One of the countless perks of working for VH1 (ok, there’s only two perks, and the other one is this) is when we receive random promotional items in the mail from pop culturey things; these items usually fall squarely into the “anyone want this before I throw it away?” category, but sometimes, someone will send us some gold (figuratively or literally), such as today’s pack of American Idol Trading Cards.

I don’t know if the Idol card people rigged the pack they sent to me, but sure enough, buried inside a pack of only six cards, was this gem:

Needless to say, I’m off to Kinko’s to get this card blown up into Fathead size — after the jump, the rest of my new children:

And the most thrilling action shot of them all:

(Also, Michelle wanted me to tell everyone the Idol recap is on its way, so save your comments about last night’s ep — I guess, reserve this comment space for declarations of Bo Bice trading card awesomeness)