Green Room - Week 12 - Day 7

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

I'm looking over the polls and this week has every indication of a nail-biting down to the wire (and maybe even beyond if immunities are thrown into the mix) batch of crazy.

My own advice is to make sure to take the time to read and encourage other people to do so as well. Read. Comment and vote. It's the best of all possible worlds for your favorites! http://community.livejournal.com/therealljidol/424270.html

Which means that it's the best of all possible worlds for you so that the Idol Mob doesn't show up to see if you want to sleep with the fishes.

I have no idea who this Idol Mob might be, and imagine that there are probably some people out there with a lifestyle/fetish/whatever for actually sleeping with fishes. This is something completely different than you and your scaly friends!

I imagine though that the Idol Mob has old timey gangster hats and instead of tommy-guns carry laptops and iPads so they can get their entries in on time even if they are in the middle of whacking someone.

Which of course also sounds completely inappropriate.

Possibly inappropriate, but definitely something that Idol Mob will find interesting, is the other entries this week - http://community.livejournal.com/therealljidol/424567.html over in the last weeks of Second Chance-land.

Completely appropriate for any situation is a column from a really good RL friend of mine. Either that or the boyfriend of a really good RL friend of mine. Depending on which one of them I'm claiming as a friend at the moment. :)

Usually I don't hype this sort of thing here. But every once in awhile I make an exception. In this case, I just think it's really fun and I think a lot of people here will like it, and help it go viral or come down with some sort of virus or whatever it is that you kids do these days with your newfangled magick light boxes.

Geek Valentines Day cards - http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/42852/inspire-geek-love-with-these-hilarious-geek-valentines/
Because like it or not, it's coming. So link it all over the place out there in cyber-land.
Read and vote first, obviously. But if you have a little extra time, go do that too. :)

Comments

[supremegoddess1.livejournal.com]

first?

ETA: Indeed. Which is nice, since I've had the day from hell. Got better once I got home, though. Much love for the wifelet who produced Taco Bell and a hot bath.

[cheshire23.livejournal.com]

Ugh, sorry for day from hell. Glad your lovely wifelet was able to improve matters. :)

[locknkey.livejournal.com]

Where does on acquire a wifelet? I could so use one. :(

[millysdaughter.livejournal.com]

Does the Idol Mob take requests?

[roina-arwen.livejournal.com]

Yes, but only if cookies are involved in the deal!

[isis-lives.livejournal.com]

The polls are tight! Reading and taking notes. Feels different on this side of it.

[java-fiend.livejournal.com]

I for one, am very sad that you *are* on that side of it. :-(

[liret.livejournal.com]

I really want to be part of the idol mob, now. If only so I can wear the old-timey gangster hat.

[roina-arwen.livejournal.com]

Best hats ever!!!

[sweeny-todd.livejournal.com]

my apologies to all - I am reading but I just can't get to the commenting. I am too busy writing comments on my own writing for the next couple of weeks!

[sweeny-todd.livejournal.com]

and in terms of mobs, I was once in the flash mob where we did the Thriller dance. It was really cool.

[comedychick.livejournal.com]

It's been interesting watching the poll now I'm in tribe 4. I was safely in the middle before I went to bed last night but now there are only 2 people behind me. Why did I write a sonnet? I guess people found me easier to read first since it was short, and then had time to read longer pieces later? *shrug* Speculation!

I have a question for people re: comments. This week the comments I've been getting have related to the form I chose to submit rather than content (ie subject matter). I'm usually more of a content commenter, unless the writing is really striking enough for me to comment on. What are other people's preferences in terms of both leaving and receiving comments on entries?

Reason I prefer content comments more (both leaving and receiving) is I feel like it's a better way to have conversations, get to know people, and make friends.

[sweeny-todd.livejournal.com]

I completely agree. that is the sort of comment I make, and the type that I liked to recieve.

[locknkey.livejournal.com]

Does the mob take on paid commissions? I got a little something I'd like taken care of.

Rotten days make me want to hurt people. :(

[vaguelyclear.livejournal.com]

Boooo to rotten days. Hope tomorrow is better for you!

[vaguelyclear.livejournal.com]

I keep forgetting about the special powers some people have! I think I might have to look them up to see who has what again.

Geek Valentine's Day cards FTW!

[comedychick.livejournal.com]

I just keep wondering when someone is going to use one of the powers! I think only 2 have been used so far, and both by people who had to pull out because of RL!

not that anyone cares, but I'm putting this here anyway :p

[xo-kizzy-xo.livejournal.com]

In Wonky Foot news, I have an appointment with the ortho on Wednesday morning. He's doctored my ankle/Achilles/whatever more times than I can count. I'm probably going to scream at how much it's going to cost, but you know what? This is my foot we're talking about, not a simple cold or laceration.

A couple of people on my FL related stories about how they broke their foot and didn't realize it for days. I'm really hoping that isn't my case, because if it is...

:shudder:
:shudder:
:shudder:

Re: not that anyone cares, but I'm putting this here anyway :p

[comedychick.livejournal.com]

As long as it doesn't cost you an arm and a leg ;)

Days? Um... when I was about 9, I fractured my foot by using gym bars and landing incorrectly. I cried and was in pain but because I was a bit of a cry baby back then, and my reaction wasn't that terrible, my parents didn't take me to get x-rayed for a week or so!

[tentaclecore]

I've already voted for everyone I want to, but damn is it getting hard to go back and leave comments. LJ is just simply not loading for me this week >_> The only entries I've managed are the ones on my f-list (that went up eons ago, so I could read and comment right then), and, like, two others since the poll went up. WTF, loading times. WTF.

(I blame my connexion. We had rolling blackouts up until a couple of days ago, and lots of shit is still damaged and being sulky while the infrastructure recovers. Yay.)

[comedychick.livejournal.com]

Ahh, I feel your pain. Shitty Internets suck!

[roina-arwen.livejournal.com]

Greetings from Atlanta airport. Took the 11:30pm red-eye home from Vegas last night, now awaiting the boarding of the final leg of our trip home in about 35 minutes or so. Had a great time in Vegas, back to work tomorrow. I'll nap when we get home then hopefully finish voting in the polls before bowling this evening. Gonna finish up breakfast then head to the gate. Ciao!

[pixiebelle.livejournal.com]

Busy, busy girl!

Sounds like Vegas was fun!

[phoenixejc.livejournal.com]

Good morning, Green Room!

[beldar.livejournal.com]

Good morning to you as well!

[amazingwriter23.livejournal.com]

My fave is the Bender Valentine! LOL
My kid dressed as Lela for Halloween this past year. AW

[lawchicky.livejournal.com]

Morning guys!!

Still waiting for some news about grandpa. It seems he was doing ok last night, but as long as he has all those tubes down his throat, I'm uncomfortable.

We are going to the chocolate shop this morning to pick out favors for the upcoming baptism of my son and nephew :)

then I have work to do and want to get through reading tribes 3 and 4.

[pixiebelle.livejournal.com]

Sending good thoughts your way!

[pixiebelle.livejournal.com]

Good morning, GR! I'm up bright and early! I'm actually not the only person in the office at 6 am...

I stayed over at Case de Java's place while my apartment gets fumigated. He was so nice and even made me a lunch to bring to work. He's so sweet :)

I discovered that I can wake up at 4 am. I actually felt pretty good too. That's scary because I'm not a morning person. I think my body just mistook sleeping for napping and 4 am as just staying up late since I'm a night owl. Oh well, I'm awake and at work early enough to goof off a bit before the boss comes in.

And I'm straightening my hair at work. I've never done that before...

Hope everyone has a good day!

[java-fiend.livejournal.com]

It's not the mornings that are bad... it's the early evenings when you hit that wall that suck!!! lol...

*HUGS* Hope your day goes smoothly, sweetheart.

[beldar.livejournal.com]

Ah, Valentimes are upon us again. I like the one from The IT Crowd.

Now that I've joined in the stress of seeing how the vote turns out for me, I've started wondering, if/when I get eliminated, could I become a character in another contestant's entries? That's one way to stay in the game.

Well, at least that sounded like a good idea in my head...

[joeymichaels.livejournal.com]

You just need to find a sympathetic writer and BAM you are totally LJIzed.

[dizzydog.livejournal.com]

My favorite was th Jayne one, but they're all pretty awesome :D

Tribe three's poll is killing me! There's 6 votes between bottom and top, so it feels like it could go anywhere at this point. *nervous* Lots of good entries out there this week, I like all the directions people ran with the topic :)

[java-fiend.livejournal.com]

He robbed from the rich and he gave to the poor
Stood up to the Man and he gave him what for
Our love for him now ain't hard to explain
The Hero of Canton, the man they call Jayne

[beeker121.livejournal.com]

Reading the green room has made me all nervous.

See, I have a rule that I don't look at the polls until I vote in the polls. This weekend was busy so I'm in more of a time crunch about reading and voting than usual (I have about 20 entries left). So I see all of this angst but don't know if it applies to me! I could break my rule - no one would know - but eh. I think I'll stay in ignorant bliss for a while longer.

In other news today feels like the first day of rehearsal all over again, since the official meet and greet with the staff is today. I'm ready for all of the extra folks to go away so we can just dig in.

[java-fiend.livejournal.com]

I'm so freaking angst-ridden about the polls right now. Don't look unless you want to develop an ulcer on the double. lol... I'm seriously nervous.

[java-fiend.livejournal.com]

Good Morning Idolers!

These polls *will* be the death of me one of these days. I'm totally clenched-up about this one. It's so nasty, nasty, nasty tight. Ugh.

Still working my way through the entries. I have some of tribes 3 & 4 to go. And there is a lot of good stuff out there. So I figure I'll read more and maybe actually do a little work... the kind the powers that be pay me for... to try and take my mind of these polls. Ugh and Bleh.

Hope everybody is having a good day!

[pixiebelle.livejournal.com]

*hugs* the polls are scary! But work?!? come on now, nothing is that bad that you should have to resort to that now! :-P

[joeymichaels.livejournal.com]

"Idol Mob" sounds like a 90's hip hop act. Like one that would have been on the charts at the same time as Digital Underground.

In regards to the polls, you know, its a good sign when its close like this. Assuming that people are actually reading and that a chunk of votes aren't just "hey friends register and vote for me so I don't get eliminated," the close polls suggest that everyone had something worthwhile to offer this week.

Basically, I'm saying we're all awesome and whomever gets eliminated is still awesome.

Edited to Add: Whether you are voting or not, you owe it to yourself to read Alephz's entry (http://alephz.livejournal.com/462267.html), especially for his drawings of Rattsu.

[comedychick.livejournal.com]

Alephz's entry was totally awesome!

[walkertxkitty.livejournal.com]

Uh-oh...and here I thought it was just a writing competition! (BTW, I am, for my mental health, NOT going to see if Rule 34 actually applies to sleeping with the fishes or any such fetish!)

Valentine's doesn't hold the horror it once did for me. It used to be the day I married and abusive bastard but I've made it into the day I love myself. I'm going to eat chocolate, have decadent lunch and dinner, eat my dessert first, and do things I really enjoy. I'm going to pamper and primp myself, maybe treat myself to a manicure and a hair cut.

I am going to love the fact that I'm alive and that there are at least a few others who give a damn about that.

I am going to make cookies the cats don't ruin (for those of you keeping track, I was going to send Gary cookies for the holidays. Thus far I've burnt three batches, the cats have eaten the butter for two, and the milk was rancid when I went to make the next batch. My husband ate the next ones, thinking they were treats for work, and Dee's brother shared out the next with the kids. This weekend there WILL be cookies for Gary and nothing short of an earthquake or being wiped off the planet will stop me.)

[ecosopher.livejournal.com]

You're certainly persistent! I think I would have given up ages ago :D

Valentine's Day just isn't as big a deal here as it is over there, I think. Plus I've never really been interested (that probably sounds like I just lacked admirers, and there could be some truth to that too LOL)

I like the idea of making it a day to take care of yourself though. I just looked at the calendar and realised it's on a Monday this year, so both children will be elsewhere for several hours - I should possibly take a leaf out of your book...

[drjeff.livejournal.com]

Heeeeellllpppp I'm trapped in real life!

Helllllp!

[nyxocity.livejournal.com]

*pulls you free with the jaws of (not-real) life*

[serpentpixie.livejournal.com]

I am, as ever, late to the party, but I would just like to say that I have a phobia of fish.
I do not mean, metaphorical fish. I mean, fish for real.