Life lesson #1: Peer pressure really does work. How could I not watch a show that makes the local news, the national news, and even NPR? How could I not watch the show that gets dissected in the break room at least once a week? I couldn’t let a little thing like being scheduled to work during it’s scheduled broadcast time stop me. Oh no. So not only have I started watching the show I swore I’d never watch… I’ve started taping it. That’s right. American Idol auditions… on tape. How sad is that.

Life lesson #2: Never stake your life’s worth on a singing audition, no matter how good your mother thinks you are.

Life lesson #3: There’s memorable… and then there’s memorable. Don’t go for memorable for it’s own sake.

That is all.