Green Room - Week 37 - Day 2

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After a rather busy day of keeping an eye on all the mini-fires set in the wake of this week's results, I decided to look back at how this season all began, just 10 short months ago! http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/485391.html?

Remember coming in the door? All of those faces? The ones who stuck around and those who wandered through? The questions? The comments? The energy of a freshly painted Green Room?

Now look around. See those stains on the ceiling? That's going to take awhile to get that out. The scorch marks from where someone decided to start BBQing? Going to need to call in a specialist.

For 8 seasons now, I've got to see those faces come in, and see who develops over the course of time, and how that season is going to go.

We're not quite at the ending yet. But we are really close.

Close enough that I'm sure there are some people who came late to the party, or those who simply can;t remember that far back, who ask the question - What was the journey of these four? What can you tell us about them?

Thanks to our friends at the kathrynrose foundation - you can explore that on your own: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Al82Cm1lXTUvdDNpLXVTUlpkWko2MUhkYk15QVBjblE#gid=0

It's a link to every entry from all four of them. A picture of their life inside of Idol, who they were when they started the season, and who they are now that we are at the end.

I'd highly recommend people go back and reread, and explore who these four remarkable people that we find ourselves with actually are!

While you are in the mood for exploring - you might want to explore the entries for *this* week, once they are posted http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/597827.html - today IS the deadline after all!

Which means anyone who wants to participate in the Home Game http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/598739.html had better hurry as well!

If anyone needs any extra help, there is always the Work Room for that: http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/598038.html

If anyone has any extra time, and money - and a love of awesome science, check out: http://theoatmeal.com/blog/tesla_museum and help build a museum for Nikola Tesla!

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Question for the masses - I was also reading our Spotlight announcement post from the Sign Up week, and got to wondering, who came in from that and is still around? More to the point - how far did the furthest "Spotlight recruit" get this season? Just curious!
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I tried insulting mstrobel and general threats... so I guess you folks have given me so choice but to unleash the big guns... a picture of a cute puppy!!

You had your chance, now you have to deal with it!
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Vote - Week 37

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A few words from clauderainsrm:

I’m really getting a kick out of our Top 4. Their voices are clear and their intent is pure - to put something out there that is going make you take a step back and go “Wow”.

I read through the entries, trying to think, “If this was the long awaited “Gary-only” voting, which ones would I pick to go forward, and who would be eliminated?”. Notice I said “try”, because whenever I thought that I had made a decision about it, one of the others would pop up in my head saying “Don’t forget how I made you feel”. Which would be followed by a change of heart, which, in turn would be followed by one of the other entries speaking up and throwing it all into confusion again.

By this point, I’m sure people have their favorites. But that’s what is so great about a week with only four entries. It takes out the “I didn’t have time to read all of them excuse”. If you don’t have time to actually sit down and read four entries... well, I feel sorry for whatever medical emergency or family trauma you are going through.

Because you have until Tuesday, August 21st at 9pm EDT to read them and make a decision.

That’s less than an entry a day. I’m pretty sure everyone can read all four of them in that amount of time.

(Heck, you probably have time to take a gander back through everything they have done to get to this spot! https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Al82Cm1lXTUvdDNpLXVTUlpkWko2MUhkYk15QVBjblE#gid=0 )

I’m strongly encouraging that people implore anyone within the sound of their voice to take the time, read the entries, comment to them if they feel so moved, and actually take a role in their decision-making process. It may just be a click of the mouse, but it matters a great deal to the people who have made it to this spot in the competition.

Especially since the person with the entry that receives the lowest amount of votes will be eliminated.

The Jury has been disbanded. There are no special votes. It’s just a straight forward, open to everyone poll, that will determine our Top 3.

Good luck to everyone!

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