dancin' to the jailhouse rock
written: 2:57 p.m. on Saturday, Apr. 17, 2004

Jon Peter Lewis, my beloved JPL, the cutest pen salesman ever, the most fun and most adorable American Idol finalist, got voted off the show.

And I, Miss Ice Princess, cried.

Yep, I cried because he will no longer entertain me every Wednesday night with his hilarious antics, his wacky facial expressions, and that odd but special voice. He was definitely different from the insipid power houses that the show is infested with, he is unpretentious, he is a lot of fun and he is oh so cute and adorable.

I am so going to miss him.

It was strange that I cried though. That was probably my first set of tears since October last year.

And so it was with a heavy heart that I went to sleep, still crying, and it was with a heavy heart that I woke this morning and went to school to take a GP paper one test, which is essay writing.

I chose to do the question that goes, "'All our dreams will come true, if we have the courage to pursue them' (Walt Disney). Do you agree?"

Well, being the cynic that I am, I fervently disagreed. And the first example I cited was... American Idol.

I am SO GONNA FAIL. Why did the American public have to vote JPL off? It's all their fault. Last night I was in a state of melancholy and sloth-ness and just thinking about cute lil' JPL (ok so he's 25 but whatever) and feeling so sad for him and the effects kinda spilled over to this morning, and I wrote about William Hung, about what a bad singer he is AND WHY?

And I definitely blame this on America! All you idiots out there who didn't vote for JPL deserve to be shot!

Shit! Of all the stupid things I do! Oh well, at least I bothered throwing myself a buoy at the very last bit when I talked about failed rural-urban migration, but because I only specialise in media and the arts, I didn't have any statistics to back me up. Dammit. I wanted to distort the question a little and write about Taiwan but I ran out of time which means I couldn't think fast enough how to tweak it so that it answered the question.

But basically, I wanted to write something like, "If one's dream were to modify Taiwan's de facto independence and make the rest of the world recognise Taiwan as a sovereign country, one had better not act upon that dream because the cost of it would be grave bloodshed and lives lost. Beijing will definitely not entertain any move for half of the Taiwanese population's dream for independence."

Yeah, badly phrased, but you get the idea.

I am changing my layout soon. This one does absolutely no justice to the great picture and I hate it. I hate brown. It's so boring. I need Photoshop. Anyone knows where to get a cheap copy?

JPL's rendition of "Jailhouse Rock" from last night is in my head now... oh I am going to cry all over again.

before sunrise // before sunset

Previously:
- - Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017
I'm moving. - Sunday, Jul. 11, 2010
In all honesty - Tuesday, Jul. 06, 2010
What I want for my birthday... - Sunday, Jul. 04, 2010
On Roger's behalf. - Friday, Jul. 02, 2010