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As a result of the AMA, people have been asking for the information on how to “give back” to Idol… (I suspect some of those people might also know when my birthday is, and aren’t being as clever as they think they are, BUT I’m not above being shameless, so I’m doing it anyway) obviously, the best way is to continue to vote and support your favorites! http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/695255.html

Even better, tell a friend or three about Idol! Go forth and spread the good word!

I did put a link to our "Tip Jar" in yesterday’s Green Room, figuring that it would get buried… but the link didn’t work, so I need to post it again! Right here!
If you *really* want to donate, proceeds go directly to me. No charity. No child in a third world country will eat for a month for the price of your coffee. It will go to me. Well, let’s be honest, it will go to the grocery store, and hopefully, in the near future, it will go to the dentist for the root canal that I’ve been putting off for the last couple of months…








If you like books, music, electronics and well, pretty much everything – you should check out the Idol store at Amazon! Just click the link and shop like normal, OR go through and see all of the great stuff from former Idol contestants/and various Friends of Idol!!


Note: We now have the links for ADRIFT! Which started out here in Idol as a series of entries and is now a book! So go check it out in both paperback http://astore.amazon.com/li0cd-20/detail/0980508428 and for your Kindle! http://astore.amazon.com/li0cd-20/detail/B00F52ZC2E

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So there you go, people who were asking!

Those of you who were not asking, you can now resume your “frist” battle, and telling each other what a “REAL” Miss America looks like!

Date: 2013-09-17 02:26 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kajel.livejournal.com
Yay, Battle royale!!


There are all kinds of wrong with that sentence. I need more coffee. I also need my internet to stop being wonky when I want it. I have something I need to write this week and I need to get cracking on it.
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Date: 2013-09-17 07:08 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lrig-rorrim.livejournal.com
The wrongness of that sentence makes me smile. Hooray fights to the death! This probably says a lot about me, actually...

Good luck writing the thing!

Date: 2013-09-17 02:28 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] xo-kizzy-xo.livejournal.com
I'm in recovery mode from the weekend (aka FIL's wake/funeral). Now we're all on MIL Watch.

I'm off from work today and I'm emotionally spent, which is different from my usual physical spent. I'm trying to be kind to myself. It's difficult.

Date: 2013-09-17 02:58 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kathrynrose.livejournal.com
I recommend chocolate and snuggling with the kidz.


::hug::

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Date: 2013-09-17 06:34 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lrig-rorrim.livejournal.com
This resonated with me today: Surviving the world (http://survivingtheworld.net/Lesson1878.html).

I think I'm coming down sick. There is a party Thursday night at the new downtown library which promises to be fabulous (but I absolutely must bring my phone to refresh the poll over and over again). I am loving the cooler weather here. I have something like thirty tabs open and have barely glanced at any of them. There is not enough chocolate in this house.

Also, I'll be watching The Prestige tomorrow because a friend was all "wargh! How have you not seen this movie?" and insisted on coming over with the dvd to see it with me. What movies are on your "how have I not seen this" list, or, alternatively, what movies do you insist on showing friends if they haven't seen them yet because they're just that good?

Date: 2013-09-17 07:00 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kathrynrose.livejournal.com
One night when we were having "girls weekend," we found out [livejournal.com profile] dabhug had never seen Star Wars, so we obtained all of them and watched them back to back the next day.

I've never watched Casablanca. ::shrug::

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Date: 2013-09-17 07:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ashgaelsonaria.livejournal.com
I don't insist on friends watching movies I really like because I know that my taists can be very very very difrint from other peoples and most movies people have insisted that I watch were not ones I found intertaining.
exsamples include
Last of The Mohekains
A lot of Jim Carry
Steal magnolias

That aside I saw the series premier of Sleepy Hollow and thought it was great. Right along the lines of Buffy and Angel. Same type of drama and comady mix.

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Date: 2013-09-17 08:03 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] roina-arwen.livejournal.com
One movie we insist on showing friends if they haven't seen it yet is "Oh Brother Where Art Thou?" It's hilarious, and it has a great soundtrack, too!

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Date: 2013-09-17 07:14 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lrig-rorrim.livejournal.com
I think you should start it, then. ;)

Edit: See, the thing is, I knew it would be intrinsically interesting to ask YOU questions. That was a gimme. It's much harder to imagine people being all "oh yeah, that mirror girl person, there's a question I've been just dying to ask her." I'm certainly game to play, but I it feels weird.
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Date: 2013-09-17 09:01 pm (UTC)
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I regret that I'm on my phone right now and don't have immediate access to my "this thread is about to get ugly" macro.

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Date: 2013-09-17 06:52 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ashgaelsonaria.livejournal.com
I have my votes in and I put this into memories so that on the first of the month when I put in my amazon order I can go threw the idol store should I remember to do so.
Any more the remembering can be iffy.
But I shall try.

Today's laugh out loud funny

Date: 2013-09-17 07:21 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lrig-rorrim.livejournal.com
You won't be sorry you clicked this. (http://thebloggess.com/2013/09/i-doesnt-take-much-to-make-me-happy/) Seriously. I scared the cat I was laughing so much. And now I want 25% of a giant bear in my own home.

Re: Today's laugh out loud funny

Date: 2013-09-17 08:14 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] oneonthefence.livejournal.com
I actually choked on the ever-so-healthy lunch of vanilla creme cookies that I'm having. As in an actual choking, needed to pound my chest, heart-stopping "holy crap!" moment in time. That. Was. Hilarious. I needed that today. And I now also need - not want, NEED - 25% of a giant bear in my home as well.

I'm not going to get over this blog. I can't even...

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Date: 2013-09-17 10:08 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] roina-arwen.livejournal.com
Okay, I didn't take time to read the whole thing, but the pictures totally made me LOL - when I have time to actually read it, I plan to! Thanks!

More questions!

Date: 2013-09-17 11:10 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lrig-rorrim.livejournal.com
These can be for contestants, Gary, or any Idoler who just feels like answering 'em. Come onnnnn down!

1. What are some of the things you do to goof off on the internet?
2. What are some of the things you do to goof off OFF of the internet?
3. Do you have any pets? Now would be a fine time to post cute pictures of them. Just sayin'.

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Date: 2013-09-17 11:23 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lrig-rorrim.livejournal.com
And because it's only fair if I answer these myself...

1. Oh man, so much. Lately I've been playing Flight Rising (http://flightrising.com/) and messing around with dragons. I also read a lot of random things, and there are several webcomics in my daily or weekly rotation (girl genius, xkcd, and dinosaur comics are the ones that spring immediately to mind).

2. I play a lot of games. Right now I'm playing a lot of Star Ocean: The Last Hope, and Magic the Gathering on my PS3. I try to get together with friends at least weekly to play board games like Settlers of Catan, Fluxx, Dominion, or Agricola. I make a lot of stuff: I crochet (slowly), paint (badly), cook meals for my friends (usually more tasty than not), sew and quilt (badly). And I've been very lazily studying Japanese for a while now. Also reading - there are huge piles of books stacked on top of the huge piles of games in my house.

3. I am owned by two cats! They're pretty great. Stranger is 12 years old and grumpy in the charming way that only cat owners find charming. Bubbles Adventure The Rompus is 2 and crazy in the way that kittens are. She hasn't gotten the memo yet that 2 years old isn't kitten age any more. I used to own a couple of little African dwarf frogs, but that was a while ago... I need to get a new aquarium set up one of these days.


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Date: 2013-09-17 11:23 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] anyonesghost.livejournal.com
  1. I think this and Buzzfeed about cover it. I spend most of my day in front of a screen, and do my novel-writing in front of one, so I'm not on as much as you'd think.

  2. Culinary classes and experiments. House fixing, painting, repair, remodeling. Running ... badly. Yoga, even worse. Gardening. Je voudrais etudier le francais, aussi. I did just get a wine-making kit that I haven't started yet. Oh, and that writing thing, that's kinda fun. ;-)

  3. I do. I just gave one a bath. The other is sitting on my hands as I try to type this. But while they're very photogenic ... well, pictures, geography, metadata, etc.. Sorry. ;-)
Edited Date: 2013-09-17 11:24 pm (UTC)

Re: More questions!

Date: 2013-09-18 12:24 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kathrynrose.livejournal.com
1. Unproductive time suck warning! http://thejigsawpuzzles.com/

2. What is that? No, seriously, as much as my internet has broken lately, what I've done a lot of is listen to the same freaking audio books over and over and over and over.

3. I have 3 cats, and I recently did a pic spam in the green room of them, so I will spare everyone.

Re: More questions3

Date: 2013-09-18 02:51 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] theun4givables.livejournal.com
1. sporcle.com. I got sucked into that sucker for hours today. My kinda-sorta-boyfriend and I started challenging each other to quizzes. It was bad. And tumblr. Oh, god, tumblr.

2. Read. Play board games with people. Destroy my soul watching anime where you can't trust characters living or dying.

3. One pretty kitty. The other kitty in this photo is no longer living with us, but the mostly-white cat is my bb, Jasmine. The striped kitty sitting next to her is Mel's cat, Cosmo. He's a giant sweetie but Jasmine didn't like him, much. <3
Image (http://s188.photobucket.com/user/armandleg/media/IMG_0498.jpg.html)
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Re: More questions!

Date: 2013-09-18 10:50 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] agirlnamedluna.livejournal.com
1. I read social media (I have FB/instagram/Pinterest, twitter/tumblr) for a bit (what I catch, I catch), keep up with my fandoms when I can, play MMORPGs (currently playing Perfect World Int., I also ventured onto LOTRO for a course I'm taking), comics, articles, everything that I stumble upon.
2. There is such a thing? I read, watch films or series (granted, on another computer mostly), arts & crafts to varying degrees of success (and I need to start again), ventured into a bit of baking as well.
3. I have 4 cats (Hades, 12; Freyja, 9; Loki and Saga (5 months) and 3 fishes. The two oldest cats have health issues so it's not easy to keep up with.

Hades:
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Freyja:
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Loki:
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Saga:
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Fishes (while their tank was being cleaned):
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Apologies for the huge photos. Didn't think they were that big.
Edited Date: 2013-09-18 10:53 am (UTC)

More questions

Date: 2013-09-17 11:57 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] anyonesghost.livejournal.com
Okay, I'll ask the nerdy writing questions. (That's sort of my bag, as it were.)

  1. Do you have a preferred perspective (first, second, third-person), tense (past, present, future), or genre (definition of which can vary)? What? And what about those appeals?

  2. Where (in a general sense) do you write? What does this space look like?

  3. We've already covered stories in another question, but of your Idol entries, what character of yours (fictional or non-fictional) do you consider to be your favorite?
Edited Date: 2013-09-17 11:58 pm (UTC)

Re: More questions

Date: 2013-09-18 12:16 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lrig-rorrim.livejournal.com
1. I love love love love love writing first person fiction. I'm trying to do less of it so I can push myself and learn how to do other things better. I'm mostly inclined to write what I think of as speculative fiction - it's got unreal elements in it somewhere, basically. I love writing fictional letters, too. They're just easy for me, because I can slip into a character's mentation and situation and lay it all out for the reader bit by bit.

2. It varies. I write a lot at my cluttered desk. Very often I take my laptop and write downstairs at the kitchen table. One of my friends opens his house to any of us who want to get out and away from distractions, and so I will sometimes go and write on his couch or at his dining room table instead of mine. The spaces I write in are generally have good natural light, are cluttered like whoa, and there's some sort of music going in the background.

3. Ahahahaha picking favorites. That's hard. I'm kind of fond of Clara (http://lrig-rorrim.livejournal.com/35024.html). And Harmony (http://lrig-rorrim.livejournal.com/39555.html), of course.

You?

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Date: 2013-09-18 02:50 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] whipchick.livejournal.com
Hey gang, I'm teaching right now and today we also had to go buy more long straps and rehang twelve pieces of aerial equipment including the triple trapeze which needs four straps almost but not exactly the same length and I definitely had a SHIT CHILDREN ARE NOT DYING ON MY WATCH YOU MUST BOLT THOSE PIPES DOWN moment. Several of them. So I'm not super active in the GR. But it was so cool to sit down at last and get to read so many cool answers!! Thanks!!

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