Green Room - Week 14 - Day 7

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

When we kicked this mini-season off, I originally said that it would be about 2 months. Once we got a lot more people than I was expecting (in a little over 24 hours!) I pushed it up to around 3 months.

Week 1 kicked off January 21st. So, we are about a week or so over that mark. I think, all in all, that the pace was pretty good, under the circumstances!

In that length of time, I think that we managed to pack in quite a bit of writing!

Including the FINALE: http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/646884.html Which is coming to a head TONIGHT!

Who will win? Who will place? Who will show? Who will go “wee wee wee, all the way home?”


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Two of those who are eligible have opted to not take anything from the Community Chest, so that someone else can! The next two people who are eligible to select are:

kittenboo and myrna_bird

Congratulations! Take a look over at http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/633787.html and let me know your Top 10 choices!

Comments

[kathrynrose.livejournal.com]

Last first of Exhibit A!

[worldofcharlie.livejournal.com]

First!

[roina-arwen.livejournal.com]

Woot! Go you!

[myrna-bird.livejournal.com]

Yipee. What a nice surprise!

[roina-arwen.livejournal.com]

That's awesome - congrats! :)

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

Not exactly how I pictured the last Green Room of Exhibit A.

I guess that I shouldn't work too hard in getting Exhibit B ready to go...

[roina-arwen.livejournal.com]

Not so - quite the opposite! The more people who are eliminated, the quieter the GR's get IMO. So the sooner you start Exhibit B, the more excitable the GRs will get! :)

[lrig-rorrim.livejournal.com]

Noooooooo! I shall make lots of noise!

*hangs some streamers up in anticipation of our winner tonight*
*hands out noise makers and confetti*

Come on people, we need to prove to Gary that we are irrepressibly enthusiastic at all times. ;)

[beldar.livejournal.com]

I'm going to put a lot of thought into whether I want to play in Exhibit B -- though if the "B" is for Beldar, that might encourage me. =)

LJI:XA was a lot of fun, but I have been quite busy off-Idol as well.

[roina-arwen.livejournal.com]

*Looks at the GR floor*

*Steps over the yellow wee-wee line*

Looks like somebody had an accident! Where's the kitty litter? Where's the mop? Where's the bleach? Tsk tsk!

[ashgaelsonaria.livejournal.com]

Probly used up the Kitty litter. Its good for absorbing and cleaning up so many things.
urea
oil
blood

[lrig-rorrim.livejournal.com]

This mini-season has been awesome, and I'm so glad I took part in it. There have been some outstanding writers putting out some really top-notch pieces, and lots of great discussions in the green rooms. I feel like exhibit A gave me a chance to get to know some idol folks better, to stretch and grow as a writer, and I have had a blast.

I am definitely looking forward to exhibit B - and this time there will be no pesky vacation to interfere with writing time! Heh.

I'm on the edge of my seat waiting to see who's going to win this thing - all the finalists are really top-notch authors and classy folks. It makes me smile a lot to see how congenial everything has been, from the very first - there's certainly been competition, but everyone seems so damn happy to be competing and to be up against these other folks. It's pretty neat.

[lrig-rorrim.livejournal.com]

BTW, if any Idol folks are going to be at WisCon (http://www.wiscon.info/) this year, be sure to let me know! I'd love to have a meetup.

[beldar.livejournal.com]

Had a hard time with that website finding what city the con is in (finally deduced Madison).

We just got done with a con (Penguicon, Detroit area) so will be staying put for a while.

[roina-arwen.livejournal.com]

I glanced over the WisCon website, but for some reason I couldn't find the con DATES anywhere on there! Is it just me, or what?

[theun4givables.livejournal.com]

I can't look at the poll it makes me nervous and I'm not even in it anymore. xD

I am anxiously waiting for Exhibit B. I think I've successfully convinced my husband to give it a go. :) I'm undecided if I'm doing B, but I know I'll be reading and voting even if I don't. :)

I also started a blog on wordpress detailing how much my writing process sometimes bugs me. ;)

[majesticarky.livejournal.com]

Wuuuut, you mean this season people actually get PRIZES? Neat!

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

Some people donated things for the Community Chest. It's a special thing for the mini-seasons.

[zephyrly.livejournal.com]

Guys! This is like the last day of school! Let's celebrate how far we've come AND DANCE LIKE THE GYPSY KINGS AND QUEENS*! LJ IDOL GREEN ROOM EPIC DANCE PARTY!



*Technically, I think the title still officially belongs to Esma Redzepova. I'm pretty sure that she represented us at the UN at some point. And everybody loves her because she's ESMA and she's one of the most amazing human beings who has ever walked this planet.

[lrig-rorrim.livejournal.com]

I think this video has me hypnotized. Whoa.... love....

[ashgaelsonaria.livejournal.com]

Good luck and salutations.
I shall start doing some more extensive writing soon as I get a keyboard and mouse.
Oh sure I've written up a couple of random hg entries on my first gen kindle but no comments and I would like to work on a few things that have been sitting and simmering a while.
I will hg "B" but that's about it. Can't really afford it and I wont ask anyone too sponsor me. Don't really have a lot of face to face friends in part because I am a crazy magnet.
All so for some gimppy reason I'm hearing all this in a sort of British accent - too many episodes of -Red Dwarf- in a row I guess.

[kathrynrose.livejournal.com]

So, today I was talking to a friend of mine who teaches interpreting (sign lang) and she told me that one of her favorite exercises lately has been having students interpret one of my Home Game entries from last season (http://kathrynrose.livejournal.com/750732.html). I was surprised. I remembered she asked me to record it for her and I told her she could use it, but I thought she was doing it that one time. She said she likes that it gives practice with abstract ideas and the students don't realize what it's about until they're half-way through it, so they learn not to assume, and to listen for context. I kind of love that people are using it to improve their skills. I needed the pick-me-up today and it was nice.

[cacophonesque.livejournal.com]

I'm looking forward to the results post.

And now that the end is near, I'm nervous... not because I'm in the running to win... but because I'm scared that nobody will want my community chest offering and then I'll feel so lame.

Still trying to decide about doing Exhibit B. I felt bad dropping out this time--even though I had a lot going on in other areas of my life. I'd love the chance to write some more for a larger audience. But on the other hand, I've been starting to question whether there is still a place for me here. Either way, I'll still be around--because I do love the discussions and discovering new voices and meeting interesting people.

While I wait for the results, I think I'll see if I have any new freckles, eat some dinner, watch some tv, and maybe knit.

[zephyrly.livejournal.com]

I'm supposed to be crocheting, but I can't stop refreshing the poll every four seconds.

If the LJ servers suddenly explode, it was my fault. I'm sorry.

[n3m3sis42.livejournal.com]

I wanna know when the next round starts!!

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

In the next couple of weeks.

(barring some horrible work news. Which, let's just say it's not looking good. But I'm holding out hope)

[fourzoas.livejournal.com]

We are thisclose to summer break, so bring on Exhibit B!