Green Room - Week 7 - Day 5

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

I was going to wait until after the results and new topic were posted, but I decided to do it now instead.

Why? I had a few minutes and I was thinking about the "light" writers vs the "dark" writers. Sort of like Star Wars with the force I guess... which is what got me thinking about it actually.

I was thinking about complaints about "light" writers (happy folks) doing well in Idol and I realized, man, they couldn't further from the truth!

Final 3s

tinhuviel - She won the very first season and set the tone. She is the Queen of Sith. Very, very little about her could be called "sentimental" or non-snarky.

onyxblue1 - second place season one... heh... light-hearted? hehhehehhehehe... sorry. She's nothing if not forthright. Agree with her or not, like her or not, she will tell you what is on her mind.

quoth_the_maven: third place. See above. Not exactly "Ms. Popularity".

tru2myart - winner season 2. Ok. Yeah she poops rainbows and unicorns.

stilltofind - second place, she doesn't. She often used cleavage shots to pimp for votes! Not really "soft spoken" about things.

dissolvdgrl - ok, again, another sweetheart.

welfy - hardly any interaction with the rest of Idol due to schedule. Not all hugs and tears though. Won by being one of the best story tellers I've seen in a long time.

bettybaker - Heh... um... sweet? Sure. At times. If she likes you. Definitely wasn't shy about sharing opinions though!!!*g* Or anything else.

agirlnamedluna - ok, another sweetheart. Talented writer who did well despite having the cards stacked against her FL-wise.

I like the mix there.

Anyway - break's over! Good luck to everyone and I'll see you in a few with the results!!!

Comments

[worldofcharlie.livejournal.com]

Yessss...Green Room's here!!!!!!!!!

*where's my pepsi and cookies?*

[ewok-626.livejournal.com]

*casually lays out spread of chicken and veal parmesan, ziti, linguine, salad with dressings, and brownies*

Only 30 more minutes of work. Hooray! Then I'm off until Wednesday.

Oh, btw. There's still some donuts left. *sets boxes down beside brownies*

[worldofcharlie.livejournal.com]

uggghh..no more doughnuts...

[1-rhiannon-1.livejournal.com]

Yay! Enjoy your time off from work!

And in case I haven't told you before, you're awesome! =) *grabs a plate and gets to snacking* =D

[ewok-626.livejournal.com]

I forgot to put out the italian bread and butter!

*hurries to put it out*

Countdown!

[spydielives.livejournal.com]

by my clock... 28 minutes and counting.

I am worried about a few of my favorites who are not getting the support they deserve.

Re: Countdown!

[ewok-626.livejournal.com]

*whispers* The polls say 1pm, not 12. Another hour of torture.

[boundfate.livejournal.com]

I know the comments I made had less to do with them doing well in the competition and more to do with the fact the prompts right now seem to cater to that style. I understand it with the holidays and all but that doesn't mean I'm not looking forward to more topics like the fear one or that the amount of happy fuzzy stuff is starting to make me glaze over. (And I say this as someone who wrote glurge this week as well.)

[withfangs.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but if you're truly "of the darkside" you can find a way to bring nightfall to ANY god damned topic.

I should know. B/c I'm evil.

;)

[ewok-626.livejournal.com]

*stops and rereads the part about hippies pooping rainbows and unicorns*

Gary... WTF?

[spydielives.livejournal.com]

At least he isn't KICKING the hippies (right now).

[porcelain72.livejournal.com]

A good writer is versatile. Going outside your personal comfort zones as far as subject matter and style is necessary to improve your ability. Sometimes it'll turn out unexpectedly well, and sometimes it won't, but no one is so great a writer that they don't need to test themselves every now and then.

A good writer is versatile.

[spydielives.livejournal.com]

I agree here (part of why I am not sure I am a good writer).

I find it far easier to evoke sadness or outrage than "happy-happy-joy-joy" feelings.

But, I am working on it.

[And I can write **crazy** really, really well...]

[unsold-capacity.livejournal.com]

I was pretty shocked a few weeks ago when lacombe called me "optimistic." I don't think of myself as an optimistic writer, or person in general, so I read over my entries to see where he got that from. I realized...hey, I guess I have written some pretty optimistic stuff. Then I took it a step further and thought about myself for a minute, and realized that I have become a more optimistic person.

Funny how we can change right under our noses and our self-concepts take a while to catch up, huh? I was thinking I'd come into LJ Idol with a pretty dark, cynical set of entries...

[worldofcharlie.livejournal.com]

I tend to be on the jaded/bitter side myself..

But I can be funny...

My headmate doesn't get that sense of humor... her delivery just isn't there...

Woot, green room!

[ladyozma.livejournal.com]

Hi hi hi hi hi hi

So I'm feeling manic as I watch the polls... I've managed to get through all the entries. There were some AMAZING entries! As always!

Looking forward to what happens next!

My parents are taking us out to lunch. Anyone want some good Smokey Bones action? PARTY!

Re: Woot, green room!

[worldofcharlie.livejournal.com]

*nods*...yes there were great entries...

me <-- dork

[browneyedgirl65.livejournal.com]

I am the biggest dork. How big? I was so busy at work yesterday that I simply hit all the buttons so I could watch the voting while I finished up with reading and getting my stuff done.

OK.

So this morning, I realized I hadn't voted yet! DUH. *smacks self*

I'll have the rest of the coffee on ewok's spread, there. And then sit in the dunce corner for a while.

Re: me <-- dork

[lttledvl.livejournal.com]

Don't worry about drinking all the coffee. My work has starbucks and those huge thermal carafes. I could probably java up the whole green room (much to the chagrin of my coworkers I'm sure when they realize 'where's all the damn coffee gone to?' lol

[lttledvl.livejournal.com]

"You do not know the power of the dark side." *cackles madly*

Oh :coughs self-conciously* I didn't know anybody was looking. Let's try that again...

*sprinkles rainbow glitter across the green room*

Hi!

[chazari.livejournal.com]

I want to be gray. Can I be on the "gray side?" Or pink. The pink side would be cool. *pulls out box of crayola*

[spydielives.livejournal.com]

Burnt Sienna?

[lilmissmagic71.livejournal.com]

I want my side to resemble faux zebra skin...

[lttledvl.livejournal.com]

Well, for what its worth, I'm in a "light" mood today. (who wouldn't be in the face of an upcoming 4-day weekend?) I haven't had any glaring *headdesk* techy-type calls and I hope it stays that way *gives phone the evil eye glare* and its pretty durn quiet around here today. course that's probably b/c about half of the department is missing = more work for me, but who cares?

*bounces* Party and have fun! *chucks in the terribly cute icon to match her mood*

[johnmill79.livejournal.com]

Wow! People don't waste time posting here.

I'm happy, because I have the rare opportunity to be sitting here as the results are posted. It's been a great week, and thanks for all the votes!

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

There were actually a couple people who called the deadline, but no one called the topic! Which is just weird, because it's fairly obvious!

[porcelain72.livejournal.com]

I was afraid it might be "New Year's Resolutions," or worse, "2007: the Year in Review." My attitude towards 2007 once it's over will be "Let us never speak of this again."

[kathrynrose.livejournal.com]

January 4?

See how you draw us in and get us into a rhythm, and then just when I have time to actually read...

Next thing you know I'll be eating cookies in the green room.

[sushimustwrite.livejournal.com]

Mmmm. Cookies.

[sushimustwrite.livejournal.com]

I'm definitely a happy folk myself--not enough has happened to me to be all sinister. An open topic entry if I'm still around, perhaps? YOU NEVER KNOW.

[superhappytime.livejournal.com]

I'm confused....was the complaint that only more light-hearted writers win? Or that they don't win? Or maybe it's my perception of light versus dark...I don't think of "sentimental" as being "light"...I kind of see the sentimental, tear-jerking, cloying posts as dark and mopey....

[tulip-in-yellow.livejournal.com]

I believe the complaint was that people here are writing too cheesey and sappy.

[suesniffsglue.livejournal.com]

Finally being morbid and creepy might get me somewhere! :D

[ewok-626.livejournal.com]

*sets out huge pots of beef stew, chicken noodle soup, and clam chowder... more bread, sandwich fixins, and pies (apple, coconut cream, cherry, and chocolate silk)*

Ice cream for the pie is in the freezer if you want it...

Yay for the topic and extended deadline. Now I can have a few more days to wrap my head around this topic (especially since I'll be so busy this weekend). *gives Gary a cookie*

[newsong.livejournal.com]

Where is the Christmas green room for those of us spending our downtime online???

[sushimustwrite.livejournal.com]

Seconded! Not everyone has lives, you know, Gary! :P

Happy birthday post!

[desert-rose.livejournal.com]

Today is roina_arwen's birthday!

Wishing you a most excellent day, and hope you have been thoroughly spoiled!

Hands around pieces of chocolate birthday cake and mugs of cocoa!

Happy birthday!