Results - Week 2
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therealljidolIt's that time again, and this one hurts.
Don't get me wrong, it would hurt regardless of who was leaving, but I think this one is a little more personal to me since one of those people
vik_thor
referenced the legendary Brad Dowdy (of the Pen Addict podcast) in this week's entry. You can check out the podcast at https://www.relay.fm/penaddict and Brad's blog at https://www.penaddict.com/ Brad was one of the people who inspired this week's topic. So seeing someone go out for writing about them was a little rough. Especially since there were also a reference to the late great Fran/walkertxkitty. That caught me by surprise to see her name on someone's personal Mount Rushmore. Definitely well deserved for her to be there. But I wasn't prepared for it, so it caught my breath a bit when I realized...
I'll also admit that I still have the obituary from the paper from when Asimov died, that was a devastating blow. Teenage Gary used to devour his stuff. Especially the non-fiction (but the science fiction and mysteries as well)
Aside from Vik, we are losing one other. And it's funny because I was in a very tense car ride to make it home on time so I didn't have to risk DW not being able to close a poll on my phone. (That was an issue over at LJ) and at one point it was looking like a 5-way tie for that final spot. It came down to a single vote. Which is as close as you can get.
Unfortunately, we are also losing someone that I know was sick for a good part of the week, and who I hope is feeling better, surrounded by all the pittens in the world. Because pittens are totally a thing now. If they are not, technically, a thing, someone needs to get on that and make it happen!
Goodbye as well toyamyam_kat
Thank you both for coming out and supporting Idol in this great Literary Prize Fight! I hope that you will Home Game and that when Second Chance opens up later this mini season, that we will see you back in the fray to take one more shot at the crown!
Don't get me wrong, it would hurt regardless of who was leaving, but I think this one is a little more personal to me since one of those people
vik_thor referenced the legendary Brad Dowdy (of the Pen Addict podcast) in this week's entry. You can check out the podcast at https://www.relay.fm/penaddict and Brad's blog at https://www.penaddict.com/ Brad was one of the people who inspired this week's topic. So seeing someone go out for writing about them was a little rough. Especially since there were also a reference to the late great Fran/walkertxkitty. That caught me by surprise to see her name on someone's personal Mount Rushmore. Definitely well deserved for her to be there. But I wasn't prepared for it, so it caught my breath a bit when I realized...
I'll also admit that I still have the obituary from the paper from when Asimov died, that was a devastating blow. Teenage Gary used to devour his stuff. Especially the non-fiction (but the science fiction and mysteries as well)
Aside from Vik, we are losing one other. And it's funny because I was in a very tense car ride to make it home on time so I didn't have to risk DW not being able to close a poll on my phone. (That was an issue over at LJ) and at one point it was looking like a 5-way tie for that final spot. It came down to a single vote. Which is as close as you can get.
Unfortunately, we are also losing someone that I know was sick for a good part of the week, and who I hope is feeling better, surrounded by all the pittens in the world. Because pittens are totally a thing now. If they are not, technically, a thing, someone needs to get on that and make it happen!
Goodbye as well to
yamyam_kat Thank you both for coming out and supporting Idol in this great Literary Prize Fight! I hope that you will Home Game and that when Second Chance opens up later this mini season, that we will see you back in the fray to take one more shot at the crown!
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Date: 2018-10-22 02:36 am (UTC)I didn't even get to read everyone's entries as I planned for the weekend, but I am always gonna feel the pain when we lose anyone as we're seriously all fantastic folks.