Green Room - Week 12 - Day 1

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

There's stuff to cover this morning - so let's get to it!

If you fell asleep early last night, here's what you missed:

The Results from Week 11: http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/521720.html
The New Topic: http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/521820.html
The First Home Game post of the season (so all of you folks clamoring for it, now go out and use it!! Show me that it's something you want!): http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/522194.html
and of course, the Work Room: http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/522463.html

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You also missed something pretty important going on in a discussion. It's something that the veterans certainly know and a fair amount of newbies have been discovering: If you have something come up - like LJ not showing the proper votes and you really want to have them confirmed - come to me. You can certainly go to a random Idoler and ask them what they think. Heck, maybe they know the answer! (and often do!) But if you want someone who can actually go in and check your votes vs what you think is in there, I'm the guy for it.

Anyone who knows me, knows not only to come to me with that - but anything else you might be struggling with. I've seen a fair amount of emails this season that have started out with the implication that the person is somehow going to annoy me. As long as you're not emailing me to take your side in some sort of dispute against a fellow Idoler, it's probably not going to annoy me. Then again, if you think it's gotten out of hand, and want to make sure that I'm keeping an eye on it, that's definitely something that I can do. (When I do get involved with those kinds of things, it's usually in a way that points out both sides strengths and weaknesses, with utterly pisses off at least one of the parties who becomes convinced that I sided against them! ;) )

Which is neither here nor there, but occurs to me is a standing criticism in some circles, so I figured that I would mention it. Hopefully, things are going smoothly at the moment and you won't need that sort of advice/assistance.

Some responses take longer than others - but if you are a current contestant, someone who took the time to get involved, and you need something, let me know. That's kind of why I'm here. Granted, I can't guarantee you'll be happy with whatever my answer is, because I can't guarantee what your question or comment will be! :D But if you need me, I'm at clauderainsrm@gmail.com
Well. I'm not physically there. Unless I've been digitized. In which case I probably have bigger issues than answering emails!

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If you were fell asleep early, you probably also missed the ice cream and cake that everyone was given. I'm afraid there's none left. You should know by now that all the fun things happen after you go to sleep!

Comments

[millysdaughter.livejournal.com]

**pouts**
Want cake!

[lapis-lazuli615.livejournal.com]

But you were first!

Oh, wait. I'm supposed to throw confetti on you or something, right?

How about this instead? *places tiara (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duiKAT-33Ss&feature=share) on your head*

[imafarmgirl.livejournal.com]

Good morning all. A rainy day here. I go to meet my tutor for my stats class and them to work for a half a day. Should be an easy day. Who ever thought of rain in New England in January?

[ecosopher.livejournal.com]

Ooh, I hope you can be cosy in the rain!

[lapis-lazuli615.livejournal.com]

Damn it. Everything good happened after I went to sleep when I was a kid, and now you tell me that's STILL going on? How rude!!

I have NO idea where I'm going to go with this week's topic, but it'll probably be last minute, as usual.

Work today - must go wake the girl child.

[jem0000000.livejournal.com]

Good luck!

[cosmolinguist]

I think I can be forgiven for going to sleep too early to see the results; I was up until 2 and that was still only an hour after the polls closed!

[mstrobel.livejournal.com]

We had our first snow of the winter yesterday! And I think also our last.

[ecosopher.livejournal.com]

Oh. Is that a good thing or a bad thing?!

[cemetaria.livejournal.com]

Afternoon all!

Fell asleep "early" ... honestly, Gary. The results went up at five to three in the morning!

Speaking of which I'd like to thank sonophax for the immunity - it made me smile when I woke up this morning. I promise to bounce it on as wisely as possible :)

As for this week's topic, I have NO IDEA. But then I never do this early in the writing period. I'm sure something will occur to me over the weekend.

[poppetawoppet.livejournal.com]

Remember do NOT throw it, but gently pass it on

*still in teacher mode from yesterday*

[ashgaelsonaria.livejournal.com]

Thats okay, I spent yesterday hiding under my bed.
Unfortunatly it did not work and I went and turn 39 anyway.
Fortunatly I did survive yet another birthday - and this time with out any bad news like last year.

[mac-arthur-park.livejournal.com]

Happy belated birthday!

Nice to know I'm not the only one freaked out by turning 39 (May 27. Prepare for the Chardonnay-fueled neurotic posts). Bithdays have never really bothered me before, but this one is freaking me out a bit.

[mac-arthur-park.livejournal.com]

I missed ice cream and cake!?!?! Grrr....

*ahem* Good morning, GR. Am I the only one who read the "here's what you missed" portion of Gary's post and heard it in the same voice "....and that's what you missed last week on Glee"?

Yeah, probably.

[poppetawoppet.livejournal.com]

hahahahah *previously on LiveJournal Idol*

now I will never unhear it

[theafaye.livejournal.com]

Gary, you are wrong. Pointing out the strengths of two opposing forces annoys BOTH of them :oP

I'm taking the children to a nature reserve up the road after I've finished eating. We've started seeing so many birds that are supposedly common but I've never seen in my life that I can't wait to see what we find this afternoon. We've been getting nuthatches in our garden. Nuthatches!

[ecosopher.livejournal.com]

Oh, have fun! Do you have a birdwatching book?

[ecosopher.livejournal.com]

Heh heh, this is the time when it's good to be on an opposite timezone - the polls finish in my mid-morning... perfect timing for cake and icecream!

It's hot, hot, hot here. Yesterday we had a public holiday for Australia Day, and our Prime Minister AND the leader of the Opposition had to be rescued by the police from a hoarde of mutant flesh-eating zombies angry protesters. It was quite surprising.

Also, we had a fantastic thunderstorm, and it rained. Which was a welcome relief from the blistering heat, for a while, and then it just got hot and humid.

Did I mention it's hot?

The work room is working its mojo; I've had some good advice and am now working on a story. Yay, work room!

[pixiebelle.livejournal.com]

Australia is weird with that whole being hot in the winter and cold in the summer thing :P

Seriously, it just seems so odd to me that January is a hot month there!

[poppetawoppet.livejournal.com]

good thing I'm not much of a cake person, then.

I have a few ideas for this week, which are actually talking about happy things for once (shocking, I know) but still non-fiction

[mac-arthur-park.livejournal.com]

You know, I had a piece planned out the minute I saw the topic. And then the spousebeast mentioned something that headed me in a completely different direction.

I might be writing about happy things again this week, which worries me. I've noticed that I don't do so well in the polls if I write something happy.

[pixiebelle.livejournal.com]

Really early GR today. Wow. I should be getting out of bed, but I'm struggling. I should get moving so in not late to work as I was yesterday thanks to playing in the GR :P

I was going to bed early last night, then inspiration struck and I wrote up most of a potential entry. I was up late again. I really need to go to bed early sometime.

I know my first season (or maybe two), I didn't want to annoy you so I'd sweep technical issues and drama stuff under the rug. Heck, i never call or email anyone first in RL for the same reason. I just assume they would not want to hear from me. Silly, huh?

Hey, it's Friday! Work has been killing me lately so I'm likely not going to be in here often today, but I'll try!

[poppetawoppet.livejournal.com]

oh man, the never asking for help because I think it would annoy people syndrome, how familiar are you?

(my bed was suspiciously comfortable this morning, too)

[n3m3sis42.livejournal.com]

No more cake? Dammit.

[nyxocity.livejournal.com]

I love that movie, and that scene especially. "The people to cake ratio..." :D

[lawchicky.livejournal.com]

Of course I've missed ice cream and cake!! As a kid, I was convinced that there were huge parties in my house after I went to bed. I even had a dream where I believed a whole circus came though the house while I was sleeping. I had a strange imagination though, what can I say?

I have three ideas for the new topic, but all of them are still marinading and I'm waiting to figure out which one will prevail. I'm kind of hoping they do a little DEATH MATCH in my head until the winning story emerges all bloody and full of adrenaline and shouts out "GINAMARIE!!!" Or perhaps I've watched Rocky a few too many times.

[pixiebelle.livejournal.com]

I used to think the same thing as a kid! My family would have friends over and they would play cards or sit around laughing, so I'd sometimes sneak out of bed and try to join them. When I got older and did on the weekend, I found out it was really boring adult stuff and went to bed willingly.

Funny how that works.

[nyxocity.livejournal.com]

But where is the cake? I was told there would be cake! The cake is a LIE!

Morning, GR! It's got to be 75 degrees here today. I'm not even kidding. I wore a jacket just because my brain wouldn't let me leave the house without one in the middle of January, but honestly, I could've gone in just my short-sleeved shirt and been perfectly warm. This whole winter has been so mild it's as if the equator shifted a tad north and I'm living in equivalent of South Carolina or something. And I am really NOT complaining. I HATE the cold. But it is kind of weird. I keep expecting winter to hit any day now and it's really just NOT.

I mulled over the new topic, and it will work perfectly for the next part of the piece I wrote last week! I'm a tiny bit concerned about doing a story with parts, because who wants to have to keep up with that when there are a hundred and some other entries, but I think I can get away with a few, as long as I can make them stand on their own.

Happy Friday, everyone! Are you kickin' in the front seat, or sitting in the backseat? Have you made up your mind which seat you should take?

[poppetawoppet.livejournal.com]

it's been raining non-stop here, and where the hell is my snow? Not that I want to be driving around in snow, but it feels like October in January and it's freaking me out

AND DAMN YOU NOW I AM SINGING THAT SONG

[pixiebelle.livejournal.com]

Good news (for me anyway). I lost all of the excess holiday weight and my pants don't feel like they are squishing the life out of me anymore. As someone who hates wearing pants anyway, this is much better. I don't think my office would like me coming in pant less.....

So yay, I can wear pants comfortably again! :)

(though I still prefer loose skirts and dresses.)

[lawchicky.livejournal.com]

Yay! Now I need the inspiration to do the same. I'm only UP a couple of pounds since the holidays :(

[muchtooarrogant.livejournal.com]

I've been traveling all week, so did fall asleep earlier than usual last night. I did manage to stay up long enough to see the results, but once I was certain I hadn't been eliminated, I crawled into bed.

I missed the ice cream? Damn! Better luck next time I guess!

TGIF!

Dan

[jem0000000.livejournal.com]

The ice cream is a lie!

...also the cake is.

[knomers.livejournal.com]

GREETINGS!!! From the land of beef and oil...I am stuck in the middle of Oklahoma with no cell and internet to speak of. Worst part is I DIDN'T get to vote this last round. Best part I was alble to steal internet today from the local airport (which is the size of a bathroom...no seriously a small bathroom..google Alva,OK you'll see).

As for sleep who sleeps??? Won't we do enough of that when we are dead??

[pixiebelle.livejournal.com]

Oh the middle of Oklahoma. I feel your pain! When I moved to California, we drove through Oklahoma and my... What a place.

[spydielives.livejournal.com]

Now now, we all know the cake is a lie.

I ran out of hours to work at the office. I worked extra hours... and then decided any more "over time" hours would be better spent worked from home, so here I am.

*stretching* Feels good, too. Feels like the start of a whole new weekend!

[wookiewife.livejournal.com]

Aw, you guys, I have to go to sleep early! Can't you save a small slice for me to have for breakfast? Coffee and cake, breakfast of champions! :(

I had a super awesome entry outlined last night, but then I fell asleep before I could make a note. Here's hoping it comes back to me and is still as awesome as I thought it was.

Happy Friday, everyone! Or Saturday, if you live in future-land.

[xo-kizzy-xo.livejournal.com]

They didn't save me any of it either :(

[roina-arwen.livejournal.com]

I missed the cake and ice cream? Harrumph.

*rummages through freezer for my own ice cream*


There, that's better.

*burp*

[jem0000000.livejournal.com]

Cake? I was totally there. And up refreshing the results for comments two hours after the last one posted. Why did I not get any cake?

I call shenanigans!

[alien-infinity.livejournal.com]

I can't guarantee what your question or comment will be!

You're NOT all-knowing and Master of the Past, Present and Future?! :O

I suppose you might not tell us mortals if you were, though. ;)

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Anyways, it took me over 2 hours to fall asleep. Boo, that is not acceptable, brain! Laying in bed while awake and anxious not to be is quite unpleasant >_<.

[snack-size.livejournal.com]

Sorry to hear that - I had a rough night too for some reason. Didn't help my Netflix instant kept cutting in and out...whenever I've been tossing and turning for over half an hour I turn to television or books. Still didn't help. I think it's because the temp keeps going haywire here and my sinuses are not appreciative.

[alien-infinity.livejournal.com]

I would like to thank marjory for the Bouncing Immunity. It is bouncy & protective, both very useful and awesome traits. Somebody said that "Bouncing Immunity" sounded like one of my plushies, so I'm imagining my Bouncing Immunity as a fluffy ball with a ^_^ face.

Have some Icon-flavored* Cupcake as a show of thanks, if you would like. ^_^

*meaning it's virtual so it's ANY flavor you want it to be

[roina-arwen.livejournal.com]

Mmmm... icon-flavored is my second favorite kind of cupcake!


Yesterday at work I got a cupcake from Gigi's Cupcakes (http://gigiscupcakesusa.com) and it was fabulous! It was a chocolate mint cupcake - it's called a "Grasshopper" cupcake, apparently. Yum!

[sarcasmoqueen.livejournal.com]

Good...(Checks time) afternoon, GR! TGIF!
I am in the midst of writing a rant that could potentially work for this week's topic, but I've decided that it's a little too political and angry to serve me well in LJI. In my personal journal, there's no problem with my being as much of an asshat as I want, but in a contest? Not so much.

In other news, I got cake last night! But no ice cream - I'm trying to get rid of the holiday excess! ;-)