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Friday, April 28, 2006

Playing catch up

I missed my post on last week's elimination of Ace. I wasn't too surprised to see him go - but what I was surprised about was that Chris was actually in the bottom three. Was it his song choice? Is it people thinking that he's safe enough that you don't have to vote for him? Who knows.

This week we saw Kelly go. I will miss her cute little sayings as much as anyone else. But I think it was time for her to go. We had a country girl win last year. No need for that again this year! Haha.

Taylor still amazes me. He is the only one that has yet to dip in the bottom. No matter what the judges say, I think he is doing awesome and staying in his style each and every week - just as Chris has. I really think it's going to come down to those two in the end.

Posted by Erich on 4/28/2006 10:37:00 AM

Saturday, April 22, 2006

Rod Week

I really liked this week's performances from almost everyone. I think even Kelly Pickler's fans would agree that she didn't do too well this week. Ace was his so-so self, lacking any kind of personality as usual. Taylor's song was good but repetitive.

Now what shocked me was that Chris finally dipped into the bottom three. I think that makes Taylor the only one that hasn't been there yet. Maybe Kelly too? I can't remember now. If she hasn't, it's only because of votefortheworst.com is helping her out. So remember people, if you really want someone to stay - VOTE for them!!!

Next week's selection looks like it will be a bit sappy. Who will go next!?

Posted by Erich on 4/22/2006 12:00:00 AM

Wednesday, April 12, 2006

Karaoke Queen Night

Well OF COURSE it's going to sound like Karaoke when you make the theme for the week Queen songs! What are the producers of American Idol even thinking? For the best group so far, they are sure giving them the lousiest choices to choose from. No offense to Stevie, or anyone for that matter - but confining them to one artist instead of a whole genre is stupid. Even though I hate country, that at least was a genre! The night they did music from the past six years was also not that bad. But when they start focusing on one artist, what are you going to expect to get in return?

Ace, by far, was probably the worst last night. And no matter what Simon says, I think Taylor ripped it up really good. I'm glad he changed his selection. Elliot did great and I even think Bucky wasn't too bad.

Now as for Kelly. I really don't know what I can say. It wasn't that bad, but it was just not the song for her. But as Randy said, she worked it out - and I agree - she did what she could with what was given to her.

Did anyone else see Mandisa sitting at the practice sessions with Queen? What was that about? Or do they practice well in advance before they are voted off? And what was Fantasia's big head doing in the audience? Shouldn't she be out making records? I have yet to hear anything from her.

Ok, that's my American Idol rant for the day. Ace is my pick to leave. I have no idea who else will join him... Paris again? Katherine again? Who knows.

Posted by Erich on 4/12/2006 09:15:00 AM

Wednesday, April 05, 2006

Words Can't Describe...

...what I am feeling right now. I knew that Mandisa might dip in there but after seeing Elliot and Paris along side her - I figured it would be her. I think there is an effect going on here; that when someone gets into the bottom three one week, they get a surge of votes the next week - no matter how well they sing. Ace and Katherine must have got a boost of votes and everyone forgot about Elliot and Paris. Did they do so bad to warrent them to be in the basement this week? I don't think so. That's why I think that formula is correct. And the same is true for Mandisa. It was definitely not her time to go yet. I really thought she would have been up there in the top 5 zone at least.

This is a crazy year on A.I. What will happen next? Who knows...that's why I keep watching!

Posted by Erich on 4/05/2006 11:14:00 PM

Season 5

Well it's about time I started posting something about American Idol. It's down to the top 9 with Lisa, Kevin, and Melissa out of the running. I really can't see who's going home tonight. The odds are probably in favor of Ace going home since he's dipped into the bottom the most - but that sometimes doesn't mean anything. Lisa's votes will be distributed among the rest so that will upset the figures as well. I will put a prediction out there that it will be Ace, Mandisa, and Bucky. My top 4 pick is Chris, Elliot, Paris, and Katherine. I love Taylor and Kelly but I just don't see them making it for the long haul.

This year's season has seen a lot of talent - except for Brenna. (Please don't come back!) I am sure we will see many of them doing something with music or television in the months and years to come.

I apologize for not making any more buddy icons. School will soon be over for me in June. So when I can, I'll make some more - pending I don't receive a cease and desist notice from the Fox network.

Have fun watching the results show tonight! Who's going home? We'll see...

Posted by Erich on 4/05/2006 02:59:00 PM

Sunday, December 25, 2005

Ok, let's try this again. I had to manually log into Blogger and publish my post. I may have had something set up wrong.

Posted by Erich on 12/25/2005 12:47:48 AM

Using Flock

I am playing around with the Flock web browser at the moment and trying to publish to my blog from it. Yes, it's been awhile. I really should try posting more.

Posted by Erich on 12/25/2005 12:09:00 AM

Friday, July 22, 2005

Blogger for Word!

This is a blog posting using Blogger’s Word plug-in. Let’s hope this works!

Posted by Erich on 7/22/2005 12:12:00 AM

Thursday, July 21, 2005

To the moon, Google!

First, it was the internet. Then, it was Earth. Now they've gone and conquered the moon!

Posted by Erich on 7/21/2005 03:53:00 PM

Thursday, July 14, 2005

Blogger Beware!

Be careful on what you blog about if you're looking for a job! Full article at Chronicle Careers.

Posted by Erich on 7/14/2005 02:44:00 PM

Wednesday, July 06, 2005

Long time No Type

Wow - An entire season of American Idol flew by (which I think was almost as good as Season 2) without me hardly pounding out a simple review. Well, I am not sure if anyone is reading this anyway, and if you were - you are definitely not now. I will try and make it up to you by posting more and creating more A.I. Season 4 icons. I never ask for anything in return for the icons except a click on our sponsors.

Getting back to American Idol, from the way it looks now, Bo is beating Carrie in the race on the charts. According to Amazon.com, Bo ranks #21 and Carrie is at #48. I guess we'll see what happens as time goes by. I am sure those two and many of the top 10 will do just fine.


So, while American Idol is on vacation - I'll have to come up with something to talk about in the mean time. Until then, have fun!

Posted by Erich on 7/06/2005 09:32:00 PM

Monday, May 09, 2005

i am testing my mobile

i am testing my mobile Blogging abilities

Posted by Erich on 5/09/2005 05:06:06 PM

Saturday, May 07, 2005

Posted by Erich on 5/07/2005 10:43:24 PM

Wednesday, February 23, 2005

American Idol - Judgement Day

I will probably be asking the same question everyone else is: “What kind of circus are they trying to run this year?” I mean, are they trying to see if anyone goes into cardiac arrest on the stage? I thought it was very unfair for Ryan to tell the guys on the lower half that they were safe – and then go through an entire monkey-routine before fingering Judd as the one who is going home.

It’s too bad to see Sarah go so soon. I thought that Janay or Celena would be next to go. I didn’t find it hard to believe that Melinda was going home. I had not heard of her until last night, so of course, the American Idol moguls are once again playing with the people and steering the votes.

Well, at least now everyone is on an equal playing field and can win people over with how they sound. Let’s hope!

If you would like to see any AIM ICONS for this year’s season contestants, let me know who you want to see.

Posted by Erich on 2/23/2005 11:10:55 PM

Sunday, February 13, 2005

Testing BlogJet

I have installed an interesting application - BlogJet. It's a cool Windows client for my blog tool (as well as for other tools). Get your copy here: http://blogjet.com

"Computers are useless. They can only give you answers." -- Pablo Picasso

Posted by Erich on 2/13/2005 02:48:24 PM

Thursday, February 10, 2005

By the skin of their teeth...

Well, tonight's AI was very interesting. (By the way, thank you, FOX, for airing the show at 9 pm after LOST was over with on ABC.) I still would like to see more singing of accepted people getting through rather than the soap opera of who's not practicing and who got lost on their way to the audition. I can't help to believe that this footage is used later on in the contest to sway votes a certain way.

All I have to say about tonight's show is that those three guys are very very lucky. I knew that those guys could sing - but they really choked when it came time to audition their song. I guess only time will tell as to how they will progress.

Posted by Erich on 2/10/2005 01:42:17 AM

Saturday, January 29, 2005

Get me outta here!

Get me outta here!
Originally uploaded by erichmiller.

Just signed up with Flickr and am posting a picture of my son, Devon, from Flickr's website. Gotta try it out and see how it works.

Posted by Erich on 1/29/2005 12:11:25 AM

Tuesday, January 18, 2005

Game On!

Wow - How did I let 6 months go without posting a thing? Well, I don't think anyone is listening, but I might as well post something for the people that pass by for an icon or two.

Well, tonight's show was quite funny. I missed the first half hour, but I got it on tape - so I'll have to watch that later. I really had wished that they showed more people that made it, rather than of the ones they put there on purpose who are tone deaf. Do these people not have friends that tell them how they really sound? Or maybe they are tone deaf as well and are not able to tell them the truth because they couldn't hit a note from two feet away either?

I have to say, living only 30 or so miles from Syracuse, NY, I felt like the girl from there was from my own home-town. I am glad she got through and hope she makes it through the next grooling rounds that await her in Hollywood. I am so bad with names - I forgot what her name was.

And how about that crazy "Tomorrow" singer? LOL. Was he nuts or what? No, I know who was nuts - the psycho blonde girl in the white pants. Wow. I hope she was serious about giving up singing. Again, here we have another victim from friends not telling their friends that they can't sing. Please - if you have a friend who can't sing, for goodness sakes, TELL THEM! :-)

Posted by Erich on 1/18/2005 11:35:28 PM

Friday, July 09, 2004

New Items Listed

Looking over to the left side of the screen you will see a link to what I am selling on eBay at the moment. The link will bring you to the bottom of the page where you will see what I currently have for sale. Right now I have a few computer books and an accounting text book. Thanks for looking!

I've been back to work for about a week now. My vacation went too fast and I didn't get even close to finishing or starting things that I wanted to work on. Where does the time go? I must manage my time better - and I think that will be something that I will work on. Any tips on how to manage time?

Posted by Erich on 7/09/2004 12:19:37 AM

Saturday, June 19, 2004

Schools out! And work too!

WooHoo! Today was the last day of work and the beginning of my two week vacation. Also, tomorrow is my last day of school and the beginning of my three week vacation. Do I have anything planned to do on my vacation? No, not really. But there are things that I need to get done around the house and catch up on some things such as getting some more stuff we want to sell on eBay (which is now displayed on the bottom of the page.) I also want to try my hand at some oil painting. I just spent a gazillion dollars at Michaels on oil paints and supplies. Now it's just finding time to "Just Do It!" Well, I WILL do it. I am also going to kayak and hopefully clean up and redesign my webpage which I have been wanting to do for a VERY long time now.

Well, it's very late. I just got done with a speech that I had to record for my Speech class and have uploaded it to the school FTP server. That is finally out of the way! UHG! I am now officially going to bed. Good night everyone! Oh, and by the way, I will probably have my webcam active more often, now that I am not using it for school. I knew you would enjoy that! :-)

Posted by Erich on 6/19/2004 01:41:02 AM

Thursday, May 27, 2004

dmoz Open Directory

Woo Hoo! I am listed in the dmoz Open Directory Project! Does this mean I am somebody now? :-)

Posted by Erich on 5/27/2004 01:06:40 AM

Wednesday, May 26, 2004

Your New American Idol

Congratulations Fantasia!

Posted by Erich on 5/26/2004 10:46:22 PM

American Idol Review for MAY 25th - The Last Hoorah!

Well, it is down to Fantasia and Diana. Both of them did both good and poor jobs with their performances - but I think the judges are favoring Fantasia. Diana was very choppy and pitchy with a couple of her songs. Diana's first song of the night was Tamyra's song which was very Whitney Houston-ish. She did very well with this but I thought Fantasia's rendition fit her well. The songs in between didn't do much for me by either of them. Whether it was Fantasia's yelling "Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah" fifty million times or Diana's "Root Canal Screeching of Doom", nothing they did tonight made me jump out of my chair and say "YOU ROCK!!!" LaToya should have been there on the stage and accepting her award tomorrow night. Did you notice that she wasn't in the audience? Either that, or she was sitting out of camera's view. But John S., JPL, Matt, George, Jennifer, Vanessa, Camille, Jasmine, and Leah were all there.

Well, we will see what happens. But I think I will guess that it will be Fantasia...although, the Governor of GA is telling everyone to vote for Diana. This will be interesting to see what the numbers are. That is, if anyone watched!

Posted by Erich on 5/26/2004 01:14:41 AM

Tuesday, May 25, 2004

Any requests?

Everyone has fallen silent about the American Idol buddy icons. Would you like to see more? Anyone in particular? Do you enjoy what I have so far and if so, do you use them? I was just curious! Don't be afraid to comment! Let me know if you like what I have created so far.

Posted by Erich on 5/25/2004 01:05:25 AM

Saturday, May 22, 2004

New American Idol Buddy Icons Posted!

Ok, by popular demand, these are the new icons that I have posted:

• Fantasia


• John Peter Lewis


• Diana DeGarmo


• Kimberly Locke

I hope you enjoy these. If you would like to see other icons, please let me know by replying to this message in the comments link.

Posted by Erich on 5/22/2004 01:51:38 AM

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Clay Aiken Icons
Ruben Studdard Icons
LaToya London Icons
John Stevens Icons
Fantasia Icons
Diana DeGarmo Icons
John Peter Lewis Icons
Kimberly Locke Icons
Weird Al Icons