Green Room - Week 36 - Day 16

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

I had to turn down Romney's offer this morning. I know that it was disappointing for him. But I'm sure the lesser of evils will have to do. Granted, I've never gone after Medicaid or Social Security. Just what little is left of your sanity! So, maybe it's just a different variation.

I know he was thinking that I could add a lot to the ticket. I agree, I could have.

I just wasn't willing to accept anything less than "God-Emperor" as a title. Maybe just "Ra" to make it sound foreign, but people would know what we meant by it!

Other than playing stump speech bingo - what are you folks up to this weekend?


I imagine that it involves, http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/595911.html, the place to be! So make sure to get out there - read, comment and vote!!

Comments

[noodledays.livejournal.com]

you made a wise choice, on more than one level. :D

[roina-arwen.livejournal.com]

Indeed. But that is a very disturbing icon...

[noodledays.livejournal.com]

I love it. :)

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

I *am* considering a run for Pope the next time there is an opening.

[noodledays.livejournal.com]

huh, you truly are a glutton. :o

[kathrynrose.livejournal.com]

Are you Catholic? 'Cause I hear that helps.

No, no, NO!!!

[ellakite.livejournal.com]

Trust me Gary, you don't want to be Pope. You gotta be celibate, and we all know that isn't your style.

Don't try to be King, neither. Your relatives will be looking to kill you to replace you. You don't need that kind of stress.

No, the job you want is being King of the Popes. All the authority, none of the hassles.

[roina-arwen.livejournal.com]

You could be a Pope on a rope!

[theun4givables.livejournal.com]

Celebrating my husband's birthday, mostly.

Oh, and frist second. ;)

[roina-arwen.livejournal.com]

D'oh! Second! But nice try!

[theun4givables.livejournal.com]

Haha, I was editing as you commented on this. So close, though. xD

[roina-arwen.livejournal.com]

I know! I almost thought I had a frist! :)

[medleymisty.livejournal.com]

Tell him I said happy birthday! I hope you guys have a great time.

[theun4givables.livejournal.com]

I will!

We had a good time yesterday with the make-shift surprise party I threw him, but today not so much. =/ I'm hoping to help him get into a better mood once the kiddo is asleep. :)

[roina-arwen.livejournal.com]

My brother used to call me Ra-Ra (short for Laura) so I approve of the title of Ra!

[pixiebelle.livejournal.com]

Heh Gary... You crack me up :)

What am I doing? Getting ready to head to the vet for yet another check up for Annabelle. We seem to be doing okay, just more redness and irritation around parts of the foot, but nothing major.

And then going to the OC Fair tomorrow with java_fiend!

I better get moving, just wanted to say hello :)

[kathrynrose.livejournal.com]

Finished reading!

Am ranking my top 30 and gathering links because I didn't do that as I went because I'm a doof.

[roina-arwen.livejournal.com]

Go you! I just reached the halfway point and am celebrating by having a Starbuck's and sitting here reading on my Kindle!

[whipchick.livejournal.com]

I'm LOVING reading everyone's pieces - I have to say, both in the Home Game and the main game, the people who are doing serials/chunks of novel are really bringing it!

So this is a backhanded compliment:

What's cool about the serials is reading two or three pieces where I think, oh, shit, I can't remember who that is, and what the hell happened that got us here, and wait, whose side are we on? But then suddenly the author hits a place where something AMAZING happens, or a relationship deepens, or there's a piece of backstory that comes out, or a huge emotional catalyst, and I go, WOW, when this is in the full novel, this is going to be HUGE, and I can tell the author needed to write around it and past it and near it to get to that BAM there is IS place. And it makes me so excited to see them writing work that is good and solid but needs context, and then out of that dedicated writing comes a jewel of a chapter or a scene that is what all that writing was in service of.

So yeah, backhanded :) But it's such a testament to the process of writing and the power of Idol that we are an environment where we can put out work that is solid and respectable and slowly advances the plot, that we are slogging along like little miners who can only see what our headlamps illuminate, and our work habits are keeping us going because we hope hope hope that if we keep going we're going to find something, and the support of our friends and beta readers and fellow contestants is sharpening our picks and sniffing out gas pockets ahead and letting us know that this is a safe space to develop our work and KEEP WRITING until we get to the beautiful jewels.

Yay sparklies!

[theun4givables.livejournal.com]

Honestly, I have found that I write better when I write in snippets, instead of trying to focus on the entire novel at once. Idol has proven to me that this is how I work best, and I'm so grateful for the Home Game these past two weeks because it provided a much needed distraction.

But there's that downside -- the fact that most of my pieces are, sadly, going to be out of context, and without that context some of the umph is lost. It's hard, but when I get to a point where I can really start piecing my novels together, this may end up being a huge problem -- because I'll have to rewrite pieces here and there to reflect changes the characters made for later on in the story. Or I'll have to rewrite later pieces to reflect something that happened earlier on that I didn't know about (::coughJazzandRavicough::).

Oh well, that's what editing is for, after all.

[n3m3sis42.livejournal.com]

I kind of regretted doing so much serial stuff this week because of the Gatekeepers, especially after you and Myrna were like, um, this is cool but WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE? Heh. But I really appreciated all your concrit and the time both of you (and some others) took to read and comment despite not being initially invested. :)

The thing I did like about doing the serials this week was what you said. Holy crap, I found out so much about where things are going to go with the characters and stories as a whole. So that was kind of awesome.

[medleymisty.livejournal.com]

Beautifully written comment. :)

[whipchick.livejournal.com]

:)

[alien-infinity.livejournal.com]

What am I doing? Currently trying to get my frustratingly fuzzy brain to come up with an idea for a writing contest I want to enter. So far, it's not giving me anything I particularly like. :/

Also, I have a new writing journal. It's alien_writings for anybody who would like to friend it! ^_^

[lilycobalt.livejournal.com]

I am preparing for my move and continuing to read entries. Then it's time for my early birthday dinner! My birthday isn't until next week, but the celebrations and presents are already starting. :)

I can't believe that Idol will still be going on when it is my birthday! I'm happy about it, because I thought it would never happen, but...wow!

[n3m3sis42.livejournal.com]

Hugs to you and A. I know it's been a long hard road. :/

[xo-kizzy-xo.livejournal.com]

WHEEEEEEE! I went to a wedding AND a graduation party and I haven't drnk this uch since who knows when!!!!!

I also thought i lost my keys. I panicked during the reception. Yep, they wee one the counter just like SO said they'd be :p

VACAATON!!~!!~````````````````````/

[kathrynrose.livejournal.com]

Yay vacation!

Yay drunk posting!

[xo-kizzy-xo.livejournal.com]

and here I `was thinking I` could write cohrent thoughts!

then again

[n3m3sis42.livejournal.com]

Weeeeeeeee :)

[ashgaelsonaria.livejournal.com]

Well I just excavated the area know as my daughters room.
I found artifacts in the underbed caverns that dated to the end of the last school year or my last excavation trip into that great foreboding zone.

Just added to my HG list
http://ashgaelsonaria.livejournal.com/243225.html