LJ Idol Presents:

 The poll for Week 2 is up: 

Make sure you check it out, read some new favorites and of course keep getting the word out! 


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What sort of Chaos has the Wheel of Life brought into your life THIS week? 

On the plus side, the Governor gave all state workers an extra day off. Yay. 

On the negative side, that means I'll have one day without work distractions to keep me occupied. 

*looks over at the wheel and smiles* Maybe I'll have to find something else to do...  :) 

Seriously though, thanks for being here. It really means a lot to me. Especially now. 

A few words from clauderainsrm:

On one hand, there are quite a few “byes” this week, which is bad. But on the other, that means there is more time for you to read and enjoy those entries that DID make it in on time!

So make sure to read, comment and vote for your favorites, to keep encouraging them on this journey of sheer terror!

Speaking of sheer terror, erulissedances decided to leave the manor before the vote. Which - one, sad for me that I lose one more person to torture, and bad for the rest of you because I asked the wheel if it would count as one of the eliminated numbers. (Standard Idol policy is that it *would NOT*, however this time the Wheel rules. So I asked)

Which means there are also (spins the wheel, watches as it slows to its final destination) 2 contestants with the fewest votes leaving us this week as well! (Don’t forget, the contestant with the fewest votes WHO IS NOT ELIMINATED will be receiving the Nullifier!


The poll closes Thursday July 3rd at 8pm ET.

Good luck to everyone!

 It's the second week of The Wheel of Chaos. 

I have the master list of unused prompts ready.  The Wheel has told me it is ready to spin. 

This week's prompt is 

If it’s any consolation


The deadline to link your entries back to this thread is Sunday June 29th at 7pm ET.

Have fun!

 It came down to a single vote.  Maybe it was yours. Maybe yours was the vote that could have changed the outcome. 

There were 2 votes away from turning it into a 3-way tie.  I have to wonder if that is a sign of what this mini season is going to be like... I suspect it is. 

He signed up "to be canon fodder" so that other writers didn't have to be voted out first - and sure enough, that's what happened. But there is certainly nothing wrong with what he submitted over the last couple of weeks! 

Today is goodbye to vik_thor  

Hopefully you will continue to home game. It's always great to see you, and thank you for your continued love for this community! 

 Voting is off to a slow start this week. But then again, the posts were the same way.  ;) 

If that is any indicator, there will be a rush of votes at the very end!!! 

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I usually watch all of the political conventions - and write commentary on them. But this year, I'm not sure I have it in me. I will say this though from the brief bit I've seen (so far) of the RNC, that the two times that I've seen Brian Wilson he was in his late 70s. He couldn't hit all the notes anymore but surrounded himself with backup singers who could. It was a smart way of doing it for people who wanted the Brian Wilson experience. 

No, Brian Wilson wasn't at the RNC (that would have been a huge shock if he had been) 

Who was there though was Lee Greenwood, who has managed to make an entire career out of being an one-hit wonder.  (I checked and he had 20 songs that charted, so he doesn't actually qualify as an "one hit wonder",  but come on, we all know him from one song.  :D) 

I mentioned Wilson because Greenwood also has lost the vast majority of his vocal fastball. But based on what I saw/heard, he's not acknowledging that.  His voice is still OK, but wow, time is rarely kind to any of us. He may want to consider getting some more backup singers around him for these important/high visibility moments. 

Considering the two major candidates for US political office, I'm wondering how Biden is going to top Greenwood.... any non-relevant singers out there in their 90s available?  ;) 

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Note, I say all of this having recently seen Bob Dylan earlier this year!  But at least he was never known for having a great vocal range.  :D  
I also saw Pinetop Perkins, who needed assistance getting on and off the stage. But in his case blues artists are SUPPOSED to be really old and weary. It's kind of weird to see young blues singers.  It feels like they haven't quite earned it yet.  ;) 

Let's see, what has been going on this weekend... *scans the news* Doesn't look like much of anything.

Just a normal everyday weekend here in the US.

Oh, Richard Simmons died. That was sad... Dr Ruth, Shannon Doherty...

Hmmm... what else...

OH! Yeah, the news that everyone is talking about, the Week 2 poll just went up!   therealljidol.dreamwidth.org/1144477.html

That's pretty big news, all around the world!

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For real though - i am glad that former President is OK. I can't say "this isn't Amercia", because anyone who remembers the 60s, 70s, and into the early 80s knows better than that. But it's certainly not who we ASPIRE to be. 

Let's be who we say we are. 
 
(especially those of you who say they aree damn foreigners. Be that instead!!!  ;) ) 

The New York Times released their full list of Best Books of the 21st Century list   www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/books/best-books-21st-century.html

and I'm honored to say that 99 of them were my Idol posts!! I'm not sure how these qualify as "books", but I'm just grateful for the acknowledgement. I'm sure they are busy with all of the editorials about advocating for both Trump AND Biden to drop out of the Presidential race.  I'm glad they haven't asked ME to drop out yet.  Probably because I haven't officially thrown my hat in.... because I only have a couple hats and can't really afford to just be throwing them into rings to get stomped on or lost. 

Perhaps they are busy writing an editorial to advocate for getting me a new hat that I can then throw in... or maybe a used one that's already beaten up so I wouldn't care if it got damaged. That might be better. 

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I've substituted the Idol posts originally listed with other books in the above link, with other books by up-and-comers that I felt deserved some attention. How many of the 100 have you read? Which ones are now on your "I should check that out!" list based on the descriptions? 

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Remember that your own deadline is coming up soon - Sunday at noon ET. Still a LOT of people haven't posted yet, so this is going to be a busy couple of days!  therealljidol.dreamwidth.org/1143356.html

(or, I guess a massive bye-fest... I guess we will see how that shakes out...) 

 The new prompt has been posted - therealljidol.dreamwidth.org/1143356.html
as well as the results from last week -therealljidol.dreamwidth.org/1143117.html

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I had another interview yesterday that seemed to go pretty well. Who knows though... I've been walking out of most of them feeling good. Maybe I'm just delusional.  :)  

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Did anyone have ideas that popped right into their head when they saw the prompt? Anyone having difficulties with it? 

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How is your week going so far? 

 Happy Friday to all those who celebrate!  ;) 

Any plans for this weekend? 

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Other than writing entries - and reading the ones already out - therealljidol.dreamwidth.org/1104538.html

 It's Wednesday, but it feels like Tuesday since I was off. :) 

Then again, tonight is Survivor and Tough as Nails, so I guess it really is Wednesday...

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The second prompt is feeling lonely, so go make friends with it!  https://therealljidol.dreamwidth.org/1104538.html

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How are you doing today?