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It's been there since I can remember. Since the site was revamped awhile back. ummm, or what ldyj just said *blush* ...ask him a good one, k?

annabear ...sorry guys, that's all I got at the moment... I decided to edit and explain, because that ^^^ just sounded lame...even to me. I just mean I am too tired at the moment to give anything deep thought, and so much lately needs deep thought and feeling to be commented on. It just felt nice to laugh quietly for a moment and not think...

Here's another report of that TMZ piece from Mandler at getclayaiken

It's going to be impossible to catch up, so I'm just going to post. I need to give bottlecap a thank you out here, and it's long over due. I'm just going to copy over the bulk of my post at getclayaiken because i am too tired for anything else. My son and daughter in law asked about the news the day after we heard it on TMZ. They read about it onlone. They simply were happy for him. They were most surprised that it was his executive producer for some reason. lol. The last few days I have found myself recovering from a rather painful surgery. On top of that, I was doing most of that recovery in a ward where there were a lot of hurtin' people around me. Some woman named Pat never stopped screaming and moaning. Really. Never. Stopped. They even had a psych. guy come in and try to talk ducks and geese and pretty clouds and stuff to her to get her mind off the pain. PG, "Just think of all those cute baby geese out there on the lawn" Pat, "aghhhhhhhh" PG, "I bet they're enjoying the warm weather" Pat, "aghhhhhhh" PG, "I imagine they like staying close to their mom" Pat, "aghhhhhhh" You get the idea. So, what does this story have to do with Clay Aiken? Well, I'll tell you, (TM Prince Herbert) To get me through all this and to get me to, you know, relax, I would slap on my headphones and turn Clay on (don't I wish) and fall off to sleep listening. My friend bottlecap :F_05BL17blowkiss: put a whole bunch of Clay onto my MP3 player. OMWH and just random stuff. Three different times I woke up when I got to AOL Sessions MOAM. Somewhere in there I would think in my very addled, drug soaked head, that I was listening to the most beautiful sounds on earth. Once I remember thinking I was in church or something. Not everything was making sense. I just knew each time that I was listening to something out of this world beautiful. Then I would drift back to sleep. I woke up once for The Prayer too. My point? Shit, do I have one??!? It doesn't matter to me if Clay is going to be a daddy. More power to him. If he wants to talk about it to us, the fans, I'll listen. If he doesn't, I won't. I just want him to keep singing pretty angel music to me. That's all I need. If there is a heaven, and I make it there someday, and the angels don't sound like Clay Aiken, I'm going to be pissed and feel a little cheated.

I've been AWOL for a few days. Just wanted to stop in and say hello tonight. How about that baby them Yankees? Hope everyone here is doing fine. It will take me days to catch up, but what a lovely way to spend my time.

People reporting at the CH that in past years this event has been broadcast on or around the Fourth of July. I hear Jaymes got lucky, maybe we will too. (I keed, but it would be nice to hear him sing this song. It's beautiful)

NO, NO! Come back!!! WORK HARDER!!!!! hee. laljeterfan said HARDER *this concludes the smut portion of our program. please tune in tomorrow for our next episode of As The Aiken Turns aka You Only Wish It Was In Everyone Of Us

a new thread, or perhaps a very expensive forest. oooh, I like yours better, annabear!)

Yes! I think I jumped in my seat when I read this, Ansa. I don't think I've ever put my finger on it before, but this is it, one of the big reasons I like this guy. Clay Aiken is a risk taker. He's the 'I think I'll try out for The Amazing Race,' or 'Go ahead, haul me up on the bungee cord and drop me.' kind of guy. I happen to be a chicken shit, myself...really...but I married me a risk taker. (my husband tried out for Survivor) I know I love Clay's voice with a passion, and I admire his heart as well, but yeah, this is the intrinsic factor that draws me in even more. ETA... It's supposed to rhyme canfly, A & R and Clay & R

Thanks annabear! :F_05BL17blowkiss:

Can anyone refresh my memory as to how we can see what threads a person is reading at the OFC...?

S'true besides I don't have anything to add. Nothing new to toss out there. The one thought that I've come away with since this story broke is that Clay Aiken is a very brave man. I would also argue that he loves deeply. Two very fine qualities I would like to see passed on to a child.

:cryingwlaughter: sure...you didn't invite me along! Must have been the way my New Balance tennies make my legs so shapely that you were afraid of the competition. Well, that and the stylin' MP3 player I'd have hanging from my neck. Sadly, I can't figure out how to play the thing yet, but I know there's music in there somewhere.

Now I will have that visual in my head for a good long while. I ditto the Clay love. This whole incident reminds me of Boobgate, in as much, as some fans are so very upset about this news that I am having a hard time posting. I really do not wish to make them feel worse. However I feel for all my board friends who are struggling with this, I realized this morning that, other than a mild case of, 'wow, did see that coming!,' I'm alright with it, and by alright, I mean if it makes them happy, these are their lives and the life of that new little one. They are the only ones who need to be ok.

I'm still processing....still processing....w.o.w.

KAndre wrote: S'true

Ansa wrote: This is precisely how I feel. And a big for your entire post. Not that I or any other person need agree with what you said. The beauty of a message board is that everyone can, and will, voice their opinions and they don't have to mirror anyone else's thoughts. But, you really said for me everything I've been feeling for the last few days...so thank you!

I think that Clay took a few days out of his tour last summer...was it for the wedding of a friend (I'm having a senior moment and cannot remember the reason) and wasn't it almost a week so he could still tour and do the Gala. I remember it was the wedding of a friend as well. I think it was just a week or two into the tour. I ordered it Couchie. The site said they wouldn't be shipping until this week, so should be coming soon. That is probably my favorite Clay duet of all time. Hannah and Clay's voices were just perfect. OOlsee :00003653: hope it's fun!

S'true Nice, nice picture... AOL Sessions Homepage with Clay on top Oh, and the five Q&A question videos also. He talks about being not-a-musician more in here. Nice videos. Clay's video page on AOL

Here you go ausdon. It is a pretty song Bernard Fanning singing 'Watch Over Me' live at the 2006 ARIA Awards on YouTube

bottlecap wrote: Yeah, that! I am too lazy to go back and see who mentioned going to more musicals than concerts when they were younger (sorry) but realized, that was me too. I never made it to Broadway until this year (Thank you, Clay Aiken! :F_05BL17blowkiss: ) but I got to see some pretty good touring companies. I still remember watching Jesus Christ Superstar with Ben Vereen, and a production of Hair too. (so, I wasn't looking at everyone's face all the time, but I know he was in there)

Just a lot of :F_05BL17blowkiss: and from me. Needless to say, I happen to agree. Happy Birthday laljeterfan

He delivers the work of other renowned songwriters (Paul Simon, Elton John, Neil Sedaka) as well or better than they do. The emotions he puts into songs come from somewhere ...I guess I want him to write because I want to see inside his head!! I feel there is so much in him needing to be expressed. LAA is one of my very favourite songs.. I know he chooses his songs (lyrics) carefully, so in a way he is showing us who he is. But I am "greedy" I want the full Monty!! ...but maybe he found out that having his inner thoughts out there, makes him uncomfortable. On the other hand, not all lyrics show what's inside a person's heart or inside their head. Sometimes lyrics are just fun words or ideas jotted down...or a Montgomery Ward's ad (Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer). As for the full Monty...where's muski when you need her?

Best concert, and probably my first, was Josh White Jr. Sitting on a grassy hill on a college campus late one summer night before classes started. Just him and a guitar. Magical stuff. My first true, full out concert experience was Three Dog Night, and I was up in the nose bleeds, rockin' out with friends, and didn't give a rat's patootie that I wasn't third row.