My wife just wrote a little blog about Hell’s Kitchen, which happens to be my new favorite show now that American Idol is over.

Hell’s Kitchen is a US Television phenomenon as renowned chef Gordon Ramsay puts aspiring chefs through a very rigorous culinary boot-camp.

World-renowned chef GORDON RAMSAY is back for a fourth course of the sizzling unscripted series HELL’S KITCHEN. Wannabe restaurateurs slice and dice their way through each episode, vying for Ramsay’s attention in hopes of winning a life-changing culinary prize.

The “steaks” are higher than ever — the winner of the competition will earn a coveted senior chef position at Ramsay’s new restaurant, Gordon Ramsay at the London West Hollywood, which is scheduled to open in summer 2008. 

The kitchen gets hotter each week as Ramsay puts on the pressure, demanding absolute perfection. Frazzled chefs try to slice and dice their way to the top, as they vie for Chef Ramsay’s approval. The competition is more intense than ever. With more contestants and more dinner services, Gordon’s sharp-tongue and flared-temper is sure to cause some major meltdowns in the kitchen.

Season Three of HELL’S KITCHEN, in which Rock Harper won the coveted title of Head Chef of a new fine Italian restaurant at the Green Valley Ranch Resort and Spa in Las Vegas, outpaced the previous season in ratings. 

- Fox.com

For those of you who do not know, I love movies.  This summer is once again an exciting summer for the movie industry.  We have had, and will have several movies on the big screen this summer. Then there are some of my favorities coming out towards the end of the year.

1. Iron Man May 2
2. Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian May 16
3. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull May 22
4. You Don’t Mess with the Zohan June 6
5. Kung Fu Panda June 6
6. The Incredible Hulk June 13
7. The Happening June 13
8. Hancock July 4 
9. The Dark Night July 18
10. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Nov 21

Since I currently do not have a job, I was able to go with my Mom and Step-Dad to the Cache Valley Rendezvous.  We left on Thursday the 22nd of May, and got back today the 26th of May.  It was a blast even though it did rain some of the time.  While you are at your own campsite, you don’t really do anything special, but when you go into the “town”, you dress up like a “Mountain Man”. 

The first day that we went into town, I did not have anything, so I had to borrow a shirt that looked like a mountain man shirt from my Step-Dad, and I also borrowed a hat.  I have some stuff ready now so that I will be somewhat ready for the next rendezvous, because when we went into the town, I bought a felt hat, a leather strand and some beads. 

Kim, my Step-Dad, gave me his old belt.  Then after we got back to camp, he had some rawhide that he used to make me a bag to hold my Fire Starter kit. I of course do not have everything for a full mountain man outfit, but I will buy something new each time I go.  There are a couple rendezvous that my parents go to; one of them is in Cache Valley, Utah, and the other is in Bridger, Wyoming. 

I had tons of fun, and can’t wait for the next one.  Cache Valley is usually on Memorial Day weekend, and I think we will skip that one next year so that we can save up for the one in Bridger.  It doesn’t really cost very much to camp there, the expensive part is the gas to get there.

I will post some pictures, once I get them uploaded off my camera.

I was pretty happy tonight.  David Cook is the new American Idol.  From the very beginning of the season, I knew that David Cook would be the winner.  I also predicted the finale would be both of the David’s.  I was right on both accounts.  I think Archuleta was good, and had a awesome sound, but I just don’t think that he would have been as successful as David Cook.  The reason I think Cook is so much of a better choice, because throughout the season, He was able to adapt himself to just about every type of music. 

I am definitly a fan, and will purchase his CD when it comes out.

Once again, the person that left American Idol tonight, was just who I thought it would be.  Last night’s performances were pretty good.  Each of the four finalists chose 2 songs.  Three out of the four finalists had at least one decent song.  Jason Castro, however, did not.  Both of his songs were terrible choices.  Jason’s first choice was, “I Shot the Sheriff”.  Simon thought that his first performance was atrocious. His second song choice was, Mr. Tambourine Man, which he forgot a whole line of lyrics.  After his second song, Simon Cowell told him to pack his bags. I don’t know how the heck Jason has made it all the way to the Top 4.  There were some finalists that were voted off earlier in the season, that should have made it farther than Jason.

On today’s American Idol, the vote was actually accurate.  However, I feel like Brooke White should have gone home 2 or 3 weeks ago.  I think Michael Johns and Carly Smithson are better than Brooke.  I think that the two best finalists are both Davids, and they are David Cook and David Archuleta. My favorite would have to be David Cook. I think that David Cook will be the most successful artist, and be able to sell more albums.

One of my favorite shows is American Idon on Fox.  Which is currently in Season 7 and for the most part the bottom three have been pretty accurate every week.  The bottom three are usually pretty close to the three which I thought had the worst performances. However, this week was a little different.  I thought the 2 worst performances were Jason Castro and Syesha Mercado.  The person sent home this week was Carly, which was way surprising.  This week really turned out to be moreof a popularity contest, than a basis of talent.