Green Room Week 4 Day 2

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

Hello!

How are you guys doing today????

Comments

[browneyedgirl65.livejournal.com]

OOOOooooooohhhhhhh!

This one sounds like FUN!!

*claps hands*

[emaline412.livejournal.com]

ECKKKKK.
I don't like the new topic! Just sayin'.

Now I'm going to Panera so I can stop being so hangry.
Mmmmm soup.

[libra-dragon.livejournal.com]

Hello!
I am happy that I get to see another round of this game.
Waiting for the next topic to get the creative juices flowing.
Trying to get back in productive mood in terms of work, school, etc.

Hope eveyrone is having a good Tuesday

[hopefulnebula]

Doing all right. I might have a story in mind. Odds are I'll switch, though. Good idea for a topic...

You know what I hate? Term paper season.

[rm.livejournal.com]

I am loving the new topic.

One, I'm a former journalist.
Two, I think it's a duty to be informed via the news medium(s) of ones choice.
Three, so if it makes people twist a little? awesome.

[lacombe.livejournal.com]

I think I'm going to enjoy this new topic. ;-)

[flutterbychild.livejournal.com]

Hating the new topic...can we scan in an article from our local newspaper?

[chazari.livejournal.com]

I do not like this topic. But what can you do? I'm going to work with it. Maybe it will be fun.

[marjory.livejournal.com]

Meh! I have a sore tummy and all of the local news is baaad! Of course, I always hate the topics (I'm going for a black star!).

[kithan.livejournal.com]

It's news, so I believe that would be acceptable.

[ladyariadna.livejournal.com]

I ate a turkey sammich for lunch and now my tummy hurts. Boo.

In other news, I am good. My job is boring, but it pays well. I can't wait to start teaching fitness classes at my gym, though. That will make life a little more fun.

Oooh, current events! This is the Big Apple. There's always something going on in the news here... *thinks hard*

[welfy.livejournal.com]

1. Man, that was weird. I got the notification for the green-room post but not the topic post, so seeing the above comment made me confused!

2. In some ways I should be relieved that I'm not participating because, as one friend told me the other day, I live under a rock because I didn't know about the "One Laptop Per Child" program. I have not even turned on my television since I moved to this house in August. The only news I see is stuff that people post as links on Livejournal, usually.

3. Something I have noticed in a lot of LJ Idol posts is that people tack these little editorials and disclaimers onto their posts, either on the beginning, end, or both. I can't think of anyone's off-hand because I see it in lots of entries. Things like finding the time to write the entry or saying, "I wasn't sure what to write at first" etc. Or making apologies for their writing-style because of various factors (ex being sick, working over-time, etc). Keep these things out of your official post. Reserve them for the green room or your other personal journal entries. I like journal entries that can be self-sustaining and not call attention to the fact that it's a writing contest. Too many people make it sound like a homework assignment. Does this make any sense?

4. I am still in my pajamas. I really need to do more with my days off.

[ewok-626.livejournal.com]

I actually like the new topic. Much better than last week's. *g*

I'm in the middle of a 13-hour work day. But my boss is off, so I'm taking my lunch late and writing my entry. :^)

Plus the Steelers won last night. Teh sweet.

[ewok-626.livejournal.com]

Try tax season. That's worse by a long shot.

[rm.livejournal.com]

3 -- word.

[lilerthkwake.livejournal.com]

I LOVE THE TOPIC.

And I'm not just saying that to kiss up. I'd offer sexual favors if I was bribing the mod for votes.

[browneyedgirl65.livejournal.com]

Wasn't going to mention it but, yeah. Peeve over here, too.

[http://users.livejournal.com/astriana_/]

Good - I'm listening to a little baby talk to himself as he scoots himself around the floor. :)

I'm going to see how I can make this topic interesting, since I took byes for the last two and may be going on to the home game after this... ;p

[http://users.livejournal.com/astriana_/]

On number 3: A-frickin'-men!

[spydielives.livejournal.com]

KICK-ASS topic!

*Wanders off*

[jennieknits.livejournal.com]

I'm excited!!!

[jennieknits.livejournal.com]

I agree with #3 completely.

I think I mentioned the contest in one of my entries, because it made sense. Other than that, I include a horizontal rule with the topic.

I think it distracts.

[Edit: Oh yeah, and my aside for redoing my Week 2 entry... Doh!]

[libra-dragon.livejournal.com]

I guess I missed the post about the topic.
Just read it, and love it! I am ALL about current events and all that jazz.

[kithan.livejournal.com]

Just confirmed with the boss. Yes, you may do that.

[welfy.livejournal.com]

Man, I couldn't edit my comment after you replied to it! Haha.

I had wanted to add to #2 that while I do like to know about the Big Things going on in my city, country, and world, there's just SO MUCH news that it's too much for me to constantly follow. Someone wrote one of their "terror" LJ Idol entries on choosing to not watch the news because of so many tragic news stories. I am such an empathetic person that I cannot watch the news without weeping and feeling terrible for the rest of the evening.

I majored in Writing in college, but it was the introspective creative-writing, not outward-looking journalism. I did take a newswriting class but my first papers were rather mediocre because my professor said that I colored too many of my news-stories with my personal opinion. :^P

I'm glad you agree with me on #3! I was thinking, "Does anyone else notice this? Please tell me I'm not the only one!" Last season, I never made references to the fact that I was participating in LJ Idol. If I hadn't made a teensy-fonted footnote, separated by a dashed line, at the bottom mentioning LJ Idol, my friends would have never known I was competing in a contest. I've seen some really good entries tainted by little asides placed directly into the essay.