My name is Rand and I ramble. This is my personal blog and a small reflection of my mind. I mainly write about my life and a pretty wide diversity of topics that interest me. You will see posts about music, television, God, American Idol, life, Apple, social media and whatever comes to mind. I was born in Puerto Rico from an American Dad and a Puerto Rican Mom and moved to Dallas five years ago.So stick around, have fun and let me know about you... 
Sometimes I Would Like To
March 1st, 2010 by Rand Duren received Comments
Sometimes I would like to leave everything behind. Move to a third world country and just spend my life serving others. Life is complicated, so many ups and downs and the need to perform can bring so much stress. My mind is tired, when I think I know what I want I realize that I don’t really know what I want. What if what I feel is just a selfish desire of achieving greatness? What if it isn’t God’s will? What if, what if, what if?
Is it wrong that I want to be famous? Is it wrong that I want to have lots of money, even if the reason for this is not to use it on me but to pour it into other people’s lives? I am tired. I’m gonna keep fighting but I definitely need to know if the direction I’m heading is the right one. I guess I will know once I get there and if it wasn’t at least I was moving. The struggles in my life make it so difficult to see myself as a conqueror some times, but I have to keep reminding myself, it could be much worse.
Well, I felt the need to vent a little, I definitely need to invest some time in others, I am coming to the realization that this fight inside of me can be because everything I’m doing at the moment has to do with me, I’m going to school, I am working, I am thinking about my future, I’m spending too much time on my own struggles but basically none of my time is being invested in the lives of others, I need to fix that.
What would you recommend to live a fuller life? A life with more meaning and satisfaction
American Idol and the Fuchsia Hair Conspiracy
February 28th, 2010 by Rand Duren received Comments
I know, I know, some of them are more into red than fuchsia, but still, it’s a little crazy for me that through 6 different seasons that hair color has prevailed. I mean, it’s not a totally normal hair color like, black, brown or blonde. But all that red makes me wonder… Why?
- Does it have something to do with the producers decisions?
- Is there a mastermind behind all this hair dye?
- Is this a result of some frivolous plan to make everyone in the universe want to have their hair this color?
- Is this part of the marketing put in place for Coca-Cola? Red cups, red hair?
I don’t know I may be getting carried away but who knows, maybe one day one of them will break the secret code and open up to the public and spill the beans. Until that moment we will have to live knowing that as long as Idol lives there is a high chance of seeing more ladies with this unusually strong hair color. Anyway, the way I see it, Idol may not have too many years left, X-Factor will take over, in my opinion. So we may know sooner rather than later.
WHY?
What May Happen on Idol
February 26th, 2010 by Rand Duren received CommentsThe more I listen to this week’s performances the more I realize that some of these people are really good singers that had a below average night. It’s not surprising on Idol for the first week to be semi-disastrous. Some contestants that have barely made it through the top 24, went through and in one case ended in the top 6, Anoop Desai for example, who had to be brought back by the judges as a wildcard.
Yesterday was the first elimination and I’m not entirely happy about how it turned out, I think there were people that deserved to go home more than who did, at least on the guys side. But , this is American Idol, and at the end of the day, the voters decide, unless the producers shovel someone down our throats and we fall for it.
If the judges have a wildcard round this season, which I haven’t heard about yet and haven’t seen it on the Idol calendar I wouldn’t be surprised if they bring Tyler Grady, but it’s very early to tell since not a lot of them have been eliminated yet. I like that guy, yeah I know, his chin is humongous and distracting at times, but I think he has a cool voice and I like how he performs, give him a bottle of Jack, throw him in a sewer for an hour and he can be the male Ke$ha.
At this point in the competition, with one week down, my favorites are the following.
