[identity profile] clauderainsrm.livejournal.com posting in [community profile] therealljidol
In with the pink air. Out with the blue.

It’s what an old friend of mine used to say (To be fair, she probably still says it, we just don’t talk as often as we used to) to get someone to stop, think, and breathe.

Because you can’t get perspective when you are waist deep in the swamp. That’s going to come with time, and distance. Possibly with a helicopter. Or an airboat tour.

The important stuff? The Top 3 have been set: http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/601329.html
And they need to get their topics in: http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/600343.html so that we can put this season to bed once and for all!

Speaking of “once and for all”, well not really, but that’s as good of a transition as any: the Home Gamers are also having some fun: http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/600987.html so check them out!


12

Date: 2012-08-23 02:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ecosopher.livejournal.com
FIrst? Just on my way to bed...

Date: 2012-08-23 10:53 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ecosopher.livejournal.com
Yippee! I think this might well be my last first for the season :D

Date: 2012-08-23 10:53 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ecosopher.livejournal.com
Whoo! Have I told you before how much I love that icon? :)

Date: 2012-08-23 10:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ecosopher.livejournal.com
Yay!! And when I read your comment, I thought, 'who's that?' and then, 'ohhh, wait a minute...' :D Nice new name!

Date: 2012-08-23 09:27 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] myrna-bird.livejournal.com
Appears you timed it just right. Hurray for First!

Date: 2012-08-23 10:55 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ecosopher.livejournal.com
Didn't I just?! :) Yay!!

Date: 2012-08-23 02:02 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] theun4givables.livejournal.com
I'm working on my home-gaming entry right now. ;) I'm also knocking out a 500themes entry at the same time. Go me! Open topics rock!

I originally had an idea for Making Fire but I don't think I'm capable of pulling that one off, lol. My historical fiction skills are not that great. And this is something that needs time to marinate, I think.

There is always next season, though. ;)

Date: 2012-08-23 02:03 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ecosopher.livejournal.com
Also, please enlighten me on the '12' reference at the bottom of your post, because I'm really not going to get it.

Date: 2012-08-23 02:04 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mstrobel.livejournal.com
12 days to go is my guess!

Date: 2012-08-23 02:34 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] xo-kizzy-xo.livejournal.com
That's what I was thinking!

Date: 2012-08-23 10:59 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ecosopher.livejournal.com
Obviously I'd stopped thinking by then :)

Date: 2012-08-23 10:58 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ecosopher.livejournal.com
Aha. Wow. Still?!

Date: 2012-08-23 02:04 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pixiebelle.livejournal.com
I asked the same thing!

Date: 2012-08-23 10:59 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ecosopher.livejournal.com
I'm glad I'm not the only one who saw it and wondered ;D

Date: 2012-08-23 02:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] roina-arwen.livejournal.com
He puts that stuff there just to annoy us. Explanations =/= Gary. ;)

But as others have said, I'd guess 12 days left in this season!

Date: 2012-08-23 03:35 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pixiebelle.livejournal.com
Seriously the longest season ever.... And still not long evough to reach my birthday! Just barely too short!

Date: 2012-08-23 11:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ecosopher.livejournal.com
Yeah, that's what I wondered at the time... whether he'd just left it there for us to wonder about :)

Date: 2012-08-23 02:04 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pixiebelle.livejournal.com
Curious what the 12 is at the bottom of your post? Hmm? How many more days are left? Months? :P

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Date: 2012-08-23 02:25 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pixiebelle.livejournal.com
What are you getting done?

I used to want tattoos, I had ideas for shamrocks on my rib cage (something I share with my dad) to full back designs. I still love tattoos, but I don't think they're for me anymore. But I love seeing other people's work!
Edited Date: 2012-08-23 02:26 pm (UTC)

Date: 2012-08-23 03:08 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] i-love-freddie.livejournal.com
This reminds me, I really should post pictures of mine sometime soon. It's been ages since I posted a tattoo picture, and I have six now!

Date: 2012-08-23 03:13 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pixiebelle.livejournal.com
Yes, you should! I love looking and admiring, I'm just too chicken to have anything permanently tattooed on because I change my mind too much on what I really think of anything. I've decided since I can't be sure, I'll play it safe and abstain from it. I'll admire from afar :)

Date: 2012-08-23 02:26 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] xo-kizzy-xo.livejournal.com
Ooh, what kind of tattoo? I go through periods where I think I'd like to get one, but I always chicken out.

Date: 2012-08-23 02:44 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] roina-arwen.livejournal.com
I'm the same way - I totally want one, just not sure what or where, LOL. My inclination would be to get a tattooed bracelet around my right wrist, even though I know it would hurt like heck because of the bone, LOL.

(The "tattoo" in this icon was done with henna)

Date: 2012-08-23 02:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] xo-kizzy-xo.livejournal.com
My main fear about them is what happens when your skin gets haggard and wrinkly :shudder:

Date: 2012-08-23 03:10 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] i-love-freddie.livejournal.com
Heh, I always figure that once I get to the stage where my skin gets really wrinkly, I'll probably be too old to care what they look like any more.

Date: 2012-08-23 06:33 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] xo-kizzy-xo.livejournal.com
I once worked with a woman who had a tattoo bracelet of flowers (I think) around her left wrist. Her skin was quite fair and just starting to become wrinkly, so it somewhat distorted the tattoo. Of course I never said anything to her, but I couldn't help thinking, OMG, if that's the way it is now, what's it going to look like in 5 or 10 years?

Then again, maybe she had she same philosophy as you :)

Date: 2012-08-23 03:24 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wolfden.livejournal.com
I put mine where they likely would be less effected by time and wrinkles. I have one around my right ankle - sunflowers and one on my shoulder - wolves. I want another something horse related but haven't figured out what/where yet.

Date: 2012-08-23 06:36 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] xo-kizzy-xo.livejournal.com
Shoulder ones intrigue me, but I always think of how much potential issues I'd have covering it up? Like wearing a bathing suit, for example, or wearing a shirt where it could partially show?

The other area where I could conceivably picture is in the sternum area/upper breast. Barring the bathing suit issue, I'd like it'd be easier to cover up if need be.
Edited Date: 2012-08-23 06:36 pm (UTC)

Date: 2012-08-23 04:22 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] roina-arwen.livejournal.com
I don't figure my wrist would get wrinkly. I think shoulder blades (either front or back) would also work well.

Date: 2012-08-23 06:39 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] xo-kizzy-xo.livejournal.com
As well as areas where they'd be easier to cover!

We've got a rule at work that any tattoo barring one, say, around the wrist, has to be covered. That's no doubt playing into my wishy-washiness about them.
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Date: 2012-08-23 08:12 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] xo-kizzy-xo.livejournal.com
Oh, that's beautiful! I love the swirls and the leaves!

Date: 2012-08-23 03:42 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] caile.livejournal.com
Yay tattooing! I am planning on getting a third tat in September, on my vacation. It is indeed addictive. But worth it.

somewhat drive-by

Date: 2012-08-23 02:33 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] xo-kizzy-xo.livejournal.com
The older-than-the-Crusades laptop I'd been using actually imploded while I was at work last night :headdesk: Right now my only recourse is using SO's desktop when he's not here. My online time is going to be hit-or-miss until I actually pony up the $ to buy my own laptop or get my desktop fixed or get the laptop reformatted...you know, stuff that takes TIME and makes me want to pull out my hair :p

And I had a draft of a HG entry on there. Except it's on the hard drive and not in Google Documents, which means I now have no way to retrieve it :headdesk:

Today is errand/chore day and I have little incentive to do either. I blame the humidity.

Re: somewhat drive-by

Date: 2012-08-23 03:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] comedychick.livejournal.com
Google docs is too fancy for me. I used to just draft all my entries in gmail ;)

Re: somewhat drive-by

Date: 2012-08-23 06:40 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] xo-kizzy-xo.livejournal.com
Good idea. That never occurred to me!

Date: 2012-08-23 02:46 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] roina-arwen.livejournal.com
I like pink air - it's so pretty and festive!

Date: 2012-08-23 03:32 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pixiebelle.livejournal.com
I'd prefer purple air. Or maybe pink air, purple rain ;)

Date: 2012-08-23 02:47 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cacophonesque.livejournal.com
Good morning! I'm going to check out some more of the home game entries today. I read what was posted yesterday. And, I'm really proud of posting one myself, because it means I got myself out of a rut.

Looking forward to the entries from the top 3 as well. Since I haven't been reading much this season, I think it will be interesting to read them without knowing a whole lot of what else they've been writing.

Date: 2012-08-23 03:56 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] comedychick.livejournal.com
I'm hoping to have some time to check out some of the home game entries tomorrow too (since it's nearly midnight here). Open topic should provide a good range of stuff.

Date: 2012-08-23 03:40 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] caile.livejournal.com
Whoo you know, I'm oddly proud of finishing the Home Game. It was less demanding than the main competition, but still a lot of fun. Also the name always made me think of the Diana Wynne Jones novel the Homeward Bounders, about lost kids trying to get home despite weird magic.

Date: 2012-08-23 04:37 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lilycobalt.livejournal.com
That was a good book! I think finishing the Home Game is definitely something to be proud of.

Date: 2012-08-23 04:05 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] comedychick.livejournal.com
Sometimes it's really hard to take a step back and not engage a bully when you want to disagree. Gotta say. :P

Anyhow, hopefully that mess will be over soon. I'm looking forward to the top 3's entries. I managed to read everything last week, despite being in Australia, so i should be able to manage this week too! I also home gamed. It's been a while, but the open topic made it easy since I had a lot I wanted to say about my trip.

I've just finished watching The Proposal for the second time. I love Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds. It's such a unique romantic comedy, and they're such versatile actors. So glad I picked it up in a blu-ray sale!

Date: 2012-08-23 04:36 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lilycobalt.livejournal.com
Congratulations to the Top 3, if I haven't said so already!

I'm thinking about writing for the Home Game, but nothing is calling out asking for me to write it. Any suggestions?

In the meantime, I am waiting for my grocery delivery to arrive and trying to assemble this shopping cart. It actually came mostly assembled! All I have to do is get the two back wheels on, and I still can't do it.

Date: 2012-08-23 05:13 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] halfshellvenus.livejournal.com
Hoping to finish my Home Game entry today, but I'll post it whenever (assuming it wants to finish- I haven't written anything since my final, unloved Idol entry).

Looking forward to seeing what the Final Three come up with for the Real Deal!

Good luck!

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