Green Room - Week 18 - Day 1
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kithan's birthday!
So bring all of your Pepsi, Cheetos, and bacon to the middle of the room and back away slowly. Maybe you won't end up getting hurt in her onslaught.
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Speaking of oncoming onslaughts and the past being revisited - it occurred to me that we are approaching the 6 month mark for this season. What does that mean for Idol?
When I'm being nice, I refer to certain periods of the competition as "stress points". When I'm not - I think of them more as "Holy Grap! People are unstable!!!" points.
A couple weeks to either side of 6 months is one of those points where you tend to either see someone completely implode - or in some cases - explode.
I'm pointing this out in hopes that we can work together to *not* have that happen here this time around. (or at 8 months, another stress point)
If you are ready to implode, stop for a moment and talk to someone about it.
If you are ready to *explode* - take it out on the street. Just find some random person and beat them with a baseball bat. Trust me, you will feel much better after! :) I know a guy named Darren Wilson. Maybe go see him!
(Not the police officer from Ferguson, just a guy who happens to have that name. You'll have an excuse!)
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Last night, there were eliminations: http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/769828.html
A topic: http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/770282.html
A Work Room: http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/770473.html
and this morning, for the constructive criticism inclined, a Killing Floor: http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/770622.html
kithan's birthday!So bring all of your Pepsi, Cheetos, and bacon to the middle of the room and back away slowly. Maybe you won't end up getting hurt in her onslaught.
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Speaking of oncoming onslaughts and the past being revisited - it occurred to me that we are approaching the 6 month mark for this season. What does that mean for Idol?
When I'm being nice, I refer to certain periods of the competition as "stress points". When I'm not - I think of them more as "Holy Grap! People are unstable!!!" points.
A couple weeks to either side of 6 months is one of those points where you tend to either see someone completely implode - or in some cases - explode.
I'm pointing this out in hopes that we can work together to *not* have that happen here this time around. (or at 8 months, another stress point)
If you are ready to implode, stop for a moment and talk to someone about it.
If you are ready to *explode* - take it out on the street. Just find some random person and beat them with a baseball bat. Trust me, you will feel much better after! :) I know a guy named Darren Wilson. Maybe go see him!
(Not the police officer from Ferguson, just a guy who happens to have that name. You'll have an excuse!)
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Last night, there were eliminations: http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/769828.html
A topic: http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/770282.html
A Work Room: http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/770473.html
and this morning, for the constructive criticism inclined, a Killing Floor: http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/770622.html
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Date: 2014-08-15 02:32 pm (UTC)Of course, I have a concept and no character -- which is not usually how these things go for me, so now I have to beat said concept into submission via creating a character, and well...
I may be too tired for this. xD
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Date: 2014-08-15 10:33 pm (UTC)should we be surprised?
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Date: 2014-08-15 10:47 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-08-15 02:45 pm (UTC)I am fascinated by the known stress points in this *tralalala* "game". (I adore scare quotes.) The idea that a different group of people, different dynamics, different time, still break in the same places and ways....is so fascinating. What contributes to the six month implosion/explosion?
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Date: 2014-08-15 02:49 pm (UTC)It's good to know I'm not the only one feeling twitchy around this point. And ditto on what
There's something intrinsically human in this kind of convergence of frayed stamina.
ETA: Or maybe it's just that seeing such awesome writers leave the comp is scary
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Date: 2014-08-16 03:26 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-08-15 02:57 pm (UTC)Edit to add:
Happy birthday,
Seriously, don't try this at home.
(Unless you're
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Date: 2014-08-15 10:45 pm (UTC)bakingbacon opinion ;) (http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/chocolate-bacon-cupcakes-with-dulce-de-leche-frosting.html)no subject
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Date: 2014-08-15 03:32 pm (UTC)And Happy Escape The Womb Day,
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Date: 2014-08-15 06:20 pm (UTC)These six months have flown by like a week. As for stress, I usually shout at my PC and ask him in depth questions: "WHAT are you doing?" Then I put him to sleep mode and run 3 kilometers. When I get back, the PC has usually decided to act normally again :-p-
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Date: 2014-08-16 03:29 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-08-15 07:06 pm (UTC)-wonders where the hell her life went-
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Date: 2014-08-15 09:01 pm (UTC)Fuzzy1and I spent part of the day cleaning house and then watching The Other Woman. The movie was ok. Very girl-power centric, which was just the ticket as we both wait on respective powers-that- be to yay or nay us re job interviews this past week.
Now she's gone to her meager little retail job at Kohl's, which she doesn't hate, but it's not in her field and only pays minimum. What is this curse she and I have when it comes to being under-employed?
AW
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Date: 2014-08-16 03:29 am (UTC)home game ljidol - disinformation. Animal care guild books.
Date: 2014-08-15 10:31 pm (UTC)Late Commenter League: After Work Edition
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Date: 2014-08-16 03:30 am (UTC)Happy birthday, kithan!
Date: 2014-08-16 01:24 am (UTC)Re: Happy birthday, kithan!
Date: 2014-08-16 03:30 am (UTC)I've never had dates but... wrapped in bacon so what the hell.. *dives for plate*
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Date: 2014-08-16 03:32 am (UTC)It was a good day. People I work with don't believe I'm 42.
I put up a sign that said Today I Am the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Everything.
Some of them even understood the reference. :-)
Went out for a drink and appetizers after work with my older sister, then to see Expendables 3, then home... to discover flowers and chocolate from a friend.
Yay!
All in all... a good day.
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