As many people know, I am now doing a 6-month-stint as a deputy team leader in… my team. Part of that means working “offline”, that is, not taking calls, doing reports and counting emails, that kind of thing. However, I tend to be distracted when counting emails, so I decided that I needed some distraction from distractions. With having some 56 GB music, I pulled up some old favorites in the beginning of the week and found an old love.

Clay Aiken, to be specific.

His first album, to be even more specific.

Now Clay Aiken is my email counting music.

I discovered Clay Aiken through a friend, and through the Aladding DVD I got for Christmas one year. It was way before anyone in Hungary really knew who he was -and I doubt there are many people today, as we are a country untouched by American Idol. Seriously. It hs never been re-broadcast here. We had “Hell’s Kitchen”, “Survivor”, “The Amazing Race”, even “So You Think You Can Dance” or whatever that one was called, but never AI.

I believe that his voice is amazing, and yes, there is that “fellow special ed major” vibe as well.

I have to admit, however, that his most recent album is not my favorite one. But like… I’d love to go to a concert one.

And if I wrote this on a Thursday night, I would have included the below video right away: Clay Aiken on Scrubs!