I can tell you that I am now plussed. I am very, very plussed.
Yes, there was massive pandemonium as we made our way through the crush of people holding their tickets above their heads, trying to get the coveted VIP area wristbands. The crowd consisted of cougars, cubs and cub-ettes....and chaperones.
The Girl is a cub-ette.
She did things like this:
The cubs held signs up that said "Lee, make a baby with me!"*
American Idol was filming the crowd with a swinging boom camera, and, of course, they focused on the VIP areas which means some cougars, cubs and cub-ettes will be on TV tonight. This chaperone will not....she has bad knees and spent the 3 hour wait mostly sitting down and keeping track of the cub-ettes, who were decorating poster boards, dancing around, writing "heart Lee" on their hands with Sharpies and screaming anytime a) the boom camera swooped down and b) they thought Lee was coming out.
He made his way through the Very VIP section, protected by 6 policemen who made a cocoon for him to walk in.
He was crying as he walked up to the stage.
He tried to compose himself while the Idol producer whispered into his ear and told him where the cameras were.
He was humble.
He was overwhelmed.
40,000 people screaming for him.
The newspaper talked about his troubled past. How the paint store didn't have a job open when he went there to get one, but they hired him anyway and he was the best at getting stain colors just right and how hard it is to mix 'n match stain.MTV was filming at the paint store when I went there to get The Girl a VOTE FOR LEE tshirt.
And then he sang.
From the heart.
In between crying and composing. He sang .
Give him a listen.
Buy his music.
VOTE FOR LEE tonight.
On American Idol.
*FSA (Future Skanks of America)
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