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hey sorry to all the frequent snufflesblack11 readers... i haven't updated my journal in a year and i am truly sorry for that. i wish i would've kept letting you all know whats going on in my life... so to sum it all up in one entry... wow what a task.
in september of 05 i went to chicago to try out for American idol. i flew there by myself and while on the plane i met a man named John. John is probably the most interesting person i have me in a while. I told him what buisness i had in chicago and he told me about his wife and kids. He was a musician as well. We talked about our music for a while then we got in an interesting conversation about the Man up Stairs. If it wasnt for this conversation with John i dont think i couldve handled being in a strange city with no one to talk to. The best part about John was that even though he didn't know me... he was a fan of my music and he believed in me which i cant say that a lot of people do believe in me. well anyway.. i got off the plane and got my bags and waited.... my aunt was supposed to pick me up from the airport but she never came. So therefore i had to figure out chicago on my own. everything worked out though. I got a room at the hampton in and got me some meat free food from the vending machine and watched the local news. Then i hit the hay for a couple of hours before i had to make my journey to soilder field. I got there and waited in line for 6 hours to get my wrist band to audition the next day. after waiting my legs and butt were killing me but i couldnt show any sign of weakness because the production assistants were undercover walking around trying to get to know people and see how entertaining they were. Anywho. I got into the american idol underground karaoke contest. i sang the song "the trouble with love is" by kelly clarkson... i must've sang it pretty darn good, because to my surprise, i was one of the top 10 from chicago. I won a pretty sweet ipod nano. well after karaoke wore me out i took the subway to the suburbs and ate a little diner not to far away from my hotel. It was like i was a mini celebrity.. everywhere i went people would ask where i was from (i guess they knew i was from out of town because of me being alone or because i asked for pop. (soda) but id tell people i was from detriot and i was trying out for AI. then they would ask me to sing for them.. so i did.
well after i ate the nasty food i went back to my hotel and watched madagascar then prayed more then ive ever prayed before in my life. i asked God to get me through the city safe and for him to make it so i would make american idol.
well i woke up the next morning and spent an extra half hour doing absolutly nothing to my hair. my Nerves kept telling me to curl the same peice of hair 5 times. lol. I got my cab and went to the audition. it was raining really bad and we were waiting for mr. seacrest to come out so we could do the television spots they needed for the finale. turns out Ryan is afraid of getting his hair wet so we waited an extra 3 hours for the rain to stop. finally i went into the field and sat in my seat and waited somemore. i got in my group of 4 and headed down to the prodution assistants to sing for them. i was going to sing "my redemer" but the lady in front of me sang it so with some quick thinking i decided to sing an awesome version of "moon River" then...... they said i didnt make it. " you have a beautiful voice but its not american idol material. You should try theatre" then the other guy said in his strong british accent " you just dont have what it takes to be like carrie or fantasia!" that kinda hurt... but i replied " thank you but id rather be myself and not carrie or fantasia." and that was that. Then i went back to michigan and to this day I still havent cried about that. normally i wouldve been a tear festival.. but i didnt feel that way because i know that american idol is after ratings not talent. I saw many people who i know were fantastic be let go. and i didnt feel bad because i knew that God didnt want that in my life right now.
well in october steven proposed to me and our wedding date is 08-11-07. yay us.. i love him so much.
in december i got my guitar and i decided to devote my life to my music and thats exactly what ive been doing. I ve compleated 7 songs with guitar and thanks to my new lovely key board player maria we have multi instruments. lol
Thats pretty much all thats been going on in my life.. if i think of anything else ill let you know... and once again... im sorry for not writing for you guys in such a long time. i hope that there is still someone who wants to read what i have to say.
FIN...
and remember... you cant like music... you have to love it with every inch of your being... if you dont love it... noone else will..
Christi
in september of 05 i went to chicago to try out for American idol. i flew there by myself and while on the plane i met a man named John. John is probably the most interesting person i have me in a while. I told him what buisness i had in chicago and he told me about his wife and kids. He was a musician as well. We talked about our music for a while then we got in an interesting conversation about the Man up Stairs. If it wasnt for this conversation with John i dont think i couldve handled being in a strange city with no one to talk to. The best part about John was that even though he didn't know me... he was a fan of my music and he believed in me which i cant say that a lot of people do believe in me. well anyway.. i got off the plane and got my bags and waited.... my aunt was supposed to pick me up from the airport but she never came. So therefore i had to figure out chicago on my own. everything worked out though. I got a room at the hampton in and got me some meat free food from the vending machine and watched the local news. Then i hit the hay for a couple of hours before i had to make my journey to soilder field. I got there and waited in line for 6 hours to get my wrist band to audition the next day. after waiting my legs and butt were killing me but i couldnt show any sign of weakness because the production assistants were undercover walking around trying to get to know people and see how entertaining they were. Anywho. I got into the american idol underground karaoke contest. i sang the song "the trouble with love is" by kelly clarkson... i must've sang it pretty darn good, because to my surprise, i was one of the top 10 from chicago. I won a pretty sweet ipod nano. well after karaoke wore me out i took the subway to the suburbs and ate a little diner not to far away from my hotel. It was like i was a mini celebrity.. everywhere i went people would ask where i was from (i guess they knew i was from out of town because of me being alone or because i asked for pop. (soda) but id tell people i was from detriot and i was trying out for AI. then they would ask me to sing for them.. so i did.
well after i ate the nasty food i went back to my hotel and watched madagascar then prayed more then ive ever prayed before in my life. i asked God to get me through the city safe and for him to make it so i would make american idol.
well i woke up the next morning and spent an extra half hour doing absolutly nothing to my hair. my Nerves kept telling me to curl the same peice of hair 5 times. lol. I got my cab and went to the audition. it was raining really bad and we were waiting for mr. seacrest to come out so we could do the television spots they needed for the finale. turns out Ryan is afraid of getting his hair wet so we waited an extra 3 hours for the rain to stop. finally i went into the field and sat in my seat and waited somemore. i got in my group of 4 and headed down to the prodution assistants to sing for them. i was going to sing "my redemer" but the lady in front of me sang it so with some quick thinking i decided to sing an awesome version of "moon River" then...... they said i didnt make it. " you have a beautiful voice but its not american idol material. You should try theatre" then the other guy said in his strong british accent " you just dont have what it takes to be like carrie or fantasia!" that kinda hurt... but i replied " thank you but id rather be myself and not carrie or fantasia." and that was that. Then i went back to michigan and to this day I still havent cried about that. normally i wouldve been a tear festival.. but i didnt feel that way because i know that american idol is after ratings not talent. I saw many people who i know were fantastic be let go. and i didnt feel bad because i knew that God didnt want that in my life right now.
well in october steven proposed to me and our wedding date is 08-11-07. yay us.. i love him so much.
in december i got my guitar and i decided to devote my life to my music and thats exactly what ive been doing. I ve compleated 7 songs with guitar and thanks to my new lovely key board player maria we have multi instruments. lol
Thats pretty much all thats been going on in my life.. if i think of anything else ill let you know... and once again... im sorry for not writing for you guys in such a long time. i hope that there is still someone who wants to read what i have to say.
FIN...
and remember... you cant like music... you have to love it with every inch of your being... if you dont love it... noone else will..
Christi