... I got a page at about 2:30 this morning for a fire at a popular resturant in town ... Problem was I had the volume turned down on my phone, and it took a voicemail from my editor at 6:45 to get me out of bed and going ... I rushed to the location and by that point, the building had been reduced to a pile of rubble. A crazy day of going back and forth to the scene and talking to neighbors (and beating out television people ... I hate local TV news...) ensued ...
Then, this afternoon, came the news of the big Bulls trade. Ben Wallace, the guy many of us thought would help bring the championship back to Chicago, was done -- traded to the Cavs for four players that included none other than former Jayhawk Drew Gooden! ... Hearing the news, I shouted to my cohorts "Drew Gooden and Kirk Hinrich reunited and it feels so good!" ... Definitely looking forward to watching this one play out!
Then! this evening as I'm home and de-stressing from the day (listening to a little Shawn Colvin), my friend Laura calls ... "Are you watching TV!?" she asks excitedly. I wasn't. "Turn on your TV!" ... The jury in our infamous Mark Jensen trial had reached a verdict that was nearly 10 years in the making: "Guilty! guilty! guilty!" Laura shouted. ... I hung up with her and sat glued to the TV for the next 45 minutes as the local stations carried live coverage of the press conferences with the attorneys and members of the jury ...
And to cap it off, we learned today that the death of Drew Peterson's third wife has been ruled a homicide ...
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Ah, American Idol... I'm beginning to wonder what I would do without you.
It was good to see the Idol kids doing a group performance again. Sure tonight's '60s medley was super full of cheese, but the fun they're having on stage is always contagious ...
And then we began cutting 'em loose ... and oh, the tears started flowing!
First up, Garrett Haley ... After all, his dismissal was the no-brainer of the night, but boy, Ryan Seacrest didn't waste any time getting to the point. It was fun while you were here, thanks for playing and have a nice life kid!
We also said good-bye to Amy Davis and Joanne Borgella, and Colton Berry ... All very good choices. Thank you, America.
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But before tuning into "Lost," Kates and I had perhaps the most fun of our night with a show we didn't even plan to watch ...
"Don't Forget the Lyrics!" baby! ... While fast-forwarding through the commercials during "Idol" (we were watching it on delay with the DVR), I caught a glimpse of Boyz II Men on a stage and singing. Intrigued, I played the commercial and it turned out they were appearing on a celebrity version of "Don't Forget the Lyrics" ... Nice!
So after "Idol," we kept it on Fox and watched the show ...
Talk about great fun!... To see the boys on stage and singing again, and doing songs like the Rolling Stones' "Wild Horses," Stevie Wonder's "Isn't She Lovely," and "Kung Fu Fighting" -- all impromptu -- was wildly entertaining. Then! as they climbed the money ladder (in case you haven't seen the show, the number of words the singer must get increases with each level ... and the Boyz were playing for charity) their final two categories to beat were Motown and Boyz II Men -- wonderful!
... They brought the house down with Smokey Robinson's "Tracks of My Tears" -- complete with The Miracles dance moves and the harmony. And then they had the couples dancing in the aisles with their own "I'll Make Love To You." And! for a little encore they did "End of the Road."
What a blast from the past! ... Kates and I were beaming as we sang every word. And when it was all over we just looked at each other and laughed ...
"We're so old!" I cried.
Sadly, I think it was the first time I've said that and actually considered it to be true.
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So "Lost" ...
Of the three episodes we've seen now, tonight's was my least favorite ...
But there were a couple good eye-opening moments ...
No. 1, we now can assume when Kate told Jack "I have to get back to him" at the end of last season's finale, that the "him" was her "son" -- who we found out at the end of tonight's episode was Claire's baby Aaron! (To Kates' credit, she predicted it ...)
No. 2, what the heck was Jack talking about when testified in Kate's trial that there were only eight survivors in the plane crash!?
... And this wasn't revealed, but my theory is Miles is the spy Ben was referring to on the freighter ...
1 comment:
I'm a little late on this post, but I just wanted to say that the Boyz II Men concert was one of my very first concerts to attend...with Sharon, Sara, Sara and Brad. My second concert was Hootie...I believe with you, Sharon, and Tom. I'm quite proud of the Boyz concert (and own their first 3 CDs!), but I think I'll just try to forget Hootie : )
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