Voting - Week 11

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

A few words from clauderainsrm:

I'm going to say this, and hopefully after last week you will know that I'm sincere when I say this - I think this is a fantastic week.

Anyone who comes in and reads these entries - and I hope you will encourage your friends (and their friends) to do just that - is going to be in for a good time.

Well, maybe not "a good time" considering some of the subject matter, but you know what I mean!!

Unfortunately due to real life commitments, I was contacted by 3 people who would not be able to get their entries in, and were out of byes, but wanted me to know what a good time they had -
So before I hit "post" on this thing, we need to say goodbye to


beloved_tree
gratefuladdict
luchalibrarian

We also say goodbye to the following "bye-out"s:

banyangirl1832 (note:accidentally left in the poll as a bye)
finding_bliss
minikin


It's never easy to say goodbye and I hope that all of you had a blast while you were here.

On the "up" side of things, it also means that you are the Top 100 of Season 6. Congratulations!

Now to the rest of the business - this week's poll.

It's one poll now. No more tribes. We are losing the bottom two vote getters this week.

So read the entries, and make sure to support your favorites. They can't make it through without you!!

The poll will close Monday Jan 25th at 9pm EST.

Good luck to everyone.

[Poll #1515584]

Comments

[emo-snal.livejournal.com]

As usual I finally thought of an entry idea probably the exact moment it was too late to implement. Was stuck having lunch in the delightful weather by the beach as the last two hours ticked by with no way to make my entry! Such sauce!

Also, aw Stacey ):

[roina-arwen.livejournal.com]

Well, this was the last week to use a bye, so no harm no foul! =)

[finding_helena]

I thought the deadline was later tonight, wrote an entry, posted it, and then saw the voting post. Oh well, I too still had a bye left. :)

[roina-arwen.livejournal.com]

Maybe my spreadsheet is wrong, but I thought Banyangirl used both of her byes already? (I think week 7 and 10)?

Sorry to see minikin and gratefuladdict go, as well as all the others - hopefully we can see some home game entries?

[stormkitty.livejournal.com]

My spreadsheet says the same thing, so maybe we're both wrong?

[oberonia.livejournal.com]

Stacey?!?! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*FROWN*

[connie]

You basically took the words out of my mouth.

[lovewas.livejournal.com]

So this means that byes will be unusable next week and beyond?

I thought gratefuladdict was somebody who had the potential to make it very far in this contest.

[karmasoup.livejournal.com]

Ditto to that

[theafaye.livejournal.com]

One tribe? And only two going? Now *that's* a twist I really didn't see coming.

I'm really miffed about gratefuladdict bowing out, even if I understand.

Guess I've got a lot of reading ahead of me since I can't do my usual one tribe at a time thing.

[tigrkittn.livejournal.com]

I did the same thing- I've read the ones on my flist but none of the others till last night. I'm maybe 1/3 of the way through now...

[hexkitten.livejournal.com]

Nooo! Not gratefuladdict! I really wanted to see her boo -

Oh, wait. She wasn't doing that.

I'll still miss her.

[joeymichaels.livejournal.com]

It seems we are on the same page on the topic of gratefuladdict.

[norda.livejournal.com]

A pox on real life, and alas for bye-outs.

You'll all be missed.

[drippedonpaper.livejournal.com]

Double pox on real life. I think I will use that as a RL exclamation sometimes.

Instead of "Oh sh*t" say, "A pox on Real life!" Has a nice ring:)

[minikin.livejournal.com]

Hey it's been fun this time. I obviously haven't had my head in the game, though -- I just now remembered today was the latest deadline! Good luck y'all, and thanks for all the encouragement this season. :)

[roina-arwen.livejournal.com]

*Huggles*

Do you want to do dinner tomorrow night?

[rattsu.livejournal.com]

Well, I have my recommended 6 (http://rattsu.livejournal.com/79524.html) up in my journal, but damn if it wasn't hard this week. I could easily have ended up with a recommended 20...

The quality of this round was just scary, guess the Gatekeepers really put the fear of writing into us...

[lawchicky.livejournal.com]

Wow, I can't believe we're down too 100!

Good luck everyone. There were so many great entries this week, it's bound to be close.

[supremegoddess1.livejournal.com]

voted and voting recs posted.

[viagra.livejournal.com]

Am I the only one that's happy to see another six people go? I mean, yeah maybe I will miss their idol entries, but that is six fewer people I have to worry about out-awesoming.

[roina-arwen.livejournal.com]

I'm happy because it brings us down to an even 100! Woo! :)

[callistahogan.livejournal.com]

I was really feeling the pressure this week. I'm not sure if it was the possibility of not having a bye to stand on if I couldn't think of an idea or what, but I just found this week rather difficult. I am feeling pretty good about my entry, even though it didn't turn out exactly how I suspected.

I can't believe that we're almost down to the Top 100! To be honest, I didn't expect to get this far, so this is pretty amazing. I think I'm the youngest one here, so that makes me feel pretty good as well. :)

[imafarmgirl.livejournal.com]

Wow it is surprising to see some of these people go and some of you will really be missed!

[viagra.livejournal.com]

I know it's early yet, but I hope that people got my joke. :-/

[impoetry.livejournal.com]

You being awesome is no joke. Seriously

[teaberryblue.livejournal.com]

Aw, man! I am feeling sorry that beloved_tree and gratefuladdict left-- I 'm sorry about everyone else, but I've especially enjoyed their posts and participation.

[karmasoup.livejournal.com]

Both were among my top 20 favorites, too. Two in my top 20 out of 100 to go in one week... ouch. Makes the whole place seem a little sadder.

[genesisdesire.livejournal.com]

I'm quite certain I've asked this before, but I can't be sure.

It's against the rules to make substantial edits once the poll has gone up, yes?

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

Before the poll goes up, it's fine.

Once the poll is up - let's face it, it's your LJ. I can't stop you. BUT I'd rather you didn't *and* once the poll is up the "die hards" who keep up have already read it, and so have some people who wait until the poll is posted. So there's a good chance that a core of your intended has already done a pass through anyway.

[lostin-thestars.livejournal.com]

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO SIS You can't leeeeave

[gratefuladdict.livejournal.com]

I just got home from Operation Engagement (see my latest public journal entry), and saw this post. Thanks everyone for your kind words and well wishes!! I really wanted to stay in and see how far I could get, but there's always next season. In the meantime, I will play the home game and be ready to show my boobies if someone winds up with the super power of bringing a player back. hexkitten, I'm counting on you.

[tigrkittn.livejournal.com]

Did you just say you'll show your boobies if you get brought back in during the entirely-likely-to-happen Bring A Player In superpower round??

Because I want to make sure I'm not imagining it. Because that might give you a lock, whether hexkitten get the power or not.

Also, I think it's important to clarify whether you're showing them just to the person who brings you back, or all of Idol.

*giggles*

Also, HOORAY Operation Engagement! I hope it was beautiful and successful and the couple is happily fianced :D

[lyrical-liessss.livejournal.com]

It was my birthday yesterday and I didn't get a mention :'(:'(.
Oh god, I might still be drunk....

[sra33.livejournal.com]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, A DAY LATE AND STUFF!!! :D ♥

[joeymichaels.livejournal.com]

My reading strategy has always been "read one single tribe in a sitting and then vote." Having everyone in one super tribe thoroughly vexes me, since it means I have to read twenty or so and then stop. I'll actually have to consult my spreadsheet to vote. Oh, bother! ;)

[viagra.livejournal.com]

You could just only vote for me. I think that will make your life easier.

[joeymichaels.livejournal.com]

Hey, so, how does one get a little santa's hat on one's LJ USER icon like emo_snal?

[beautyofgrey.livejournal.com]

Will this help? (http://news.livejournal.com/121194.html?thread=80699498&style=mine#t80712554) :P