My mother and I had a friendly competition of voting wars last night after the show. She had to get to bed so I obviously prevailed in voting time…3 hours…I voted. I think my fingerprints fell off onto the phone and I almost got a concussion because I almost fell asleep and my head would have nodded and slammed onto the keyboard. Not to mention I was on the fan boards talking to the girls on there so my lap has third degree burns from my laptop.

I must say as nerdy as my actions were last night, it was fun to socialize and an overall fun experience. It would have been better than watching reruns of “Deadliest Catch” while the man snored up a storm.

I was listening to the local radio station this morning and all the media hype is for Archuleta to win. Yeah, David Archuleta gave probably his greatest performances of the entire show, but I was voting for David Cook for three hours after the show based on originality and that he had the kahonas to do something different for once which took guts and bravery!

Not to mention, this made my uterus hurt…

That’s his neice.

Some critic suggestions on who will win:

The winner: David Cook. “Idol” missed its shot with Chris Daughtry two years ago. Sure, 19 Entertainment still makes money off him, but it would have been so much sweeter if the “American Idol,” not the fourth-place finisher, had been the biggest-selling artist in 2007. Cook’s potential CD sales could even overtake Daughtry’s. He’s über-talented and can sing “Phantom of the Opera” with as much ease as Phantom Planet. The stylists have exposed his raw sexuality and - surprise! - he’s also a nice guy. The perfect “Idol” package. Make no mistake, it’ll be Cook singing the assuredly icky “coronation” song Wednesday night.-Ronnie Gill

The winner: David Archuleta. There’s no question David Cook is a far more original and versatile performer than his young opponent, but as Randy has told “Archie” so often, “Dude, you can sing the phone book.” Add to that Archie’s devoted legion of prepubescent and postmenopausal fans. And then there’s this year’s coronation song, which is bound to be more syrupy than a bottle of Mrs. Butterworth’s. No one serves up syrup sweeter than Archuleta. We can already imagine his dad saying, “Pour it on.” - Daniel Bubbeo

“He may not be this cutting-edge guy, but he’s a rocker. I don’t think he’s like a Bono or a Bruce Springsteen — he’s more like an entertainer — kind of like in the Bon Jovi league of rockers. He could be the new standard of somebody who became famous this way — he didn’t necessarily go out and pay his dues.” -KansasCity.com

Still not much going on in life right now. (YES JEN…I WANT TO GO TO AN AMERICAN IDOL SHOW WITH YOU!) June 4 is my first unofficial NASCAR race adventure, I’m going to Backstreet Boys (6th ROW) in August with Susie, and going to NKOTB (New Kids on the Block…duh!) this Summer as well.

So much excitement to come, I don’t think I can contain myself until then.