I was pulling thru the drive thru at Jack n' The Box the other day when I looked up to find this HUGE picture of Jack staring down at me. It was a little frightening. As I sat there and tried to stare him down I wondered ... who is the man behind the huge bobblehead known as Jack?

I think this could be the next big marketing mystery. It could be as big as who killed JR or the controversy over whether or not the Trix Rabbit was ever going to get the cereal. I have been fixated on that for decades! Why can't the Rabbit have the cereal?!

It was days later while watching Comedy Central that it hit me like a ton of bricks! It was right in front of my face the whole time. All the clues pointed in different directions and made it really hard to tell who it was! Just about all tv mysteries use this tactic of misdirection. The innocuous secondary character that is introduced and then forgotten! I know who Jack is. Its Stephen Colbert. It couldn't be more obvious.

Glitter

I'm a little behind the times these days. Don't get the newspaper anymore, and haven't watched the news in ages. Many of you may already have seen this performance. I found it a couple of weeks ago and have since watched it in awe many times over. Also have a copy of the song. Love It! For viewers who haven't seen this before, I will warn you that her outfit is skimpy!

I've been thinkin' about a comment that Simon Cowell made on American Idol a couple weeks back. The contestants this season have been hammered by the judges over song choice. Simon's comment that week was "you have billons of songs to choose from and you picked that". While I think the judges are beyond fickle (but really THAT topic is for another post altogether). It got me thinking about all the songs out there that a contestant could pick from.

Its not like I haven't thought about this before. Like many thousands upon millions of other people in the world I too of dreamt of being the NEXT American Idol. But I can't sing. So unlike the thousands of others who went on the show cause their daddy said they sounded like Usher (p.s. your daddy lied to you), I have a heightened sense of self-preservation - and did not try out. However, I did still harbor my secret dream. My secret dream came to an end the day I had the following conversation with a client of mine who has significant cognitive disabilities.

Me: singing at the top of my lungs in the car on the way to an appointment

Client who is in the car: what are you doing?

Me: What? Silly - I'm the next American Idol. Can't you tell?

Client: Ugh, right.

(sound of dream bubble popping goes here)

Okay, so I am not the next American Idol. But if I were - I'd pick better songs. I've included a smattering of songs below that I would possibly choose from. and now when I am listening to any song the thought goes through my head "hmmmm, could this be a AI winner?"

Enjoy!

Grooveshark Widgets - Music Playlists for Your MySpace & Blog

Grooveshark Widgets - Music Playlists for Your MySpace & Blog

Although I found it quite poignant to leave my "I've Been Thinkin" blog blank I feel my point has been made, and its time to get the brain moving again.

In addition, I have so many lists of blog topics floating around that if I don't get started now I will:

1. lose the lists
2. remember that i made the list
3. go hunting for the list
4. be unable to focus on anything else until I find the list
5. spend significant time mentally reminding myself that it is only a list
6. continue mental effort to convince myself to move on
7. finally move on
8. not really move on
9. think of another place to look
10. make a new list and start all over

So in an effort to break the vicious "list cycle" I am blogging. My mama would be so proud of me. (reference the baby bumblebee song)