My Week as Josiah (from American Idol)

This year American Idol had a kid with a pretty decent Emo voice, Josiah.
No, he wasn't the best singer cut before the real competition began (that would be Kyle Ensley, who was cut the last day of Hollywood Week by Randy and Paula -the dumb ones- despite Simon's anger, to have lame flamer Colton Berry make it through instead).The problem with Josiah wasn't his voice, the problem was his obvious lack of maturity and mental fortitude, which would have been tested past his limit had he been put through to the voting weeks (and that's aside from his inability to sing with a band, or any musical accompaniment for that matter). Yes, Josiah cried harder and more often than a pregnant woman watching Oprah. But that's not what I'll remember the kid for. I choose to remember him simply as "that American Idol wannabe who lived in his car for a year". Which is cool. Mormon-raised Jewel (she was born in Payson, Utah, which convinced a few of my mission companions to constantly listen to her CDs) lived in her van for awhile in Alaska before becoming famous, and she went on to win 3 Grammys!

So yeah, long story short, I lived in a rental car for 3 days in Arizona last week. I flew down to take two written firefighter exams, one in Gilbert and one in Phoenix (more on that later). I was going to stay with my brother's fiance's (*) grandparents, but they thought I was coming the week after, and I couldn't pull a replacement friend quick enough and was too cheap to rent a hotel. So I parked outside of the library in Gilbert, rented a couple $2 DVDs and watched movies on my laptop in the car. The library provided my bathroom and internet needs during the day and I drove around seeking ways to entertain myself (more on that later too). And that saving money idea? I saved some more money by not springing for rental car insurance. Then, while visiting beautiful Arizona State's Phoenix campus, somebody keyed my rental car. Thanks jerk. Some karma I've got going on eh?


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David Archuleta
Public Libraries
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