Mary's LJ

Big day tomorrow. Generally, I would rather have a root canal than watch awards shows, and that includes the Oscars and the Grammies. But the American Music Awards are tomorrow and I am so excited I can hardly stand it. My two favorite musical artists will be performing: Green Day and Adam Lambert. Yippeeee!!!!!

I was hoping Green Day would open, because NO ONE can get a crowd in the mood like them, no one! And my guess is that they would be the opener, except that Michael Jackson died, so now Janet Jackson gets 8 minutes to open the show. But I know my boys will get the crowd going, especially if they do the East Jesus Nowhere/Minority mash-up they did for the EMAs. And being the generous fun-loving boys that they are, they are playing a free show at the Nokia the next day for Carson Daly's show, and I have a handful of lucky friends who got the rare-as-hen's-teeth tickets. Have fun, bitches. And if the Foxboro Hot Tubs make an appearance, tell 'em I said Hi!

BUT, the really amazing news is that Adam is CLOSING the show! I don't know who 19E and Simon Fuller had to blow, or how big the check they wrote was, but for a brand new artist to close? Pretty freaking awesome. And Adam's show features lights and dancers and pyro, so it should be an impressive spectacle. Love him or hate him, people will talk about him.

I'm also interested in seeing Lady Gaga's performance, because you just never know what the hell she'll come up with next.

The rest? Big meh. I'm betting on Whitney Houston (or possibly Jennifer Lopez) being the biggest train wreck. I predict the show will become one big Michael Jackson lovefest. Given that they changed the rules just so they could nominate him for Artist of the Year, it's not hard to figure out that he will win it (and the other 4 awards he was hastily nominated for.) Then the whole Jackson clan, including the kids, gathers on stage at the end of the show to accept the award and pretend that they are not one of the most dysfunctional families on the planet. At least that means that people will hang around until the end for that and catch Adam's performance.

DO NOT ASK ME WHY I AM SO INVESTED IN THE SUCCESS OF A SECOND PLACE FINISHER ON A FOX NETWORK REALITY KARAOKE CONTEST. DO NOT. I HAVE NO ANSWER. Except that he has the best set of pipes I've heard since Robert Plant. And even though I'm more of an alt rock than a top40 girl, I absolutely love his album. Had it on repeat since I got it in the mail yesterday.

Go ahead. Mock me! I can take it! *puffs out chest*