tiggerprr’s scratching post

Being the dutiful Def Leppard fanatic that I am, I rushed right out to get their new CD. I have to say that I love it. I haven’t always loved their more recent CDs as much as I did the ones from the 80s-90s. I absolutely love “Nine Lives”. I have to admit, that when I saw that Tim McGraw was featured in that song I thought they went the way of Bon Jovi and decided to put a Country vibe. I was pleasantly surprised to find that quite the opposite, it was Mr. McGraw who is getting his rock on. (I am hoping that last sentence doesn’t sound naughty.)

Joe Elliott’s voice sounds just as sexy as it did when I was younger. ::purrs::

I honestly feel that several of these songs could easily find a place on Hysteria or Euphoria. I wouldn’t go so far as to say Pyromania, that album was near perfection.

I can forgive them the debacle that was Dancing with the Stars, they delivered music I’m happily listening to over and over again.

Seriously.

Anyone who knew me in the 1980s should know that I am a MONSTER Def Leppard Fan. I have wanted in Joe Elliott’s pants since before I would have known what to do once I got there. Joe, if you’re out there…believe me, I know now.

Last week as I was watching Dance with the Stars, I had a WTF moment when they announced that Def Leppard would be singing on the show. Mind you, I love DWTS…and I love Def Leppard…but really, never the two should have met. So I do some checking and sure enough, Def Leppard has a new album er, CD, out today. So ok, any publicity is good publicity they say.

But it gets worse…

I tune in tonight, to have Def Leppard not only be on the show, and yes, it’s still nice to drool over Joe…but…

THEY FREAKING LIP SYNCED “Pour Some Sugar on Me”. This can mean only one thing…

I am old.

I still love Joe.

All I can say is…

They better not effing tell any of them that they don’t sound contemporary enough. I mean really!? Neil Diamond? WTF

That is all….

OK this isn’t a big post, yet…I’ll come back and post again after the show…but my daughters and I were all…ECSTATIC (!!!!) to see the dancers from So You Think You Can Dance on the show! It’s like the best of both worlds! Yay!

My hardened heart…has cried a few times already….

Clicky the picture if you want to learn more, or even better donate what you can. If everyone gave a buck…what a difference it could make. It’s very easy to think that we maybe should help those at home in the US first, I am not exempt from those feelings myself. But you cannoy deny the help that’s needed globally and after all, we are one humanity, eh?

I REALLY wish that Kristy Lee Cook would have gone home. It’s that damned site… and her pandering with last night’s song choice. Curse you stupid people!

It’s official, I’m a David Cook fan. I want him to win…and in a way I hope he doesn’t. I may actually like him more than Daughtry, vocally speaking. I do believe they are correct when they claim that this year’s group is their most talented. I’m having a lot of trouble figuring out what order the middle folks should go.

Chikezie reminded me of George Huff…who I just wanted to squish. I couldn’t help but smile when he performed, I have the same feeling about Chekezie. However, the one who without fail makes me smile is Jason Castro. He won’t win, but he sure is fun to watch.

It’s a new TV show on ABC…it’s really good. You should watch it.

I’m really enjoying American Idol this year. I really wish that Kristy Lee Cook girl would have gone home for her crime against “8 Days a Week”.

Life keeps going by so fast and I seriously doubt any of you would be interested in what I have to say. Oddly, that’s where I was before I started to blog back in 2006…so maybe you WOULD be interested.

Ashlyn got accepted to the college of her choice. She’ll be staying at home, at least for the first year, since it’s just down the street a few miles. I hope she sticks with it and finishes her degree. Now we just await the end of her Senior year. She goes to her senior trip next month, 4 days at Disneyworld in Orlando. Lucky her, I didn’t choose to be a chaperone. LOL

Insomnia is still a part of my daily life. I am going to have a sleep study done next Friday. Of course, that begs the question…how can they do a sleep study on me, if I don’t really sleep? Hmmmm…

In case you were wondering where Canadians go for vacation…it’s Myrtle Beach. I’ve been trying to think of sneaky ways to get them to say “aboot”…but so far, I’ve not been successful.