question mark. Cases are not reported, but at least one item in the Ahram Newspaper Crime section is related to some group or individual act of sexual violence. Now Ahram is a very toned-down newspaper that opts for understating the negatives and overstating the positives of the country.
Some data is available in this article by IRIN - the humanitarian news and analysis service of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs:
'Hend is one of 20,000 women or girls raped every year, according to Egypt’s Interior Ministry, a figure which implies that an average of about 55 women are raped every day. However, owing to the fear of social disgrace, victims are reluctant to report cases, and experts say the number may be much higher. “If the Ministry of the Interior gets 20,000 then you should multiply it by 10,” said Engy Ghozlan of the Egyptian Centre for Women’s Rights (ECWR) anti-harassment campaign. '
So we've stated some of the facts, let's look at some consequences.
Internet sites constitute an outlet for people that doesn't break the law or harm an innocent person. The lack of such outlet could lead to some of the following:
- Increased sexual harassment on the streets
- Increased sexual violence
- Increased demand on prostitution, which will lead to more Hepatitis C, HIV, and other STDs in addition to more problems with human trafficking and exploitation.
- Increased emotional frustration for men waiting to get married
- And if we take Saudi Arabia as an example - more men turning to same sex partners. If you oppose that, then that is a consequence on its own.
- If you do not oppose same sex partners then it means also an increase in STDs since proper same-sex sex education with reference to protection is non-existent
Has the government really studied the real impact of this decision? Can they say without a doubt that i will not directly or indirectly lead to one or more of these consequences? Has a study been carried out by one of the millions of sociologists in this country to support this? Are they going to respond with stricter laws against sexual harassment and violence to make sure there's no back-lash?
Call me sceptic but I'm going to answer with a big undeniable NO to each of those questions.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
a little eye candy for everyone!
The After Elton 100 hottest men topped by wait-for-it.... Neil Patrick Harris
and the After Ellen 100 hottest women topped by Portia De rossi
They have tags for MOC (men of color) and OUT (of the closet) and +40, and each of those tags has their own top 10 (is anyone else disappointed with the OUT ranking?)
For the women there are no tags
Anderson Cooper makes it in the top 20, and me likey! Glad to see he's not in the OUT list, so i can officially add him on my "list"
But i feel it's wrong to put baby Zac Efron, what is he? 17? I would keep it in the over 21 age range! And what's with hugh jackman being in the top 10? really?
Obama makes it in the top 50 which is expected, who would have thought Jason Mraz would be that cute huh?
And i thought Jared Leto would be on the OUT list, must brush up on my hollywook gossip!
Wednesday, May 06, 2009
Fantasy Trips
- Driving from Cairo to Jo'burg and then going back through a different route
- Madagascar!
- Back pack through Latin America and visit every country
- India and Nepal
- 'round the world ticket: Cairo - Moscow - Tokyo - Auckland - Bogota - Mexico City - Cairo
- Back pack through Australia
- Route 66 in the US dressed in blue jeans, a white top, cowboy boots and a cowboy hat with a toy gun that sprinkles water :P (talk about cliché)
- A tour of West Africa
- Caribbean tour in a private yacht
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