'Fan' doesn't adequately describe the addiction I have for anything David Cook. I am blissfully and unashamedly obsessed. I was just a fan up until I saw his performance of 'Hello.' The look on his face as he sang, 'or is someone loving you' -- that was the exact moment I was Cookified.

And now, in addition to the appreciation I have for his music, so much more fuels my crush. He sings from his heart with an unselfconscious focus...then there's the little growls...the beauty of his falsetto...the power notes. He can be a mic-stand-twirling fun rocker, or a sexy bad-ass rocker, or a big teaser rocker, or an intoxicating smoldering rocker.

He's authentic...he's not trying to create an image for anyone...David Cook is just a regular guy from the Midwest who has a passion for music... He feels things deeply and is able to turn those emotions into a song... writing lyrics that bring us into his world. If he's singing another artist's song, he puts his spin on it and makes it his own. He's appreciative and shares the journey with us. He loves his mom; he's sweet with kids; a loyal friend; a guy's guy. Oh, and he has a puppy.

Then there's all of his gestures/expressions that give us a glimpse of his intangible qualities. How he tears up when he is moved to do so; the little half smile and intensity in eyes when he was listening to the judges comments on AI; the way he cups the mic with both hands and handles the mic stand as if it were human; how he still wears the orange bracelet; the thigh slapping and bouncing after the ER performance the first time he knew what it felt like to be a rock star on a big stage; the disarming goofy faces and stupid jokes he makes that make you smile and want to be this guy's friend.

I should mention that when he's singing he has these bedroom eyes that seem to only be looking at his girlfriend (you), and how he closes his eyes softly as he finishes a song and brushes his lips against the mic and all you can think about is what it would be like to kiss him. Then there's the arrrrrrrms, his neck (strong and vulnerable at the same time... I just wanna kiss it!), the tummeh, those thighs, his fanbase, did I mention his bedroom eyes? How can someone I haven't even met have this affect on me? I've never even been obsessed like this over a bf. I'm normally so... normal.

He's humble enough to probably think that all of us fangirls are just in love with the fantasy of him. But that's the kicker... in addition to all the things mentioned above (and many more) it's his imperfections that make him, well, perfect. We love how real he is and the affect he has on us.