My own private apathy

Some things that will be coming up in the news soon that I don't care a whole lot about:

NASCAR.
The NBA playoffs.
The Oscars.
Spring training for the Kansas City Royals.

One thing that is coming up that I am interested in, but not for the usual reason: the American Idol competition. I say this because I don't watch AI in hopes of finding a new singer whose CDs I will buy. I watch it for the politics and the manipulation. I watched last night's episode, and I got an idea of what three singers the producers want to go far in the competition so they can sell a lot of records. (I was about to use the word "pimp," but I don't want Hillary Clinton calling my boss and demanding that I be suspended or worse).

I didn't watch the first two seasons of American Idol, but I do know the show has morphed into something totally different from Season 3. I was disappointed last year when Sanjaya Malakar got the boot so soon, but it was a nice ride while it lasted. But then, I was one of those people who used to watch rasslin' on TV so I could root for the bad guys.