Green Room - Week 37 - Day 2

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

After a rather busy day of keeping an eye on all the mini-fires set in the wake of this week's results, I decided to look back at how this season all began, just 10 short months ago! http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/485391.html?

Remember coming in the door? All of those faces? The ones who stuck around and those who wandered through? The questions? The comments? The energy of a freshly painted Green Room?

Now look around. See those stains on the ceiling? That's going to take awhile to get that out. The scorch marks from where someone decided to start BBQing? Going to need to call in a specialist.

For 8 seasons now, I've got to see those faces come in, and see who develops over the course of time, and how that season is going to go.

We're not quite at the ending yet. But we are really close.

Close enough that I'm sure there are some people who came late to the party, or those who simply can;t remember that far back, who ask the question - What was the journey of these four? What can you tell us about them?

Thanks to our friends at the kathrynrose foundation - you can explore that on your own: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Al82Cm1lXTUvdDNpLXVTUlpkWko2MUhkYk15QVBjblE#gid=0

It's a link to every entry from all four of them. A picture of their life inside of Idol, who they were when they started the season, and who they are now that we are at the end.

I'd highly recommend people go back and reread, and explore who these four remarkable people that we find ourselves with actually are!

While you are in the mood for exploring - you might want to explore the entries for *this* week, once they are posted http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/597827.html - today IS the deadline after all!

Which means anyone who wants to participate in the Home Game http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/598739.html had better hurry as well!

If anyone needs any extra help, there is always the Work Room for that: http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/598038.html

If anyone has any extra time, and money - and a love of awesome science, check out: http://theoatmeal.com/blog/tesla_museum and help build a museum for Nikola Tesla!

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Question for the masses - I was also reading our Spotlight announcement post from the Sign Up week, and got to wondering, who came in from that and is still around? More to the point - how far did the furthest "Spotlight recruit" get this season? Just curious!
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I tried insulting mstrobel and general threats... so I guess you folks have given me so choice but to unleash the big guns... a picture of a cute puppy!!

You had your chance, now you have to deal with it!

Comments

[n3m3sis42.livejournal.com]

Frist?

Guess what I'm doing right now. Oh, and I had gone and locked some of my nonfiction Idol stuff because it's personal and stuff. But I can go back and unlock it in a bit for everyone's perusal. :)

[roina-arwen.livejournal.com]

But before I toddle off to bed... Yay, first!

[alien-infinity.livejournal.com]

You're FRIST!!! ^_^

[xo-kizzy-xo.livejournal.com]

WOOT, you're FRIST!!!!!!!`

[ellakite.livejournal.com]

You are *DEAD* to me!

enjoy your cookie.

[myrna-bird.livejournal.com]

Hurray for Frist!!

[pixiebelle.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's pretty awesome of kathrynrose!

I'll have to check that out once I post my entry. I finally got an idea and I've been running with it, but I was up until almost 2 am last night and I think I'll look over it at work tomorrow. I've only done it once before... But the Top 4 is a big deal and I'll squeeze in time to finish up the last scene and edit it right up.

Java is asleep next to me, sitting on the couch. I think that's a sign we should head to bed. Night all!

[roina-arwen.livejournal.com]

Third!! I'm up later than intended because my wallet was full of receipts that needed to be entered into my check register. Whee!

Ok bed now - night all!

[alycewilson.livejournal.com]

What's a check register?

[ashgaelsonaria.livejournal.com]

I don't have time to write. I'm going to be too buisy freaking out about real life crude.
The world didn't even wait for me to have everything all pleasent before collapsing the floor on me this time and I have to see someone who hasn't spoken with me in years (never returned a call) as to why they are wrong about me being able to work 30 hours a week.
my mother says call them but as I have not had a title 19 card for two years dispite having called and left messages about needing one repeatedly I think I want to go in.
I am such a looser.

[roina-arwen.livejournal.com]

Sorry, I'm trying to figure out what you meant by "real life crude"? Usually I can parse what you mean to write, but that one is eluding me.

Good luck with getting your work situation figured out!

[theun4givables.livejournal.com]

I think I was one of the Spotlight Recruits. I saw LJI mentioned in the spotlight, was intrigued, saw a friend sign up for it, got further intrigued, and eventually the spotlight won me over because I kept clicking around the community after seeing the spotlight several times. When I eventually decided to give it a go I figured I'd last no more than 6 weeks.

I got eliminated Week 30. Not too shabby, if you ask me. xD

[alycewilson.livejournal.com]

Pretty darn good!

[alycewilson.livejournal.com]

Still hanging with my family on vacation in Central Pennsylvania. I got up early to get a little writing done. I have 100 trivia questions about "Project Runway" due today for Yahoo!'s IntoNow app. After I make some progress on that, I'm hoping to write my HG entry. It was writing itself in my head yesterday, so I think I know what I'd like to do with it, if I have time.

[roina-arwen.livejournal.com]

What's shaking in Central PA? I used to love visiting Amish country when I was a kid, sort of a real-life "Little House on the Prairie." :)

[whirlgig.livejournal.com]

I came in from the spotlight, and I'm so glad I did. I've had a blast and take my hat off to everyone left in the comp-I'm still reading and voting and (gasp) i may even come back for more next season!

[roina-arwen.livejournal.com]

This community is highly addictive, LOL. You should definitely come back for more, since next season is the last!

[xo-kizzy-xo.livejournal.com]

I don't think I've been this lazy in ages. True, it's my vacation and vacations are meant to be lazy, but I always think of vacations = being lazy in another physical area. Now I've learned that it's entirely possible to experience that same kind of lazy at home!

We were thinking of going away this week, but it ended up not happening. Maybe next month!

LJ Spotlight didn't exist when I was a newbie. In fact, I think I'm permanently fastened to the wall here ;)

[java-fiend.livejournal.com]

Vacations! Yay Kiz! I think you've earned the damn right to be lazy!!! :-)

[cacophonesque.livejournal.com]

I'm one of those people who bye-d out early on (missed the deadline because my baby girl was having poop issues, yeah, my life is super exciting.)

Mostly, though, I'm here to share a slice of my hometown. I actually wrote about this place back in season 6, not that I expect anyone remembers.

(A picture of a billboard on top of a ramshackle building. The billboard reads "Tomorrow a man will be walking in the park with only a diaper on. Is it legal?")

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

When walking around in a diaper is illegal, only criminals will walk around in diapers!

[notodette.livejournal.com]

I got here via morning_stand, and I was really surprised I hadn't heard of it before.

[xo-kizzy-xo.livejournal.com]

I initially found out about Idol through two people on my FL who were playing Season 3. It piqued my interest because I was looking to get back into writing regularly, so I started my own Home Game, as it were.

[n3m3sis42.livejournal.com]

OMG. I just noticed your link at the bottom about the Tesla museum. This is going to be fucking hilarious in a few hours. Great minds...

Even more hilariously, I just looked at what your link WAS and IT IS THE SAME ONE I LINKED IN MY POST. So now it totally looks like I copied you Gary, but I swear I didn't. Also, I clearly have no attention span left.

A calll to arms!

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

It’s been slow the last couple of days.

Which means we need a good call to arms or scandal that gets people talking!

Hmmm… mstrobel is a low-life, bush leagued, walrus-baiting hack who will never become a professional Olympic cycling journalist!!

Everyone should kick her!

Re: A calll to arms!

[n3m3sis42.livejournal.com]

Oh my god. She totally is. And I found out she uses mind control to illegally influence the other Jurors.

But I'm not going to kick her, because I love her for it.

[halfshellvenus.livejournal.com]

All I've got to say is that even after thinking about the topic toward a Home Game entry, I've still got nothing. Nothing good anyway.

That prompt leaves me cold, dead, and retroactively ancient!

[pixiebelle.livejournal.com]

This topic was hard. My brain fought this topic because of the weird wording and the quick deadline.

But I should have something up by the deadline :)

Help needed, see link

[lostin-thestars.livejournal.com]

I know I don't post in the Green Room often, but I need your help y'all:

http://lostin-thestars.livejournal.com/164581.html

Thanks

[sarcasmoqueen.livejournal.com]

I Home gamed. I made myself laugh. That is all.

[kathrynrose.livejournal.com]

Home game entry posted.
Rhymes have been made.
Words have been wrangled into groups of four lines.

Yes, people, Kate wrote a poem.
Try not to get too excited or anything.

of demographics

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

Four white women. (unless I'm totally missing something here, in which case, please correct me)
Two with kids. Two without.
Three Americans. One technically born in Canada, but who has lived most of her life in the US.
Two in the Eastern Time Zone.
One in the Pacific Time Zone.
One All Over the Place.
Three newbies. One vet.

As for the "historical data":

White women: 7
Americans: 7
Eastern Time Zone: 6 Central Time Zone: 1
Kids: 4 Not Kids: 3
Newbies: 6 Vets: 1

Re: of demographics

[xo-kizzy-xo.livejournal.com]

Fit who's who in all the slots and you'll receive VIRTUAL PIE!