Song List

I turn 29 this October. That's old right? Old enough that you can't be on American Idol!

Actually, those who are still 28 years old in July 2010 can audition for American Idol Season 10. The city tours are done now, but you can apply online at MySpace through October 6th. I'm not a particularly great singer, but who cares? Why not have some fun right? It's my last chance to make a fool of myself in this particular medium! I'm gonna give it a shot.

Here is the set list:

(God Must Have Spent) A Little More Time On You - NSYNC
(Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay – Otis Redding
A Song For You - Temptations, The
A Thousand Miles - Vanessa Carlton
Achy Breaky Heart - Billy Ray Cyrus
Ain’t No Sunshine - Bill Withers
Ain’t No Woman (Like The One I’ve Got) - Four Tops, The
All By Myself - Eric Carmen
All Out Of Love - Air Supply
And I am telling you I’m not going - Dreamgirls
Baby, I Love Your Way - Peter Frampton
Back At One - Brian McKnight
Ballroom Blitz - Sweet, The
Band Of Gold - Freda Payne
Borderline- Madonna
Born To Be Wild - Steppenwolf
California Dreamin’ - Mamas & The Papas, The
Copacabana - Barry Manilow
Don’t Pull Your Love - Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds
Don’t Stop - Fleetwood Mac
Don’t Talk To Strangers - Rick Springfield
Dream Weaver - Gary Wright
Drift Away - Dobie Gray
Even The Nights Are Better - Air Supply
Every Rose Has Its – Thorn Poison
Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd
God Bless The U.S.A. - Lee Greenwood
Hard To Handle - Black Crowes, The
Harder To Breathe - Maroon 5
Hemorrhage (In My Hands) - Fuel
Here I Am (Come And Take Me) - Al Green
Hold Me - Fleetwood Mac
Home – Daughtry
I Believe I Can Fly - R. Kelly
I Wanna Dance With Somebody - Whitney Houston
I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
I Write The Songs – Barry Manilow
I’ve Been Loving You Too Long - Otis Redding
It s All Coming Back To Me Now - Celine Dion
Jessie’s Girl - Rick Springfield
Joy To The World - Three Dog Night
Just One Look - Hollies, The
Kiss A Girl - Keith Urban
Kryptonite - 3 Doors Down
Lean On Me - Bill Withers
Little Lies - Fleetwood Mac
Loser - 3 Doors Down
Love Will Find A Way - Christina Aguilera
Magic Carpet Ride - Steppenwolf
Mickey - Toni Basil
Midnight Train To Georgia - Gladys Knight & The Pips
Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm - Crash Test Dummies
More Than Words - Extreme
Neither One Of Us (Wants To Be The First To Say Goodbye) - Gladys Knight & The Pips
New Attitude - Patti LaBelle
Nothin’ But A Good Time - Poison
Now And Forever - Richard Marx
Old Fashioned Love Song - Three Dog Night
One Last Cry - Brian McKnight
Physical Attraction - Madonna
Rainy Days And Mondays - Carpenters
Ride Like The Wind - Christopher Cross
Safety Dance - Men Without Hats
Sailing - Christopher Cross
Sara - Starship
Screaming Infidelities - Dashboard Confessional
She Will Be Loved - Maroon 5
Show Me The Way – Peter Frampton
Simple Man - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Something To Believe In – Poison
Sunday Morning – Maroon 5
Sweet Home Alabama – Lynyrd Skynyrd
Sweet Thing – Rufus & Chaka Khan
Talk Dirty To Me – Poison
Tearin’ Up My Heart – NSYNC
That’s Life – Frank Sinatra
The First Cut Is The Deepest - Sheryl Crow
The One That You Love - Air Supply
The World’s Greatest - R. Kelly
This Love - Maroon 5
We Got The Beat - Go Go’s, The
We’re Not Gonna Take It - Twisted Sister
We’ve Only Just Begun – Carpenters
What I Am - Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians
Where Does My Heart Beat Now - Celine Dion
You Are Not Alone – Michael Jackson
You Are So Beautiful - Joe Cocker
You Give Good Love - Whitney Houston
Your Body’s Callin’ – R. Kelly
Finally - CeCe Peniston

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I need to pick a song, film a 40-second video, and upload it online. Any suggestions?

Why I'm Proud to Be a BYU Sports Fan

Everyone knows that society is a complex combination of social norms, laws, rules, and regulations. We cannot exist as a group, a government, or a species without organization and boundaries. They provide safety, order, and protection.

If a guy knocks on your door wearing no pants, it's not smart to answer. If an adult has sex with a child, they're going to jail. If a truck is driving down the street, you don't want to jump out suddenly into the crosswalk. If you drive 15 miles over the speed limit, you very well may get written a ticket.

But when it comes to sports, these things tend to get left behind. The NFL is filled with violent, abusive individuals. The NBA is permeated with selfish me-first personalities. I get sick of it. And that's where Brigham Young University comes in.

The Cougars are a breath of fresh air for me. They stand for something a little different when they compete. Sure, they're a little odd, a little peculiar, but so am I. When they say, you can't be unmarried and have sex and play football here ( http://www.cbssports.com/columns/story/13256720/oldschool-byu-wins-with-honor-code-and-without-sex ), I say, wow, it's great to see an institution actually honoring moral values! When a team of players refuses to play a post-season game on Sunday ( http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700026094/BYU-womens-rugby-team-enjoys-national-support-for-forfeiting-rather-than-play-on-Sunday.html , http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700026097/BYU-teams-have-long-history-of-resting-on-Sunday.html ), I think, isn't it amazing to see individuals standing together for something?

Maybe I'm alone on this one. I think it's pretty safe to say I may be in the minority. But to me, choosing to do something because you feel that it's right, that's a pretty special choice. And that's why a lot of kids choose to go to BYU. That's why a lot of those people honor their commitment to the school and its honor code. And that's why I can't help but cheer for the Cougars.

We Have A Winner!

The Madness is over! And with the Duke Blue Devils beating the Butler Bulldogs in a National Championship Game for the ages by a mere two points, it's time to crown the Queen of the Dance! Without further ado, congrats to old family friend Wendy Chapman, who finished with 1190 points to end in the 99th percentile of the millions of brackets filled out nationally! Great job Wendy!

Our other loyal Dukies this tournament finished in 2nd and 3rd place respectively: Work buddy Jon Bowers and our own Star Hulet! Congrats to these two as well! Star was still in 19th place in my last blog, so let this be a lesson to you all on just how important the last couple rounds are in this game!

The best non-Duke believer this tournament was my brother-in-law, Tyler Erickson, who placed 4th. Kansas let him down, but the rest of his picks were spot on. Keep in mind, this was Tyler's first year playing too! Good work!

Also beating me these year was Bryant Casteel (for the 2nd time in his 2nd attempt) and my cousin Rachel Roller (also in her 1st bracket ever!). Rachel's jump was from 28th place to 7th. Ridiculous!

And for the record, the top 3 finishers for those who had neither Butler nor Duke in the Title game were myself, my sister Kiernan, and my wife Lauren. So there.


And here's the complete standings:

1 Chapman 1, W. Chapman 1190
2 adenbowman 1, J. Bowers 1060

3 starkid55 1, S. Hulet 1000

4 tbone-88 1, T. Erickson 840

5 wikidnurse 1, M. Nielsen 790

6 nullFX 1, B. Casteel 780

7 RollingPenguin 1, R. Roller 730

8 Mars, E Mars 700

9 MarsSis19 1, K. Andrews 690

KarenOjai 1, K. Erickson

11 MrsElderMars 1, L. Andrews 680

pradmilovic, P. Radmilovic

13 MarchMadnessFanatic 1, J. Armstrong 670

14 ojosazules112 1, L. Christensen 660

15 Dannysaur 1, D. Abenroth 650

16 Mars Mom, S. Andrews 640

17 Doug Abenroth 2, D. Abenroth 630

18 Maranda1283 1, M. Anderson 620

19 BarackObama, E Mars 590

rollerna 1, N. Roller

21 Stevan_A 1, S. Andrews 580

randerson415 1, R. Anderson580

23 wammabammajammakelly 1, K. Casteel 530

24 Ojai Steve 1, S. Erickson 510

25 BYUroundy 1, a. roundy 500

slarmohulk 1, J. Davies

27 Rusty , R. ANDREWS 490

SteffyPie222 1, S. Steelman

29 Andrew002002 1, A. Smith 470

30 valarab 1, v. abenroth 440

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Another big thanks to all who participated, helping make this my biggest and best group of friends and family making NCAA picks ever!

I'm already looking forward to next year. I think we can grow even bigger next time! Some people I'm looking at hopefully joining the game in 2011: Garrett and Adam Erickson, Steve Wolfanger, Joel Roller, Dan Warren, Eric and Breann Farlow, Emily and Mike Bishop, Deana Christensen, Sam Burgess, Adam Zockell, Annie Traynor, Stephen Joel Jensen, Ryan and Laura Lillywhite.

March Madness Standings- 1st Weekend in the books

It's been a fun year so far. Baylor won their first game since 1950 or so. Cornell won their first game for their entire conference in over a decade. And of course BYU got their first win since 1993 (12th overall).

5 of 16 remaining teams are "little" schools: Northern Iowa (which upset #1 Kansas -my pick for National Champ- in one of the best Tourny games ever played!), Xavier, Butler, St. Mary's, and Cornell. Good luck to the underdog in the next round!

Here's the current standings:

1 Chapman 1, W. Chapman 470
2 Mars, E 460
3 MarsSis19 1, K. Andrews 450
Dannysaur 1, D. Abenroth
5 BarackObama, E Mars 430
6 randerson415 1, R. Anderson 420
ojosazules112 1, L. Christensen
8 SteffyPie222 1, S. Steelman 410
9 MrsElderMars 1, L. Andrews 400
pradmilovic, P. Radmilovic
Mars Mom, S. Andrews
12 wikidnurse 1, M. Nielsen 390
rollerna 1, N. Roller
Doug Abenroth 2, D. Abenroth
15 Maranda1283 1, M. Anderson 380
adenbowman 1, J. Bowers
nullFX 1, B. Casteel
18 Rusty , R. ANDREWS 370
19 valarab 1, v. abenroth 360
starkid55 1, S. Hulet
tbone-88 1, T. Erickson
22 MarchMadnessFanatic 1, J. Armstrong 350
23 BYUroundy 1, a. roundy 340
slarmohulk 1, J. Davies
Stevan_A 1, S. Andrews
26 KarenOjai 1, K. Erickson 330
27 Ojai Steve 1, S. Erickson 310
28 RollingPenguin 1, R. Roller 290
29 Andrew002002 1, A. Smith 270
30 wammabammajammakelly 1, K. Casteel250

Also, Wendy, Nathan, Valerie, Roundy, and Jason all have especially strong late round picks remaining, and are real threats to shoot up the standings over the last couple of games.

Thanks again everyone for playing! Here's to the Sweet Sixteen games that start Thursday, and the Elite Eight on Saturday and Sunday!!

~Marshall

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March Madness Bracket Challenge- JOIN NOW!

Dear Andrews family and friends, and friends of friends!

Alas, that glorious time of year has finally once again arrived, where talks of 5-12 match-ups abound, and painful worrying over who will win each 8-9 seed contest fill our minds! March Madness is finally HERE, the Big Dance! Will Cinderella's foot fit the glass slipper in 2010? Is Duke a lock to win it all? Can New Mexico really make the Final Four?

Will BYU end my misery by winning a 1st-Round game?!? (against 10 seeded Florida, no doubt you already knew)

Please, JOIN in my favorite holiday this time around! Doug Abenroth won last year, with Aaron Roundy and Bryant Casteel rounding out the winners podium. Lauren won this thing in 2008, barely beating our Eric Farlow. Emails and bloggings shall keep you informed of just how smart you are. Or at least how bold your picks prove you to be. We love our friends and family that take 20 minutes to at least fill out a bracket and give it the ol' college TRY (pun intended)- It can be fun! Just ask Karen, Kiernan, Londa, and Star!

Join for free online through ESPN.com. The link is http://games.espn.go.com/tcmen/en/group?groupID=42986 . Group is named "Andrews and Friends".

Good luck, and may Utah State upset Texas A&M!

~Marshall