Leann Pass

01 - Paris Bennet 

She is soooooooooo cute! What an entertainer - a 17 year old ball of fire!

 I loved her from the beginning - tonight she looks great and sang better than good. I do think she has more in her though. My ONLY concern is that she may be getting a bit of a cocky attitude, which I do not find attractive.

I think all the judges are a bit hard on her because they know how talented she really is and don’t feel she is doing as well as she can.

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02 - Lisa Tucker. FABULOUS! 16 years old and a fantastic singer. Nice. Gorgeous. - I’d say she is in the running for sure. Judges a bit hard I think.

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03 - Melissa McGhee. I just do not like this girl! I thought she looked terrible tonight, I loved the song she sang (because I love Heart) but didn’t like her rendition - at all. I was shocked that Randy and Paula liked her. I agree with Simon - “your plane ticket out”.

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04 - Kennick Sky. Can we say OFF - KEY? Terrible. Sorry, just BAD.  (again, I find myself agreeing with Simon - “plane ticket home”. )

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05 - Katharine McPhee.  Very Cute, and I think she is just sexy enough without over-doing it.  I loved her clothes - great shirt, great jeans! And - she can sing! AWESOME.

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06 - Ayla Brown. 17 years old. Nice girl - Just not impressed.

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07 - Mandisa - “I’m Every Woman”.

I LOVE HER!  She has got it ALL going on - mature, controlled voice, awesome stage presence. She’s had all that from the begining. Mandisa is better than any one of the girls this season, in my opinion.

Sad thing is I don’t see her winning simply because she is a large woman - I hope I am wrong, but I think there is a prejudice against “largeness” - especially in America. 

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08 - Kellie Pickler.  Where’s our little country singer? Why is she singing  Melissa Ethridge? Because she is a “naughty little minx” , says Simon. I agree, “not the best singer” but ya know - she’s got something!

She did great - but me thinks she isn’t nearly as much of a dumb country girl as she portrays - smart marketer, perhaps?

The Vote-Off:

I think it’s between Ayla, Kinnick, and Melissa.

The other day when I was in the grocery store buying food for a party I was hosting, I happened upon some grapes. They weren’t on my list, but they were just beautiful so I wanted to add them to the menu. As I was trying to decide between green grapes or black grapes, a nicely dressed woman…

…in her 50’s walked up and stood beside me. No big deal, right? Well, in my peripheral vision, I kept noticing her looking at me, so I looked over and realized she was standing there eating the grapes!

Now, I don’t mean tasting 1 grape - I mean EATING THE GRAPES like she was having an afternoon snack! I was really wierded out by this and finally just asked her, “Are they good”?  (I couldn’t resist!) She looked at me like she was shocked that I said anything to her - I just kept looking at her waiting for her response. Finally she said, “Yes.”

To her surprise, I responded with, “Are they sweet”? Giving me a cockeyed look like she wished I would shut up or die, she replied, “These are, I don’t know about the green ones.” Figuring I had made my point, I just went on browsing through the packages, trying to decide - green or black.

Next thing I know, this nicely dressed middle aged THIEF is stealing grapes from several different packages and adding them to package she had chosen! As I gave her a very disgusted look, she grabbed her package of stolen grapes and took off before I had a chance to say anything. 

Fortunately, I found a package that she hadn’t tampered with - and it was a gracious plenty of grapes for the price!

The cost: $1.39 per package.

The question: Why did this apparently well-off woman steal grapes from the grocery store?  What was she thinking? Does she think stealing grapes is not stealing? Did she need twice as many but found herself short 1.39? Is she just a cleptomaniac? Worse - who is she and what does she do? Does she live on my street? Does she work at my bank?

Thanks to her thievery, many honest and unsuspecting shoppers end up with NOT a gracious plenty of grapes like mine, but instead will end up with a package like my son brought home today:

(We will be returning this 1/4 full package and having a discussion with the grocery store management about this.)

SAD. STUPID. INFURIATING.

COMPARE:

(above) My untampered package served a crowd.

(above) After the grape thief helped herself, there is 1/4 left for everyone else.

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I kinda hope the Grape Thief chokes on her illegally-obtained FRUIT - UGH.