And Now It's Time to Listen to Les Mis.

No doubt most of you have heard about Susan Doyle. If you need your memory jogged, and Fezzik is not available, she is the contestant who wowed the judges and audience on Britain's Got Talent, causing a viral video to circulate like wildfire. When you are unemployed and your only link to the outside world is often the Internet, you have time to notice how much things like this are being talked about. I've been, unavoidably, thinking about this as I run across references to the chanteuse over and over and over and over. My question is this: what's the big deal? Yes, she has an amazing voice, and, at the time of the video, some very crazy eyebrows. Am I the only one here that thinks people are overreacting? I did not realize that it has been established that only pretty people could sing. Apparently I missed that memo.

While Susan's voice is lovely, I was not giddy over the video as many people seem to be. Mostly it just made me want to dig out my Les Mis CD. Also I guess that I just don't care that Simon was surprised. If you watch the American Idol tryouts at the beginning of the cycle, you know that some of the pretty people shouldn't sing, and some of the crazy-looking people can sing. This is not a new thing. And that was not the first time I've seen Simon surprised.

Also, what was up with the two guys back stage? Britain, you may have talent, but you have annoying hosts as well.

*Is that redundant? Viral video and circulating like wildfire? Is that saying the same thing twice? These are the things I ponder on a Sunday evening. I'm almost convinced it is, but still slightly too lazy to rewrite that sentence.