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the same song over and over again

American Idol

Idol Thoughts: Vegas Part II

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Sudden death part 2 is here! I am still not sure I’ll continue watching past this – but I want to see what happens to some of the others and maybe I’ll develop a new favorite… (Although I already have dates blocked out for my posts about the show and I’m probably too lazy to come up with something else to post!)

Melinda – Fun start to the night, not a bad performance but she needs to work on her breathing while singing

Candice – Great, strong performance

Juliana – Not impressed with this performance

Jett – Mediocre performance. May not have been bad enough for her to go home but it wasn’t a show stopper

Cristabel – Another performance that I was not impressed with.  Last week’s girls were much better.

Aubrey – Finally. Another one that is good!

Rachel – Love her!

Breanna – I guess they were getting all the mediocre singers out of the way in the beginning.

Janelle – I’m torn on this performance. It wasn’t amazing but it wasn’t awful either.  I guess I’d rank her at the top of my middle girls.

Zoanette – I was talking so much shit about her before the performance, she starts the circle of life and I was like… oh no.. (its my favorite movie) and then… WOW.

My picks for going home – Melinda, Juliana, Jett, Cristabel, Janelle

And the Judges say…

Home – Melinda, Juliana, Cristabel, Jett, Rachel
Stay –  Zoanette, Aubrey, Candice, Breanna, Janelle

4/5… really shocked that I didn’t get 5 for 5 this week and truly think that last decision by the judges was incorrect.

 

Mathenee – A fun song to start the night, but not sure if its strong enough for him to continue

Gurpreet – Not a strong performance from him.

Vincent – Wow. best so far (not that thats saying much)

Nick – Not a fan of the song choice but not a bad performance

Josh – Not a great performance at all.

David – up beat! and pretty good! yay!

Bryant – A great performance!

Burnell – The hand movements were a bit distracting but a good performance

Lazaro – Great performance from Lazaro, as usual.

Cortez – Started strong, ended strong but the middle was questionable. This is going to make my picks difficult.

My picks for going home – Mathenee, Gurpreet, Josh, Nick, Bryant

And the judges say…

Home – David, Bryant, Mathenee, Josh, Gupreet
Staying –  Vincent, Lazaro, Cortez, Burnell, Nick

4/5!

Book Review

Book Review: Hoop Genius

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Hoop Genius by John Coy tells the story of how a desperate teacher and a rowdy gym class invented basketball.

This book is geared at young adults, so it is rather short and each page has illustrations by Joe Morse.  Since I often have trouble keeping attention for books that are too long, I like to take a break here and there and read one of these young adult / children’s books just to make myself feel better. haha.

Anyway… James Naismith was forced to take over a gym class that was so bad that it had previously made TWO teachers quit.

It shows how he tried various sports in doors and the funny thing is as the book progresses, the bandages on the characters in the gym class increase.  I guess they were a bit rough on each other in class.

He came up with the new game that wouldn’t allow running with the ball and that would have a goal that was off the ground.  He used a soccer ball and basket for the goal.

The first game, he had to call a lot of fouls because the boys weren’t used to the rules yet.  After 2 fouls they had to sit on the bench until a goal was scored.

Only 1 goal was scored the whole game!

Basketball ended up catching on – and even helped James find a wife!

Overall this was a cute and informative book about how basketball was created.  I have visited the basketball hall of fame (in Mass and named after James Naismith) a few times, so I have seen some of the set ups of their original games.  Amazing how far it has come.

I received an e-copy of this book from the publisher through NetGalley in order to write this review. I was not otherwise compensated.

About the Book

Taking over a rowdy gym class right before winter vacation is not something James Naismith wants to do at all. The last two teachers of this class quit in frustration. The students—a bunch of energetic young men—are bored with all the regular games and activities. Naismith needs something new, exciting, and fast to keep the class happy—or someone’s going to get hurt. Saving this class is going to take a genius. Discover the true story of how Naismith invented basketball in 1891 at a school in Springfield, Massachusetts.

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