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" \nAfter Montreal, I spent a really crazy busy day in Toronto. You won&amp;#039;t believe how much packed into my day. After having my hair and make-up done, this is kind of what my interview schedule looked like:  4:00 p.m.- Sympatico / MSN #1 online portal in Canada  4:15 p.m.- MuchMusic  4:45 p.m.- CTV Etalk (National CTV Entertainment Show, 1,000,000 viewers)  5:00 p.m.- MuchMusic MuchMoreMusic  5:30 p.m.- MuchMusic MuchOnDemand  6:00 p.m.- CHUM FM  6:55 p.m.- MIX99 (Toronto&amp;#039;s #2 HOT AC)  7:40 p.m.- Z103.5 (Toronto&amp;#039;s #1 CHR, #1 CHR in Canada,# 4 in North America)  8:00 p.m.- Return to Hotel It was more like 9:30 p.m. when I got back to my hotel. It was still light outside and I was thrown off. But I had so much fun, and when I went to MuchMusic, they played my video during a commercial break. I turned around and had everyone start singing along...that was nice to hear. It&amp;#039;s amazing that now people know the words to MY music. Life is definitely good.  Next, we headed to Auburn Hills, Michigan and Rosemont (Chicago), Illinois. Both shows were great. Alicia and I have been to a lot of the same venues I played during the Idol tour last summer, and I&amp;#039;ve been reminiscing. A significant event took place last year in Chicago, one of my really good friends and fellow contestant, Gina Glocksen, got engaged! It was so magical. We were all in the wings crying, hootin&amp;#039; and hollerin&amp;#039;. It was the sweetest thing! Her fiance went out on stage after her duet with another contestant, Phil, and told the whole audience how much he loved her and couldn&amp;#039;t wait to spend the rest of his life with her. Now, I&amp;#039;m going to be a bridesmaid in her wedding!!!! I&amp;#039;m so excited!  After the Chicago show, I took a very early flight to New York. We headed straight for the hotel so we could quickly get to the Puerto Rican Day Parade. It was a frenzy! The only time I have seen that many people on 44th street was the Macy&amp;#039;s Thanksgiving Day Parade. We had to walk to the hotel because all the streets were blocked off. Then, a cop wouldn&amp;#039;t let me in! I kept telling him I had to get to the hotel and that I was a part of the parade, and he said he wouldn&amp;#039;t let me in without a wristband or hotel key. I understood the first part because of how crazy it was, but when he asked if I had a hotel key, I was thinking, &amp;quot;WELL, I WOULD NEED TO GET TO THE HOTEL TO GET IT!&amp;quot; Jerk. Haha. I got to the hotel on time to get to the float. It was the purple and silver Power 105 float. My outfit matched it at first, but it was hotter than a biscuit out there! An &amp;quot;angel&amp;quot; went back to my hotel and got my shorts so I wouldn&amp;#039;t die while I was on the float. (I LOVE YOU!) The float played &amp;quot;No Air&amp;quot; a couple times and I sang along to it and tried to get everyone to sing with me!   I&amp;#039;m not Puerto Rican, but being at that parade was really fun. I was so surprised at the response I got! Seeing how proud they were of their heritage was AMAZING. Thank you to those of you who stood outside in that heat ALL day. You made me want to stand up and shout...and I did.  I&amp;#039;m proud of where I came from, and I&amp;#039;M PROUD OF WHO I AM! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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