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ldyj... this picture has been my screensaver since it first appeared. I love it. cindi... I'm not so sure their personalities are all that different. They both are friendly, caring, funny, gorgeous, and did I say gorgeous??? What is totally opposite is their attitudes about their bodies. Reed has no problem showing off his body and being a dancer that is totally normal. For Clay, going barefoot is almost being an exhibitionist... BWAH!!! I wouldn't mind at all if Reed rubs off on Clay a bit... wait, I'm not sure that came out right. Claygalsal... WELCOME!!!

Why yes I believe we do! eeee for new bit-o-pic and eeee for tickets to Biloxi! Oh in case there is any doubt I LOVE CLAY AIKEN merrieee... eeeeee for the "bit-o-pic (TM merrieeee - sorry, I can't get the font size thingy to work) LOL Love your new word! I finally read about the Icelandic eruption. Wow! KAndre... proletariat, indeed! I've always secretly wanted to be part of an uprising... LOL I love the OFC fun for these next few days. Someone is using their noggin for a change. And, a new OFC. Can't wait to see that.

KAndre... I feel for you... been there, done that. Can you fly him to Japan and then home or are all airlines staying grounded? Can you change your cell number quickly??? cindi... BWAH!!!! Excellent solution!!!! keeping... tell us how you really feel! LOL I think you are totally right from what I have heard. I've not watched the show since Jordan Sparks year. Don't intend to unless... but, from remarks he made last year, I don't think Clay has any anticipation of going on Idol. He is so above them, but if his managers say... think of the millions of viewers... maybe. I think he'll do better than fine without their help. OMG - now come and explain my outburst to my boss. Please.

liney, this is far from his first Masters. He has won it twice before but has "come sooo close" many times, only to blow it. He's just not very consistent in his game play but I love him for it just the same. This past year both his wife AND his mother were diagnosed with breast cancer He competed very little on the circuit this year due to his wife Amy's difficult treatments and his mental game. When he did compete she and the kids were not able to be with him which made it more difficult for him (apparantly she was barely able to physically get out of bed and make the car ride down to the clubhouse just in time to see him win on the 18th). He took some heat for it because there was A LOT of hype in the golf community that he would take up the slack left by Tiger's absence at the big events. It was a minor hot mess all around. tree... thanks for the info. The golf community can go fry itself... he did the right thing. Reed has one gorgeous body... fans self frantically Clay is sexy to me because of the width of his shoulders, the twinkle in his eye, the smile on his face, and the hugeness of his heart. Clay's numero uno for me. I hope they both think they got soooo lucky... LOL

As does the one here in the SF Bay area, so I'm very hopeful I mean, if they can show that Peter Marshall Big Band special over and over and over and ....you get the idea. Seriously, I'll be uber pissed off if they don't repeat Clay's until I am "sick of seeing him". :clay: Now a little OT - I have truly enjoyed watching The Master's Tournament this weekend. It's been fun and had very few commercial interruptions for a change*g* But the best part of it was my other bf was playing his best game in a long time and I had to cheer him on! Phil Mickelson may not be the greatest to play the game or the most consistent (heh) but he is one of the classiest (just like my other bf ) athletes out there these days and he's been my favorite to follow for so many years now. And given all he and his family have been through this past year today was made all that more special!It was a very emotional finish and when I saw the tears streaming down his cheek I nearly lost it. Congratulations, Phil, on winning your third green jacket. And to Amy, who made the trip for the first time this year to see her husband WIN!! I'm still wiping tears away tree... if you don't mind sayin', what were the family problems. I saw the end and thought it was his first Masters from the tears and how tight he held her. the Vinyl???!!!!! Dare I hope??? I don't care what anybody says, to my ears there's NOTHING like the Vinyl! And the covers are the BEST! keeping... explain Vinyl, please. I still have vinyl records from my youth, thru John Denver, but nothing to play them on. Do I need to get my record player fixed??? The things I do for Clay!!! LOL Whooo hoooo.... my work computer let me post!!!!!!!! This is going to be a good day (hoping hard, since I'm getting my taxes done tonight.

Boy, you know you've been working too hard when you type in your login info three times before you figure out that you are trying to login to FCA with your email address and password... BWAH!!! Things should be fairly calm for awhile... I hope! I love the hi-res pics from the new cd cover, cindi and kareneh!!! Thanks! deya... Welcome!!! and anyone else who wants to/already has join/joined us. This is the bestest board around, and I'm not predjudiced in the least! I just watched that Ashville banter on CNN. Hi-sterical!!! I sure hopes he exercises that wit on our Timeless Tour. tree... you can whistle all you want, but we won't soon forget that briney typo. My favorite was a memo that what going out (from the client, thank goodness) that had Butt in the title... BWAH!!! I was nice and took the extra "t" out before sending it on, but I laughed about it for weeks... since it wasn't me that made that mistake.

Hi, everyone... long time no see! I have been working solid since last Sunday, 12 to 14 hrs a day on this proposal at work. (yes, today, too) It goes out tomorrow and hopefully things will be normal for awhile. I read at lunchtime but I cannot post at work. Good news... my boss is so appreciative of the hours I put in that he gave me a round-trip first class plane ticket to Reno for Clay's concert and is going to reimburse me for ticket and hotel. That is totally cool. That way I'll be fine for getting from Reno to LA for the next night's concert. Bad news... I won't be able to drive treenuts home after the concert, couchie. However, since my boss is paying for my room, tree... you get a free stay! I live in SoCal and that earthquake was scary cause it lasted for awhile and when that happens it can be bad. I also felt one large aftershock, but no damage was done by either that I know of personally. It took a full fifteen minutes for the adrenaline in my system to calm down and my blood pressure to get back to normal. I like the CD cover, but hope on the real cover they pick a slightly better picture of Clay. If not, so be it... I'll buy my 7 copies anyway... or, has inflation pushed that up to 8???? LOL

No, I don't want Clay fans going over there and responding, but if you want to read his comments for yourself you can find them here: http://rubenstuddard...cc47fcfe1c03adf luckiest... I so agree with what you posted... Yes... we are just soooo special!!! LOL I imagine both of them are going to have a blast touring together for those 3 weeks. Clay always brings out the funny in Ruben when they are together. Ruben trusts him and feels safe being himself. Clay would never have loved Ruben so quickly if Ruben was a lump on a log... he's got personality, but I've only seen him display it when he and Clay are together. Sounds like fun to me! Couchie... congrats on getting to your YouTube account.

From Cindilu... The man is a star and we saw him go super-nova. and... "Oh yeah, he really is just. that. good." From Ldyj... "Shoot, I'm still suffering from post-concert giddiness, and I wasn't even freakin' there!" From merrieeee... "I really think it is now his time and yes it is about damn time!"

Claymatron... You almost forgot Reed???? What have you been smokin' woman??? LOL For the life of me I cannot figgure out who's luckier, Clay or Reed???? keeping... you mean the "Oh My" tour???? I loved almost every single scrap of every single concert that winter. I did NOT like the hair cut he got between Charlotte and Raleigh, but he was very funny in both! tree.... BWAH!!! The man was so at ease with his bad self that tour. Like he lost his excessive modesty. I'm sure glad Reed (I'm assuming here) got him to give up his security t-shirts... whew!!!

merrieeee.... RENO??? Yay!!!!! Another FCAer I get to meet!!! This is just so exciting! {{{{{{Couchie}}}}}} Wasn't it Mark Twain who said, 'the coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco?' I can relate. I went to a new school in the 4th grade and the girl who befriended me on my first day became my best friend for life. We were inseparable. Her birthday was January 8th, and every year she reminded me that she shared a birthday with Elvis Presley. Beth died suddenly with meningitis a month into our senior year in high school. The annual news reports of the anniversary of "Elvis's birthday" always stop me in my tracks. {{{{{{keeping}}}}}} This week has finally felt like spring down here. We had such a cold winter this year. I've finally put the space heater away till next October. If Clay was looking for reviews of the PBS taping on the OFC, I wish him luck. It took me two tries to find it in the Party Thread over there.

You don't want to meet me? sniff sniff I want to meet you! And .. treenuts and wandacleo and the many many fans I've yet to meet! ldyj, EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE, please scrape me off the ceiling please! couchie, it's about damn time I get to see you again! keeping... I am beyond thrilled to be meeting you in Reno. I wrote that post before I read that you were going. Come on for CA! He did well at Pala and their food was excellent. Luckiest... I'm not sure why, with all these years of concerts under their belt, Team Clay doesn't know that we'd likde to get the whole concert list at once to plan trips. Whatsupwithat???

I'm in Reno... or will be!!!!

I'm a goin'!!! I'd love a partay, too!!!!!! I'd even help plan one, but don't have the time to be the sole planner.

I'm so excited... I get to meet treenuts and wandacleo and ldyj and whoooooeeeeee!!! I haven't been in a fan get-together since Vegas after the On Ice special filming. couchie... you drive her, I'll be a roomie... sounds like a fun plan to me! LOL

ldyj... LOVED this story! May there be thousands and thousands of like stories as this album gets out there to the public!!! tree.... I would love to swing up and get you and go together. I am driving from SoCal and I would love to come get you. We could share a room if you'd like (I am a great roommate, by the way). Not for cost, but for fun!!! Whatchathink??? Wanda... I got F riser, second row, third seat in, so should be a good view. My first and second try were rows 24... geesh! We have GOT to have a FCA party after the concert, pretty please!!!!! This is so exciting!

Lotus... the only thing I know close to Reno is Sacramento and then the San Fran, San Jose area. It would be a whole day's drive for me, but I might do it if nothing else in the west comes up. I wonder why Reno? A Casino, like Atlantic City? I hope he does San Jose... I'd love that. That's if he doesn't come to SoCal. This is soooo exciting! Fear... I'm glad it went well for Mr.Fear!!! I am still looking for and reading every recap I can find. LOL I've got it bad and, "that's fine with me" tmCHA

Does anyone know where the recaps are on the OFC. I could not figure it out. Thanks!!! ETA: I finally found it!!! It was in the Party thread... I'm not even going to try to figure that out. And, have as good a week as you can with the time change. I hates this time change with a passion! I suffer for a week until my body has adjusted. Why can't we just get one time and stick with it like Arizona, huh???? Geesh!

jmh... wonderful recap!!! As a non-attendee, I so appreciate those who give details... luckiest... that especially includes you, as you include your whole trip in great detail and I love every word! bottle... K.E.W.L. Reed is gorgeous, like his significant other... that Clay guy!!! LOL ldyj... thanks for bringing this over. Loved the Principal story!!! That Clay... we always hearing stories of his generosity. merrieeee... I'm glad Clay and the eHP helped you thru a difficult weekend. {{{{{{HUGS}}}}} I am so happy this taping went so well and cannot wait to see it and give my money to PBS for Clay goodies!!! Wheeeee!!!!!!!!

Couchie... eeeeeeeeeeeeeee is right!!! LOL Bottle... thanks for the cool pictures!!! luckiest... send him a kiss from me, please! This is soooo exciting!!! The reviews from the rehearsal sound awesome. June has never seemed so far away, but time just goes so fast nowadays that it'll be here before you know it. Also, we should get some sweeps stuff in May. I wonder what his performance song will be for tv shows. Wheeeeeee!!!!!!

Well you better at least remember PANTS! & HAIR! missy OMG I am so excited for Clay and all of the fans who will be there for this once in a lifetime event! I want so much for this to be perfect for him!! Even with my own life in such a damn mess I can't seem to get past my own wishes for Clay's success. Am I crazy EEEEEEEEEEE I can't wait for the RED to begin! tree... no,you are not crazy! Kooky, maybe... but not crazy... LOL No, really... I love Clay like he is a member of my family and I wish for his happiness and success almost as much as I do my kids and grandkids. He brings me so much joy that I just want it to continue and expand. And, I have a feeling that it will. He's in such a good place right now. You can tell how much he has responded to being truthful about who he really is. He's so much more confident and the peace and contentment just oozes out of him. He lifts my spirit and his music feeds my soul. I hope nothing leaks that shouldn't, but I cannot wait to hear all the recaps!!!

I just ordered 4 Clay CD/DVDs... Whooohooo!!!!!!!!! June 1st. Awesome! I expect some May sweeps appearances on my tv!!! Kimmel??? I am crossing my fingers on that cause I could go see him in person! I've been there for 3 of his appearances and would love to make #4. I don't really believe the show is sold out. I mean it is sold out, but many seats may be returned the last afternoon from the scalpers. I watch Clay's speech still. It gives me such a great feeling of happiness. Can't wait for stuff to replace it, tho!!!!

All the best, tree and all CA fans, for lots of "up close and personal" concerts! Happy Birthday to PerusingOne and soulsista4clay! Happy Weekend, all! Caro Caro.... I agree with all of your post!!! Including the HAPPY B'DAY to Persuingone and soulsista!!! Tree... I'm really hoping hard (hehe) that we both get to see Clay's stuff up close and personal this summer. I cannot stop watching Clay's HRC speech. He looks G.O.O.D. and I love the speech. I can't wait to see him perform cause he just has matured so nicely and is so full of confidence that his shows could be better than ever and that's a stretch cause they were pretty dang good before. This afternoon I was at my DD's and I told her about Phineas and Ferb and she pulled it up on the tv, so I watched a bit. She says my GDDs both just love it. She said to make sure and tell her when Clay will be on. She was excited about a Cluben tour, too, since she loved them and the songs Clay sang on AI. I think this will be a very good year for Mr. Aiken!

Man, I feel like I've been gone forever! I'm finally caught up and am very excited about everything that has happened while I was out sick and out babysitting. Couchie... I'm very happy to see the FCA front door back. Way to go!!!!!! I tried to use multi-reply and it worked but I can't make comments to it in this edit box posting I have to do here at work. I'm supposed to get a new computer in a few months, so until then I think I'll have to do my replying at home. I have watched Clay's speech umpteen times. He done good... more than good!!! I loved his speech, I loved his shoulders, I loved his everything. I'm so proud!!! I think Clay always brought out the best in Ruben and I think having him on his show will work out just fine because of that. Clay will make it fun... he always does! I'm very excited about him being a guest on Phineas and Flurb (or whatever it was). It sounds like a very good opportunity to show his stuff (not that stuff, treenuts) and a lot of fun for him. Can't wait!

luckiest... congrats to you and to Canada!!!!!!! I haven't seen the Virture and Moir performance yet, as it came on after I had to go to bed, so I'll watch it on TIVO tonight. I'm very glad they won, tho I really liked their practice buddies from the USA team (can't remember their names)... their Indian ice dance was awesome!!! Aspie... loved your montage! I, too, think Reed's modeling is very avant garde and b&w really suited him. Thanks for all the work!