I'm so conflicted

So I watch American Idol. Come on, admit it, you do too. We all do. It's ok. But this year, I am not enjoying it. It's...well...boring. The singers are all just eh.

Except one. One of them makes me smile. And that's my sweet sweet fucked-in-the-head Nick Mitchell (aka Norman Gentle). For some reason, I just want this guy to go on. At first I hated him. I was annoyed with the whole farce. The sweatbands...the weird eelskin shimmershirt.

But then they started showing these little tidbits of the real Nick. Now I just feel for the guy. He's clearly got some serious social issues. But he's funny as all get out, and frankly, if he didn't have his comedy as an outlet, he'd end up being one of my cases at work.

He reminds me of Andy Dick. You know, he's probably brilliant, but he so socially uncomfortable that he has to create this other persona to deal with all social situations. Granted, the alter-ego thing really works for Norman (and for Andy, come to think of it). It just makes you wonder what they are like "in real life."

So anyway, I hope people vote him through, because I dont' want him to end up looking like ol' Andy. But at the same time, he's really not the next American Idol. Then again, none of the people I've seen so far are, so we might as well go with the crazy. At least he's fun.