Miscellaneous rambling, and bragging about my kids.

Stats I heard were that there were 3 stingray deaths in Australia in the last 100 years – and 17 worldwide. So no, this wasn't a REALLY dangerous thing – it was a weird fluke. The odds that it could hit him in a fatal place were astronomical. Apparently he pulled the barb out on camera, as if to make one of his classic "No sweat" type statements before they realized what really happened. Pretty sad. 🙁

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Even the house band is dissing on Dilana now. Then again she did send out a big "screw you" to the Internet voters, so maybe my original "Dilana is nuts" post that got me all the traffic wasn't that far off. Plus, what the what is Storm singing about?

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Does it bother anybody else that Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin was killed by a stingray? Kerry and I (and friends) swam with those things down in the Cayman Islands. My first thought was, "Surely we're not talking about the same thing. He must have been swimming with the exotic poisonous cousins of the ones we swam with."

Nope. That's the big thing everybody's talking about how, what would have provoked the "usually peaceful" stingray. Since they have it on video (ewww) the current theory is that the stingray became trapped between Irwin and the cameraman, and it was a defensive move on the animal's part.

The scariest part is that he did not die because the thing is poison and it scratched him, or it bit him and he bled to death or something….he died because its barb hit him in the chest and punctured his heart. Holy $%^&*(. When we went swimming with the things the worst they told us to expect was a pretty nasty hicky if you touched their food and then touched yourself. (And yes, clear instructions were given to under no circumstances touch the food and then your crotch just to see what would happen.)

Got some new pictures up this weekend. Actually old pictures – mostly of the christening – but new in that I finally got them up on the site. I'm not linking them directly from the blog anymore, so if you've forgotten the URL, email me and I'll let you know.

I cannot believe that "the band" voted off Ryan!!! What are they thinking? Ryan had it all going for him – I thought that he would help "the band" by bringing some class with him – and "the band" needs someone that can belt out a song, and look good, and that person, in my book, is Ryan. I will be boycotting by not watching the show anymore. I loved Ryans' final words to the guys in the band. He will go far!!! Will Supernova??

The decisons the guys are making as to who should leave each week are questionable. Often their comments do not match their choices. I am becoming frustrated and Super Nova will have to be a pretty good band for me to support these idiots.

Ok, tell me how Dilana rates "Best performance of both seasons" and Toby gets the encore? I think they were hoping he'd bring more 17yr olds up on stage to bounce.

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There's a rumor going around that Rockstar is fixed, and that the winner will be Lukas. I don't think that's really a spoiler, since for the next couple weeks he's got as much chance as anybody else and we'll all still watch to see what happens. This week he's in the bottom three, at least at the end of Tuesday's performance show.

Unlike American Idol, which is entirely based on live audience vote, Rockstar can most definitely be "fixed". but what does that really mean? It's clear from the beginning that the band gets to choose who they want. All America is doing is choosing what order they go home in. If the band had really wanted Patrice to win they could have kept her around every week no matter how often she was in the bottom.
They do not have to pick who the audience says, other than, as Tommy said re: Patrice, "The fans buy our tickets."

Lukas gets outstanding reviews almost every week. Personally I put him about 3rd or 4th out of the 6 — I like Dilana (obviously), but then Magni and Ryan next. Storm has just completely self destructed, which is a shame because she started out very well. But yet the judges keep spinning it like it's the Lukas vs Dilana show.

So, what do people think? If Lukas ends up winning (he will almost undoubtedly make it to the final 3), will you cry foul? Or is that just the result we should have expected all along? I expect Storm, Toby and Magni to go home next (probably in that order), leaving Dilana, Lukas and Ryan as the top three. If I'm right, can I say I knew the fix was in?

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