Those mortifying moments in life, the ones that make you shudder even years after they've happened, are the basis of "Little Horribles," a comic series on the Web about a painfully awkward single woman in her 30s.
She had made it to the top 10 and had a crowd of supporters at a San Francisco restaurant cheering her on. But in the end, MK Nobilette, an out lesbian singer, was eliminated from "American Idol."