American Idol Auditions: Double or Nothing

Really, I'm too old for this.

"She believes that life is made up
Of all that you're used to
And the clock on the wall
Has been stuck at three for days,
And days..."

American Idol Auditions: Fill 'er Up

Um, somewhere in the middle of nowhere...

American Idol Auditions: Ready to Roll

Even though my set of wheels isn't so glamorous, no road trip ever starts for me without a clean car; it's just one of those unwritten rules. Now we're good to go! This first set of lyrics is obviously a giveaway:

"Some of the work gets kinda hard

This ain't no place to be

If you plan on bein' a star

Let me tell you it's always cool

And the boss don't mind sometimes

If ya act the fool..."

American Idol Auditions: Live Blogging the Adventure

You've probably already heard (over and over again, in fact) about Chloé's plans to audition for the next season of American Idol. I'd been longing for a road trip this summer, but this wasn't quite what I had in mind: 7 or 8 hours on the road in the middle of the night to go stand in line at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena with 12,000 other hopefuls for Lord knows how many hours in hopes of getting a wristband that will allow you to come back at 5am the following morning to vie for 15 seconds in front of a producer with 15 other contestants.

But hey! In for a penny, in for a pound, so I've decided to chronicle the experience from the road. Try as I might, I haven't been able to reset the format for mobile uploads, so the look may be boring, but let's hope the story will be entertaining. Heck, we may even throw in a few "Name That Tune" lyrics, just for fun: first person to correctly post the song title/artist in the comments section gets a prize. Here we go...