David Archuleta - Archey Report #4 - Lexington, KY - 08/16/08

(Here's the Archey Report of JulieMarie from Lexington, KY! Yay!)

I discovered American Idol halfway through season seven, with a glimpse of David Archuleta caught while channel-surfing, and it rocked my world. Skepticism, dismay, even pity clouded faces when I explained my newfound love to friends and family—highbrow-types all. I found solace only in the likeminded connoisseurship of cyberspace.

I joined my first chat room (Rickey.org!), selected my first Web name, downloaded my first iTunes, burned my first disk. "How many disks did you burn today, Mama?" my five-year-old would ask, as if inquiring about the weather. Tuesdays became the highlight of each week, and the seven-day wait for a new episode felt like a month. Never had I become so emotionally involved with personalities on a screen.

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