A Night Out

So Asia did beautifully at BYU Idol... she sang "The Wizard & I" from Wicked, and she didn't make any mistakes at all. Everyone else in the competition did.



I thought it was really cool that many of our family home evening guys & many other guys from the ward came to support her... very sweet. =) Nate and Alex even came in late because they had a class, and even though they missed Asia's performance, they stayed a while. We have nicer guys in our ward than I thought.

So she didn't get in on the decibel level thing, partly because both Alyssa & I were not in our prime yelling states, but after the show the host guy who helped tally the votes came up to Asia & said she was a very good chance for a wildcard. I thought that was cool of him to come tell her that. After the show, we hit up Jamba; I've never had one. I got a Peanut Butter Moo'd, and it was pretty good. It tasted like a peanut butter and banana sandwich. & I got an influx of Immunity in it, hoping it would magically reduce my cough. We'll see.

The other singers were mostly swell, there was a girl who was quite good who sang "Almost Lover", a song I heard for the first time but really like by Fine Frenzy.... a girl whose last name was Pizza (at least pronounced like pizza) who did a nice rendition of a difficult Whitney Houston song... these two hilarious guys who were somewhat better at dancing, which encouraged a quick dance off... and a guy who sang Josh Groban's "To Where You Are" (which already would get mega points in my book), but also dedicated it to his little cousin who died at age 7 last year after a lifelong fight with cystic fibrosis. Needless to say, I cried. His song really had meaning to me.

So we've planned to attend the next 2 BYU Idol competitions, as well as the Acoustic Explosion held next Wednesday, also for free. We have no idea what it is, but it sounds cool... and also, the free part. I feel like a good, involved college student doing all these wonderful things.

Tomorrow holds Humanities and University Seminar again, after which I will dash over to the testing center to complete my first day of training. I'm heading to breakfast with Megan and Whitney before classes though; I learned they always leave at 7:10, because they have an 8:00 class every morning (barf). But I straightened my hair with Megan's fabulous straightener tonight, so it will take much less time to prepare in the morning, so I figured I can make it. We'll see... I guess going to bed sooner would help with that.