Archive for May, 2008


Best Man Wins American Idol 2008

Congratulations, David Cook! You da man! In my book there wasn’t even a competition. This dude sang his ass off and quickly emerged as the best performer out of the lot. However, this season of Idol did have some of the best talent. And some of the worst as well.

Cook’s voice and energy can mesmerize and transport you outside yourself to forget your troubles. He can be tender one moment and push with the gusto of a rocker’s edge the next. He operates outside the box in a unique style that makes him golden and will surely lead him to many accolades in the music business. I for one am waiting with bated breath for his debut CD.

Kevin and Scotty Get Engaged

All I can say is wow! Can it be so? Did I really see the most romantic marriage proposal between two men happen on commercial network television? Well either I’m dreaming or I did and it couldn’t have been any dreamier. When Kevin proposed to Scotty on ABC’s “Brothers and Sisters” this past week, it had to be, no it was, the most romantic scene to be shown… ever. In fact the whole episode stands out as probably one of the best hours of drama ever on television. It surely has landed the show an Emmy nod for best drama and Patricia Wetting a win for best supporting actress for sure.

But the real meat of the show was in the final moments when Kevin came home from a tedious day dealing with his dysfunctional family (that makes us watch every week) and vented to Scotty. In the process he realized just how much he loved Scotty and got down on one knee professing his love and asked the incredibly adorable Scotty, who had been keeping the home fires burning and changing the light bulbs, to marry him. So spur of the moment, so touching, so romantic. I just melted into my chair and bawled my eyes out with joy so much so that I had to rewatch the scene because the first time it was all too blurry and I couldn’t believe I had seen what I thought I had.