More Obsessed Than I Am (Which Is Difficult To Do)

Via MSNBC.com:

Melinda Doolittle, 29, graduated from Belmont with a music degree in 1999. Everyone in the crowd was certain she’d prevail over rivals Jordin Sparks and Blake Lewis.

“She’s very talented, and she’s also very sweet and personable,” said Susan Belsante of Charlotte, N.C.

Belsante has a daughter at Belmont and a son graduating from nearby Vanderbilt University. She felt a little guilty about it, but she skipped the commencement speech at her son’s graduation so she could come cheer Doolittle.

“I went ‘Let’s see,”’ she said, holding up both hands like a scale, “commencement speech or Melinda Doolittle.’

“I had to go with Melinda Doolittle.”