Okay…I didn’t pay much attention last night during American Idol. CU and I were busy updating my resume for my UoD application…and listening to Cookie cough. Seems the poodle has been stricken by the demon illness of little dogs…a collapsing trachea. Sigh…yeah, that’s it’s own barrel of laughs. For a dog whose life mission it has been to kick ass now and ask questions later, it’s very frustrating to see her being knocked around by this. I’m taking her back in to the vet today, as she seems to have gotten worse since we put her on the meds…so it’s time for x-rays to see what we’re officially dealing with.

5:11 PM Update: It’s not a collapsed trachea, it’s fluid in her lungs…which if we can’t clear it out, will likely indicate she’s at the beginning stages of heart disease. Damn poodle. She’s now on FOUR meds, so…say a doggie prayer everything clears out and the coughing subsides. I’m not ready to pass over into that stage of her life, yet.

Back to American Idol…I did see Sanjaya’s kinda freaky (although, THANK YOU SANJAYA for not doing your hair Bonnie Raitt-style) version of “Something To Talk About”, and LaKisha’s very weird rendition of “Jesus Take The Wheel” and…Chris singing, again, in the key of Chris.

AND…in agreement with what about six quadrillion other people are saying today, “Nasally is not a style of singing.” I wouldn’t mind if Chris went home tonight. If I had to choose between him and Phil Stacey…at least Phil tries to mix things up once in awhile. Although, I can see LaKisha being in the bottom two, as well. Her charm is slowly eroding for me.

As a side note…you know how Simon has told Melinda to cease and desist with the “surprised look” she always has on her face when people praise her? Well, I’ve been watching episodes of American Idol Rewind…and Kelly Clarkson had that same expression all throughout Season One. She’s blisteringly fantastic week after week after week, and then consistently all doe-eyed and, “Gee, ya’ll really like lil’ ol’ me?” when showered with the praise everyone else except her thinks is well-deserved.

And, very happy Clyde Drexler went home on Dancing With The Stars. Now he’ll have plenty of time to go to China, or whatever it is he’s been doing with his practice time the last six weeks.