Green Room - Week 0 - Day 9
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therealljidolThere are people talking about boycotting Chili's due to their treatment of a Veteran on Veteran's Day.
What chain restaurants do YOU think should be boycotted due to their treatment of FOOD? ;)
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Speaking of Veterans, well, a different kind of veteran at least:
Remember to get me your votes for Week 0 of the Veterans poll by Thursday! http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/950046.html
Under "Information you can use": I'm ready to make two announcements that I will now bury in a Green Room post. So hopefully you're paying attention. I'm not just putting it as a comment though, so that's good, right? ;)
(Seriously, I'll make an "official post" about it as a reminder, but I'm thinking about it now...)
You will have two byes this season, good between now and the Top 50.
That's two "free passes", where you can sit out and rest a week. Life happens, especially around the holidays. So there's two times you don't have to worry about it. Once you miss the third time though, you are automatically eliminated. There *is* a Patron level though where you can earn a "Bye to give someone else" though. (For those keeping track of such things)
Also - the Sign-Ups are still open: http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/945807.html and that's tied into the bye situation. I WILL be closing them at the deadline to get your entries in for Week 1.
I can't say the actual date for that yet (obviously) but for those still trying to make up your mind, or those trying to get their friends to join in on the party, that is going to be the time to keep an eye on.
What chain restaurants do YOU think should be boycotted due to their treatment of FOOD? ;)
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Speaking of Veterans, well, a different kind of veteran at least:
Remember to get me your votes for Week 0 of the Veterans poll by Thursday! http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/950046.html
Under "Information you can use": I'm ready to make two announcements that I will now bury in a Green Room post. So hopefully you're paying attention. I'm not just putting it as a comment though, so that's good, right? ;)
(Seriously, I'll make an "official post" about it as a reminder, but I'm thinking about it now...)
You will have two byes this season, good between now and the Top 50.
That's two "free passes", where you can sit out and rest a week. Life happens, especially around the holidays. So there's two times you don't have to worry about it. Once you miss the third time though, you are automatically eliminated. There *is* a Patron level though where you can earn a "Bye to give someone else" though. (For those keeping track of such things)
Also - the Sign-Ups are still open: http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/945807.html and that's tied into the bye situation. I WILL be closing them at the deadline to get your entries in for Week 1.
I can't say the actual date for that yet (obviously) but for those still trying to make up your mind, or those trying to get their friends to join in on the party, that is going to be the time to keep an eye on.
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Date: 2016-11-15 01:56 pm (UTC)Two byes sounds great to me.
Do you know, I can't think of any chain restaurants I really actively dislike? Oh wait, no --Denny's. I refuse to ever eat at a Denny's again.
I hope more people do sign up. There are some old friendly faces I'd like to see, for one thing.
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Date: 2016-11-15 02:07 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-11-15 02:18 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-11-15 03:22 pm (UTC)sneaky sneaky gary, also only 2 this season, crosses fingers that I stay inspired!
Fast food is all so horrible but all vices in moderation has always been my philosophy
TWO byes? Yeep!
Date: 2016-11-15 04:06 pm (UTC)Generally, I'd prefer to spend my money on something local. Usually those places are fresher, more creative. However, I LOVE Outback. The Wallaby Darned frozen drinks are incredible, a Bloomin' Onion and Aussie Cheese Fries...SO GOOD! Juicy steak, thick baked potato...gah, I am feeling hungry.
So, in other news, I just went to a seminar on effective communication. Did you know that words comprise just 7% of what we take in as we attempt to understand other people? That puts us in a unique position with Idol, using *only* our words to communicate ideas and emotions effectively! I <3 a challenge.
Yuck!
Date: 2016-11-15 04:09 pm (UTC)One year an ice storm knocked our power out for four days and, in desperation, we went there for heat and hot food. There was one other table sat at the time. We waited about 90 minutes for lunch for our family of four - it was nuts!
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Date: 2016-11-15 04:10 pm (UTC)I read an entry yesterday from someone I knew, who I had no idea I'd introduced to Idol in a previous season! That was a cool discovery.
Oh, and I actively don't eat at McDonald's because of their treatment of food.
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Date: 2016-11-15 04:29 pm (UTC)And we had more people in those seasons, too, so that's upping the challenge even more.
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Date: 2016-11-15 04:56 pm (UTC)Patron link?
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Date: 2016-11-15 05:11 pm (UTC)My experience at Chili's involved bad chicken tacos and the result looked like this:http://www.extremepumpkins.com/pukingpumpkin.html
Patron link
Date: 2016-11-15 05:12 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-11-15 05:23 pm (UTC)Now I know it's not a restaurant chain, but they make and sell food, so I think they count.
Patron level?
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Date: 2016-11-15 05:27 pm (UTC)The different levels/rewards are listed. There will be an email going out to qualifying Patrons prior to Week 1.
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Date: 2016-11-15 05:55 pm (UTC)Ooh two byes. Will have to see how long I can hold on to them.
How do we know what patron level we are?
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Date: 2016-11-15 06:44 pm (UTC)But otherwise, log in to your Patreon account and it should tell you. (in the middle of "work" right now, but I'll do it later if you still need it)
Re: TWO byes? Yeep!
Date: 2016-11-15 06:55 pm (UTC)We lost our only Outback a couple of years ago. I'm not sure if another restaurant took its place.
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Date: 2016-11-15 06:58 pm (UTC)There are degrees of damage, however. A brief oopsie is one thing. Something you didn't realize fell and has been stepped on? Yeah, into the trash it goes.
Re: TWO byes? Yeep!
Date: 2016-11-15 07:47 pm (UTC)Growing up, my town only had an Applebee's and a Ruby Tuesday at the mall - and that was THE high school date night, Ruby Tuesday for dinner, walk the mall a while and then go to the movies - also at the mall, lol! There was also a Red Lobster.
I remember my mom saying "If only we could get an Olive Garden..." The town has grown and now we have the OG too. Which my kids LOVE for special occasions like huge plates of pasta on their birthdays.
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Date: 2016-11-15 07:48 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-11-15 07:50 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-11-15 08:08 pm (UTC)I only ever did season 9 and we got 3 and i used those all up by week 14 O.o
pretty sure there are less contestants this season so it makes sense to only give 2, I am challenging myself not to use them unless I really really have to. No self doubt allowed!
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Date: 2016-11-15 08:18 pm (UTC)Only two byes?? Yikes! I am going to do my best to not use mine until March, but Gary, I know you sometimes give extenuating circumstance byes - aside from the obvious (giving birth or death in the family) are there any other circumstances that would qualify?
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Date: 2016-11-15 08:32 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-11-15 08:35 pm (UTC)I can't remember which weeks I used my byes in, but it would be easy for me to look it up, considering I have a post in my other journal that links to all of my entries with the week number listed.
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Date: 2016-11-15 08:36 pm (UTC)Had they not rinsed it...
:shudder:
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Date: 2016-11-15 08:46 pm (UTC)Help a newbie out, vets! :)
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Date: 2016-11-15 08:51 pm (UTC)I've had bad experiences everywhere but Ruby Tuesday, and that's a minor miracle considering half of my high school worked there.
Oh well?
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Date: 2016-11-15 09:10 pm (UTC)Death in the family. That's less often. But I have extended them based on circumstances.
Someone's house burning down.
Broken leg *did not* get a bye. Not did "I'm sick".
Ultimately, I'd save them until you *really* need them, or (ideally from a strategy standpoint) use them to "back into" the Top 50, so you don't have to worry if you will make it or not. :)
Re: TWO byes? Yeep!
Date: 2016-11-15 09:12 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-11-15 09:13 pm (UTC)Chili's and Applebee's are my least favorites but I do love Maggie McFly's (small chain, huge menu, really solid stuff) and Outback and Maggiano's (small Italian chain like an Olive Garden but better).
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Date: 2016-11-15 09:24 pm (UTC)Ok, thanks for the info, and I shall do my utmost to not use any byes... :-)
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Date: 2016-11-15 11:32 pm (UTC)I ran out of byes and sacraficed myself in week 14.
I remember one of the topics I bye'd out on because I actually came up with an idea and was too afraid to write it.
I never shared much of my writing ever before the last LJI and since then I've read some "prose" (I guess) at open mic nights. So even those 10 entries (11 if you count the sacrafice post) that I did write, made me a more confident writer.
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Date: 2016-11-15 11:41 pm (UTC)Fear can be one of the biggest challenges in our lives. I've certainly let it prevent me from doing some things. I try not to let it get in my way so much nowadays, and have confessed to some pretty big things that I was concerned about admitting publicly. It gets easier.
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Date: 2016-11-15 11:52 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-11-16 05:01 am (UTC)Meta: Week 0...Day 9!?!?!
Date: 2016-11-16 05:55 am (UTC)"You know, not to be glib, compadres, but I think we need to send Gary back to school. Either that or common core math is seriously worse than we imagined. We're on day nine of week zero. Day. Nine. Week..." Cloworora casually pointed out. Following a snort, bright blue eyes peered from under his cap. The huddled masses of LiveJournal Idol Season 10 squinted back at the hatted freedom fighter as though he'd cut a particularly horrid brand of flatulence.
"...And this is why I sidestepped the minefield of introductions, jeez,"
Re: Meta: Week 0...Day 9!?!?!
Date: 2016-11-16 10:49 am (UTC):checks title:
Y'know, I was wondering if Gary was going through a time and space burp without realizing it...
Re: Meta: Week 0...Day 9!?!?!
Date: 2016-11-16 04:51 pm (UTC)Re: Meta: Week 0...Or...Trecena? DUH! DUH! DUHHHH!
Date: 2016-11-16 07:40 pm (UTC)"Does it have to be week, though? I mean, maybe out here, on the meteor, weeks take longer. Makes sense, we're further out than Sol," the blue-eyed, baseball cap wearing bloke mused bluntly. His finger tapped against his chin. "Maybe 'Merica weeks. Space weeks? Gary Weeks? Gary cycles? Cycles?" He mused.
With a widening of his eyes, Cloworora snapped his fingers. "Trecena. I've figured you out, Gary. You're secretly Aztec. Which...explains everything."
Hoisting his elbow up in a crook beside his mouth, the rebel stage whispered to the other contestants. "Run! He's going to sacrifice us all!"
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Date: 2016-11-16 09:50 pm (UTC)I don't care what anyone says, subway is not food. The bins are always soggy, they don't use enough meat and then try and make up for it in other mediocre toppings. Blah.
Re: TWO byes? Yeep!
Date: 2016-11-17 02:13 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-11-17 03:25 am (UTC)It's a good conversation to have early in the Green room. Maybe we can start tomorrow's with it.
I haven't made mine yet, and different people have different things on them. It might be nice for the new folks to hear what people track.
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Date: 2016-11-17 04:44 am (UTC)That'd be great, thanks!
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Date: 2016-11-18 08:39 am (UTC)Their food is not fresh. The chicken comes frozen in bags with some gelatinous fluid, the BBQ chicken (no longer sold there) would get caked to the pans so badly it took hours of scraping to clean them off. Once I dropped a tin of lettuce on the floor and they instructed me to sweep it back into the tub for use.
The smell nauseates me to this day.