Dude. SBC-Yahoo-At&t, whoever the fuck it is, sucks. I have never had to go in and dick around with my email settings so much as I have in the past few months. Now there is this new thing where I had to go in and verify my email addresses. Hello? What? This is my ISP. I am sure it’s normal to have many emails to send from… Bah. Funny tho. The only emails other than the dumbass one from them that need their SMTP is our Mac accounts. The Mac SMTP never works for me. Like for the last 2 years. Weird. And Richard’s settings were all crazy. Tell me why I never fixed his issues before, and just added more SMTP server choices? He had like 8. For 2 emails. Dude?

Anyway, after two hours Richard and I finally have outgoing home email addresses in addition to our glamorous dp.com addys. Yay. I am so happy to have had this project after my 3 hours of sleep and 9.5 hour day.

Now back to mindless surfing.

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daniel · evening · say it · ping it

So apparently there is some American Idol buzz that is not so favorable. Instead of linking to a reputable gossip source, I thought it’d be fun to post the email conversation flying about my inbox. Heh. Cause I love my friends. I love them and want them to be a part of my blog… Plus, I have been up since three in the morning and it is now four thirty in the afternoon. I’m exhausticated.

(Oh and all of this reminds me that I totally missed out on doing a Top 24 post. Damn!)

From: C
Subject: Idol Drama

Let the games begin.  Stories are already being released about Carly Smithson, formerly Carly Hennesy.  Apparently a couple of years back Carly had a major label (MCA) deal that went bust.  Her album only sold a couple hundred copies and she was dropped from MCA.  And now she’s on Idol trying to make her come back.  She’s already taken a spot in the top 24.  Contreversy asks whether or not she deserves that spot over some of the ‘unknowns’ who didn’t get in because she did.

What will Idol do?

From: C
Subject: More Idol Buzz

Yahoo profiled the top 24 today and uncovered that Carly Smithson isn’t the only Idol who has had professional backing.  Idol must of been worried about ratings this year and have managed to stack the deck with semi-professional contestants this year.  Apparently the judges weren’t being hopeful when they said it would be the best Idol yet.

From: F
Subject: Re: More Idol Buzz

Isn’t this like the debate a few years ago, where people thought it was slightly unfair that a contestant’s mother was a vocal coach?  I do not think it is unfair to have had a recording contract, and be a contestant.  As long as that said contract is no longer active, you should be able to compete. 

From: C
Subject: Re: More Idol Buzz

The argument is that those who had their chance once (or twice) already are taking the chance away from someone who hasn’t been as fortunate.  Personally I don’t care because I’m all for having experienced singers duke it out.  I’ve always preferred competition such as Nashville Star or the INXS search for a lead singer.  Which were based on more experienced performers.

Hmmm… Have we heard about this? What do you think?

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daniel · late afternoon · 3 comments · ping it

Enough said, right? It’s one of those work related things, as well as family stuff, so off to Member’s Only Land…

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daniel · evening · 2 comments · ping it

Who Owns What via Sarah In Tampa. 

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daniel · late morning · say it · ping it