Green Room - Week 30 - Day 2

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

Did anything interesting happen yesterday?

I can’t recall.

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I’ll admit, I have a couple rants building up based on the fallout from the last week. I’ve had to delete a few. ;)

I did realize though that there is one line that came up regardless of the original subject. It’s a line that’s come up for 8 seasons now. I imagine that will come up next one as well – heck, it comes up in everyday life!

If you like something, SUPPORT IT.

You see it all the time, a local institution announces that it is going out of business and people come out of the woodwork to go “OMG! I can’t believe that’s closing! It was my favorite place! Why is it closing???”

It’s not always a cut and dry answer – but when it comes down to “the economy”, you can usually go back and check how many of those people actually went to that place on a regular basis and realize that many of them didn’t.

They just liked knowing it was there.

Idol is a much more straight-forward scenario. I can actually see when someone is “OMG, I CAN’T BELIEVE THAT SO AND SO IS GONE!” and look to see if they actually voted for them. If you didn’t; you shouldn’t be surprised if they are gone. Especially with voting as tight as it has been.

If you enjoy it, vote for it. Some people do. Some of them don't. You wouldn't always know who is who. I assume that everyone is being sincere with their shock. But assuming someone is safe isn't the same as doing what you can to make sure they are.

I know there are various strategies at play, for how people want to play the game aspects. Which is fine. It’s part of what keeps things interesting, and keeps people on the edge of their seats!

But at the end of the day, I think everyone wants to see great writers at the end, battling it out. I think we are going to get that, as long as that is something people want to support.

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Oh, and RIP Ray Bradbury. Because I just saw that before posting…

Comments

[karmasoup.livejournal.com]

First? Yay! That never happens to me!

[xo-kizzy-xo.livejournal.com]

WOOOOOOOO HOOOOOO you're FIRST!!!!!!!!!

[pixiebelle.livejournal.com]

Yay for being first!

[noodledays.livejournal.com]

yay, congrats!

and you're absolutely right, Gary - there's no reason not to support something you like/love! :o

[karmasoup.livejournal.com]

Don't know if you were talking about me, Gary, but, seriously, though, for those who may have said so on my behalf, don't feel bad. Looking at the polls, there were only 8 people in the entire contest that had more votes than me. Sucks for me that four of those happened to be in my tribe, but I can't feel bad about landing there.

And, I went out with one of my best received entries yet, and that sits way better with me than going out feeling like I phoned it in. People have at least seemed anyway to have been more supportive of me as the numbers have dwindled, and I've appreciated that. For personal reasons, I've been skittish about being terribly active in this community this season, and hoped that my writing would speak for itself. I'm really glad you all gave me a chance to let it, and I thank you for that.

[jem0000000.livejournal.com]

Congrats!

[medleymisty.livejournal.com]

YAAAAYYY!!! Grats! :)

[xo-kizzy-xo.livejournal.com]

I should be getting dressed, feeding/walking Ember, and doing a zillion other little things. Instead I'm futzing around online...

I still cannot believe how much I've been sleeping. I mean, I know I've been chronically sleep-deprived, but this really takes the (heheh) cake!

[karmasoup.livejournal.com]

Cake... *Homer drool*

[pixiebelle.livejournal.com]

I think that people could be shocked that someone is gone simply because they seem to have staying power, but may not be our personal style. I have different likes and dislikes than other people, but when someone popular does go... It can still be a shock regardless if I voted for them or not. Writers also have good and bad weeks. I may adore a writer to bits and then they throw up an entry I couldn't get behind... Then I might be shocked that happened. Sometimes I vote regardless, give benefit of the doubt. But sometimes if I think they truly didn't try that week, I may not. I can still be shocked.

If I'm rambling, it's because I'm exhausted. Being in the ER until 3 a.m will do that to a person. I swear, the universe is giving me a good kicking these days. I have the abdominal pain to prove it! Though I suppose that could be kicks from Gary too...

[n3m3sis42.livejournal.com]

This, exactly. Except if I'm rambling, it's because of the pain pills. Bleh.

[karmasoup.livejournal.com]

It's weird to me that the Google image today is the 79th anniversary of the first Drive-In Theater, considering the whole Ray Bradbury thing. They've honored plenty of people most folks have never even heard of before... you'd think they would give more of a nod to a man of this much cultural influence.

[pixiebelle.livejournal.com]

I actually had that thought as well.... You'd think they'd honor Ray Bradbury. Yay news really saddens me as he's one of the writers who has influenced me the most.

[ashgaelsonaria.livejournal.com]

Good by Bradbury.
Something Wicked This way Comes is a favorite.
Finished and even did a real edit on what I wrote for disapear. not going to link it tho.
Like I sead when I wrote the peace on flashbacks - its not really apropeate.
I/ll have to write something else.
sarry bout any typos - im working blindish still and its hard to get close enough to my computer to see what is on it very well.

[n3m3sis42.livejournal.com]

That's sad about Bradbury. :(

I need to start writing soon. Bleh. I was hoping to be off of pain pills by now, but I'm actually hurting more than I was the 2 days immediately after the surgery. So I'm sure my writing this week will be amazing! LOL

[pixiebelle.livejournal.com]

:(

Do you know how long they expect you to be in pain? I hope you feel better soon!

[alien-infinity.livejournal.com]

I think I have my first entry for this Hell Week ready to post. I added a "story thus far" blurb to the beginning since it's another entry in my Gemma serial and I want it to be accessible. I hope the blurb works; I'm about to link my story officially to the Topic Thread. Wish me luck!

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I'm sorry to hear about Ray Bradbury. :(

[roina-arwen.livejournal.com]

I've been here for SO LONG now (started watching/voting in season 3, competing in season 4) but I've NEVER been a Gatekeeper, and never made it to the Jury. *sadface*

Always a bridesmaid, never a bride!

[n3m3sis42.livejournal.com]

And you didn't get to be a Gatekeeper either. :(

[kathrynrose.livejournal.com]

Part of being paranoid is I never assume what people say in public is what they mean in private. Blame my mother for raising me on soap operas or my grandmother for just being a two-faced shrew. I think that's why I get in trouble for saying things I mean. I either say what I mean (albeit sometimes very carefully worded) or I stay quiet altogether.

Though when I hold my tongue in public, the cats often get an earfull.

Anyway.

Hey Gary - I put some words together last night. Before I spend time editing them, will there be a Home Game post?

ETA - damn, I sound bitchy. Yes, I do still have that headache. :(

[sweeny-todd.livejournal.com]

*hugs* hope your head is feeling better

[jem0000000.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

You know, if Gary were to do twenty topics next round*, you'd be able to intersect with the ones you haven't gotten to.

*this is not a suggestion... Actually, Gary, just forget you saw this comment.

[halfshellvenus.livejournal.com]

Aw, Ray. On the one hand, I was surprised when I realized earlier this year that he was still alive. OTOH, I'm sorry such a great talent has left us.

I loved many of Bradbury's stories, but not always the same ones that were more popular with other people. I was more a fan of his short stories, particularly The Illustrated Man (virtually the entire collection). He had so many unusual ideas, and such lyricism in how he told them.

The things he imagined, and brought to us in return!

[karmasoup.livejournal.com]

Somebody called one of my stories Bradburian this season (was that you, or whipchick...?) I was flattered, but floored at the same time. I was flatoored. Or floottered. Or something like that.

[lrig-rorrim.livejournal.com]

-- Did anything interesting happen yesterday?

I can’t recall. --

Ohhhhh Gary. I see what you did there. Sigh.

I have all kinds of thinky thoughts about democracy, about elections and voting, and what (if anything) it means when one person gets voted into office instead of another (or not voted out, as the case may be). And I expect a few of those thoughts will get funneled into various (possibly nefarious) LJI entries, since there are so many of them to write. Heh.

I'm sad about Ray Bradbury and just plain tired today, though. I was up yesterday at 5:20 and didn't get home until about 9:30 (election day paperwork takes a lot of time, plus I volunteered to drive the tabulator stuff down to the clerk's office, which also took a while). So I'm kind of wiped out.

I will say this: I am impressed when people are motivated to get up and do things - whether that's in Idol or real life, or whatever. An object at rest tends to stay at rest, and overcoming that can be a challenge. I helped to register more than 100 new voters yesterday, just in my ward. Voting is neat and should be cherished. Having a forum to speak, to make a difference... that's a precious thing. And it goes for Idol as well as the so-called real world. Now I'm rambling. I be quiet now and go figure out what the heck I'm going to write. ;)

[karmasoup.livejournal.com]

And, with that, I am now friending you. So there.

[kathrynrose.livejournal.com]

I went on wikipedia to double-check, and it turns out I've never read anything written by Ray Bradbury. Seems unlikely, doesn't it?

[karmasoup.livejournal.com]

I haven't either. I'm only familiar with his works through their influence on ensuing works of popular culture.

[medleymisty.livejournal.com]

I'm trying to decide if I should get started tonight or not. I definitely want at least two done by the time I go to bed Sunday night, but I have this icky cold thing. So...do I rest and eat chicken noodle soup and drink lots of water and read and go to bed early tonight, in hopes that the cold will go away and leave me alone to write the rest of the week, or do I get started tonight?

I guess I could compromise and maybe just try to get a few paragraphs done, like a decent introduction to the first story?

[roina-arwen.livejournal.com]

Ugh. I've had an icky cold thing for the past few days. No fever; slightly stopped up, occasional coughing, often the coughing is hard enough in intensity to give me a headache. Blah. What sort of symptoms do you have?

[lawchicky.livejournal.com]

Going to be the voice of dissension for a moment. Hypothetically speaking, I do think it's possible to be surprised that someone gets voted out even if you didn't vote for them. Sometimes there are writers that I don't like. It may be a personal issue or just that their writing does not strike me as interesting. However, if that person consistently gets a ton of votes, and this week does not, I may be shocked. It's not because -I- didn't vote for the person. I probably NEVER voted for that person, but because they didn't get the amount of support that they usually receive.

PLEASE NOTE: I am not referring to this week. I don't even remember who was voted out in the last round and would have to strain my brain to remember.

It's a lot easier to be shocked when someone scores consistenly high in the polls and gets voted out than someone goes home who has been slipping in the polls week by week.

[alien-infinity.livejournal.com]

I'm going to agree with your dissent. You said what I was thinking way better than I could.

[sweeny-todd.livejournal.com]

I am starting to freak out about all the travel I have to do, and all the things I have to do before I move to Japan....

*whimpers a little bit*

*shakes self off*

right. Going to make lists.

[kathrynrose.livejournal.com]

Oh for pete's sake!

I JUST NOW got the recall joke.

this is what persistent headaches and crickets will do for you. They make me stupid (and grouchy).

er, yes, Gary. I meant grouchy-er


grouchier?


chirp.

[roina-arwen.livejournal.com]

I'm still not positive I got the recall joke, but I think it's political, and I don't *do* politics!