Green Room - Week 3 - Day 11
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therealljidolThere is voting happening - http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/876790.html although not the voting that was originally planned.
For those keeping track at home - (if my scrolling over technique worked) There were 15 entries in the Friends (the entire Team Ocelot took a bye!) and 28 entries in the Rivals!
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In yesterday's Green Room I was reminded of something - Idol is a really diverse group. Always has been. I hope it always will be.
I think there have been, and continue to be, dangers of too many people who share the same opinions on things - but hopefully human nature will prevail and we will never go too far down that route.
What I like is taking all of these people with different lives and throwing them in the same room together and see what happens!
There have been times when it's been explosive! There have been times when there was just a spark or two and everyone came to understand each other over time. Each has it's uses.
Heck, there have been times when those forces have been directed against me - sometimes I've responded well and other times "not so well". Because at the end of the day, we're still people and are going to have our good days and bad ones.
That's not just for the people responding either - some days those sharing their ideas aren't at their best at getting across what they actually mean and end up coming across like the jerks! It happens. I've seen it. I know you have as well.
There's a lesson in there somewhere about common humanity bringing us together to discuss how to treat subgroups and individuals. If you locate it, please bring it to the lost and found!
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I keep having these random memory glitches where I have come across something and say "That should be in the Green Room", but when the time comes I keep putting it off until I forget the context.
In this particular case, there was an article that I saw someone share that keeps pinging in my head - (paraphrasing) it said that white cis-males needed to stop writing and/or trying to get published so that non-white cis-male voices could be heard.
I've started to type my own feelings about it, but as a white cis-male, I may be a little biased. ;)
In thinking about it though, I did think it was funny that I had set aside my own writing to concentrate on creating a community that encouraged the writing of so many diverse voices. It wasn't intentional, to gather diverse groups here, but I'm really glad that it happened.
For those keeping track at home - (if my scrolling over technique worked) There were 15 entries in the Friends (the entire Team Ocelot took a bye!) and 28 entries in the Rivals!
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In yesterday's Green Room I was reminded of something - Idol is a really diverse group. Always has been. I hope it always will be.
I think there have been, and continue to be, dangers of too many people who share the same opinions on things - but hopefully human nature will prevail and we will never go too far down that route.
What I like is taking all of these people with different lives and throwing them in the same room together and see what happens!
There have been times when it's been explosive! There have been times when there was just a spark or two and everyone came to understand each other over time. Each has it's uses.
Heck, there have been times when those forces have been directed against me - sometimes I've responded well and other times "not so well". Because at the end of the day, we're still people and are going to have our good days and bad ones.
That's not just for the people responding either - some days those sharing their ideas aren't at their best at getting across what they actually mean and end up coming across like the jerks! It happens. I've seen it. I know you have as well.
There's a lesson in there somewhere about common humanity bringing us together to discuss how to treat subgroups and individuals. If you locate it, please bring it to the lost and found!
***
I keep having these random memory glitches where I have come across something and say "That should be in the Green Room", but when the time comes I keep putting it off until I forget the context.
In this particular case, there was an article that I saw someone share that keeps pinging in my head - (paraphrasing) it said that white cis-males needed to stop writing and/or trying to get published so that non-white cis-male voices could be heard.
I've started to type my own feelings about it, but as a white cis-male, I may be a little biased. ;)
In thinking about it though, I did think it was funny that I had set aside my own writing to concentrate on creating a community that encouraged the writing of so many diverse voices. It wasn't intentional, to gather diverse groups here, but I'm really glad that it happened.
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a few flagrant and flatulent thoughts
Date: 2015-12-29 05:09 pm (UTC)WEll, it looks like today, on the fifth day of Christmas FIVE GOLDEN RINGS and it looks like we are starting to REcover from the madness and take a breath between Xmas the orgy of consumer family madness and NewYears the ReBirth of HOPE it looks like we are thinking as we traditionally seem to do "these days" between the 25th of Decems and the 1st of Janus We Are Thinking of What HAD gone and HAS gone before and maybe just wonder What Might Come from "All of This" oh yes
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I am Happy. Happy to read the thoughts. Your thoughts.
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The gremlin green room is full of delicious thoughts this morning. So early in the day and already so many ruminations in the room oh my interweb friends once again you are making my day
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Darnit I look at what I am writing and think I sound so freaking facecious but I am honest I swear on a stack of fat golden finger rings set out in clusters of five by five that once again each and every one of you have made my day just by typing into this converse-station.
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I remember lables. I remember turnon tunein dropout. I remember me me me and then encounter groups falling down on the grass outside of class don't worry someone will catch you we all need to support each other I remember oh no you have to help your sister brother I remember competition and sharing. I remember she/he. I have read THE DISPOSSESSED by Ursula K Leguin seven times and wish I could make it into a movie I remember remembering memorable memories and I remember me when I was very young and I remember me remembering when I was very young and then I had a child and he is much better than I thank you God
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See I told you I was looking facecious today but I am serious
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Our fearless leader is right. We are many. Different.
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RE: a few flagrant and flatulent thoughts
Date: 2015-12-29 05:43 pm (UTC)