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*grumble, grumble, grumble* But I'll do it, because I really like muski and want to know more details of this Clyra dinner!

Now I just gotta talk to the other admins and find out how to load it to our many, many emoticons.... ETA: Hee! I did it! Thanks couchie! And yay for muski, because it's even part of the emoticons on the side of the reply screen!

Well shoot -- that's only 4 1/2 hours away for me as well! But then, there's that pesky weather thing to worry about. I wish Clay could guarantee good, sunny weather for his birthday celebration, but alas.... Let me think about it.... Looks as if we're going to need a "Clay Christmas Tour 2007" emoticon already! Hee. I love that TC is planning this tour out at practically the same time as the summer tour. Same basic resources (needed: one orchestra), but knowing that in some cities, the orchestras take the summer off -- but they sure don't at Christmas! Hey Team Clay -- Peoria has a great orchestra, and a great place to hold a concert! Talk to me!

I think, for me...the education aspect on WHY these things happen add a layer of resonance to me, and may influence me more than just showing me the problem in the first place. Yes, the awareness aspect was great for IGB, and I'm sure there are people who went to their libraries or the internet to find out more. But for some people, adding that extra layer of why the problem exists when they are talking about the problem itself gives a new and different reason for giving. So, I'm thinking Clay may have mentally skipped a few steps -- IGB provided step one while Clay was already on step 3 or 4. It does sound like IGB did focus on the problems in the US too, and I agree that this is very cool. I firmly believe that the U.S. could do more at home and around the world. However, I kinda took Clay's comments this way (and I know for a fact that these words are totally filtered through my own viewpoint): I sometimes feel that Americans can get a "we're better than you" mentality, and yes, even when it comes to charitable giving. Again, we do have the resources -- but should the US then lord that over other countries? In my mind, every single person on the planet is a HUMAN BEING, first and foremost. Anyway, I just wonder if that is where Clay is coming from in this regard? I also agree that UNICEF will not complain about the money raised, nor should they. I'm glad it was a wildly successful fundraiser. I don't think Clay would disagree with that. Sorry about the political rant here.

This picture cracked me up! Hee! I'm pretty much like this too, but then I thought about the JNT 2005, where I had a box seat with my husband and a good friend plus her husband. It was my only show -- and yet I had a blast. For one thing, we were far enough back to get the ENTIRE proceedings; also, it was fun being fangirly with my friend while our husbands were rolling their eyes in tandem. *g* But for the most part, I think I would try my best to get fairly good seats for at least one show per tour (which I already have this time around, thanks to the wonderfulness known as KAndre), and so I'm not stressing too much yet about Tulsa. Ask me again n two days. Another thing, for me, regarding seats -- I've had front row twice. As much as I loved it, I also feel that there are fans out there that have NEVER had front row, and I feel as if they should at least have a chance at getting those great seats before I pounce again. Selfishness has never been my strong suit. Oh Lord. Great attitude, and I totally agree. As much as many people just KNEW in 2003 that after the Anomaly, they'd still be hearing from Clay...it could have been FAR different. But the idea of that sounds so preposterous now -- because, really, I wouldn't be writing on this message board if that had happened. It's fantastic that Clay is here in our lives, and I truly believe he will be for a long time to come. So, that's a good reason not to stress over tickets as much. I'll get better seats sometime soon, I know it. Hee! Just even thinking about Clay at this HS reunion cracks me up. If nothing else, his biography in the reunion booklet should be a hoot; I think most of us could write it! Yes, it would be great if he showed up with Tyra on his arm, but even if he shows up by himself, just as Clayton, I think the class will be quaking in their boots, waiting for his retaliation. *g* I've never understood this mentality, either. I think though it was simply being spoiled. Clay was EVERYWHERE in 2003 and most of 2004. Suddenly 2005 hit, without the prospect of "seeing" Clay everyday, and more than a few people got very nervous. It never really happened, though, did it? He kept popping up (heh), just not as frequently as before. 2006 was different -- but at the same time, I really figured he had to be working, y'know? The guy likes to keep busy, or it seems that way, anyway. Plus, he does need vacations. Anyway, I've almost always had the "absence makes the heart grow fonder" mentality toward Clay. I love him, but I know that, since he's not my husband *g*, it's good to have a break from him once in a while -- because it makes me appreciate him all the more when he does show up again! Have fun in Denver, muski! Hey geekette!!! :F_05BL17blowkiss: Good luck with your search. I'm sure you know this already, but I'd just be patient for a while -- and lurk at a bunch of other boards plus ebay and TM. Those decent tickets seem to appear unexpectedly for some reason. I agree that getting three could be a problem -- is there a possibility you could buy 4 and then try to sell the fourth? jmh has me pegged! Heh. My routine at night is The Daily Show, followed by one more quick perusal of the boards, and then bed. But at 6:00 a.m., I'm drinking a cup of coffee, eating my cereal, and checking the boards. Awake and alert too! As a farm girl, that's a way of life for me! Karen Eh?, I love your way with words. This whole thing CMSU! Claygasm, do tell. I want to hear about the hissy fit. Yeah, I'd like to hear this one too! Thanks KAndre for the interview! Heh. I guess we know what he thinks about Idol Gives Back now, huh? *shrug* Y'all can stop scrolling now....

I agree -- the show needs a "light at the end of the tunnel," so I think this is a great development.

{{{{{{{{{{{KAndre}}}}}}}}}}}} Sorry to hear about your family's loss. Am I gonna get shot when I say that my weekend was not too bad? Spent Saturday morning at my husband's college, watching the graduation ceremony in the outdoor arena. It was perfect weather for it actually -- overcast and cool. I knew a few of the kids graduating, after spending almost two weeks in Ireland with them. Then, I took my husband out for dinner and a movie, in order to celebrate his promotion. BTW, Spiderman 3 rawks. Loved it. Sunday was my final handbell choir performance at church and then chilling. The only bad thing was being TIRED -- I went to bed before 9:00 p.m. Sunday night!!! muski, I love your family stories. And YAY for the concert and softball schedules working out! I've got Kimmel on my calendar, but it hasn't quite permeated my brain yet that Clay will be on this week! That means Thursday will be an interesting day in Clayland, what with pre-show reports. I'm looking forward to seeing what he'll pull with Jimmy this time!

Oh yuck. *sigh* Everyone answered those questions interestingly, didn't they? Uchenna and Joyce seem to be incredibly well liked.

for merrieee....hope everything works out well, and I'm looking forward to meeting you in Texas. BTW, I actually have to agree with you regarding "missing" so much -- I tend to do that too. Sometimes the details just whoosh over my head, just because I'm too enthralled with Clay.

Soooo....am I the only one here? Am I the only who cares all that much at this point? Heh. Charla and Mirna -- boy, they know how to work the flights, that's for sure. Unfortunately, after that those, Charla's physical type is just not good. The BQ's -- I think I'm amazed that it took them this long to finally snap at each other. I really like them. Eric and Danielle? I'm still Yuck at them.

WHA??? I haven't heard that story. Tell me more -- please!! Ah yes, the Oprah day -- in other words, the reason I got on the net for Clay Aiken. You see, I had set my VCR for that appearance, only to have messed up my times and not getting it. I knew someone had to have it, and thus, I searched the internet. The rest, as they say, is history. I thought he was cute that day, if a bit hyper...and if I remember correctly, a bit "happy" too. Heh. muski has pictures, I'm sure. :F_05BL17blowkiss:

{{{{{{{{{{muski}}}}}}}}}}}}} I guess my advice is -- do what you feel is best. I understand the feeling; sometimes choices between a fun-loving 12-year-old and a responsible adult are really, really harrrrrrrrrrd. I've made choices on both sides. For example, I totally missed the Chicago book signing and Christmas concert in 2004, because I was in charge of the book club at my library and that was the scheduled night. It killed me, because I knew that would be a chance for me to get close to Clay and see those pretty green eyes, and yet, responsibilty prevailed. OTOH -- this past Christmas, the shows close to me were on a weekend when both my handbell choir was scheduled to play at church, and also I was supposed to be a supporting musician at a Madrigal Dinner. In this instance, I was able to reschedule the bell choir, and let the director of the Madrigal's know I was not going to be in town. (It helped a great deal to know about the concerts in early September....) My bell choir played this morning, two services. We're now finished until fall! Topic: I'd love it if Clay would involve a handbell choir in his next Christmas concert!

Wahhhhhhhhh....no one reads my posts. I posted that link yesterday morning. Wahhhhhhhhhhh... ....and just to add to the dislike for me...*g*...Conan, IMO, has done some good stuff. He's been the producer of one of my favorite shows lately, "Andy Barker, PI" (starring his former cohort Andy Richter). Having said that, though -- I just don't watch his late night show. Never did really -- I'm usually in bed. And most of his stuff standup wise is just to sophomoric for my taste. As far as him and Clay goes....Conan the non-barbarian seems to just have a thing for the Clay and just can't admit it. JMO.

I was just going to come in here to offer :garfieldodie-grouphug: to those experiencing :Tour4: this morning....only to discover that CG edited her post! :TourExcite: :TourExcite: :TourExcite:

North Carolina Gives Back to American Idol This is hysterical! The details in this piece make it totally worthwhile. Barbeque: as a Food Network junky (and as someone from nowhere NEAR the south, thus having no claim whatsoever to this type of food), it really, really, really depends on where you're from. Everyone does it different, and calls it different. The only thing I can say is that grilling and barbequing are really two different things -- grilling is FAST, barbeque cooks SLOW. Welcome alliesmom!!!! EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! :F_05BL17blowkiss: Diva, that was certainly BWAH-worthy, although I prefer "pasty white boy" to "honky." Would have been hard to make that rhyme, though, eh? I wish I knew, I wish I knew -- but isn't that part of what makes him so infinitely fascinating? It's so much fun for me to just watch the different transformations. {{{{{{{{{muski}}}}}}}}}} for :Tour4: Woohoo for couchie's Warriors! *um, basketball, right? What city?* ETA: The final two batches of the mee2u2 high res pictures on CV. Scroll down to find them.

*sob* I need to talk about this. Anyone out there who can help me? Wonderful wedding....totally loved Luka that he would try to pull this off. He knew full well that Abby wasn't going to go for the traditional wedding -- and yet, I think HE wanted it. Thus, his surprise. I personally thought it incredibly sweet. Man -- what is it about Neela that attracts people to her? I can vary with her (sometimes like her, sometimes not) but tonight I felt sorry for her. Too much attention from those around her. (I personally would go with Dubenko -- I think he's cool....) But then...Ray. OMG. I'm sad. I really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really like Ray, and I'm afraid that this is NOT going to be good. What a night. Maybe more tomorrow.

OK, it's pretty official for me. I'm going to Houston (have my ticket for that one) and will be buying for Tulsa as well. The eHP is adopting me for the weekend. I'm stocking up on bling right now.

Yeah, that really piqued my interest as well -- it gives some new life to the character of Jack. From what I've read, we'll be finding out very soon what Jack was doing in that week with the Others, and I'll bet something new and shocking (heh) will be revealed then. Are people just glossing over something that I saw last night, or are did others see this as well, and aren't making a big deal of it yet? Isn't parachute girl the same chick that Locke helped with her tent early on in the episode? I truly thought so -- and if true, plus the way the Others had the file on Sawyer, makes me suggest that the Others have files on every single passenger on Flight 815. To me, it looks as if she's an Other who has studied Desmond's file, and knows everything about him.

to all that need them -- and isn't that really all of us? But I know there are days when special ones are needed too....right Diva? Clayzorback? I love that picture of Clay at the radio station. In a way, he looks like he's a 12 year old trying to pull of a "grownup" look ("hey, I'm a big boy." Yes, muski, that's for you...it's a freebie). But at the same time, I love his smile -- he simply glows and radiates joy, and it's infectious. Love him. EEEEEEEEEEEEE for rcknrllmom! :TourExcite: :TourExcite: I'll be seeing you there! All I have to do is get tickets to Tulsa and then make changes to my original flights (grumble grumble), and I'm ready to go!

Welcome alliesmom -- join us in the main thread, if you feel so inclined! And we'll have to talk, because I'm going to Houston and Tulsa too. I think the evil Houston Posse (eHP) has adopted me for this tour.

Clayzorback, you are sooooooo me regarding the last two episodes (and with almost everything in your post, except for you wanting to kill Jack, I still like him, sue.me). I really like Sun and Jin, but that episode was pretty meh for me. But last night? Whoa. What a mind blower. I'm glad they put that commercial break in when we found out Locke's daddy's "name" at one point was Tom Sawyer....because then my husband and I were doing the "OK, do we remember this? OMG, that was the guy who was bilking Sawyer's Mom! Oh. My. God. This is gonna get goooooooooooood." And I'm also now REALLLY curious about the Others -- how the hell do they know so much about the crash victims? Where did they get these files? I've read somewhere that one of the creators of the show discounts the purgatory theory (but of course, that probably means nothing....). Parachute chick? OMG, why didn't I think of that? I guess I'm still hopeful enough to think that they actually could be rescued! Anybody been reading any articles on the show? I can at least give hints to who the flashbacks are for the final three episodes, if anyone is interested.

AirTran Airways Inflight Magazine

EEEEEEEEEE! I missed this the first time, glad the rest of you quoted it so I'd find it! The friendship between the three of them seems so sweet and just so REAL, y'know? Thanks play for bringing that. I'm planning on getting KLo's album soon (probably in a huge Amazon order to get free shipping *g*). BTW, thanks CG for bringing over the Clelly mention too. That made my heart swell a bit as well. I think for me, I like the way he seems to inspire loyalty in his friends. He meets people and either they don't quite "figure him out," or else they get him immediately and become friends for life. And -- to me, anyway -- it seems that way in both his business and personal life (of course, not knowing how either of those really are, I'm again probably talking out of my butt). The business side is probably less likely, I know....but we've seen Mary by him almost from the beginning of his touring life. Also, all those tech people that he keeps thanking during his shows. Good for Clay -- and good for those around him too. jmh, you are me. Heh. ETA: AirTran Airways Inflight Magazine ETA AGAIN! More high res pictures from mee2u2 (set one) First post on page More high res pictures from mee2u2 (set 2) Again, first post on page. Don't post them at OFC, please!

I've thought more than a few times that the Christmas tour was a "dry" run (damn, there's that word again...sorry muski) for this upcoming ATDW tour. We saw what came out of that -- some of the funniest stuff from him in a LONG time. Mr. Clay Aiken, comedian. Just because he's got 40 other people on stage with him doesn't mean he can't talk to the audience and show his comedic intelligence. And yes, I'm totally delusional because I believe that he'll do a great mix of songs on this tour, but the focus will be on ATDW. jmh, I know what you are saying -- and I know you're only trying to help us see the light -- but damn it, I'm going to go out on a limb and keep my belief in ATDW. I'm so sad, aren't I? Me too! Love it! couchie, I love you. I'm with you in the "follow his lead" car. OT: my husband got a promotion today! He'll now be the head of his library. He's happy but apprehensive. But I'm so proud of him.

Sounds like my kind of concert -- but then, I'm easy enough that all I needed to hear were the words "Clay Aiken" and I'm good. EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! :TourExcite: :TourExcite: :TourExcite: