Hey Freak!

I hope I'm not the only one who watches that show...

1. Up until last night, I hated how the contestants were picked. Oh, sure, at first, it seemed cool that they just picked people out of the audience. But usually, they'd pick someone in the audience that was singing. For a while, they just picked whoever, whether they were singing or not (reminder: the lyrics are always playing on those scrolling marquee things, so nobody has any excuse not to sing, or at least mouth the words). Last night, they seemed to be more picky. I'm good with that.


2. Last night was one hit wonders night. Fun, right? After three or four songs, I thought I was noticing a pattern... it was not only one hit wonder night, but it also seemed to be... masturbation celebration night...? Within a few minutes, contestants were forced to sing Devo's "Whip It," The Divinyls' "I Touch Myself," and The Vapors' "Turning Japanese." I was waiting for them to play "Dancing With Myself" and "The Stroke" next, but alas, they went back to normal songs.


3. Another recent change - I noticed that they're gonna start having a returning champion, kinda like the game shows of old. I like that idea. I wonder if there's a limit as to how many times you can win... not that I'd go on there and win a ton. Really, unless it was 80's night or some special theme night, I'd probably suck as a contestant. I don't know any recent music, and I'd look awfully stupid up there if I was asked to sing some Jay-Z song. Or a Faith Hill song. Or songs from any of those super popular whiny emo-ish bands. But if they had, say, Def Leppard night? I'd SO kick ass.


4. I still think the songs they do for The Final Countdown are too, too easy. It's like they just wanted to make sure to give away $50k last night.

Shoot, while I'm here... lemme just ask you about this...

OK, some people are total sticklers about how TP is put on the holder... flap up or flap down. Some people don't care. Some people (like me) have to have it flap up. Some people are just freaking nuts (or they have cats), and they put their TP flap down. In the grand scheme of things, it really makes no difference, but then again, humans aren't really "grand scheme" thinkers (otherwise, there wouldn't be a conservation "movement," we would just have always been wary of conserving the environment).

What I'm curious about, though, is... how many of you people are sticklers when it comes to hanging clothes? I totally am like that. My clothes must all face left in the closet. The hangers all must have the rounded end on the inside (with the hook pointing out). It kinda annoys me when some clothes are facing the wrong way, or if they're on the hangers backwards. Are any of you like this, too? Must your hanging clothes be facing the same way? Or am I just more of an obsessive freak than I think I am?

I LOVE the Singing Bee. Figures I didn't watch it "live" the night they feature masturbation tunes. Dammit!

I just recently realized that all of my clothes in my closet face the same way. I'm not sure if I'm obsessive about it because apparently, I just naturally hang 'em that way. Like, it's just part of my regular routine and I don't give it any thought whatsoever. Which, quite frankly, weirds me out.

Between hanging my clothes and my son's (ton) of clothes I don't have time to give a crap which way they are facing. Although there are times I'll go through the closet and put everything in order (pants w/ pants, shirts w/shirts by color) - that never lasts so I don't do it very often.

I'm pretty picky about both TP and about hanging up clothes.

The TP has to go over the top and not down the back. Unsure what that means in terms of flipping up/down. With my clothes, they all face left, but the hangers all have to be on the easy way (rounded bit out and hook bit in).

After spending my entire high-school career working at a department store, I am *very* particular about how clothes hang, because we had a "system" and All Clothes Had To Be Hung According To The System.

I even know how to hang underwear.

Yes, it was starting to bother me how they selected people who either weren't singing or were singing the wrong lyrics!

I also like the idea of a returning champion--Perhaps they did this to compete with the amount of money being given away on the Fox version of the show?

Have you ever noticed though that they are using the same couple songs an awful lot? Or that they seem to have a fascination with ZZ Top?

Also, dude, doesn't it take you longer to hang your hangers that way? All my shirts face the left, and the hanger hook faces the back.

Oh and I am particular about TP--I like the end to hang over the top, as opposed to underneath...it's just easier that way I think!

I always thought I just had some sort of OCD quirk or something... Yes, my clothes have a certain way they must be hung -- hangers must go the same way, clothes are organized by type (tank tops/sleeveless tops, short-sleeved tops, 3/4-length sleeved tops, long-sleeved tops, sweatshirts, etc.) AND they are organized by color. Now, I don't get all crazy and stuff and organize via ROY G BIV, but they are in chunks of color.

I see now that I am not alone. Thanks for pointing that out! I feel a little better about it all now. :-D

The clothes can face whichever way, but the hanger has to be round side out with the hook pointed inwards.

As for the masturbation songs, they missed "Strokin'", and "Come On Eileen".

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