need sleep so badly

I watch American Idol more because my mom is into it than because I particularly like it, but I have a new favorite contestant this year! (Singing-wise, at least; I found her manner slightly off-putting, but A: I think the producers probably told her to play up the Harvard and White House shit, and B: she seemed very nervous, so I'm good with cutting her some slack). This is Molly Swenson.

She walked out and I was like, man, she looks familiar; and then she said she just graduated from Harvard, and that rang a bell, and then they introduced her as Molly and I realized why I recognized her.

In early December, I went through a phase where I did nothing but hop from random a cappella video to random a cappella video on YouTube, primarily thanks to Glee and The Sing Off reawakening my a cappella ~*feelings*~. One of the random groups that I stumbled across was the Harvard Opportunes, where tall blonde Molly was one of my favorite soloists. I remember even trying to Google her once I realized she had graduated, because I wanted to find out if she had a music career going, but I was totally unable to find her. And then her face showed up on my TV! SO WEIRD.

It is just totally weird to see someone who I posted a YouTube video of a month ago standing on my TV in front of Jennifer Lopez. ( One more video. )

( Glee meme day 20 -- Favorite quote )