Green Room - Week 2 - Weekend Edition

[clauderainsrm]

Let's see, what has been going on this weekend... *scans the news* Doesn't look like much of anything.

Just a normal everyday weekend here in the US.

Oh, Richard Simmons died. That was sad... Dr Ruth, Shannon Doherty...

Hmmm... what else...

OH! Yeah, the news that everyone is talking about, the Week 2 poll just went up!   therealljidol.dreamwidth.org/1144477.html

That's pretty big news, all around the world!

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For real though - i am glad that former President is OK. I can't say "this isn't Amercia", because anyone who remembers the 60s, 70s, and into the early 80s knows better than that. But it's certainly not who we ASPIRE to be. 

Let's be who we say we are. 
 
(especially those of you who say they aree damn foreigners. Be that instead!!!  ;) ) 

Comments

[murielle]

Foreigner here, I'm still in shock. I'm relieved to know that President Trump is alright, heartbroken for the family of the person who was killed and for those who were seriously injured.

Keep thinking about JFK. I was eight. I still remember it so clearly.

Celebrities seem to be dropping like flies. But, I'm getting old and people seem to die faster when you're older.

[alycewilson]

My heart truly goes out to those families who suffered because they happened to be seated behind Trump, a position they probably thought of as an honor. The whole thing is so tragic. If he hadn't turned his head at that moment, he would probably be dead.

I don't like anything that he stands for, but no one should be assassinated.

[murielle]

Hear, hear.

[adoptedwriter]

Yesterday was a weird news day for sure.

[reidharriscooper]

I choose Happiness!
Jojo Siwa dropped her EP and video for Guilty Pleasure
Katy Perry put out the video for Woman's World
Beck and Orville Peck collabed
We got a trailer for the next Captain America movie
Disney announced an official Pop-punk covers album
I got a review code for a game I've been excited to play
X-Men is back to issue #1

[alycewilson]

Where can I find that Beck and Orville Peck collab? My husband and I are keen on Beck.

[reidharriscooper]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eodFa9rZZQ

[alycewilson]

Thank you! That was way cool! Made my day.

[bleodswean]

And I on Orville!

[tonithegreat]

And I hear Harrison Ford is in that Cap trailer!

Orville Peck

[vik_thor]

I am hoping to go see Orville Peck when he comes to St Louis, on 20 July 2024

[pixiebelle]

Yeah no comment on the news that shall not be mentioned.

Shannen Doherty hit me hard as someone who had breast cancer. I try to be an advocate for this disease, and she gave so many people hope, “Shannen Doherty has stage 4 cancer and she’s thriving!” But now her death makes us wonder if that will be us one day. Well not me so much, I think I handle those fears very well, but it hits my community hard and that sucks.

Early detection is key but many younger women have no way to detect their cancer before it’s too late. I was lucky I felt mine, normally women my age don’t feel the lump that early on. More research needs to be done for detection but also treatments for stage 4 cancer, which often gets ignored by Susan G. Komen.

Off my soap box now, sorry.

[roina_arwen]

Seconded on the breast cancer research. One of my coworkers just got a breast cancer diagnosis; she didn’t say what stage (she may not know yet - I think they were doing a biopsy on Friday maybe). As I understand it, my maternal bio-grandma also had breast cancer, but I never knew her.

[pixiebelle]

They likely don’t know the stage until surgery at least. I hope your co-worker finds out she caught it early. It’s still a beast to deal with, but the earlier, the better.

My grandma on my dad’s side died of breast cancer before I was born. My cousin on my mom’s side had it at around 43. My mom just had it. But none of us have genes for it, none that they know of. My doctors told me that’s just bad luck and that 1 out of every 8 women will have breast cancer and it’s not that strange to see.

[murielle]

My mother had breast cancer. She was diagnosed when I was thirty-seven and died when I was forty-four. I often wonder how many more years she would have had if she'd been able to give up smoking.

So sorry you had to go through it, but so glad you got through it. <3

[pixiebelle]

I’m sorry for your loss. My grandma on my dad’s side died of breast cancer before I was born. My mom just had it and went through surgery. It was her third cancer (none of them related) in six years.

I’m glad I got through it too, thank you. I handle it better than I ever expected, considering cancer was always a huge fear of mine.

[murielle]

Thank you.

Things have changed so much. There's so much more they can do now and research is continuous. I'm so sorry your mom is going through it. I feel for her, I do.

[banana_galaxy]

I was in a stand-up comedy workshop when the news that shall not be mentioned came out. Someone made a comment about "dodging a bullet" so I initially thought the whole thing was a joke. Not really the place you want to be learning about serious news!

Since a few people seemed curious about the "Skip the Small Talk" event I went to on Friday night, I'll share that it felt like a good event. I talked to a bunch of strangers one-on-one for ten minutes each. They had cards out on tables with deep questions you could discuss with each other. I ended up giving my contact info to three people, and two of them texted me already. No idea if it'll lead to future friendships, but it was a nice way to meet new people without worrying about if people would be open to talking or not.

I talked about the memoir I'm working on with a couple of people. Most of my day yesterday, when I wasn't at the workshop or going to a free comedy show at the same venue that night, was working on my memoir some more. I've added around 7,500 words to it in the last day and a half, so that's how much of a roll I'm on and why I couldn't give up that momentum in order to write an Idol entry instead. I've hit over 100K words already and I feel like I'm getting closer to the finish line with the parts I've been fleshing out and writing. There's still a lot to fill in though.

[reidharriscooper]

Speed friending instead of speed dating?
I could definitely use an event like that.
I mean we make friends here on this app... but I need new LOCAL friends. People I can be "I can get away from my mom for about 5 hours, can we just chill?"

[banana_galaxy]

Pretty much! That's how I described it to someone else. I don't like the pressure that comes with dating, I prefer to make friends and then see if something develops later, so that's part of why it appealed to me. No pressure of expectations.

And exactly, I was looking to meet locally.

[mollywheezy]

That sounds like a really good event. Even though I'm an extrovert, I am not much into small talk, because why waste time discussing the weather or other things that aren't very important? I would want to actually get to know people. I'm glad you have some contacts from it. :)

YAY you!!! Over 100K is a book! I know it's not your first, but awesome job! *\o/*

[banana_galaxy]

I absolutely feel the same way. Let me get to know you on a deeper level!

I'm a little concerned at how long it's going to end up being. My last estimate was like 130k words but at the rate this is going with how much I still have left, it may even end up being 150k words. I don't think memoirs are supposed to be that long, but I am first and foremost writing this for myself. Does it matter if people won't want to read a 150k word memoir? Hopefully I'm overestimating at this point. The chapter I've been working on this weekend is probably close to done and a lot of my remaining chapters should be on the shorter side.

[hangedkay]

As a frequent reader of autobiographies and memoirs, I have enjoyed ones that are little more than a pamphlet and ones that are as large as a run-on Tolstoy novel. For the ones that keep my attention - length is not an issue. In fact, sometimes the shorter ones are more annoying for glossing over things. But as you said, it is first and foremost for yourself. Get it all written as you want it. Then, later, you can worry about editing (longer or shorter) for others if you wish.

And then consider making an audio version (if you hadn't already). :)

[banana_galaxy]

Thank you for your thoughts! I feel like all of the memoirs/autobiographies I've read seem to be around the same length and what I've written so far definitely seems longer than those. But then I've mostly read ones by celebrities I like.

I actually hadn't thought about doing an audio version but that is a great idea. This would be the perfect story for me to do an audiobook from my own voice. Lord knows I've verbally shared plenty of the story with people already

bleah

[vik_thor]

sorry about the ones who have died.

The unwell mood on my entry...
I finally took one of the free COVID-19 tests, it is past the BestUsedBy date on the box August 2022, and the Reagent: February 2024.
The T line is very strong...
Similar symptoms to the previous time I had it.
VERY Achey body / joints...

Emailed my doctors (GP and Cardiologist)
Beleive I should be OK till tomorrow, till I hear back from them.
Not working tomorrow, unless I feel quite a bit better. (I have capability of working from home... )

Re: bleah

[murielle]

So sorry to hear this. Wishing you a speedy and full recovery vik_thor.