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Ya know, I've often wondered about that......when does the man breathe? You can so seldom catch him at it! I know when everyone was comparing baby Dave Arch----- I was confused...because all I heard was him breathing. Constantly! I wanted to yell...."Would ya stop breathing already!" at the TV screen....but that just seemed rude.

Even better....Shrubbery that smells like cat pee!! (Fine....I miss Spamalot a lot.) I have found with the FCA it really does take very little to make people happy..... and yay, for that!

See! that's what I'm talking about!! How dare you! Don't you know you are no longer capable?! I read it on a messageboard....so it must be so. Oh geesh.....I wonder if there is a cut off for grandmotherhood as well? I'm 57 and still waiting. Think my kids would get with the program if I tell them? Well, not my oldest, she is 35 and from what I can gather...getting uncomfortable close to that prime egg expiration date. And totally off topic. Has anyone else seen the commercial for the new birth control that now limits you to just 4 periods a year?! I wonder what the side effects and eventual long term effects might be from messing with life's cycles?

Luckiest.....I'm glad your kitty had a happy ending! Peeing is such a relief. But seriously. It is!!

I'm having a hard time with so many being upset about her age. So what if she is a mom at 50, how many 55....65.....even older....grandparents are raising their grand kids? And without the financial backing or support that this child will have. Yet they are all loved, by people trying to do the best they can. I also have a hard time understanding people who have race issues, religion issues, gay issues and now I am astonished at the number of people....women yet!...who are having issues with older mothers. It's just weird. Why do they care? Don't they understand....Clay gets to live his life, I get to live my life and they get to live theirs. End of story. But ahhhhh, kitties. So sad when they are sick. So sad when they have to leave us. Yesterday I went with my oldest as she had her dear friend Mr. Cat released from his suffering.

Oh my! Now this is exciting! Thank you for bringing it over......I hadn't heard a thing about it. Nice to have some sunshine in my day.

Actually, since I didn't know why he was there....that was the first thing I said to him!! Then he went into his 'gonna puke' chatter and I kinda backed off.... And as for the clean apartment.....they had just moved in Mother's Day. I'll let ya know how it goes after my next visit....whenever. Thanks again for all your congratulations, comments, advice and help.

Agree Iseeme....sounds like the proper thing to do to me as well!! Do it enough times...they'll get the hint. Congrats! And you're not alone....I also get grief from family and friends. Mostly I've just ignored and for the most part they have taken the hint. Also like you, I was gone for 4 days when this sh*t hit the fan. I was lucky enough to get a brief text or two from a friend. It was nice being forewarned. The details I do have, I have received from trusted friends in a shortened condensed way. It was enough for me to follow along, without having to read all the panic on the boards.

Yay! So I saw my baby! And it was wonderful! Her boyfriend even commented that each evening after we left, she was so happy! So was I! So...I had a hubby who didn't think we should just tell her we were coming and do it. But eventually I wrapped it all up with, 'Hey it's our anniversary....there are so many things we have wanted to see and do in Philly, I say this year, we go to Philly to celebrate. Let the youngest know we will be in town and which nights. If she has time to do dinner with us fine....if not that's fine, too.' He didn't say much, but I kept him informed as to my/our plans. We arrived in Philly late Thursday evening, did our stuff during the day and had dinner with her and the boyfriend on Fri Eve and they cooked for us on Sat. The kid made an amazing honey/mustard/ crushed glazed pecan coating for salmon steaks. Yum! We left for home early Sun. morning. While we were standing in the parking lot (hubby was having one last puff before we piled in the car) this black car comes flying into the lot, straight into a handicapped parking spot. Being my usual judgemental self I asked, "What the heck is his disability!!" Don't ya know, the boyfriend jumped out of the car, walked over to us and said, "I have to say this before I puke. May I marry your daughter?" Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...happy anniversary to me!! Trouble is......it's a big secret and I'm not supposed to tell anyone for two months, while he has the ring made! So anyone who reads here is sworn to secrecy 'cause heaven knows I can't keep my mouth shut!!! LOL So to wrap it all up with a pretty ribbon....I hope she now knows that if and when we come out, we don't expect her to drop everything for us. And I hope hubby understands that it really is okay if we just show up for dinner. She was happy to see us, we were thrilled to get to touch base with her. And she will be home in October! You'll love this, her two best friends/room mates from college were Jocelyn and Julie. She is a Jillan. We called then the 3 J's. Anyhow, 2 years ago Jocelyn married the love of her life, Mike. In October, Julie is marrying the love of her life, Mike. And yes, one day Jillan will be marrying the love of her life, Mike. My J with her Mike.. Thanks to everyone here who offered up advice and opinions, then left me to figure out what is best for me and mine. We have a happy ending!

Glad you're back, rohdy! And belated Happy Anniversary wishes to you & Mr. rohdy. :F_05BL17blowkiss: rohdy - how great that you got to spend 4 days visiting your daughter in Philly!! I'm so glad you worked it out. Are you going to post about it inthe FM thread? Ooooo.....I think I should, Chacha! Thanks. And thank you Annabear.....it was a really nice anniversary. And wait until you hear about the gift I (kinda) got!!!

But YUCK! He had to shake W's hand??? Poor baby! I don't see a poor baby, I see a citizen of The United States lucky enough to shake hands with the current President. It is an honor, whether you agree with his political views or not. He's not my favorite person but.....the man is still our President. JMO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On a happier note....can't tell you how pleased I am to have been out of town and out of touch, visitng my youngest child in Philly for the past 4 days. It was a great anniversary present to ourselves and I am so happy to have missed the drama known as Clay's life. Now that is a poor baby moment! Whatever the truth might be.

May I just say that reading here the last week or so has been a fun time! From learning about all the axe murderer meet ups, to the first of multiple concert experiences to the endless thoughts and opinions on everything Clay. This is what I love about the FCA. Thank you ladies! Me? First Clay fan friend? Met her at a DQ...neutral territory....and seriously, what can go wrong over a hot fudge sundae?! (Hubby told me a year later that her was so upset that I didn't let him know first that I was going to meet some stranger I had met on line! Hello? He was 5 hours away hiking in the UP woods when the offer came up!) She and I are still great friends, along with 2-4 others, we concert together often. I believe I meet of few of you at the book collection in November.....but for the life of me, the evening was so full.....I can't recall who I met for sure anymore.... *sigh* There definitely weren't any axe's around! First concert? Beau Brummel, The Yardbirds, Terry Knight and the Pack at Flint's old IMA theater. I remember being so frustrated because the dang girls wouldn't stop screaming!!! People implying Clay is gay?! My usual response is, "Who cares?" Or....."And that matter's ,why?" Happy Birthday lajeterfan!

Why, YES! He IS! And thanks so much for that! That was GOOD for me! :F_05BL17blowkiss: ETA: I hope noone interpreted my Russian download site post as doom and gloom! I just found it curious. And looked up the legal question on the site. I hope people HEAR IT! I want people to HEAR OMWH! It's too good to miss and I want to go see him in concert! Although, I bet he's worried about the damned GAS prices!!! I don't worry about Clay Aiken! I think he can take care of himself just fine! And look FI-I-I-I-INE doin' it! Dang I was lurking and didn't even know it. I saw the above link and when I went there I thought hmm this sounds familiar. I think the above was only audio (or I didn't get the right link) BUT Telephone Man this was done some time ago. The link above was only the second time I had ever heard of that song. OMG! LOL I thought I had seen most all the montages...but I missed that one! My link was just audio....and I only remember the song because it was being played (very briefly) on a local radio station the year my hubby was in Turkey with the Air Force, '77-'78. I couldn't wait for him to come home on leave and hear it.......... Thanks for the video link.

Howdy! I've been reading/lurking but this I just couldn't let go . . . Hell NO, I don't want "to perform porn with Clay on AI"!!! I want him all to myself - just him and me - in my bedroom. And kitchen. And guest room. And the hotel down the road. And anywhere else he'd get a notion for . . . Cotton...is Clay

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Another "we" girl here. Prime example....I worked alone for 18 years, but when setting the time for a project to be done , it seems I always said, "We'll have this ready for you by...." I did have people I reported to, but the work was done by me, myself and I. The 'we' in me. Sometimes I would catch myself saying it and it would crack me up. I can highly recommend a rat for a pet. I never would have believed it, but now think our little Stinky was the best pet we ever had. Very affectionate and lots of fun. Pretty low maintenance as well. We built a 2 x 4 cage for ours & filled it full of tubes to run through. Stinky also had his own shelf on the bookcase and the girls and I would take him for walks around the block in good weather. And he loved micowave popcorn! As soon as he smelled it, he'd climb the cage walls up to where the lid opened and take just one piece from us, run into his little house, eat it, then come back for another. And unlike hamsters that we had for a short while, he never bit us.

Fantasia.....did you see the look on Simon's face! LOL As for Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now , Clay and Rubin did it on their final night, I believe. It was definately just the two of them. This time Archuletta sang Rube's part and Cook sang Clay's....Syesha got the left overs. YouTube Anyone else flash back... when they showed the pool with Archuletta face painted on the bottom? Much like the pretty photo shopped picture of Clay walking pool side, with his face on the bottom of the pool!

I went forward in leaps of 4 -9 pages (depending on what was offered) at the Yahoo site, quickly skimmed over 4-6 posts at each stop and found it interesting that while yes, there is a lot of nasty comments, the more I read the more I was amazed at the number who would slam him or his look....but never his voice. Often they praised the voice and his ability. Took a lot of the sting out of the comments. For me. Again, reminds me of the cool kids in school who happily slam some geek but agree there is no denying said geeks natural ability....at math, writing, singing....whatever.

Oh you are not on ignore! That is one of those tasty little bits you grab and hold close, with the smile on your face!!! Feelin' all smug! *neener*neener* Season 2 was the best! I think my favorite part about the CBS video is when Clay says he has no advice for the top four, they've all been in the business longer then he has! Cracks me up! Wasn't Archuletta's Star Search year the same year Clay was on Idol?

Clay's blog from yesterday has been moved to the archives, under Rest Home. I just read it there.

Ashes is up at the GMA page... Third one down. Ashes

Today is a day of personal mini-mourning. I mourn the end of Spamalot and all the joy it brought. But mostly, I mourn the fact that I will never......ever......see Clay in Spamalot. All hopes of 'maybe' go out the window tonight. On the up side? I am full of anticipation for what the future has in store. A new CD. A rush of TV appearance. And somewhere up the road......another tour. Thank heaven, so far Clay has loved him some Michigan. In the meantime, I sit here at my desk, waiting to hear about and there by share in the adventures of all the FCA'ers in NYC!! Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Have a blast ya'll! (Oh fine. So I will be in and out, doing laundry, getting groceries, preparing for another week.....but I will be at my desk around show time!)

My thoughts exactly Cindilu. But what cha gonna do? She has only been doing this particular job for 3 years and I'm proud to say, has done quite well with knowing what the local community wants. Though small, her track record is solid. She does know the success of the Kalamazoo show...again, their director is a long time work friend. I've decided that it must be a money issue. Hers is a non profit organization, so perhaps the funding just really isn't there for her to take a 'chance' with. Speaking of which, I keep meaning to ask her what kind of fee Clay is commanding these days....just for grins I guess I should have left my Clay wish list out of the previous post and just stuck with the facts of how our local shows are selected..... Okay....it's another work day for me. Catch ya's all later. .

Oh I am so late to this party. But there were endless pretties to admire on my way here! I have no facts, no statistics, no inside scoop. I just know what my daughter does. She is the director of and books shows for, our local venue. For her theater....she chooses who comes. She usually has the entire next years season booked and planned out by the end of May at the latest. During their season they occasionally are contacted by stray acts....even a traveling 'Cats' production last year..... about a possible opening on a night the act/show may have available. When that happens, the act pays for the rental of the theater and does all the advertising themselves. Her staff handles the selling of the tickets, opens the refresment bar, supplies ushers sometimes, but that is pretty much it. The acts/plays that she does book she selects from 'stuff' mailed to her and from a huge booking convention she goes to every January in NYC. I have been trying to get her to book Clay since Clio closed. She steadfastly refuses. I have told her they could probably sell out two consecutive shows easily! She bounces back and forth between, he is to expensive (and they do have a tight budget....she doesn't want to be another Clio, closed from over extending) to refusing to deal with his crazy fans. (She was friends with the box office manager at Clio and went out and helped them on their first day of ticket sales....she thought it was fun...but a nightmare) Why she won't book him for at least a Christmas show....I don't know. But it makes me sad. Anyhow...that is how things work at her theater. She is in charge of who gets booked, they may send her cd's/dvd's of their performances, or she hears about them at the convention or through word of mouth, then she contacts them/their booking agency. Negotiations begin. And if she's lucky, they agree on all the major points and we have a show! This may be her last year at this job...she is planning on moving on. I say she owes me a Clay date before she leaves......

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.....thank you Cindilu! That is it! :F_05BL17blowkiss: All downloaded and back on my computer, where it belongs.