ldyjocelyn

*pouts*

Hey! Look! I remembered how to add an emoticon to our files!!! And I didn't accidentally do it either! Heh....

The overly stressed Clayzorback :medium-smiley-070: wrote: Actually, that's not quite true. FCA proper has been around since 2003, but you'll have to ask couchie for that history. The message board came into existence on July 10-15, 2005 -- just in time for the JBT. The first thread ever is located here. What I find interesting, and quite grand actually, is that it originally took the FCA members ALMOST 8 MONTHS to burn through the first thread. 8 freakin' months. Second thread? 6 months. And it's been going down quickly, ever since. I think we're at about a month down between threads. I think that's great.

OMG, that's so cool! :Tour3: :Tour3: :Tour3: As for the emoticons and images, I'm personally glad we can post images more that emoticons. Emoticons are fun, and very useful. But seriously -- those images above are fanfreakin'tastic, and it's great to see them without having to click on a link. (For those who have images turned off because of work issues -- shoot, that's way too bad, but I understand....) I'm glad I've been in on this message board from the beginning, although at first it was a nice little side project -- a good place to meet up with other fans from across the boards. Now however...it's home. A lot of good people here, and I'm happy to be part of it. I'd still like to know how Claygasm got a higher post count than me, though -- considering I've been a member a lot longer! Whoops, and there's muski right on my tail! Sheesh, you post-hos.

couchie, I've got my outfits picked out because 1) It's just over 2 weeks until my concerts (you've got at least a month yet, right?); and 2) I'm going to be on vacation with my husband right before this Clay trip. I leave on the 29th to visit my husband's family, we come back on the 3rd of July. I have the 4th at home to do laundry and pack up again, because on the 5th, I'm going to Houston baybeee!!! I think this will be interesting as well, and I agree that the flavor of these shows will be different. I totally expect the outdoor shows to draw a lot of families who will bring their picnic baskets and expect to have a great little family evening outside, with some good music provided by that guy who won American Idol. *g* OTOH, I'm expecting the indoor crowds to be a bit more "snooty," and maybe also a bit "stuffy" as well. I think much of these crowds will be people who really don't know what to expect -- may not even know who Clay is, but since they have a subscription, they'll be going. Either way, I think this tour may be a bit genius, because I think it will expand his fanbase to young and old alike. JMO and all that.

From what I understand, pricing on Cafe Press is simply by the SHIRT. So, for example, I bought yesterday the white v-necked t-shirt, which is $15.95 (plus shipping). I then uploaded the graphics (one for the front, one for the back) at no extra charge. So there is no charges by the letter or anything like that. If you want one of these "I did Clay in Houston...blah blah blah" shirts, you need to PM YSRN and it sounds like she'll come up with a design for you. Then you just upload it in Cafe Press and pick your style of shirt.

Claygasm, while I'm not pulling out my furs (ack, I would never wear fur) and my best bling (sorry KAndre), I am planning to go a bit dressier than normal for my indoor shows. By that, I do agree with luckiest1 that I personally feel that jeans and t-shirts and tennis shoes are out (again, for me personally). I'm one that hears the words "symphony" and "theater" and thinks a step-up in the clothing department. I hear the word "arena" and think jeans and t-shirts. I know that's really not the case anymore, that people show up to Broadway shows in shorts, but I just wasn't raised that way. And the outdoors shows, if I was going to one, I would probably be in shorts. I've picked out my two outfits for my shows too -- a nice skirt/short sleeved sweater set (that doesn't wrinkle), and a Chicos travel pants/shirt set. Chicos travel stuff is the best stuff ever, even though it's expensive. Throw it into a suitcase (don't even worry about folding it), and put it on later, nary a wrinkle.

:00003653: dearest Ansa! It sounds like you've got a great day planned! luckiest1, that show sounds like it would be a LOT of fun. I hope it's successful enough that more of us Clay fans can see it. Hmmmm...wonder if Clay's gonna try to fit in a show during his tour? Clayzorback, clicking on that photo link is very cool!!!!!

*waves at mirimichi gal* Totally OT: that Paul Potts guy, who sang opera for "Britain's Got Talent?" Saw on NBC Nightly News this evening that he won! (Sorry Ansa, he beat the 6-year-old girl...) And he's going to buy a makeover with his win! Meanwhile, back to wishing it was July....

Is it safe for me to come in here yet? I mean, at least I didn't lose the threads...thank God for that.... And yes, I admitted it to couchie and Ansa immediately. Figured I'd give couchie a birthday present so she could gloat a bit.... Now, though, I'm going to see if I can figure out what the other two thread titles were, and see if I can incorporate them some how into a major thread title..... KAndre, I know nuthin' 'bout no Canada, except for one thing -- take your passport!!! I guess the government has eased the restrictions a bit for people who don't have one (I think they need to show a receipt that they are trying to get one), but I know KAndre has one, so take it with you! Other than mourning the loss of Daniel the bass player, this is pretty much me too. I agree with cindilu that it is totally frustrating the way fans NEEEEEED to know what's going on before it happens, but I also gotta admit that the email didn't tell me a lot either. And I'm totally easy too. You know that joke about "singing the phone book?" Yep, still applies to me. Jenna, I've read a few of Stasheff's books, and I seem to remember that KAndre is right, he doesn't reference the SCA personally, but the similarities are there. Speaking of similarities....there are similarities for me personally with the SCA and my Clay fandom. I used to be HEAVILY involved in the SCA -- held a few offices in my local chapter, and pretty much everyone was a friend. But, after time, I started noticing things, such as power going to a few people's heads, and secretive things going on behind the scenes. After being in Clay Aiken fandom for a couple of years, I guess this kind of thing must happen in many organized fan type of things OK, the old humongoid thread has been put in the main thread archives (located here). I've also numbered our last few threads.

Worcester Slow Grind via Clack Unlimited The clip was actually taken by SecretlyLovesClay, if I remember correctly....but MrsLoki made the awesome slo-mo.

Yep, if I do say so myself. Our priorities are pretty darn straight. I'm talking about the AI2 Tour special, which originally aired on New Year's Day, 2004. Here's a link to download from Clack Unlimited. You can get just the Clay parts, or you can download the entire episode. The segment I'm talking about is the Chicago concert debacle -- which caused Pissy!Diva!Clay!, and showed him to the world. I still laugh about that clip. God, I think I need to watch it again....

This is for artquest, whom I think popularized the phrase in connection with Clayfans: FBI to Fight Zombie Hordes OK, so it's about spambots, not Clay Aiken, but still...you gotta admit the headline is funny. Ooooh...heh. Think Clay would want any of our designs, if I presented one to him at my supposed M&G???? Thanks for the reminder, I just ordered mine -- front and back design on a white v-necked shirt. After the Virgin Record Store and the two fans that appeared on Kimmel, I'm going to guess that you'd not be the only one to suggest that. *g*

I will not smut. I will not smut. I will not smut. Aw c'mon. You know you want to. It really doesn't hurt. *g* luckiest1, you spelled centerfold wrong. *runs and hides from all the Canadian fans on this board* Man, I need for it to be July sooooooo badly.

Ooooh, I like luckiest1's question! I think that if I win a mythical M&G (in my dreams, I'm afraid), I'll have him sign either my People magazine from last September (that centerfold... ), or I'll find a cool picture from my collection and having him sign that. I have another question, though. As I said earlier, my concerts are in just over two weeks. Both of my concerts are of the indoor variety. What does everyone think the "dress code" will be? I'm thinking a nice skirt/sweater set for one of my shows, and a nice pants outfit for my other one.

atinal -- shush! It's seeeeeekrit! :F_05BL17blowkiss: You know, for me, it's just over two weeks before I get to see Clay! :Tour3:

Claygasm wrote: Want to hear the latest theory about the mythical album? That since Clay has now said several times in his blogs that he's looking for a producer (no mention of new songs or anything else like that), maybe he'll be rerecording several songs with just one producer. This means eventually that the fans will get to hear those Nashville songs, as well as the new songs he sang during the JBT. Could this theory be possible? I suppose, but I do think it's a stretch that because he's talked about needing a producer that this is all that's needed. (I suppose too that if they do find that special producer, this person would be able to work their magic and we'd have new music from Clay by the end of this year. ) I think what frustrates me is exactly as Claygasm said -- let it go. I cannot pin my hopes and dreams for Clay Aiken on something that he MIGHT have done a few years ago. I would totally prefer to let CLAY control the way things are going with his career. (Remember that "Clay" being the last word in Team Clay thing I mentioned a few days ago? Still believin' it....) Does this mean I wouldn't be happier than a clam if I do get to hear these songs recorded? Heck no -- but that's only because I love to hear new music from Clay Aiken, period.

Naw, it's just the remains of a pitcher of bloody marys somebody knocked during the wild partying that went on over the weekend while you were gone. :trink3: :all_coholic: :bier: Yes, but don't you have to kill a few tomatoes to make Bloody Marys?

:00003653: to Miss Hope you have a fantastic day! That billboard made me :lmaosmiley-1: But it still looks pretty darn cool. Wonder if some really demented fan will try to steal that thing? Or will at least ask the advertising company to have that after the show is over? You know, it simply floors me that people, some fans even, think that Clay Aiken does boring. I suppose I could imagine not liking something he's done (although that is very unlikely for me personally), but BORING? With that quick wit of his? Boring is the last thing on my mind when I'm watching or listening to Clay. He's the master of showmanship! When I first saw George Clooney on ER, I hated him. Thought he was a stuck-up pompous ass, and was very glad he left the show. Also didn't think he was that hot back then. Now, though -- oh yeah, baby. I love his self-deprecating sense of humor, his passion for charity work, and my God, he's aged incredibly well. I've been thinking of seeing this movie for him and Matt Damon. Brad Pitt? Piffle. Oh puhleez. I guess some people are truly never satisfied with what they have, and always need to be thinking of what could have been. I have to admit I'd love to hear that album someday (couchie, I'm working on that plot to break into RCA's vault), but c'mon -- I'm perfectly happy with ATDW. I love this album. He did a fantastic job of creating something that I believe reflects him. And WTF is the point of bringing this "missing album" up now, right before :TourExcite: Oh yeah, I guess people like to kill buzz, don't they? :angry22:

Thank you. Beautiful, just beautiful, and so, so very true. And then, I read your "never failed to lift me up..." and my brain actually went to "on the stage...." (Remember the AI2 TV special? keepingfaith, have you sen that clack? OMG, that was so much fun....) muski, sorry that the BLAZE didn't do so hot. :F_05BL17blowkiss: BWAH! I might have to steal that for a signature on a few message boards.... I think I've only dreamt of Clay once -- he was playing my town, near the waterfront. It was JBT time, because I remember the jukebox on the stage. BUT -- floodwaters were overtaking the stage. And yet, Clay was playing! Am I trying to cure him of his water phobia or what? But, get this -- my husband dreams of Clay every so often!!! *sigh* Thanks for pointing this out to me, for I had not heard about this. My thoughts and prayers are with ALL the soliders fighting in the world. And yes, I tend to worry about Clay the most when he goes on these UNICEF things. There is SO much talent in this fandom, I'm so floored by it. Thank you ALL for creating what you do. I enjoy the montages, the wallpapers, the photoshops, and so much more. Celebrity Fit Club is on now!!!!!!!

Oh. My. God. I distinctly remember that moment -- I first was doing a WTF over the hair, but on repeated viewings....this walk out on to the stage was so freakin' hawt. At that very second, he OWNED the place, even if practically no one in the theater (or watching on TV for that matter) knew that it was Clay Aiken. And then...he laughed. That beautiful grin that he has (or had, depending on how you feel about the teeth, I don't really care). That smile lit up a thousand days for me. Amazing moment in history. Now this picture, though -- I just have to repost again because he was so amazingly cute that day. My chameleon. I wuv him.

Go BLAZE! muski, I sincerely hope they do well, and that no one collapses from dehydration. It's 91 degrees here today....too hot for me.... EEEEEEEEEEE! Is your name on the FCA representing list yet? *note to self: add atinal's name to list after completing this long-assed post* I simply LOVED that movie, and that line stuck with me as well. I love being uncool -- and I own up to it every time someone suggests it. It really doesn't doesn't it? The way someone finds something he does so charming and others find the exact same thing cringeworthy fascinates me. Frequently surprises me too, but I'm getting used to that. I have never, ever had anyone tell me that! I mostly get blank stares and "who?" or I get "Oh, that guy from AI? What ever happened to him?" or "Oh, he's gay, isn't he?". Not once has anyone but the 70-something woman I work with whose granddaughter is doing the internship at Chatauqua (and it looks like they will be there for Clay's concert!) has ever said they liked him! I get a combination of responses actually. Some people have never heard of him, period, but others know who he is, and are at least interested in why I like him so much. Some are now fans too, because of me. *g* BWAH! And I'm going to my shows as the pasty white girl that I am. It's just ME, you know.... Don't worry about it. I just realized that every once in a while, I need to point it out, especially as newbies show up. For the record -- I used to be part of a group called the Society for Creative Anachronism, that recreated the Middle Ages. My name in the society was Lady Jocelyn (Jocelyn also being my real middle name). When I first signed up for a free email account so many years ago, I tried for ladyjocelyn, but it was taken. So, I took the first "a" out. Little did I know it would cause such confusion later on, especially as I chose it as my universal screen name on the net. I too love hearing screen name stories.... Want a whole song like that? This piece, shot by jojoct at the final JBT show in Atlantic City, took my breath away. It literally looks as if he's singing Mandy directly to the camera, and thus the viewer. Guh. Claytonfan20 -- what a story! AAAAGH! I would have been pulling my hair out.... I think for me my horror story was the concert that never was, for me -- Waukegan this past year. God wasn't very nice to me that day and decided that we needed a snowfall of over a foot. So much for seeing a first show. Glad everything worked out well. But isn't 20/20 still on TV? *g* Bingo! I think he's probably seen "Damn Yankees" a few times too, and taken the moral of that story to heart. Mandatory smilie here: :Tour3: :Tour3: :Tour3:

I haven't had my coffee yet this morning, but I do want to say this: clayzedover.... And I'll add a couple for couchie and Ansa and cindilu2 and....hell, everybody around here. And a :big hug: to Totally... BTW, I keep reading clayzedover's name as clay-ze-dover. Why is that? I need to apologize to her for thinking that! *Of course, people still see my name as Idyjocelyn....heh*

I think I've got one more thing to say, before I go to bed for the evening. *and the crowd went "hooray, she's going to bed...* I've seen this phrase quite frequently lately about Clay's career: plotted and planned. I'll agree that there very like is a plan to his career....but I think sometimes I forget that plans can go awry in a HURRY, and through no fault of your own. And that may be why people like Totally feels like there may NOT be a plan. He's gone through this whole thing once, when he simply KNEW he was going to be a teacher....until AI came along and blew everything out of the water. Sometimes, it just happens. My feeling is that we'll never know everything that goes on behind the scenes, even in 10 years when Clay writes that next book. And, in that case, it will only be his side of the story. One of my favorite songwriters, Don Henley, wrote a line that has always resonated with me -- "there are three sides to every story, yours, mine, and the truth." As much as I'd love to hear Clay's side of what's gone on in the past few years, I'd love to hear it from David Foster, Jaymes, Roger, and yes, even Clive's side. 'night all.

PuddinsJoy, fantastic montage!!!! V.V. nice. Yum. Heh....mine was the total opposite. Got mine for Tulsa immediately, but nada for Houston. *shrug* I totally agree with this, even though I know it's incredibly, INCREDIBLY hard. He's the man in charge of his career, and he'll go where he wants to go when he wants to go. Maybe his choices haven't been OURS, but IMO that's OK. As for TC and what they've done for him, I'll pull out the old chestnut that I do every time this topic comes up. Some fans insist on focusing on the first part of the phrase, "team." Me? I always pay attention to that second word, for IMO Clay is the one running much of the show, and if he truly didn't like the way something was going, there would be changes made. Finally -- and I know this one is hard too -- but watching much of what Clay does through the eyes of a "non-fan" actually makes me sad. I try to watch Clay and enjoy him, pure and simple. Enjoy him for what he IS -- let others make up their own minds about him. You might be surprised. I have an office mate who hears both the good (UNICEF) and the bad about Clay (almost none of it from me in both cases). What does she focus on? The good, and the voice and talent. She hears it, and she's not a connected fan at all. Right now, he's in a bit of a "down" publicity cycle, but I think that will change as the tour ramps up. (One place where TC didn't do so great last time....*g*) Also, as he's said time and time again, people are going to believe things about him that THEY want to believe. And finally -- he's got titanium ones, and sometimes that includes saying some things that make others cringe (including me, but very infrequently). I'm willing to pay that price to watch him through the years. There's simply a lot of FAITH that has to happen in this fandom sometimes. JMO. Thanks for increasing my chances CG! While I do understand wanting quality time with Clay instead of a hurry up thing, I really just want a chance to say "thanks" and get my picture with him. And I also think that his sense of humor comes through, no matter if you've got 5 seconds or 24 hours with him. (Wouldn't that be loverly?) Now, I do agree that I probably won't win, and that those same people who win over and over again will piss me off. Yes, yes, yes, yes, yessssssssss [tm Sally]. Thank you! Jamar, I loved the Mavericks, but haven't kept up with Raul at all. Need to check out some things, I guess.