Yesterday was a good day at work. I did room checks in the early part of the day. Then after the setups I started brushing up on my photoshop skills in the Element K tutorials. But the cool thing that happend yesterday was the All-Star game. It was one of the better ones I've watched. However I do have a bone to pick with whoever was in charge. Everythin it seemed like was over dramatic. The players were introduced over a silly techno music loop. And they actually came out of the crowd over the dugouts to line up at home plate. During the pregame Fox had this little bimbo E! announcer wannabe. She was really annoying, she sounded like those people who narrate the parades on Thanksgiving and New Years. And then came the National Anthem. OMG I was pissed. First of all I think in general reality shows are stupid. The exception being I like to watch all the silly people that show up for American Idol. And I love the way Simon just ruins their shit. That being said, this latest winner Fantasia must have been rigged by someone somewhere. She sang the National Anthem and tried to do a Aretha Franklin impression complete with squinting and visible virbretto. The only problems was that her voice was horrible!!! It was the kind of whiny and screechy that gives karaoke a bad name. When she did her vibretto it sounded like she was dying. Seriously I couldn't decide if I wanted to call an ambulance or hit her with a bat. I decided that putting her out of her misery was the best idea, but before I could find a blunt object to attack the TV with she finished the song. It was truly disgraceful. However American Idol did redeem itself a little as Ruben Studdard sang God Bless America at the seventh inning stretch. His voice was wonderful, and he did a great job of letting the song speak for itself and not feeling the need to jazz it up. He truly is a talent. The game was a good one, Roger Clemens got roughed up in the first inning by a couple of homers from the American League. Including one by Manny Ramirez that was just a hell of a shot. It was a frozen rope line drive over the left field fence. An awesome shot. Baseball is wonderful this year with every league being close and many teams doing very well despite low budgets and expectations. It should make for some great playoffs this fall.