Wednesday's Dose of "Reality"

He singing was energetic and awful. His dance moves looked like he got them straight from the radio. Words can't even begin to describe the shirt he wore. Yet within a few seconds, his rendition of "She Bangs" overwrote every memory I had of Ricky Martin performing that song. Now it will forever belong to William Hung, the civil engineering major from U.C. Berkeley. He's another reason why I love American Idol.

To William's credit, he handled rejection much better than one bachelor did on The Bachelorette. With each rose he didn't receive, you could see his fuse shortening. I'm sure he'll look back fondly on his resulting temper tantrum.

Of course, I also got caught up in The Most Dramatic Rose Ceremony Ever^TM. There I was, on the edge of the couch by the seventh rose (a.k.a. the rose of indecision), doing my best impression of Charles Xavier, telepathically sending Meredith an urgent message, "Choose Lanny Lan - wait, wasn't this taped like three months ago? Crap! Who cares? Lanny!"

And when Meredith gave him the last rose, I pumped my fist and gave a victorious, "Yes! Go Lanny!" Obviously, any normal person would have reacted the same way given the situation. Don't give me that look. Trust me, plenty of people will be exhibiting similar behavior this Sunday as they watch commercials two East Coast teams play football. (Remember: Patriots win.)