LJ Idol Presents:

15 weeks into the mini-competition, and the final week of the Teams.

That's where we are.

Which of course means that it's going to be brutal to say goodbye to people. I knew that. I know that. But every week still ends up surprising me.

I said we were going to be losing 2 from the Friends and 1 from the Rivals. Oddly enough, the bottom two (of the three) teams ended up with the same overall score. That doesn't mean anything as far as who is leaving us, but it (once more) just shows how close things have been all season long!

From the Friends, we are losing
Gossamer Steamroller's adoptedwriter
and
Team Norbert's ellakite

From the Rivals, it came down to a single vote. Unfortunately though, the return of reckless_blues was far too short-lived.

It's kind of fitting that the Friends part is coming to an end, and we are eliminating three people who are very much at the heart of our community. I hope they will continue to Home Game (because they definitely will be missed), and stick around to hang out and cheer on their favorites!

According to my "Facebook Memories on this day" - last year at this time I was posting about the last day of Season 9!

In some ways, that feels like a long time ago, and in a lot of ways it still feels like Season 9 is still playing out in this mini-season! (which tends to happen, even with a break)

I don't have anything quite as exciting as a finale vote for you today, but I do have a bunch of really good entries that you can read! http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/912394.html

Help determine who will be going to the finale of Friends and Rivals!! (Well, at least taking one step closer to it)

The deadline is tonight http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/910933.html so make sure you get your entries in!

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I'd like to thank Idol's Patron's - this week your continued support had a *direct* impact on this competition!

The money generated from our Patron group https://www.patreon.com/user?u=70027&ty=h tends to go toward things like "paying for internet", and other indirect things that make things a lot easier to justify the time and effort that I'm not putting toward my family. ;)

This week though, something came up and being "in-between checks" it could have been *bad*. Not especially expensive, but more than I would have had on hand. (Which, regardless of the amount, "more than you have on hand" is "too much".)

It was when I was sick. I set my laptop down on the bed to go out of the room for a moment. I hadn't reached the door when I heard that dreaded BOOM sound and saw the laptop on the floor and one of my cats looking startled (and/or "I didn't do that! I'm just sitting here, in this spot, where I wasn't a few minutes ago. But I totally didn't do anything")

I checked out the laptop itself, and it was still working fine. (Whew!)

But it had been plugged in to the charger. The charger plug was completely bent, to the point that the act of pulling it out of the computer caused it to snap off.

The upshot being that I haven't had a way to charge my computer in a couple days, while I was waiting for a replacement to arrive. Again, thanks to our wonderful Patrons, I was able to order that replacement as well as get it shipped extra quickly.

Which is why I'll be able to post a poll tonight instead of having a paperweight and seeing if I could borrow a computer! A working charger is a "small thing", but knowing that Idol has the support that it does means everything.

So, while it was on my mind, I wanted to take a moment to say "Thank You".

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What are you feeling grateful for today, on this Good Friday?

Here's the topic: http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/910933.html
Here's the Work Room: http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/911244.html
Open up the Arizona Voting Results - and where's all the people???

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How is your day going?

I know, you're busy watching Daredevil Season 2. Or perhaps that's just me and I'm projecting.

In any case, there is something else you need to do:

Select one of these topics:

Satisfaction guaranteed
Call and Response
Just put a bandaid on it...!
Nailed It
Stop laughing

and link your entry back to this thread by Friday, March 25th at 8pm EST

Have fun!

It's time for the worst part of the week - saying goodbye.

diagenou
minikin

are leaving us from Tribe 1. Two well respected veterans leaving us far earlier than I would have predicted.

From Tribe 2 we have something slightly different:

Because dreamsreflected was one of the people who would have been eliminated. Except that she was the one who received BOUNCING IMMUNITY from roina_arwen this week! Which means that she is safe, and now that has been used, that immunity is gone from the game.

Which means that leaving us this week is our favorite time traveling T-Rex octavian_trex

and that crimsonplum and Heather Hambel Curley will be forming a new Redemption Tribe where they will be facing off next week.

Thank you to everyone who is leaving us this week. I hope to see you in the Home Game, and that you will be throwing your hat into the ring for a Second Chance!

The creatures that I have summoned from the depths of the Earth are on their way from Siberia. http://time.com/3051402/siberia-holes/

They should be at your homes soon.

So I'd suggest that you get your votes in for this week as soon as possible http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/763043.html before you are destroyed.

Unless of course you can come up with a good reason why I SHOULDN'T have them destroy you. Can you?

A few words from clauderainsrm:

It’s strange to be happy to be losing “only” two people. Especially the two in question.

But given some of the other weeks, yeah, it’s a good thing. :)

banyangirl1832 has dropped and impoetry has byed out of the competition.

Both of them will definitely be missed, and hopefully they will be able to take advantage of Second Chance when it comes around.

As for the rest of you, we are losing the bottom two from each tribe!

So make sure to get out there, read, comment and vote for your favorites to keep them in the competition!

The poll closes Thursday, July 31st at 9pm EDT

Good luck to everyone!

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