After the William Hung fanaticism in Berkeley, I was shocked to learn that my friend April was participating in the Asian American Idol contest (by the way, go vote). Yet, singing is one of the very few ways that you can tug at someone\’s heartstrings. How many ways are there in life to really make someone happy…someone sad…? That by singing, you can control people\’s emotions.

In other news, this season of 24 is over. I was slightly disappointed by the plot and how Fox perpetuated incorrect stereotypes. And not that many people were killed this season! :(

Anyway, this season I learned:

never enter the house of a significant other especially when the mother is being surprisingly nice to me

if i find a hard drive in the wall, don\’t share the discovery with the FBI agent present

siblings always have something stupid to hide

if i date a CTU agent, not only friends close to me, but also my family will be tortured and/or killed

don\’t ask a family friend for painkillers

only gun store owners who are originally from the Middle East are your allies

if you capture a terrorist, he will escape within 5 minutes no matter how much of a perimeter you set up

it\’s pretty easy to steal a stealth fighter

epinephrine will save your life even if your head is bleeding

you can inject needles through layers of clothes

if you date the secretary of defense, you will also get involved with the daughter of the secretary of defense

carry around a Cubs mug

if you think he died, he really didn\’t

don\’t invade the Chinese consulate

if you see an airplane disaster in the middle of the desert, don\’t go near it

your cellphone will always work in the desert even if you\’re several levels deep

if you call the authorities and you hear the word football, run

if you want to disappear, take out the battery from your cellphone

rain doesn\’t wash away bloody footprints

if you\’re jack bauer, you never really die

the former presidents always return

don\’t have threesomes! one of them is always a terrorist!

your next door neighbors could be terrorists

if your hard drive was shot, you can still get information from it

there is always a way to hack into a computer – you just need to press shift and f4