a hundred bucks says, “david cook will win ai7…”

i’ve been telling people that he’d win the best ai season ever and boy, did he win. i made it a point to come home from work early today just to watch the live feed of the finale at 8 am courtesy of qtv and it just blew me away.

after the top 2 performances last night, i did have a feeling that he might not win it after all and i really didn’t care because i knew that winning ai doesn’t guarantee long-lasting stardom and that even if he placed second to david a., people will want to sign him still. it’s a proven fact. take, for instance, chris daughtry, who didn’t even make it to the top 3 but sold more records than (my winning horse at that time) taylor hicks. so honestly, i didn’t really care if he won or not.

i didn’t think he felt like he was going to win either. he looked surprised and even looked (reverently) at archie when mr. seacrest (or mr. seafoam, according to mike myers, ha ha!) announced “david… cook!” and he said it himself. he mentioned something about the competition being over and him just having fun.

maybe it was simon cowell’s criticism and outright declaration of archie’s 3-round knockout victory tuesday night that made his fans complacent that archie would win and made cook’s fans afraid that he might not, hence: the landslide 12-million vote margin. if it was, then i guess, simon succeeded at manipulating america to vote for his choice. very clever… very clever, indeed!

but enough about conspiracy. i think he deserved to win. he wasn’t the most gifted, vocally, i would definitely agree, and he wasn’t the most attractive, physically, but as he said so himself in his first audition, he brings “something new to he table.” he was one of the most creative, smartest, most original ai contestants to date. he took risks and those risks paid off. he showed versatility and he had charisma and talent to back it up. he was a breath of fresh air. plus, he’s a rocker! what could be better than that?

david cook had me at “hello…” yeah, you know… “hello,” the lionel richie cover he sang with his white gibson les paul and an emo twist and a lot of guts. that, for me, was his first shining moment. from then on, he was unstoppable.

i’ll talk about the whole season another time. for now i’ll just wallow in the moment of vicarious triumph and pleasant surprise.

i hope everything goes well for him…

my resignation letter’s ready.

i’m going to have it checked by my TL today. told him about it last friday and he said we’d talk about it today. effective july 15, i will no longer be an employee of prudential.

he asked me why and i told him what i’ve been trying to tell myself these past few months. it’s just about that time. you know… when you have to move on and practice your profession and look for a day job. all the things which you would consider safe and acceptable to anyone looking for a good enough reason to let you go.

i mean, it’s not like i’m extra special and i can’t be let go (i probably am, but i dunno for sure). in fact, i consider myself a liability now/lately because i’m an irate agent and i’m beginning to have compliance issues — which, suffice to say, are alarming but manageable, of course.

i guess there has to be a bigger reason than just not being as “into” the job as i used to be.  and what could be bigger than taking on a new career path — the path i was supposed to take even from the beginning?

but that’s a half-truth, if truth be told. i can’t stay predominantly because i just can’t stay in one place for a long time. it’s been an issue of mine since… god, since i can remember.

it’s like: i was meant to move from one place/activity to another. because if i stay too long in one place/activity, i get emotionally exhausted after some time. and i don’t know why exactly…

fleeting.

transient.

ephemeral.

i guess that’s what i am.

and i’m afraid that’s what i’ll be for the rest of my life ’til i finally find where i truly belong.