Idols
I don’t typically like to write about tv, much less American Idol, but I do have to say this. If you’re on any audition at all, and one of the judges raises his sheets of paper from his desk such that his face is covered from the nose down, it’s safe to bet that the paper is the only thing preventing you from watching someone laugh in your face. How do the contestants, as young as some of them might be, not understand that this is what Randy is doing? The fact that Simon IS laughing in their face is just confirmation that they have stepped over some line from “bad” to “comically bad”. So, here’s some advice for all would-be idols. Do not get mad at Simon - he is just doing in the open what Randy is doing behind the thin veil of a sheet of paper. You may as well find out now that you are not talented, and act accordingly. This is a great lesson in self-awareness, so take advantage of the learning opportunity. This does not mean you have no talent, it just means that your talent isn’t singing. Get over it. Move on. Everyone has a talent and you now know that yours is not singing, so that’s one down from the list of possible gifts. Dreams should not be broken, they should just change over time.
Now please excuse me while I attend to the screaming baby.