Vote - Week 6

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

A few words from clauderainsrm:

Before we get into the tribal shuffle, and of course, the voting - we need to say goodbye to some people who have byed out of the competition. It's a mixture of newbies and veterans, which seems to be the theme of the season. Some talented people in this group, who will definitely be missed. Also some losers. . . heh, not really, but I was just checking to see if you were paying attention! Seriously, thanks for coming out folks, and I hope that everything is well.

Leaving us this week are:

achromaticlight, antianhedonia, ariesathena,corpses_smiling, edith_jones, horosha, imagemirror, jazmcrfan, loganv2, maerhys, misalady, nouv_ella, mscc6422, ravenofdreams, reverieblues and stharridan

Which, given that there were over 50 contestants without byes, is much smaller than a lot of people, including myself, predicted. So good job to those who are standing and fighting without a safety net!
We also have a drop to announce. Although I will put an * on this one, because I tried to email her back and her settings did not allow me to do so. Nor did I have another way of getting in touch that I could locate this afternoon.

ohnocapslock - if you are reading this, first off - Congratulations. Secondly, there is a Baby Bye option. I don't count the "week of" giving birth as an actual bye (as long as someone tells me that is what it is) and you do have one more bye left after that. If you decide you want back in, and email me at clauderainsrm@gmail.com before this poll closes, I think that under the circumstances, it would be all good. If you don't, I understand, but I wanted to make sure you knew your options.

With that said, we get to Week 6 and the voting.

First off, it's a Community Only poll. You need to be signed up as a member of the community in order to vote. It's easy enough to do - and you've had one earlier this season, so you probably know the drill.

Second, we are down to 5 tribes. Tribe Redemption was absorbed, with one member going to each of the new tribes. The Tribe 9/bye-tribe from last time is the odd tribe out. I said there would make it interesting last time around, and it does. Especially with so many of the bye-outs coming from that group. The rest of the tribes are a straight forward merge of two of the existing groupings.

It should keep people on their toes, and hopefully increase exposure to new people from folks who read their own tribe first!

The contestant with the entry receiving the fewest votes from each tribe will be eliminated.

The topic, "Food Memory" is one of my favorite Top Chef challenges. From what I have seen, it translated well to the written form! Great job folks! Way to make it difficult on the voters!

The poll closes Monday, December 5th at 9pm EST.

Good luck to everyone.

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Comments

At last! I'm *FRIST*!!

[ellakite.livejournal.com]

(looks up at what I've typed in the subject)

DANG IT!! I SCREWED IT UP!!!

Re: At last! I'm *FRIST*!!

[kickthehobbit.livejournal.com]

You'll always be frist in my heart.

:3

[kickthehobbit.livejournal.com]

Time for reading. It's Death Week here, and so for the first time in a long time I haven't had the time to read everyone's entries before the poll goes up. Damn.

[similiesslip.livejournal.com]

It feels like death week for me. I'm a mom of three in college and all the professors are making huge projects due ALONG WITH finals.

Ugh.

But I'm trying to read and comment too.

[pixiebelle.livejournal.com]

So many awesome people gone before the poll even starts :(

Yay for ohnocapslock though!!! Congrats!

Also, just to clarify, one vote getter goes from each tribe? Yeah, I'm asking that again since I assume your evilness will start to come out any day now...

Nevermind. I see you clarified now. Not only do I read it all, I re-read it several times over to make sure I got everything :P.

[jem0000000.livejournal.com]

Can there be more spaces?

[jem0000000.livejournal.com]

Please?

Scrolling here is not a problem, but viewing this entry in my inbox makes the buttons go in weird places.

Pretty please with cherry cookies on top?

[similiesslip.livejournal.com]

Again, this is probably explained somewhere or something...why is Tribe 5 so small?

(confused)

[pixiebelle.livejournal.com]

It was the tribe with the undeclared byes last week. Many of those folks byed out.

[isis-lives.livejournal.com]

Oh, geesh! I missed the deadline completely.

[twowaymirrrors.livejournal.com]

I did too! I kept thinking the deadline was this weekend. Oops...

[vaguelyclear.livejournal.com]

An interesting tribal shift, and not what I was expecting. Anyone else feel intimidated by the larger tribes in terms of reading? LOL XD

[honeybeewriter.livejournal.com]

Yes! But that's cus as a Grad student my time is limited and I won't vote without reading everyone in a tribe

[rt-sparrow.livejournal.com]

Wow am I glad I remembered to leave a comment to declare my bye last week.

[wolfden.livejournal.com]

You have no idea how much I wish my life hadn't exploded on deadline day last week.

[xo-kizzy-xo.livejournal.com]

Why, hello Tribe 2! How is everyone?

[ellakite.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm apparently "frist". Other than that, I'm not sure what to tell you...

[irishrosedkm.livejournal.com]

Well. I apparently can't tell time when I'm in Alabama and *thought* I posted my entry on time. Thankfully I was auto-byed for my idiocy. Feel free to read it anyways!

[poppetawoppet.livejournal.com]

my, what big tribes you have.....

as always, sorry to see people bye-out, but a lot less than I expected, given

Can't wait to get to reading, but I'll save that for tomorrow

[xo-kizzy-xo.livejournal.com]

I have to save mine for tomorrow too.

:looks at clock:

:realizes she should have been in bed an hour ago:

:frightened she'll turn into a pumpkin if she doesn't get to bed ASAP:

[jacq22.livejournal.com]

Happy voting, that is if the gremlins leave us in peace, having trouble getting comments to post here.
But hey we can overcome all obsticles, we are scribes.

[nodressrehersal.livejournal.com]

I had a heck of a time leaving comments last night, too... finally closed up the laptop in frustration.

[lawchicky.livejournal.com]

Wait a minute- there's a free BYE when you have a baby? I could have USED that! (and I know a few other ladies who have been in the same boat). If LJI gets me unexpectedly pregnant AGAIN, I'm cashing in on this one. (don't get any ideas LJI pregnancy voodoo gods)

[honeybeewriter.livejournal.com]

Send the LJI pregnancy voodoo gods this way (kinda...the hubby will be happy, I'd prefer to wait that we can go on he honeymoon LOL)

[brilligspoons.livejournal.com]

Tribe 1, you are looking oh so fine. *winks*

[similiesslip.livejournal.com]

Why thank you, LOL. (I guess you mean the tribe at large though, not just me:)

I hope we do well this week:)

[jem0000000.livejournal.com]

I seem to slowly be moving up the Tribes; I started in Tribe Four, I was Tribe Three last shuffle, and now I am in Tribe Two.

Does this mean I'll be in Tribe One next time?

[similiesslip.livejournal.com]

Honestly, I have no idea. The tribes constantly shift but for different reasons almost each time.

[vaguelyclear.livejournal.com]

Hey Gary, I think you accidentally included leftygirl02 (in tribe 3) - she was eliminated last week (http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/502032.html).

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the heads up.

[xreesex.livejournal.com]

Yay, babies! I love Amy and I love babies so I'm a happy lady!!!!!

[belenen.livejournal.com]

so unless I miscounted, this elimination is going to drop us below 200, right? anyone have stats?

[vaguelyclear.livejournal.com]

Right. With the bye-outs this week, we're now down to 202.

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

I fully agree with that. That was definitely one of the people I had my eye on to go a lot further.

[rt-sparrow.livejournal.com]

Great topic, Gary. I love me some food-gone-wrong stories. :)

[cacophonesque.livejournal.com]

Didn't mean to use my second bye this week--but baby was demanding of my attention and I was parenting on my own for much of the day. Good luck to everyone this week!

[jem0000000.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[jem0000000.livejournal.com]

Tribe One: 47 entries - 11 byes = 36 active entries
Tribe Two: 48 entries - 9 byes = 39 active entries
Tribe Three: 47 entries - 8 byes = 39 active entries
Tribe Four: 45 entries - 6 byes = 39 active entries
Tribe Five: 16 entries - 1 bye = 15 active entries

Overall: 203 entries - 35 byes = 168 active entries

[honeybeewriter.livejournal.com]

Any the byes are good until the top 100 or the top 200?

[sonarvampress.livejournal.com]

I was just getting on to inform you that I'd have to use my bye this week due to hurting my back so bad I can't get off the couch to type. This is the first day I have been on my computer since I read what the topic was. I didn't even realize I had been hurt for a whole week! Can I have a wedding bye? lol. I'm worried I will end up buying out in late December or early January because we will be out of town for about two weeks for the wedding, but I am hoping to be able to get on the internet at some point to submit my entries.

[liret.livejournal.com]

Let's see, tribe 5. . . ok, according to my Hunger Games strategy guide, at this point I'm supposed to sneak around avoiding booby traps and stealing people's food. Sounds good to me.

[vaguelyclear.livejournal.com]

And then you'll need to find some kind of cave to hide in.

[sweeny-todd.livejournal.com]

I am really surprised by some of those bye-outs! There are some great writers there!

[myrna-bird.livejournal.com]

I agree with you. Definitely some great writers in that group, people I looked for each week. Real life throws too many curve balls sometimes.