The Great American Idol Tryouts Tour

It is time once again for bad singers to emerge from the woodwork to warble for American Idol judges to shred them for having no talent at all. I have no problem with people trying out for the show, heck I just tried out for Survivor. But there is apparently a Tryout Tour taking place that involves following the tryouts from state to state across the country so they can wait in a stupid long line again. Again to be told that they cannot sign. Again.

Far be it from to judge another's choice of leisuretime activity but this one of touring a tryout to get rejected time and again seems dumber than most other reasons for a road trip I've ever heard of. When I was a kid we would go on tour following the Grateful Dead, this AI Tryout Tour just seems kind of desperate and pathetic.

I am sure that some are doing it because they feel they could have sung better during their audition and I am sure that's true in some cases. Just as I am also sure that many on the tour are repeating their audition to try and get on tv for their moment of fame.

Besides, American Idol is ageist as they cutoff contestants at 35, or they did the last time I checked or cared.

Miscarriage as Art

Aliza Shvarts decided to use her womb as a canvas for her senior art project, artificially inseminating herself, taking abortion drugs and then videotaping the miscarriages and saving the blood. Yeah, pretty disgusting and shocking though she insists she didn't do it for shock value but to stimulate conversation.

Here's my conversation for you, Aliza.

"I'm really, really, really glad you weren't my roommate this year because repeated miscarriages and storing blood and everything else you did for this 'project' borders on the freakish and grotesque. As for any discussion about abortion, your project hasn't changed my thoughts in anyway, abortion should be legal, it should be a choice arrived at by the potential parents, it should not be a community decision, it should not be a rallying point for pro-life jackasses who feel empowered to try and dictate what other people do or do not do with their bodies. And yes, I get the irony in that last sentence because I am condemning what you did with your own body. No wait, that's not true. I don't care what you did with your own body, I care that you want other people to examine it as art when, I feel, its just a tawdry attempt to shock for exposure. Which has worked."

Was that what you were hoping for, Aliza? Is your middle name Susan because then your initials would be ASS which would be mildly ironic since you seem so focused on the not-ass portion of your parts.

Truthfully though, reading about how the exhibit will be presented, it makes me want to go and puke.

The full article is available here.

[Update: Its performance art, not nasty, nasty amoral real miscarriage art. Thanks, anonymous, for the tip to the update on the story.]

The Newest Lame

I just deleted a comment on my most favorited picture, the one here. The reason was because it was a throwaway comment he posted solely so he could post his stupid ass pet collar customization site.

That's right, there are idiots now trolling Flickr and spamming photos there.