Green Room - Week 24 - Day 6

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

There is still a poll out there, http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/458636.html , to determine who will be moving on. People have been pointing out just how much fiction there is this week. Hopefully that's just how people decided to go with the topic rather than a general direction of the overall season/competition. I guess we will see how things shake out in the coming weeks.

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I am currently reading the Bryson book "A Walk in the Woods" and just reached his visit to Centralia, Pennsylvania. More precisely, when he talks about the mine fire that started in 1962 and is still burning today.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centralia,_Pennsylvania

If I didn't have to wait a season, I would make that a topic in and of itself, it's so interesting.

But since I have you here - what do *you* have burning, deep down inside? ;)

Comments

[nyxocity.livejournal.com]

First of all, My rec list for this week (http://nyxocity.livejournal.com/86566.html).

Second... I joined Idol for the sole reason that I needed to get comfortable talking about myself again. It was an incredibly painful process for me in the beginning, but the more people were supportive and didn't, you know, trash me or rip me to pieces, the more confident I became. I switched over to fiction once I felt comfortable and have stuck with it ever since, but that's just me enjoying the ideas that can be spun out of the topics. I love writing stories and creating worlds and characters.

Idol has been instrumental in helping heal some wounds I was suffering from. I've only in the last week or so begun to realize that it feels like home to me, now, and been brave enough to friend other people first. It's been such a positive experience for me, and that's more about the people than fiction vs. non-fiction, for me, anyway.

[comedychick.livejournal.com]

LOL, I'm still afraid to friend people first >.> Still, I have done that, and I have met some pretty amazing and incredible people here. I also totally understand why it feels like home. Why do you think I'm all over the place and don't piss off? ;)

[pixiebelle.livejournal.com]

I still have issues friending people first from time to time, but I've gotten better at it. I also surprised myself this season by actually going after intersection partners I wanted to work with instead of posting something begging for someone to take me. I'm actually a little sad we didn't have another week of intersections because I had an awesome person lined up if we had...someone that took guts to ask since I figured he'd rather work with other people. So I thought that was an improvement for me!

But Idol does feel like home to me...I've never really fit in with people before, I have very few close friends and most people think I'm too odd to really hang out with. In Idol, I feel accepted and part of the group rather than an outsider like I usually do. It's a great experience and has helped me in a crazy amount of ways...

[mstrobel.livejournal.com]

begging for someone to take me

*tries not to lower the tone, tries not to lower the tone*!!!

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I am still terrified of friending people first, omg. And I am glad of my timezone because each time intersections have been announced, both this season and last, either I've had someone lined up to work with OR I have awoken to a "partners?" PM or similar. Glad to have a good six or so hour buffer between Gary's posting and my reading!