Eliminations - Week 18

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

Another sad day around here - we are saying goodbye to 4 contestants.

The fifth one - well I'll be posting about that in a few minutes but for now we are losing four, I can honestly say that these four all were people who caught my attention early on and that I hoped would do well this season. . .

I'd say out of a group of 193 that finishing in the Top 40 is doing pretty darn well!!!

Still, it doesn't make it any easier to say goodbye. You always hope that they might be able to get just a little bit further. . . but I hope that looking back that they will be able to say that they were at least able to enjoy the experience. I know that I enjoyed having them here:

caersidi
jfargo
strryeyedgrrl
theafaye

I very much hope to see you guys around here and that you will be playing the Home Game!

Comments

[ahavah]

Not theafaye!

It's kind of a relief to only see four names though. That's gentler.

[theafaye.livejournal.com]

Thank you - that was an instant pick me up

[spydielives.livejournal.com]

I am so sorry to see all four of you go. I have greatly enjoyed your writing.

Please tell me you will still write HG entries, and play again next year?

[gratefuladdict.livejournal.com]

I call shenanigans. :(

[oberonia.livejournal.com]

SHENANIGANS!

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

What did shenanigans say when you spoke? Or did you get voicemail again?*G*

[brightflashes.livejournal.com]

I just don't even know what to say. I'm sorry to see all four of you go.

[boxsofrain.livejournal.com]

How are you feeling?

[boxsofrain.livejournal.com]

This is sad. :(

[xo-kizzy-xo.livejournal.com]

Oh please, all four of you -- please stick around here in the GR and play the Home Game!

Please?

:puppy dog eyes:

[baxaphobia.livejournal.com]

(sad face!). I am not happy! Sorry to see everyone go. This is the hardest part of the game!

[hexkitten.livejournal.com]

It is, especially as the numbers grow fewer. I know I started out and everybody was a sort of blur of posts. Now, I recognize people.

[mermaidkween.livejournal.com]

So, the next entry will be with one person going home, and the other getting a mysterious power.

[tigrkittn.livejournal.com]

*looks at how close all the votes came out*

This is just crazy...!! I hate seeing people leave :(

[winterberries.livejournal.com]

Sorry to see you all go.

And a five-way tie for the fifth elimination, huh? I'll definitely look forward to hearing how that's going to work with the low-vote special power (especially since I'm part of the five-way tie! Heh.)

[kathrynrose.livejournal.com]

::practices making fire::

[robertlyon.livejournal.com]

So the Home Game means that anyone can write on the topic and link their post, right?

[kathrynrose.livejournal.com]

Yes. You just post your link in the Green Room instead of on the topic post.

[spydielives.livejournal.com]

Exactly. The "link posting" goes in the Green room, just not in the topic thread.

Friending Frenzy!

[theafaye.livejournal.com]

http://theafaye.livejournal.com/43880.html

What's an exit from Idol without a goodbye party?

Thanks to everyone for having me this far and thanks to Gary for being Gary.

Re: Friending Frenzy!

[johnmill79.livejournal.com]

Oh, you were so much fun!

[deza.livejournal.com]

Damn. More of my favorites disappearing. :(

[imafarmgirl.livejournal.com]

Sad face. You'll all be missed.

[bewize.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry to see you go. Two of you have been on my must read list since the early weeks. You will be missed.

[abbismom.livejournal.com]

Oh, no! Especially theafaye, whose entries each week have delighted me and who has been so kind and supportive in this contest.

caersidi, who has been through so much, and whose writing has stayed true all the same, please stick around!

jfargo, who I am so glad is now on my friends' list, and whose writing is like cozying up to a warm fire.

And strryeyedgrrl, who has tried her hand at many different styles to ride the waves through them all.

I'm gonna miss you guys.

[theafaye.livejournal.com]

Thank you. It's lovely to hear that I entertained.

I'm just waiting for the announcement that brings you back :o) Otherwise, I am currently plotting... things.

[strryeyedgrrl.livejournal.com]

Thank you for all of the kind words. I am disappointed to be leaving this week, but I knew I might've been kind of shooting myself in the foot with my entry this week.

That said, however, I feel extremely grateful to have made it into the top 40 on my first go 'round with LJ Idol. While I'm not sure if I'll be around to play the Home Game, I will most certainly be coming back next season!

[theafaye.livejournal.com]

I keep forgetting it was your first time. You seemed so seasoned and at home with the contest! I've gone out in good company indeed.