Green Room - Week 4 - Day 6

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

"Now that your picture's in the paper being rhythmically admired you can
Have anyone that you have ever desired,
All you gotta tell me now is why, why, why, why"

Welcome to the new week.

I know it don't thrill you, I hope it doesn't - well, you know. . .

Speaking of - there is still a poll out there http://community.livejournal.com/therealljidol/392874.html and folks hanging by their fingertips waiting for the voters to decide their fate. Have you gotten your votes in yet?

Who isn't getting the love and attention that you think they should be receiving?

Who moved the cheese?
Who cut the cheese?
Who put the bomp in the bomp bah bomp bah bomp? Don't they know some people have allergies???

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Also, to join the rest of the internet: RIP Leslie Nielsen and Happy Birthday to comedychick. That seems like a weird thing to request as a birthday gift though.

Comments

[theafaye.livejournal.com]

My strategy is to vote for people and entries I like and not for those that I don't like. If someone's a consistently good read, I might vote for them on an off week if I would prefer them to stay in the contest over someone else. I try to avoid voting without reading, but I have done it on occasion if I've not been able to read everything and see a favourite in danger. I wouldn't do it automatically, but I have done it in the past and will probably do it again if the circumstances dictate. I'd much rather vote after reading everything though.

The entry is more important than the person behind it though. If I think an entry is outstanding, I'll vote for it, even if I don't like the person writing for whatever reason. They just have to be a little more outstanding than most to win me over.

At this stage, it's on a week by week basis. That gradually changes as the competition wears on and I get a stronger sense of who I do and don't enjoy reading.

[vaguelyclear.livejournal.com]

The entry is more important than the person behind it though.

I agree with this, which is why I vote week-by-week. Also I don't know, I kinda feel like I'm being unfair if I vote for people who aren't having as strong a week as they have in the past, over people who are. But that's me. I'm all about the fairness.

I'll be interested to see if my voting habits change as the weeks go by.

[theafaye.livejournal.com]

The nice thing about Idol is that you can vote for as many or as few as you like. I don't think I've ever had a situation where I had to vote for one person over another. Even the finals have been pretty easy choices for me.

ETA: Just reading my original comment, to clarify, when it comes to the concept of voting "over", the person I don't want to hang around would be someone I don't want to see in the competition anyway (or I'm indifferent about). I vote *for* rather than against, if that makes sense. So really, past performance swings the balance only in terms of whether I give a vote to a consistent favourite, not whether I want to see someone else go out.

[vaguelyclear.livejournal.com]

It makes sense :) It's a good way of looking at it, too.

[java-fiend.livejournal.com]

Uh huh... like I'm supposed to *believe* you stating this strategy out in the open like this. I know how you evil genius types work. All of the evil behind the scenes machinations and all. I know your type. :-p

[theafaye.livejournal.com]

Curses! Foiled again!