therealljidol | Green Room - Week 27

Sooooo ready for the week to be over!

But I'm feeling grateful today. My coworker pointed out that my tire was low, a random stranger at the gas station helped me refill it, and then the tire repair place stayed open late so I could come in and get it fixed last night, for free. Having a drill bit stuck in my tire could've ruined my whole week, but people helped me out, and so it didn't. Pretty rad, if you ask me.

Ooooh, and first! :)

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BTW - thanks for waking me up over the past couple of days. :)

I've been having "Idol dreams" again, this time about some sort of gathering (I think it has something to do with the LOST finale) and I kept getting tweets from you telling people about it, to make sure they were going to be there.

The last couple of days I've woken up and actually checked my phone to *make sure* that you weren't really sending me reminders about everyone meeting at the church!

LOL

The one time I've ever called you in real life, you didn't answer. I guess it didn't occur to me to send a text message!

I have had lots of dreams about Idol gatherings, but it's been a few months. Last time, it was a house party, and it had upside-down stairs a la Labyrinth, and I kept trying to talk to you and Dennis, and you kept walking away from me. *sniffles*

I don't even remember you calling me! Your number isn't in my phone, so if I didn't know who it was, I wouldn't have answered! :) Did you leave a message???

Both of us were trying to find David Bowie!

Haha nope, I just wanted to double check your address, but I had about ten minutes to get to the UPS store and get it shipped out, so I just crossed my fingers and mailed it. :)

Yay for being first.

How awesome that you got all the right help just when you needed it. Nice to know that good people are out there.

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Absolutely! It's amazing to consider all the little ways in which we are blessed every day.

It's wonderful when people are kind.

Have you ever seen the Liberty Mutual commercials where people see strangers doing kind deeds, and then they're inspired to be kinder? I love seeing that in action.

That ad brings me to the brink of tears Every Single Time. It's so affirming and it makes me want to walk out of my door and find someone to help, which is ludicrous since I live along a frontage road.

ME TOO!!!!!! I always tear up at those commercials. *high five*

Normally I don't even pay attention to commercials, but I've always like those ones. :-)

Me, too! :D

I wish the real world worked that way all the time.

See, hearing stories like that really helps restore some of my faith in humanity. Most days I think people-at-large tend to suck hardcore... so this makes me feel better about people. I'm really glad that random strangers helped you out... definitely saved your week. :-)

Definitely! I think that people are good when they are AWARE. Most people will do the kind thing if they take the time to slow down and be conscious of others.

And just to reinforce good behavior, I'm going to drop off some wine at the tire place. :D

Awwwwwwww... you're so awesome. I'm sure they'll totally appreciate it! You rule.

I don't know that it's *that* generous of me... I have a slightly ridiculous supply of wine for someone who doesn't drink, and I get it for amazing prices!!

lol... it's the thought you put into it, the going back to repay a kindness that, to me, makes it very generous and very sweet. You could bring them back a pack of Bazooka Joe bubblegum and because you took that care and thought, it's very generous. Just my opinion of course... damn that idealist in me! :-)

I suppose that's true. My mom is a bit disappointed in me because she thinks I should bake something for them instead. LoL

Well you can make your mama proud and bake *me* something instead! :-) lol...

Of course! Hurry up and make plans for the next sushi Thursday!!

Congrats on the first, and good thing that you got your tire fixed before it was a real problem!

Thanks chica!

Shocking, I was up way before the green room? Well, let's get some afternoon coffee going. Morning coffee for those of us on the West coast.

I was awake before the GR too! I kept refreshing and wondering where it was!

I'm juggling. Trying to find a way to look at houses in Texas from afar, working, and wheedling on a couple other things, too. Looking forward to my four day weekend!

Can you ask the estate agent to take a camera through and send you a copy of the footage? We had ours do that for us for the place we got in KL before moving here from Australia.

I've got some local folk that may be able to go look at places.

That's handy!

This week kinda sucked, in all honestly.

I was down and out until 3pm with a migraine yesterday, which doubly sucks when you can't take an Excedrin.

Then today I tried to get my car fixed, but chickened out because I don't have a place to jack up the car, so I'd have to "borrow" someone's parking lot. Then when I get there, I have to sit in the 90° heat while I wait for the car to cool down so I don't accidentally burn myself... THEN! All I have is a handful of wrenches and who knows if I even have the right sizes.

Soooo... I'm either going to pay $50 to get a garage to put it in FOR me, or maybe try again later when I can have someone around for moral support... :\

My friend's on his way to his cousin's funeral. Any good wishes to his family is always welcome.

I'm going to try and make a green bean casserole, only I'm adapting the recipe with tuna instead. I dunno if I can completely get rid of the cream of mushroom or not... hmmm...

I read and voted and can't wait to see how it turns out! This is almost as good as a season finale... but every week!
~Sammy-Joe

I am still sending my thoughts your friends way. So very sad :(

A good friend of mine got a call yesterday about a friend of his. He drove off a bridge with his 7 month old baby in the car and they both died. So terribly sad :(

Oh my goodness!!! :O That's scary stuff... :(

OMG how horrible!

Sorry that your week has sucked so bad, sweetie. Keeping good thoughts for the family... and for you.

*snuggles*

You can use any cream-of soup if you don't like cream of mushroom. Campbell's make cream of celery soup, or cream of potato soup, if either of those are more appealing. Or you could probably use sour cream, even!

I want to do tuna fish though. XD If I have to just add tuna that's fine, but I'd rather have less cream of mushroom anyway, since I don't like it. XD

So you're doing a green bean tuna casserole, if I'm understanding you correctly? Just change out the cream of mushroom soup for cream of whatever-you-like and you'll be set!

So I still need soup, huh? Hmmm... I think there might be cream of broccoli hanging around somewhere.

Basically what I want is green beans, tuna fish and french fried onions. Not so sure how the rest of the mixture fits in there... For all I know this could turn into a mild disaster. >.>

I'd think without the soup (or something similar like sour cream or plain yogurt) that it would be too dry, but you'll have to let me know how your recipe turns/turned out!

I was hoping the juice from the tuna fish would be enough. :( Maybe I should add something then. Maybe just half a can of mushroom instead of a whole one.

I just had a bowl of cream of potato soup and it was incredible :D

I am telling myself to step away from the organizing project for a little while before I go ballistic. It's time for some lunch.

How am I today? Probably not a question I should answer in a public domain. Crappy is one way to define how I am doing today. Completely crappy. I could use more colorful language, but I am not sure even that could get the point across.

I think I should pack up my dog and hit the road and run far, far away! Grrr!

Every little thing is going wrong on top of the big issues and is making me want to throw my keyboard out the window and hopefully hit my soon to be ex husband on the head while I am at it. Oh, that was mean, wasn't it?

Other than that, I was up until 2 AM giving advice to my baby brother on religion (or lack thereof) and parents. I actually told a 15 year old boy that he is smarter than his parents and meant it. How sad is that now? But it's the truth.

Awwww hope things get better soon, hun. *hugs*

Thank you, I hope so too, but it is likely to get worse before it gets better sadly. But I will survive!

Well... sometimes a little beating goes a long way. :-p

You already know how I feel about everything going on with you. So *HUGS*

lol I already bit him, so now you suggest I beat him too? Violent much? :-p

I know sweetie. Thank you *HUGS*

Violent? Nahhhh... just... ummmmmm... aggresively assertive. :-)

lol I am starting to think I was right about suggesting you for a villain thanks to some of the conversations we had over the last couple days...but you know I like aggressive assertiveness :-p

*gasp* Villain? I am no villain!!! That makes me sad. :-(

awww of course not. Not little old you who tells me how I should be mean :-p

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I don't say you *should*... I say you *could*. lol...

lol I could have swore you told me at one point "You *should* say something mean to her" I can check back on my text log to be sure though... :-p

Oh no, I said *I* wanted to say something mean to her. :-p

Aww, really now? You wanted to say something mean to her for me? That's pretty sweet actually...

Oh believe me, it wouldn't have been sweet. lol...

No, it's sweet that you wanted to say something mean to her for me. That you cared enough to actually do that *hugs*

*snuggles*

Thank you! Love the icon!

**hugs**

Hopefully it's only up from here for you!

Thank you. I think it should go downhill a bit more before it can go back up. But it will be over soon enough I am sure.

More hugs for you <3
Also, keyboards are not that heavy. I suggest tables or pianos :D

Yeah, very true. It's just that my wireless keyboard is also being an ass today. I figured the two of them could get along fine together :)

Today, I am the Mayor of Grumpyville. Actually, that's not *totally* true... I'm still just pissed that the big showdown I'd been primed for didn't go the way I wanted it to go. What burns my ass is that we outplayed them in every facet of the game... but we killed ourselves with some stooooopid mistakes. We beat ourselves, flat out. And that makes me one angry bear. *sigh*

Other than that, things are gooooood here. Gots my bag o' dry Cookie Crisp and a soy dark cherry mocha frap for breakfast so that makes me a less angry bear. :-)

Oh and constantly poll-watching... oy, is this whole thing is totally a sphincter-puckering experience... and I'm sure that it's going to be madness for the next few hours. *fingers crossed*

Hope everybody is having a good Thursday!!!

GRRR at losing. Not grrr, but GRRRRRRRRR. I know it makes a difference to you what type of grr it is. I am seriously pissed for you. I had wanted you to win too.

Yummy breakfast. I am jealous. I had some crackers...yeah. Delightful, huh?

The poll is going to drive me crazy today. I need to be cleaning and getting stuff ready for the trip next week, NOT poll watching!

Oh there is a huge difference in grrrrrr'ing styles. lol... Thanks, you. It sucks but it's only one game. At least I keep telling myself that.

Hmmmmm... depends. Crackers can be good. What kind? :-)

lol... you so know you'll be poll watching.

lol Yes there is. And this is one of my GRRRRR moments. I know what you think about that ;)

Just plain old saltine crackers. Our fridge is broken, so we had to throw most of our food out. It helps with the weight loss though! :-p

Yeah, I am poll watching...I got the kitchen clean though!

lol... Grrrrr can be good! :-)

Saltines are good. I like saltines. Sucks that you had to toss most of your food though. That really sucks. :-(

lol haven't we had this conversation before?

I like saltines too. Especially with cheese. Yum.

It's all good, I normally don't eat much breakfast anyway. I just could REALLY use a Diet Dr. Pepper since that's normally what I have for breakfast anyway! (sad, huh? lol)

It's like deja vu all over again. :-p

I like 'em with peanut butter. lol....

Hey, diet Dr. Pepper is the breakfast o' champions!

lol Yes, it is!

Peanut butter is good on ANYTHING. Though I prefer Ritz crackers for peanut butter. Or just a spoon.

Yes it is! It's exactly what I need when I wake up in the afternoon....eerrr morning I mean :)

That's the worst!!! Try not to kick yourself too hard. Easier said than done, I know.

True story... I was biting my nails poll-watching yesterday... and when 5:00pm came... and then 5:02pm... and 5:05pm... and the poll didn't close, I was freaking out. Then I checked the date and figured out there was another 24 hours to go. *facepalm*

HAHAHAHA!!! You are too funny. That is an awesome story. The good news today though is that you can give your poor fingernails a break! :-) I on the other hand, am already down to the bone. I just don't know what I'm going to gnaw on until 5 o'clock now.

Thanks, you. Much easier said than done... I think I'm far too competitive for my own good sometimes. :-)

Pfffft... you have know reason to gnaw. You're in good shape.

And I am too competitive as well. Hence our convo in

furzicle's journal yesterday!

lol... I take nothing for granted. Seriously. Especially when it gets close to closing time at the polls. So there will be much gnawing for a while, I fear. :-)

lol... competition is a good thing overall, I think. It keeps you movin' and fired up! :-) And I think we had convo's like everywhere yesterday. :-p

Yeah, we pretty much did! I was listening to the live Vienna Teng album last night, and guess what - I am 95% sure I can hear myself on one of the tracks! Waiting for Alex to answer me and let me know if that track was from the session I attended.

Have you heard the album yet?

Oh see... you just gotta keep rubbin' it in, don't you? lol... I've actually not heard the live album yet!

What did you scream on the track you can hear yourself on?

Don't get fussy! LoL

Send me your email address.

And she had us sing "Soon Love Soon" with her. I was harmonizing on it, and I was sitting in the front row at that show. The track I have definitely has someone singing the exact same harmony I did, and it sounds like my voice, so we'll see!

I am such a fan of soy dark cherry mochas....

Seriously. They're bliss. The java chip frap used to be my crack... but those pushers at Starbucks turned me on to this during one of their promos. Sooooooooooooo good.

Sorry about the loss last night. Hopefully that's the last time you pull a Bowersox ;)

No grumping from you. I think it's pretty clear who's going home this week.

A Bowersox??? Oh enlighten me on that please! I've not heard that before!!! lol....

I shall grump. Harump. And we don't know nothin' until that bell rings at 5. Lots o' craziness is going to take place... you just never know.

a soy dark cherry mocha frap

Wow. My brain just exploded :D

Sending hugs your way too, poor grumpy thing!

Was that a good exploding brain or a bad exploding brain. Because a soy dark cherry mocha frap is sheer bliss. BLISS I TELL YOU! :-0

Thanks, you. Glad you won't let my boy-cooties deter you from hugging. :-)

Good! Bewildered, but good. Never imagined that combination before!

I guess I was just having a weak moment ... ;-)

Bewildered but good... You simply must sample the awesomeness that *is* that combination. Go ye forth to your local Starbucks and delight in this cup o' ambrosia!

lol... fear not, I'll do my best to keep my boy-cooties to myself.

I just hope they have it here! It sounds like nothing else on earth :D

Oh for your sake, I hope they do too. Bliss I tell you. Bliss.

Aha - Green Room!

I'm more than ready for the week to be over. I've finally gotten a whole bunch of filing caught up at work (yay) since we're not sure when (or if) the caseworker will be back (boo). I *think* she's on medical (possibly mental health) leave, but I'm not yet sure. It's very argh-making!

Yesterday, while I was on the bus, I started thinking about just how much of an inspiration Idol has been for me. And I'm not talking in terms of writing and creativity, either (although that's also the case). What I mean is that the people I read and met here helped to remind me of my own personal agency... That I didn't have to continue existing in a life of comfortable discontent--that I could make changes, pursue dreams, and make choices based on my own values instead of those of other people. If it weren't for Idol, I'm not sure that I would have found the resolve to move back to Maine and start changing my life into something that I love.

So thanks. Thanks for sharing stories of your own successes and struggles. And for listening to and responding to mine. Thanks for giving me a chance to get back in touch with my dreams and values. Thanks for being so danged encouraging and supportive as I've undertaken this big crazy life change adventure.

My week is... pretty good! I'm not ready for it to be done yet as I still have exciting stuff to do. Although I am ready for results to be posted so I'll know if I make it through to another week.

I have to say I feel the same way about my Idol experience. It really has opened my eyes to many things. I am realizing things about myself and my life that I may not have realized without it. I am making changes in my life too, all because of it. Heck, I am even finally getting the nerve to leave a marriage that I have been unhappy with for a long time because writing here and talking to people has made me realize that I need to get away from the toxicity.

It really is awesome. I have no words for it beyond what you said. I am so happy that it has helped you along your way as well, that's awesome!

I love everything about this comment. When you get people together, and they're supportive and benevolent and creative and open, it's amazing how much they can positively impact one another. So cool to see you chase your next adventure!!

Writing is truly a transformative act. Thank you for sharing yourself with others!

Awww, I love reading about your trials and tribulations too!

Aww, that comment gave me the warm fuzzies :D

If not for Idol, I'd still be sitting frustrated on a hundred stories with zero self-esteem. 27 weeks of telling stories has done wonders for my sanity and also managed to perk up my self-esteem a tiny bit as well :D

I'm willing to trade a Thursday for a Friday - any takers? I need a weekend...a three day weekend...now. :)

Sure, I'd trade you if I could. Every day is a Saturday for me anyway, so what's it matter? :-p

Hmmmmmmm... I'll give you a super-sized soy dark cherry mocha frap!!!

I'll totally swap living in NZ for living in the States. Any time.

Well, since it's probably my last few hours as an idol contestant, I wanted to pop in and say how much I've enjoyed this experience with all of you.

This week has been truly awful for me between morning sickness and a work load that's been unfathomable along with my job search. Luckily, it's ALMOST over, and I'm hoping that June will bring me some luck :)

It's not over until it's over!!!! Don't give up hope yet!!!!

I'm so sorry that you've had a really horrible week. :-( *hugs* I do hope the turning of the calendar improves your luck. I really do.

I've known it was over since Sunday when I ran out of time to write my entry. It's ok. I'm at peace with it, particularly because there's nothing I could have really done to change thing.

June HAS to get better. Only up from here! Well up and HEAVIER. Did you see my picture on facebook this morning? I'm suddenly a gigantic pregnant lady. :)

That makes me sad. :-( *HUGS*

I haven't seen your pic yet! I am going to have to go check it out!!!! June will most definitely be better. I shall sacrifice a live chicken on your behalf to ensure it is such. :-)

Don't be sad! Like I said, I'm at peace with the whole thing. Without having to write entries, I'll have some time to start doing my trip report :)

I wouldn't risk sacrificing chickens around here. There are some great defenders of the chicken in LJI. They do taste so good though- all deep fried :)

I'm just glad you managed to get an entry in to be voted out rather than just dropping out, which would've been the alternative ;) Hopefully next week will be better!

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