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If you have an overactive spam blocker like I do, try going here and sending the e-mail to yourself. Kicks stoopid Yahoo which seems to be eating more and more of my actual e-mail. Maybe I actually want a bigger p3n1s and a conterfeit Rolex! claygirl, I believe like ldyj said, only the people who usually donate online received the email. I only donate via snail mail and on phone with my credit card, so I did not receive it either. Here, you can follow this link and not only read the email, but then send it to yourself. (scroll down)

MOAM in Sterling Heights was something else! crimsonice, cindilu2, goldarngirl & I were just discussing it over dinner last night. Even Quiana remarked that she thought she heard parts of the song she'd never heard before! Clay was really, really into it that night.....I will be forever grateful to whoever left their centre section seats empty so that cindilu2 and I could move into them for the second half of that show! That MOMA was amazing...but then, I think that whole show was amazing. Different concerts become favorites for different reasons, and that one had a whole lot of wonderful for me to love. The little quirky things too...like the gal hanging in the tree and Clay moving to the side of the arena so the fans could see better looking away from the sun....even Angela leaving the stage (poor thing) became a thing of beauty. (Listen with Clay and Quiana) *sigh* Fun times! :00003653: claygasm. Enjoy!

Sorry for dropping this down in the middle of a conversation guys, and knowing that I'm going to repeat myself on a few boards, I thought I should pass this info along...I received, what probably was a phishing email today. It looked like it was sent by US Fund for Unicef, logo and all. The email stated that they were having trouble processing my donation and to please follow the link in the email to remedy the problem. Thing is, since I've been waiting for the Fieldnotes, I haven't tried to donate yet. I notified Unicef and made a report, but just thought I'd pass along the info, since many of us are either donating or planning to donate for the Somalia effort. Really fun little travel interview wasn't it? I can picture him soaking up the quiet for over a week. Myself? I'd go crazy.

awwww, cotton, I'm sorry. I didn't see that....but it's a great performance, isn't it? I think we should both post it again.

Happy Capital Fourth of July with Clay Aiken Revisited on YouTube :00003653: muski! Hope it's a good one!

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Just wanted to let Scarlett know that thanks to a kind soul, I now have that XviD file in wmv format. To you both... :F_05BL17blowkiss: :F_05BL17blowkiss:

Scarlett, thanks for trying. I hope someone can help, and if not, I am patient....and a big :F_05BL17blowkiss: to you for providing the clip in the first place. Have fun tonight! I hope your team wins! beautiful banner up there

No, Scarlett, thank you. :F_05BL17blowkiss: I was the third reader. I read after Intermission, after Hark The Herald Angels Sing / O Come All Ye Faithful and right before the I'll Be Home For Christmas, The Christmas Song, Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas medley. My story talked about my mom and HYAMLC.

:bday: Ansa and everyone else celebrating today! :F_05BL17blowkiss: Upbeat to me means positive message, vibe. Up tempo means speed of the beat. Yeah. I know nothing.

:fest30: Happy Birthday Couchie!! :04:

Yep. I bet we've been to a lot of concerts 'together.' LOL You know, the first few concerts I went to I tried to talk to people around me, but never found other 'board' people. I sort of gave up after that. maybe they just didn't want to admit it...?

Lovin' the Jerome stories! I have one too... It was JNT05, Louisville. I was with one of the two BAF StubHub M&G pairs. Our passes were late getting to Will Call, and we were seated just before the show started. I wasn't sitting in the closest rows (too long of a story) so, I actually arrived at the side stage entrance where I was just guessing we would be taken back. The instructions on where we were supposed to go and when had been messed up. My friend who won the M&G had the 'intermission' instructions in her email, but the gal at Will Call kept insisting she wasn't sure what we should do. She just knew of the M&G afterwards. (I think about 18 people won those) Anyhow, I'm the first one over at the side and facing two pretty stern looking security people. They kept telling me I was mistaken and there was no M&G scheduled for intermission. They kept insisting I go back and sit down. I look over and see the other three StubHub people coming my way and I know the clock is ticking on our M&G time and I look at those two and say, 'Please, just get Jerome. He'll know who we are.' hee. Even though I missed out on buying my JNT05 Christmas ornament, I had some holiday balls of my own. I don't know if they were surprised I knew his name, or just surprised I wasn't listening to them, but they looked at each other, one shrugged and headed back stage. I just stood there holding my ground. A minute later, Jerome walks through the curtain/door with the meanest scowl you can imagine on his face. I have a tiny, 'oh, shit,' moment but I try not to let it show. Just as all four of us are finally together, I look at Jerome and say, 'Hey, Jerome, we're the StubHub people. What would you like us to do?' His face went from scowl, to sweet smile in half a second. He says, 'Oh, ok, follow me, ' and the two tough security peeps look surprised and stood aside. It was actually very cool. lol. I met Jerome again this last Christmas. Just as sweet, just as kind. I really like that man.

There's about a 20 year difference, not 29...if that makes a difference. Scarlett, I just realized today that you mentioned rendering my reading from Cleveland. I was in the hospital when you posted, but wanted to :F_05BL17blowkiss: for still remembering. Thank you. Fear, I love this. ....everyone dealing with the elements ((((hugs))) OMG...had to go back and reread... Couchie wrote: Man, I'm glad she's alright. That must have been one freaky accident.

Before another bolt of lightening knocks out my computer for the day, (yo, bad storm last night!) I thought I'd drop off this silly expression picture... ....Ken Lee...Ken Lee anymoreeeeeeeee

KAndre wrote: very, very true...very. ldyj...we can be, you know, paired up? whoot! I'm ready!

eh, it's just probably semantics kim. When I mentioned giving us a 'heads up' in my post about this information, I was thinking about the blog he left us before all the JP stuff hit...you know, some kind of something, so the blindsiding didn't seem so harsh. That was personal stuff too. On the other hand, I realize people change and grow and ebb and flow and all that...and the circumstances of this news wasn't, and isn't, in the same category as that mess. I realized, at some point over the weekend, that I was trying to compare apples and oranges. Clazor, yep, we all have our own thoughts on the matter, for sure. I have seen quite a few posters who have stated they could accept Clay gay before they could accept him having a baby out of wedlock. I think it matters where each person draws their own moral lines. I think we are all just programing this information in with our own moral codes and established beliefs and trying to get comfortable with the new fit. It may take awhile for some. Perhaps some never will be comfortable with it.

wow...I know this is a little early in the day for this, but I think you're brilliant ldyj. :F_05BL17blowkiss: For me, I got into this fandom when I discovered his love of kids and the fact that he wanted to help children with disabilities. I never even watched him on AI, (well, more than just here and there). I discovered along the way that I loved his voice. I still do. I still love his heart. Not much has shifted over this whole thing for me, except I feel hurt that he didn't give us fans a 'heads up' on all this, or comment after the fact. That's not much of a recovery for me. Not as much as say, the fan who feels that Clay has misrepresented his (or their) moral values. That is one pretty big pedestal to fall off from, and the mess of that toppling will take much longer to clean up.

well, I went to check out the sound and after watching half an hour of Clay video, I remembered why I was there... yep...sounds ok to me....sworry

Here's the link to the online version... CNN Breaking News video I know it's vaulted in a couple places too. It's stuff we've seen, but lots of people home watching TV today will be seeing this, and besides the message about 'not talking about private stuff,' it's really a nice little CD promo. Has him singing in the background, shows the CD a couple times, shows him recording Sessions and recording in the studio.

Could be that. Or he's just drawing a line in the sand as far as the media is concerned. Perhaps trying to get this stated clearly before he comes back to promote any Unicef visit and gets asked a million questions about the baby and Jaymes instead.

I was coming here to report the CNN Headlines news thing also. Just saw it for the first time. It's the same CNN Breaking News video with the AOL sessions footage and interview in it that we saw yesterday online. Yeah, he does look fine on my TV. He's stating pretty clearly, he not going to talk personal stuff.

I've been watching for OMWH to show up all morning on 95.7 WLHT-FM Grand Rapids, MI. They stream, and they're not that far from home that it's odd that I'm listening, but nada so far. yep. I care

...makes me wonder if Clay feels like he has a whole swarm up there at times. muski, you just made me much appreciated.