Green Room - Week 24 - Day 4

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

One of the things that I love so much about Idol is the bigger issues that get played out within it.

WRITING (all caps) as this great untouchable art form or writing (lower case) as a form of communicating things to other people and finding that balance in journal writing.

The difference between promotion and pimping. When is getting your name out there going too far?

The various aspects of demographics and how they interact with each other.

Deciding how much or little you will share in a public forum.

What you would or would not do for the sake of "winning", and how those standards are so very different for different people.

Everytime I see someone say "it's not about this" or "it's about that" it makes me chuckle a bit. Because by even stepping up and saying that, they are saying more about themselves than they are the game itself and proving one of the strengths of the format. People are given the ability to choose what message they like.

They make their own decisions. Like every aspect of life.
People react to those decisions. Sometimes positively, sometimes negatively. Like every aspect of life.

This is the stage. What you see on it is what you put here.

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Another random thought I had this morning was that the breakdown of the Top 14 is pretty much in line with the breakdown of the 155 we started with.
2 males. 12 females.
Those under 25 and those over 40. Even "the middle" seems to be about the same as is was at the start.

Just thought that was interesting.

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Hope you guys have a wonderful day.

Comments

[eqfe.livejournal.com]

morning.

first. I think that's three this month.

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

Not bad at all.

[eqfe.livejournal.com]

"Everytime I see someone say "it's not about this" or "it's about that" it makes me chuckle a bit. Because by even stepping up and saying that, they are saying more about themselves than they are the game itself and proving one of the strengths of the format. People are given the ability to choose what message they like"

Among the truest things ever written.

[xo-kizzy-xo.livejournal.com]

Because by even stepping up and saying that, they are saying more about themselves than they are the game itself...

Truer words have never been said. Thank you.

[heykatie.livejournal.com]

I like cheese.

And dr Pepper.

[desert-rose.livejournal.com]

Well done, sir!!

I think you should have a nice hot mug of tea and a lie down after that effort. *g*

[libra-dragon.livejournal.com]

Morning arrived way to quick this morning....
Well off to the bus.
Have a good day all!

[eqfe.livejournal.com]

I've been up for hours.

[worldofcharlie.livejournal.com]

*da pimp*..

umm..no..that DID not sound right...

*scratches head*

[desert-rose.livejournal.com]

What you would or would not do for the sake of "winning", and how those standards are so very different for different people.

I've had ongoing, slightly heated, discussions over this very issue with a friend, and former Idol contestant.

In the first month or so of the contest, I didn't ask for votes for myself or anyone else. I wanted to see how I would go purely based on people liking my writing. I did ok, but then felt that maybe I wouldn't last much longer if I kept this up. So I started asking my friends list to vote for me, and other participants as well.

This didn't go over well, as my friend felt that it was wrong to ask people to vote for me. She also didn't like that I had changed my views on how to play the game.

I think we've agreed to disagree on this, but it still comes up from time to time.

The way I see it there's nothing wrong with changing the standards by which someone plays the game. It is a contest after all, and as I was competing with 155 people, who likely were all asking for votes, I decided that I was an idiot for seeing how I would go without doing that. :-)

There's a ton more we discussed about Idol, but now's not the time or place to go into that!

[desert-rose.livejournal.com]

Even more reason for a nap, I think! *g*

Hope you are going ok!

[spydielives.livejournal.com]

Hey! I resemble that...

Wait.

Never mind.

Hope you have a wonderful day too *falls over asleep*

[spydielives.livejournal.com]

I like pepper-cheese.

[spydielives.livejournal.com]

26.5 and counting for me... how about you?

(Course, I cheated. I drove from FL yesterday... *sad face*)

[spydielives.livejournal.com]

Is it too late to start asking for votes?

*giggle*

[I think somebody [memememe] needs a nap]

[desert-rose.livejournal.com]

MMMM, me too!
Garlic cheese is also good!

Dont EVER try lavender cheese though, as it tastes like soap! *shudders at the memory*

[desert-rose.livejournal.com]

Lol! I've missed you, Charlie!

[desert-rose.livejournal.com]

Never! I think we all deserve some votes, or Cheetos, or something!

[worldofcharlie.livejournal.com]

*looks for my big hat*..

uh oh..there you are *chuckles*..

*waves*..

Hullo... :)

[worldofcharlie.livejournal.com]

*hands you a pillow*

[eqfe.livejournal.com]

That brings back wonderful memories of driving the family from NJ to Florida every year late on a Friday night after a full day of work and getting there for dinner on Saturday.

[eqfe.livejournal.com]

fine I slept from 2-5:30

[desert-rose.livejournal.com]

Why the big hat? It's hard to recognise you in it. :-)

*waves* HI!

[tulip-in-yellow.livejournal.com]

I must say, this contest has been an interesting look at how people play a game, how fairly/unfairly they compete, how much heart they put into their writing, and just how much bullshit I can put up with.

2 males. 12 females. It's like the odds of dating!

[spydielives.livejournal.com]

I said in the beginning I was trying to observe without poking too much.

I wonder if I will still feel like writing that paper.