First I looked at the question for today – best blog find of ’09. Gotta be honest here, I don’t spend a lot of time surfing the web. Actually, I spend no time. If I find something it’s because someone else told me about it, or I’m looking for specific information.
BUT I did make a marvelous find thanks to Twitter. Love Twitter. Love my tweeps. And I love Adam Lambert so I was idly doing a twitter search on him one day and I found…MJ’s BIG BLOG. Oh my God, what a treasure chest! What a cornucopia of Lambert information.
So let me say this before you all start thinking, OMG, what’s a 63-year-old woman doing being obsessed with Adam Lambert? I’ll tell you what. He has a HUGE fan base amongst cougars, which is a term I object to because I am most decidedly not on the prowl. But it seems to be the term applied to older women who are still breathing and out there. Or rich. Something else I am decidedly not.
I think it started like this. We saw this alien from the planet fierce on Idol. He was gorgeous, he was daring, he was sexy, but most of all, he could sing – I don’t think there’s a note he can’t hit. And we loved him and as he began to reveal himself, we loved him inside and out. We became Glamberts with an instinct to protect this beautiful person. He was our secret fantasy but not for long because soon we became his mothers, his grandmothers, his protectors.
Did you know that during the Idol tour he asked his fans not to give him gifts but to donate instead in his name to Donor’s Choice to raise money for arts programs in public schools? And raised over $250,000? Like I said, gorgeous on the inside.
And then there was MJ’s – found it on Twitter, and MJ subtitles it “American Idol – I Love this Cheesy Show.” Anything idol can be found on MJ’s including news round ups, sales figures, video, anything. If she’s missed something, someone sends it from her loyal followers. And not just Idol – she covers So You Think You Can Dance and X-Factor, which I’ve never watched, and that amazing show Glee. If she covered Survivor and Top Chef, it’d be perfect. (For all of you that have been holding your breath, wondering if I would reveal my television habits, I just did.)
She live-blogs every single show so anyone can follow the commentary. I ashamed to say how many shows from the Idol Concert Tour I “watched” with MJ. Just to gauge the fan reaction to our alien from the planet fierce.
So that’s my blog find – MJ’s Big Blog. And it’s fun. It’s fun to have something to be interested in besides global warming, wars, Iran, etc. Not that I don’t have plenty of interests – I do. But you know what I mean. Something frothy to be consumed by, something fun.
So this glambert, who goes by Grambert on MJs, says thanks, MJ. Thanks, Adam.
P.S. I have a granddaughter named Daxton – an unusual name. Never heard of another one. While searching Adam Lambert on Twitter, I came across a fan called “daxtonsnini.” What? Turns out her name is Nita but her 3-year-old grandson calls her nini, and his name is Daxton! Wow – a 3-year-old little boy Daxton in Oklahoma!
