Edit: Well, I actually was right this week. Who would have thought? Now, I believe there is a mob of angry girls with pitch forks and torches at my door this second. So, please excuse me because I have to go put on my running shoes.

Holy crap... I posted this yesterday but then pulled it, because I was scared to death that all the girls I knew would hate me for even suggesting that Blake was in the bottom three. However, it appears that I am 100% correct this week. Whooo! Go me! The show isn't over yet, we'll see how right I am.

Hey guys,

Friday the thirteenth, I recieved an invitation to join the online community that is Tagged.com I actually like it a lot better than myspace. It is somewhat of a myspace knock-off, but it is still really cool. I highly reccomend you guys get a profile and whatever... also, try to find me on there. =D.

*Let me preface this by saying that I don't think I'll do this every week, as it could get obnoxious.*

Now, lately I've been pretty good at predicting who goes home on American Idol. So, here I am about to go on record as to who I think will go home tonight.

First, let me rank the performances.

1. Phil Stacey - For a second I forgot that it was season 6. Enough said.

2. Jordin Sparks - Only number two because Phil's performance was better. I really don't like her though. Her      personality really iritates me. I don't even know why.

3. Melinda Doolittle - Hated the song, but she made me forget that.

4. Chris Richardson - Much better than the judges gave him credit for. Actually, he sounded better than Rascal Flatts when they sung it live.

5. Blake Lewis - The drummer messed it up. The whole band played the chorus way too fast. Shame though, because he would have done really good otherwise.

6. Lakisha Jones - Definatly her worst performance. I don't think that an American Idol contestant should ever sing a song made famous by another contestant. For the first time the song ate her alive.

*huge gap*

7. Sanjaya Malakar - This guy, who most certainly doesn't look like me (Sarah) *points to haircut*, is easily the worst contestant vocally in a long time. If he survives till next week it will be a travesty.

Now, my predictions for the bottom three are Blake *though I think he will still win the competition*, Lakisha, and Sanjaya, in that order. Before the show, I predicted Lakisha would struggle and would leave us this week. However, I think Sanjaya is getting old and that we will finally sing us to the credits tomorrow night *thank God*. So yes, I think there is the possibility that Phil or Chris could wind up in the bottom, but I hope not.

hmm... this has been a pretty weak post, but I have to go edit my Tagged profile some more. =D.

It's my birthday message to me!

Love you guys,
Daniel

Will you... be my valentine?

Anyhow, I took my ACT test this weekend. It was pretty hard. The english section was really easy and I finished it about 7 minutes early, but the math section was considerably harder. Actually, the first three fourths of it were emmensely easy, but it was that last fourth that I haven't covered yet that messed me up a little bit. Darn squiggly lines on the x axis... I also had a really bad strategy going into the reading section that I am guessing is going to cost me some points. I had read that the best way to go through the reading section was to quickly read the passage and then read the question and then go back to the passage for whatever details you need. That strategy works great in theory, but when you only have some 25 seconds per question, including whatever reading you need to do, you get a little pressed for time. So I had to guess for the last... 4 or so questions. So, if I were going to guess, I would guess that I got a 30 in english, a 22 in math, a 25 in reading (darn strategy), and a 25 ish in science reasoning. So yeah, somewhere around a 26 total. I really need to focus on the harder concepts on the math section for the next time I take it.

I got a job last week. I will be working for Green Landscaping and Lawn Maitanence. I was supposed to start Monday, but it was supposed to rain, so we didn't. I am still waiting for word on when the weather is looking good enough to start, but I'm pretty excited about it.

My father went to Beverly Hills ("That's where I want to be... living in Beverly Hills") CA. For some business meeting on Sunday. He got back yesterday evening. I appreciate everyone praying and it sounds like everything went very well.

I've been playing a lot of guitar lately, which is both a good and a bad thing. Good on account of the fact that I am learning another instrument. Bad on account of the fact that I don't have a guitar tuner at the house, so I am training my ear to hear out of tune. However, I actually determined that I am not tone deaf the other day. I did my best to tune my guitar by ear, and was only just tiny bit off on the regular tuner.

My fam and I watched the Grammy Awards the other night. I pretty much hate them. I hate them on account of the fact that the Dixie Chicks, who literally have pretty much failed as a band this year. Ever since their anti-american comments right before the war, they have literally been cancelling half of their concerts because they can't get enough butts in the seats. In addition, they won Country Song of the Year and the song that won it ("Not Ready to Make Nice") I had only heard once, because I went to their myspace and heard it there. That's right. Never even heard it on the radio and it is somehow the song of the year. Am I wrong when I say that the song that stays #1 the longest deserves to be song of the year? Carrie got robbed. But hey, at least she didn't pull a Faith Hill (Search YouTube for her video from the cma's)

Well, I guess that's about it. But remember, since God = Love and Love + Flowers + Chocolates = Valentines Day, that leads me to conclude that God is like Valentines Day without flowers, chocolates.  Love you guys a lot.

Daniel Diffenderfer

btw, my parents ran into the people I am currently listening to at the airport. They were coming back from the Grammy Awards. Truthfully, I really hadn't heard of them before now, but I listened to a little of their music and it's not bad.