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43 American Idols Booted Out Hollywood!

Hard job for AI judges huh?!
Photo by Associated Press

I watched American Idol eliminations today and boy a lot were given the boot. Among the 147 people who were given the golden ticket to hollywood, 43 were sent home packing as the first day of eliminations commenced. This particular day was pure unadulterated voice in acapella. No music, no backgrounds, just pure voice. There were lots of them filtered because they were plainly inadequate.

The judges so far were keeping it real, I mean you wouldn't want to get the others joining the rest of the batch if they were not qualified. I watched TMZ also yesterday and one of the IDOL hopefuls said she was still in the competition but that really was not allowed for her to tell that. It was a girl, wait let me see if I can get a clip of that. I think this is her, the bikini girl....

Everyone in youtube was comparing her to Catherin McPhee but I don't think that's gonna do justice really. Maybe she got through but it wouldn't be nice to see her in the finals when she did only get attention through her racks right? ^_^ She should show up with the voice!

Take Me Out of the Dark

I've been a fan of third person shooting games. I do very well in them most of the time. Since it started in the late 90's the country has produced some of the world's best gamers. Some of them even were battling it out on the world cyber games representing the Philippines versus the rest of the world. With the reality games kicking in, people have been setting up war games here and outside the metro. I've been to several places in the outskirts of Manila to attend events. Their gears were outstanding. Some of them even carried true to life air powered hand guns and long rifles.

Protective gears were not far because they came complete with chest plates, body armor and helmets. In the dark, some of them used urban warfare devices like night vision goggles. In the heavy forest, it was a little useless because they had to depend on low light. Rich kids had these devices flown from the US or Europe. They now use thermal imaging to compensate for the loss of light and have them detect body heat instead. That was extremely useful for this terrain. If they threw in a flash bang grenade, it would probably have blinded us all. The setting was great, the terrain was nice and the players were having fun. Professional or not, its a great thing to check these devices at http://www.opticsplanet.net if you want to be ahead of the pack. They even offer free UPS postage on orders over $29.95. Can you see me now?!

Iran Launches Own Sattelite

I hope we can launch our own rockets made from Bocaue... hehe
Photo by AP

I like the rest of the world is worried about this recent development. I'm not against it but when Iran launched their own satellite yesterday, it would only mean that they are indeed capable of creating huge rockets that can carry nuclear warheads. That would just be uneasy to the current world powers, the US and its allies.

If you think about it, they can now easily launch their own nuclear missiles to any country in the world. How did it get to this? What if they do it? Would there be anyone that can stop them from doing so? and at what cost? A million lives maybe?

I hope not. I hope it won't happen in my lifetime. It would really be painful to feel radiation and the shockwaves if that would happen in my place. Don't you feel a little bit terrified?