Green Room - Week 2 - Day 6

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

I saw the news that the woman who was abandoned at the Burger King was successful in her quest to track down her birth mother. http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/Burger-King-Baby-Finds-Her-Mother-252329741.html

I like to imagine that the search involved hanging out at various fast food joints.

Apparently, it only took her 3 weeks to find, thanks to social media.

My search, however, is going to take a lot longer than that! It's already been two weeks, and all over the place on social media, and yet I am only a little bit closer to finding the Winner of Season 9 of LJ Idol! Maybe you can check out this custom flyer (aka the poll) http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/719384.html and see if you can help!

I'm hoping that, eventually, they are going to show up. Who knows, maybe they are already here and just have yet to come forward!

While we are waiting for that to happen, if you want to go over to the Killing Floor and offer some constructive criticism, I'm sure that would be very much appreciated. http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/719625.html

Comments

[snarkerdoodle.livejournal.com]

Could my first 'first' come so early in the season?!

lol, why yes it did! :)

[banyangirl1832.livejournal.com]

Yay! Go you!

[sdaisyk.livejournal.com]

The winner will show up when the time is right, but not a moment sooner :)

[puppetmaker40.livejournal.com]

Anyone else see the Jim Henson Creature Shop Challenge last night?

[banyangirl1832.livejournal.com]

WHAT NO I didn't see it but I want to, that sounds awesome!

[momebie.livejournal.com]

Oh. The Killing Floor is an excellent idea. I wish it had been around during my season. :p

Maybe now that the ceiling has stopped falling out of my apartment in chunks I can come back to bother everyone and offer obnoxious comments. It's my only talent!

[dreamsreflected.livejournal.com]

obnoxious comments are really the best comments imo.

[n3m3sis43.livejournal.com]

I want to socialize, but I have absolutely nothing useful to say. And because I turned in my entry at 7:59 pm the night of the deadline, I still have about two thirds of the entries left to read. I hope I can catch up today!

[banyangirl1832.livejournal.com]

I hope I can catch up today too!

[banyangirl1832.livejournal.com]

Day off! I have to go to the pharmacy to pick up my second prescription today, and I wanted to go see The Grand Budapest Hotel for a matinee, but the theater I want to go to doesn't have matinees! I'm a little bit outraged. In the meantime, drinking coffee and trying not to feel too sad about losing a friendship (as happened yesterday). Might take myself out for a nice lunch today if I can find a new restaurant that interests me. Also, I'm going to be reading entries! And commenting! So get ready, y'all.

[crazed_delusion]

For a second week I'm have stuff distract me from reading.

I have a disk popping in & out of place.

A quick clean sweep of the apartment while that was happening because one of the dreaded 24 hour notices on the door (this time the yearly check of the sprinklers)

Work tomorrow, blargh. Hopefully it'll be slow and I can read some.

And I got picked for a video game race this weekend, but luckily I will have Friday to practice after I hopefully finish reading everyone this week.

I hate being busy.

[gratefuladdict.livejournal.com]

Sorry to hear about your disk! That was probably the biggest bummer about renting for me - knowing that people I hadn't chosen myself could come into my home when the landlord deemed it necessary. Especially since I'm a messy person!

[dusty-chenille.livejournal.com]

This is already shaping up to be an exciting season. I'm excited to be a part of this - and there is so much talent here. I've been filling my days with reading all the entries, and there hasn't been a dull moment. It's really lifted my spirits as I wait for spring to - hopefully - arrive here in the Mid-Atlantic. Sometime before June, maybe.

[alycewilson.livejournal.com]

Whereabouts in the Mid-Atlantic? Several of us live there.

[dreamsreflected.livejournal.com]

Good morning GR, I swear I will get it all read, but probably not until the last possible second, because that's unfortunately just the way I roll. I blame the gnomes, or the ridiculous lack of sleep, but it's probably the gnomes.

[alycewilson.livejournal.com]

Those blasted gnomes. I wish they'd leave us all alone. Found one in the cupboard today while making my morning smoothie.

[monkeysugarmama.livejournal.com]

Morning all! I know it's a little early for cupcakes but I brought a tray for everyone because it's my daughter's 10th birthday today! What's your favorite? I have some vanilla cupcakes with white butter cream frosting and sprinkles, some chocolate with chocolate whipped frosting and over here, strawberry with strawberry frosting of course!

I took the day off so that I could pick her up from school early and we are going to go have lunch, just the two of us "ladies" (And I do use that term loosely, lol!)and then see where the day takes us.

Tonight she has ball practice, but after she requested go-to-bed stew for dinner and we are going to watch Frozen. I can't wait to see her face when I give her the cheetah-print bat bag I discovered! She is all about the animal print this year :)

[banyangirl1832.livejournal.com]

That sounds so delightful! Have fun with her, and happy birthday to her! *takes a chocolate cupcakes* What's go-to-bed stew?

[n3m3sis43.livejournal.com]

Oh, I did think of a useful thing! Thanks so much to everyone who has offered me crit on the Killing Floor.

Also, please know that I am always happy to take crit (even fairly brutal crit) on my Idol posts. I'm not the most experienced writer, and I went through horrid levels of writer's block this summer, so I feel like there are pretty much always tons of things I can improve.

[alycewilson.livejournal.com]

I forget: Are you one of the people that posts a comment at the top inviting a Concrit thread? I've always found that useful. As a reader, I never offer criticism unless it's invited, because people can be sensitive.

In my case, I don't usually invite it, because it's pretty obvious from comments what worked and didn't. That goes double on the weeks when there's a twist, if NOBODY remarks upon it!

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

It's me! HI, DAD.

(My dad's name really is Gary, so don't feel too weird. ;-) )

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

I don't run into very many people named Gary, and I have become a "Dad" since Season 8.

Now I'm suspicious! ;)

[banyangirl1832.livejournal.com]

Related: Does anyone have a recc list yet?

[alycewilson.livejournal.com]

Too early for that. Maybe tomorrow for me?

[alycewilson.livejournal.com]

I intend to stop by the Killing Floor later, but right now I'm doing some extra transcription work. One thing the missing flight from Malaysian has meant is extra breaking news, which leads to extra work for me!

The challenge is going to be balancing the transcription work with two Yahoo! articles to write today (one on acting resources in Philadelphia and one on my experiences with the Virgin Diet), have at least a little quality time with KFP, read LJI entries, AND promote my participation in the Baby Steps video competition (link is in my entry, if you're interested). I really hope I can get through the day without going bonkers!

ETA: I'm happy about the extra work but NOT about the situation that caused it, just to be clear.

[roina-arwen.livejournal.com]

"Social media" wasn't really a thing when I found my birth mom many years ago. Of course, I wasn't abandoned at a BK either! I had gathered enough info by myself (ie: my birthname) that when I contacted an agency (ALMA) they were able to help me find her. We met in person a few times, but don't currently have a relationship (her choice). The last time I tried to contact her was over 10 years ago, when I called one Mother's Day and was told not to call back.

It is what it is, but it's nice that I at least got to meet her and her two daughters (my half sisters), and have a photo of the two of us together.

[ecosopher.livejournal.com]

I imagine it's fraught with many emotions for everyone involved. Kind of sad that she was so abrupt about it though :(

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

Maybe I should have this as a flashing icon on the side or something. ;)

I received an email asking me if this was still a "thing", and yes, it is. (especially after a conversation the other night talking about how we needed to start saving money for the wedding)

The "tip jar" is on the left hand side. But here's a link: http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/tag/donations

Completely voluntary. Not required. Doesn't help you in the competition whatsoever. But people ask, and I answer. :)

[whipchick.livejournal.com]

Hey, wedding dude. I'm sure you have it under control, but 1) I'd like to come, so if it's not a super-small event (which I will totally understand if it is) please tell me save the date as early as you can since I may be overseas? and 2) If you need a non-denominational officiant, I'm paperwork-legit on that and I've enjoyed very much doing a wedding before :)


A

by the numbers

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

I'm only going to update this with significant *good* news - and here it is:

47th place in Livejournal community rankings.

We broke the Top 50! Can we break the Top 45? ;)

(I'd LOVE to unseat the ONTD groups, because - really??? But that's never going to happen.)

Re: by the numbers

[goldmourn.livejournal.com]

It can totally happen! To have broken the top 50 is HUGE and as the competition progresses, I can only guess this community will have more activity, right? Here's hoping!

Maybe it will inspire you to have ANOTHER season of LJ Idol after this one?

[suesniffsglue.livejournal.com]

It is 11am where I am, and I have ingested no less than five cups of tea containing copious amounts of caffeine in the past three hours. Caffeine hits me prett-ay prett-ay prett-ay good, so needless to say, my coworkers are thrilled with my general existence!


So anyway, poetry is my most natural outlet of all, and I'm a big fan of gorgeous spoken word--and I adore Andrea Gibson. So all you writers, any other Andrea Gibson fans out there, she is currently taking poetry submissions for her new book We Will Be Shelter. The pieces should aim to raise awareness on various topics described. So if you're interested, check it out--I haven't decided if I'm submitting or not!
https://writebloodypublishing.submittable.com/submit

[beautyofgrey.livejournal.com]

Hello, poetry lover! Are you participating in NaPoeWrimo or 30/30 Poetry this year?

[i-will-not-say.livejournal.com]

The Girl Scouts are diabolical; they are undoubtedly lacing their Thin Mints with SOMETHING. How else do you explain how delicious and addictive those things are? :P

*currently has a box of rapidly-vanishing Thin Mints*

[banyangirl1832.livejournal.com]

I think I had a dream about eating Samoas last night. I will probably cry when they finally come out with gluten free Girl Scout cookies.

Remember the Bottom Dwellers!

[rayaso.livejournal.com]

Since it is human nature to start at the top of the list and work down, especially with such long lists, people at the end of the alphabet for their tribes may not be getting the attention everyone deserves. In the future, I suggest abandoning alphabetical order. This is easy to do if you use a Portable Randomizer. These are sometimes known as Chaos Units. I found that Version 2.0 works the best. I own two, although they are woefully out of date (automatically updated to Versions 14.0 and 16.0, respectfully). They still remain excellent sources of entropy, however. Many people become so attached to their Chaos Units that they name them. We called ours "anonymousdaughter" (AD) and "anonymousson" (AS). It is easy to randomize lists using a Portable Randomizer. The best way for LJ Idol purposes would be to write each name on a separate piece of paper. Say "let's play a game!" to start the Randomizer, then throw the slips of paper up in the air. Instruct the Randomizer to pick up the papers and bring them to you. Do this as many times as the Randomizer will tolerate or until your patience runs out. I guarantee that the tribe voting lists will be in no order whatsoever, although the slips of paper may be sticky or slobbery. If you don't own a Randomizer, they are usually available at Toys "R" Us, Walmart, or sometimes at evening showings of movies. Randomizers are very expensive to own, so it is best to borrow one from friends, who are usually quite willing to part with them, especially on Friday or Saturday nights. Randomizing the tribe lists will equalize the voting process, especially for those of us suffering from parental distraction disorder ("PDD"), a known side effect from owning Randomizers.

Re: Remember the Bottom Dwellers!

[whipchick.livejournal.com]

Hahahah!

[mothermelete.livejournal.com]

Maybe I could use social media to find my bio sister. My mom was young and in high school, thus gave her up for adoption, but it was an open adoption. Alas, my mother and her mother have both passed away (over 20 years ago) so there was no continued contact that I know of. And the adoption agency is long since gone.

[banyangirl1832.livejournal.com]

You probably could find her on FB/social media! If you'd like to try and get to know her, I say go for it. :)

[shay-writes.livejournal.com]

Made it to San Antonio in one piece. It is raining, so no zoo today. We opted for IMAX movie and Rivercenter Mall.

All good vibes and hugs appreciated. I barely drive in rural Arkansas, imagine how I'm doing in a large city. *headdesk* send valium too. Lots of valium.

[i-love-freddie.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

[gratefuladdict.livejournal.com]

And now I want french fries at 9am.

[roina-arwen.livejournal.com]

Will this do? :)

[porn-this-way.livejournal.com]

Uuuuugh, Y'ALL. I am trapped in the dastardly clutches of standardized test prep season, and it is devouring my time, energy, and will to live. It is also having a similar effect on every teacher in the state, and pretty much every student too. I swear, man, this is the true face of evil.

[roina-arwen.livejournal.com]

I thought Gary was the True Face of Evil? :)

[beeker121.livejournal.com]

I am at work faced with a ginormous spreadsheet that requires me to go through and annotate each line. Worst part, I've done most of the commenting once already in a different program, but because it doesn't talk to the database the spreadsheet came from I get to cross reference everything by hand. Woot!!!

Also it's raining here in northern CA which makes me incredibly happy, not only do we need it but I get antsy when it's sunny all the time.