Green Room - Week 25 - Weekend Edition

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

My cat wanted to tell you

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There might have been more of that message, but I cut her off before she could finish by being the disciplinarian who forced her off on the keyboard.

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So - the new topic is up: http://community.livejournal.com/therealljidol/335972.html

and once again the odds makers are going to have to re-do their "final stretch" scenarios given the people who we are saying goodbye to this week: http://community.livejournal.com/therealljidol/335830.html

It does bring up an interesting (to me anyway) concept though of "who has been the biggest OMG I can't believe that I haven't been reading them!" of the competition for you? Sure, some people may have been reading since Day 1, but not everyone has. That, and people can change over the course of a season (heck, I've heard veterans indicating that they were sliding by early on and saving their "A-game" until things got tight toward the end!!) - so, who is on the radar NOW that might not have been there at the start of this thing?

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Oh, and how is your weekend going? I guess I should ask that too! ;)

Comments

[connie]

I think I made a "punchable face" when I read this week's topic.

I had my first ever LJ Idol dream last night! In it, Gary abruptly declared the competition over with twenty-something contestants left and just ranked them based on how they had done in that week's poll. Also he ranked people who had done an optional topic earlier in the season above those who hadn't. It was very disorienting.

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

Nah. I am far more likely to have a "Gary only vote" final with the top 25 based on the number of cookies that I receive.

Oh wait... sorry, SPOILER ALERT...

[connie]

*userpic*

[agirlnamedluna.livejournal.com]

I have a sweater which says exactly that ;)

[mstrobel.livejournal.com]

I am baking you eleventy billion as we speak.

I've always been curious - are you a Claude Rains fan or does the name mean something else?

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

It is indeed a reference to the actor (and my rocketmail account)

[alycewilson.livejournal.com]

Wish fulfillment?

[connie]

Not really, since I only did about half the free topics. I think I finished 22nd in the dream.

[alycewilson.livejournal.com]

Hmm. Out of how many?

[connie]

I don't know how many the season started with in the dream, but there were maybe 40-something left at the beginning of the dream, and then there were 20-something eliminated in one round and the remaining 20-something were ranked.

[alycewilson.livejournal.com]

I see. On second hand, nope, that doesn't sound like wish fulfillment at all!

[connie]

Hahaha, nope!

[beautyofgrey.livejournal.com]

I think I made a "punchable face" when I read this week's topic. Ha! Me too. Not a fan of this one.... yet. :P

[connie]

I had an idea that I told myself I was going to try to write about no matter what the topic was and just try to make it fit, so this should be interesting, haha.

[mstrobel.livejournal.com]

Ahem.

I had that too one week. No matter WHAT the topic next week, I was going to make X story fit. And then it was an open topic week! (Funnily enough, of all other topics, that story would probably have fitted this week's the best.)

[theafaye.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for this comment. You've just inspired me. I had an idea I wanted to write about, saw the topic title and was completely flummoxed and I've just had a lightbulb moment where I can see how I can make my idea fit the prompt so perfectly it's not funny. AND it won't be a rant entry which was where I was thinking it was going to have to go.

Really, really genuine heartfelt thanks. I shall now go and purchase some chocolate cake and get scribbling!

[connie]

You're very welcome! I love that my little quip was actually able to be inspiring! :)