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I heard on the news that American Idol was coming to San Diego, so I immediately called my BFF Gary and said to plan on going down.  We called Tristen and she was game too.  I obviously brought Scout, so we also had Skylar “the Nanny” along.  So the five of us headed down at 3:30 in the morning to have a day full of excitement and exhaustion.  Gary has an amazing voice and sounds like Frankie Valley and Justin Timberlake put together.  We were already making plans for him to buy me a Range Rover when he won, just like Kelly Clarkson did for her best friend.  Tristen has kind of a nasaley and throaty voice that is a mix of the 90’s pop icon Erkel and a frog in heat. 

He sang Candy Girl and was amazing…..she sang T and A from the broadway musical “A Chorus Line”.  I couldn’t go down to where the judges were, but after Tristen sang, the entire group around her started applauding and laughing, and Gary said it was a riot.  Tristen said Gary was great, and both went on to the 2nd round - Tristen was there for the jokers I guess?!  (think William Hung)  It stopped after that, and after a long day, we were glad to be on the road.  I will say that the best part of the day was when we got there on Monday morning and were within the first 20 people to go into the stadium, when people had been there since Friday waiting.  We might not be the best singers in the world…but we are definitely the best finaglers!

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(This picture is when we sat in the handicapped section and Tristen slept while Gary Text messaged.  Because we sat here, Gary and Tristen were in the first group to go and see the judges for the first time.  Keep in mind, we called a friend who also was trying out, and at 8:00pm he still hadn’t seen the judges for the first round!)

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