Sorry to see you go F.Y.D

I am shocked that Louis Walsh actually made a decision.  Usually the judges split their votes evenly and leave it to the public to make the final decision.


This year Simon Cowell supported his act F.Y.D.  Cheryl supported her act Katie Wassell.  Dannii Minogue chose F.Y.D. to leave and Louis actually surprised me by also voting for F.Y.D.


It would have been nice to see more of F.Y.D. as they would have got better as the weeks went on, but it wasnt to be.


Perhaps this year's X Factor is going to be full of surprises.  Simon Cowell has been enjoying acts that he would normally have dismissed, perhaps turning 51 has mellowed him - we shall see ....




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Goodbye Nicolo Festa

The first one to leave X Factor is always a shock and usually its someone that I would like to have seen more of.


This year I am so pleased to see the back of Nicolo Festa. From the first moment he stepped onto our screens I took a dislike to him.


His head was so far up his backside and he was so smug that he was going to be a legend.


Goodbye and good riddance :D



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Joe McElderry

Would Joe have made it if he was in this years X Factor?

He has the look of a popstar, has a good voice and is very handsome, but this year the contestants are much better than 2009.

Welcome home Joe and the best of luck for the future.




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Paije Richardson is back !

Last week's X Factor at the judges houses left me cold ... I was gutted that Paije Richardson had not made the final 3 in his category.


Thankfully this year all the judges picked a wild card and Paije was chosen.

This year's X Factor is the strongest ever and has many good singers and a few stars in the making. 

I know that Paije is and will become a star.


Good luck Paije.


See his two auditions (copy and paste the url below)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyW4gNY4EmI









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Matt Cardle - something different

Could Matt Cardle take it all the way to be the X Factor winner.


From his first audition he has proven he is something different to the rest.


This year's X Factor has some good singers but not many stars, and Matt Cardle could be (and I hope he is) a star.


Check him out (copy and paste the url below)

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSph1cRiG4M&NR=1




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Is it hot enough for a Storm (Lee) tonight?

X Factor hopefully Storm Lee has changed his look this week and looks HOT ....


I love the hair and the make-up was fantastic.


Storm is a hot rock star and could give Rod Stewart a run for his money.


He is one of the strong men in this contest and could knock all the boys out of this competition ....


Take a look at his audition (copy and paste the URL below)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onyaJOFG2QM




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Treyc Cohen - a very strong contender

Last year I was so disappointed when Treyc Cohen left the X Factor.


When she returned this year I was so pleased that she had come back to try again.


She is proving once again that she has an amazing strong voice and deserves a recording contract.  This year's X Factor has some strong contenders but Treyc is definitely one to watch.


Good luck Treyc - be confident and go for it.


Watch Treyc at this year's auditions .... (copy and paste the url below)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPOSnkBDx98




Treyc from 2009  ...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igD-4JuE348












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Aiden Grimshaw is AWESOME

X Factor hopeful Aiden Grimshaw is turning out to be HOT ...


In a week he has got better and better and tonight was FAB.


Watch this guy he is really awesome ....


copy and paste this URL to see him in action


http://yesanotherblogger.blogspot.com/2010/10/x-factor.html




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One Direction - possibly the next Take That?

One Direction on X Factor tonight were very good.


Five young lads put together by the X Factor judge Simon Cowell.  They fit like a glove and could be the next big boy group.


Watch these boys .... they are going to be BIG...


See their first audition as a group (copy and paste this URL)


http://xfactor.itv.com/2010/videos/video/watch_one-direction_item_200962.htm

Mary Byrne - A Diva in the making

There's definitely something about Mary ...

I have just seen Mary Byrne on X Factor and she is amazing. What a voice. Amazing.


Just watch her in action (copy and paste this url) ...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hoDWyWsxFc&feature=related

X Factor - Rebecca Ferguson

Rebecca has an unusual voice much like Billie Holiday.


She is an elegant beautiful young woman and deserves a recording contract which she will get.



Good luck Rebecca. You definitely have the X Factor.



Copy and paste this url to be blown away ...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISndg5sNXvM

Garages

What is it with garages?

Last year I took my car for an MOT.  I sat in a grotty room for an hour whilst I waited for my car to be ready.  I was ignored by everyone and the mechanics (who were all men) scratched themselves and swore like troopers.

This year I decided that I would take my husband with me.  As we walked in, the owner (who my husband knows) came and greeted us, took us into the waiting room and was very friendly.  We sat for about 10 minutes and were then offered tea or coffee.  There was a tv on the wall and were told that we could change the channels and find something that we wanted to watch and the owner even pulled down the blind on the window so that there was no reflection on the tv.

When the car was ready, the guy who was in charge of issuing the certificates and invoices said to my husband "Excuse me Sir, your car has failed its MOT and needs some repairs, what would you like us to do?" ....  hang on a minute, the invoice was in my name, the number plate on the car is my name, he saw me drive in and I gave him the key... am I invisible???

Because I am female does it mean that I dont have many brain cells and you have to speak to me in words of one syllable or less?? 

Why is it that when it comes to cars and other men dominated industries do they treat women as second class citizens?

Come on, wake up.  Its 2010 and not 1910.  I deal with all the bills and payments in our household, so it is about time that some men give a little bit more credit to the female population, cos one day Sonny Jim you may get married to "one of us, females" and all I can say is god help you !

The Batmobile and Batman are fictious - or are they?

After a tiring day out at the Natural History Museum in London, we were getting back into our car, when across the road we spotted this strange shape underneath a grey cover - obviously it was a car but a very strange shape car.  My husband told me it was the batmobile.  Now I knew he had completely lost the plot.  Didn't he know that Batman was a cartoon character and was  fictious.  He insisted that it was the Batmobile.

He was so convinced that I told him to go across the road and ask the guy who was loitering around to take the covers off and let us see it.  After a few minutes and a little more persuasion, well alot of persuasion like "go on, go and ask that guy, or are you too scared?" to my surprise and amazement, off he went and actually got the guy to take the cover off the car and let us take photos.

It was the Batmobile. 

After the covers came off the traffic slowed down and everyone was rubber necking to see this car.  It was incredible to see the fuss it caused.  One man on his push bike almost became a cropper and luckily there was nothing coming the other way otherwise he would have been off to the casualty department.

The car had been hired for a music video shoot and that is all the information I could get out of the guy who was minding it.  We waited around hoping to find out more and enjoying all the chaos that was being caused.  Taxi's were hooting as motorists were stopping to see what was going on and loads of passers by were getting out their mobiles and taking photos.

Then the guy got into the car and started it up and a flash of lightning came from under the bonnet as he revved it up.  The excitement of the crowd was unbelievable as the roar of the engine filled the air.  


As he drove down the road and out of sight we never found out who had hired the car for their shoot, but lookout for it and remember,  you heard it here first!

See my YouTube video 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cFVovP63io 







 

Work from Home

Work from home, what a great idea.  Or was I wrong?

My life has drastically changed over the last ten years.  In 2000 I was a young newly wed with a house, mortgage and job.  Now its 2010 and I have two gorgeous daughters, a husband who has ME and is unable to work, a larger mortgage, more debts and I have lost my job.

As I enter the workplace after over 20 years of working at one job, it is not as easy as it used to be.  It is very daunting at 42 years old to be facing the 9-5 rush, going up against 20 somethings in a search to better myself.  I havent worked in an office environment since I was 21.  Scary !!

Instead of having to go out to work perhaps it would be better if I worked from home.  It seems to be all the rage on the internet.  Work the hours you want, earn £xxxx by working .... hours per day, wow that sounds good and I can do that.  Except when you look a little closer into these great jobs there seems to be lots of promises in pages of text and then there is the price.

Why do I have to pay to find out more?  I need to know what I am getting myself into before I make any sort of commitment to anyone.  Whoever heard of having to pay for a job.  When you hit the little cross on the tab at the top of the page - a message comes up saying "Wait - we can offer you a special offer and only pay £xxx if you stay on this page and accept now" or a box comes up with an agent who is online right now to change your mind ....  Oh the offer sounds so tempting.  Wow just for me you would do that.  How nice, I must get my credit card out right now - or not !

Yes you guessed it.  I have been sucked into these before.  Thinking that perhaps this is the golden opportunity that is right for me.

So I pay my money and wait for the email to arrive.  Excitedly I open my emails and read, click on the link only to find out that there isnt really anything new, its a scam and if I just post messages (like the one that enticed me) and get suckers (like me) to be stupid enough to part with their money then that would be how I get rich. 

It sounds tempting, or does it?  I dont really need to put any thought into it, I really couldnt sleep if I posted these things on the internet and lay in wait for some unsuspecting victim to part with their money. 

Oh well, maybe I will just have to keep searching for the perfect job that fits my lifestyle and keep my fingers crossed that I will find something that works for me, that doesnt involve scamming people out of their hard earned cash - does it really exist?