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liney23, of course you can call me Salty. I'm used to seeing it spelled Saltie, but everybody calls me that. Someday I'm going to answer the office phone that way. That cake sounds great! I forgot about Skor bars - they're tasty! Speaking of tasty, I haven't had dinner yet. I think I should have the stir fry I made before the chocolate! aikim, we've had lower forties here for a few weeks, then close to ninety during the day. I'm so not ready to give up on summer yet, although only two more haircut appointments for me until the next tour!

Ah, but what if he came home unexpectedly, and you'd just eaten chocolate? He would be able to smell it, and might get mad and spank you. Hmmmm, come to think of it, that might not be so bad .... See? Lots more fun than giving it up! Kinda like having your Clay and eating it, too. Oops, that's not how the saying goes.

Considering Clay's allergy, this might be the right website! Maybe the next topic could be would you give up chocolate for Clay? I would have to ruminate on that...... Nope. I'd just eat it when he was out of town. ETA: Regarding Clay ruminating, I just pictured him thinking about it off and on - like a conversation that won't get out of your head. I looked up the word just now and the first definition was "To chew cud"!

My DH loves the "Endangered Special" milk chocolate, so I don't have to share!

I'm not, but I don't tolerate sugar very well. I love finding a really good candy store that has sugar free chocolates. I always go for the peanut butter cups! I can have sugar, but I've tried the sugar free chocolate because it doesn't have as many calories. Some brands are really good, but they can make my stomach upset. Have you found any that don't do that? 'Course, if I eat the whole box, I guess that might be the problem . . . I've never bought sugar free chocolate at any place but a chocolate shop, and then usually just one piece. It must be the artificial sweetener that doesn't sit well with you. My absolute favorite chocolate is "Endangered Species Chocolate - Extreme Dark Chocolate" It as 88 percent cocoa and it's not bitter like some darks can be. I usually have one or two little squares at a time, which is about 2 grams of sugar. It's NOT low calorie and low fat, though. ETA: Uh oh, I'm at the top of the page. I forget why that's bad, but we're talking about chocolate so it can't be too horrible!

I'm not, but I don't tolerate sugar very well. I love finding a really good candy store that has sugar free chocolates. I always go for the peanut butter cups!

Chocolate! What a board. I leave for a couple of days and this place goes from the Reunion to No Reunion to Chocolate! Make mine extra dark and organic, please. And speaking of sweet things, this isn't on this page yet.

Yeah, that!!! The best post on the subject that I've read yet! I just can't take this all seriously, so I think I'll go back a page or two and just look at the hand pictures. Or eyelashes, maybe.

I am so far behind! I have no idea what was photoshopped and just an inkling of latest controversy. I did go back and drool over the lovelies in this thread, though. I've got my priorities. Just a quick word on the rumored tour... I think it will be fun. Clay will have fun with his friends - and he's at this best when he's excited and having fun. I enjoyed Ruben and Kim on AI, so I wouldn't mind seeing them again. Clay seems to get bored easily and he shares the spotlight so well with others, so why not? We could get to see yet another side of his interesting personality. I don't really think this would be replacing something else he could be doing, because, from what I can tell, it takes a long time for tours and appearances to get planned and set up. Clay said in a M&G that he wouldn't tour this summer if he didn't have a CD drop in the spring, so I look at it as a possible bonus. I've never believed we would get the CD in the spring - too "soon". Maybe in the fall, and then we'll get another tour! (I can hope!) Never enough live Clay, IMO.

Should we give you something else to ogle, like a different body part? Good thing I didn't have coffee in my mouth now or I would have spit it all over the screen!!!

Yeah, I was really bummed about the arm fur, too, until I realized that the lack of gave me reason for new fantasies. :eusa_whistle: Crap, I'm going to be away for a week with just coffee shops to stop in and get my internet fix. I hate ogling arm fur with people watching over my shoulder.

Clay uses his hands as an extension of his voice. I first really noticed it on the JNT2 - not that he wasn't doing it before, it's just that's when I first put the thought into words. Last Christmas I was at the Long Island concert when Clay had vertigo and held on to the stool most of the night. Oh, how I missed those hands! (His voice was spectacular anyway). ~ I find Clay's personal preferences, whether sexual or of anything else, interesting, but basically irrelevant to me. Since I don't know him, he can be anything I want in my fantasies. What I find rude and intolerable is people pushing their agendas through someone who is basically minding his own business. I need to quit checking for new hand pictures every 35 seconds and get something done.

Cotton, what a nice first post! I'm just not gonna get any work done today. Lurves those hands! ldyjocelyn, "mature" hands, huh? I'm not going to post what comes to mind with that idea. I think I'll go back and see if I can put together a thoughtful description of those hands. Nope. Just . That's all I've got.

THOSE GORGEOUS HANDS! I had a ton of posts quoted - there's been some great ones here over the weekend - but I saw those hands and all my brain cells started to vibrate and now I can hardly type! ~ Regarding the OFC, I'll join again. I seldom post or read the MB but, when I have the time, I love the blogs - both writing my own and reading others. Especially Clay's blog!

It's a deal! Well put. I've had the same experience. Even if my friends were geographically close, I can hardly imagine how we would have met, let alone become friends. It's a wonderful part of being a fan. ~ Bottlecap that picture is just beyond words! ~ ETA: Thanks,JennaZ! :xmas07a:

Gosh, I'm not here for 24 hours and already I can't keep up! Regarding seat locations, the first time I ever saw Clay I had the most horrible seats - way up in the nosebleeds in Seattle for the AI2 tour. The closest I've been is row 3, if he came to the side of the stage - it was U shaped. He's so purdy up that close! Most of the time I'm contented to be closer than row 20. I love the small venue format, both for the intimacy and the sound quality. Question (it may have been answered, but I didn't see it) - the AI reruns - what station and time? couchie (I hope it's okay to call you that already) and others have posted about people being disappointed in Clay if he ever {fill in the blank}. I hope that fans and others that follow Clay's career aren't turned off by one action - everyone does things out of character at times. Those that don't follow Clay so closely might. One example, I was very uncomfortable with many things when Clay was cohosting with Ripa, but I've seen enough of Clay over the years to be able to chock it up to nerves and some weird vibes from Kelly. My hair stylist, however, was totally turned off by Clay. She had always loved Clay's voice. She had bragged about playing his Christmas CD constantly. I gave her ATDW and got a big hug and lots of excitement. Now I just don't bring up the subject - it makes me mad/sad to hear her criticize him (and his hair). When I hear Clay say that he doesn't drink, I don't hear "I've never had a drink and I never will". Same with swearing. ("I cussed at the meet and greet." - too funny). Other than when I was in high school I have said that I don't smoke. Which is true, except if you pass me a fine cigar I won't turn down a drag or two. I think the important thing is the patterns in people's lives - that's where a person's true character shows. Having said that, I very seldom bring up Clay's character if I'm speaking to someone who doesn't know of him. I focus on the voice, hoping that if that person will give a listen to the voice, they might be interested in learning about the man. At Pala my husband and I sat behind two couples who were there because one of the wives had seen Clay on AI2. They were all impressed with his voice and his humor (the men especially with his humor, as others have said here) and said they would go see him again. Regarding Clay's popularity, I would like to see him release something that would interest concert promoters on the West Coast. My travel budget is not what I'd like it to be. I have to admit that in some way I don't want him to get "too big" - too many people to share with! ~ Wow, what a long and rambling post - especially since I was just going to come here and say "hi"! ~ :xmas07a:

When did Clay say "I not as innocent as you think I am"? Really early on, I think. When he was still on Idol? Regarding the drinking, I've heard him say a couple times recently that he doesn't, so I just believe what he says. He worked saying that into teasing people who were. He wasn't at all role-model-ish about it; it just seemed spontaneous, like part of him. Claygasm, great find! ~ :xmas07a:

That's exactly why I've warmed up to this place so quickly.

I'm rather squicked out when he's compared to Elvis. I'm not old enough to remember young cool Elvis and mostly only remember the bad ending. I don't much look at how Clay's career might fit into musical history. I hope he's around for a long time in one capacity or another and that it's what he wants it to be. I'm simple like that. But sometimes I do look at him up there on the stage and marvel that only 5 years ago he was just another someone...someone's neighbor, someone's friend, someone's co-worker, someone's nephew. It makes me look at the people around me and wonder which of them could handle having that sort of massive seismic shift happen in their life? And how many hidden gems are there in my very own life that maybe I'm overlooking? After reading comments last night I woke up this morning thinking about Clay being "bigger than Elvis" or "bigger than the Beatles" or "the new Frank Sinatra", according to my mom's boyfriend. I kind of liked the idea of Clay having that kind of recognition and fan base, but I understand what you mean about Elvis, JaMar. I remember when Elvis died because it was on my brother's birthday. At that time I thought he was a pathetic sort of man. That is never what I wanted for Clay. What I realized this morning is that I never really cared how "big" Clay got, I just wanted him to continue his singing career and be in my life. My life has expanded exponentially since Clay came into it. My husband and I travel to concerts in places we haven't visited before, I have a group of wonderful and amazing friends that I met through a fan site and I just have a lot of fun being a fan. Fun - that is the place that I am at with being a fan. I enjoy it and embrace having fun being a fan. I really don't even mind being called a Claymate. I, quite selfishly, want to continue my Clay fun. I get bored easily, so I can't imagine my attention being held just watching old videos. I just keep my fingers crossed that Clay wants to continue. Clay still seems very much another "someone" to me - a someone with extraordinary talent, but, like you have said so well, there are lots of those "someones" out there. He also makes me realize how each one of us has extraordinary talent in one area or another - it's just that most of us will have that talent only acknowledged by a few people rather than many. "Use your voice" - Clay, most of the time, I think, sees that "someone" in himself and the ability to contribute extraordinary talent in others, and that inspires me. I prayed for Clay all the time during that whirlwind period. I worried when he looked so tired. He does seem so much more happy now, so himself. Maybe some of it is just in growing up and learning how to hold his own. I don't know how anyone could sustain the pace that he did in the beginning. At least without things turning out like they did for Elvis. Time, experience, career ups and downs, fan support, family and friends, and maybe even medication, whatever, he now seems like a man who owns his career. I agree. I can't see someone giving such a large amount of time in a concert to being cool and getting radio play as a person who doesn't care about that portion of his career. And I've only been to one television taping, but I could see how high his energy was that night. I think back to how Clay has described being too subborn to give up at the various setbacks on Idol and I can imagine getting radio play can push the same buttons for him.

(What a great smilie! - I'm likin' this place!) I forgot about Library Hair!!! I must modify my opinion. Kimmel/Virgin Records Hair is my favorite I have seen-and-been-close-enough-to-touch hair and Library Hair is my favorite professional-photo hair. Keep posting and I'll have to add to the list. ~ Yeah, Ducky I don't know dark music. Heck, half the time I skip anything in a minor key! :music-smiley-023: ~ :xmas07a:

I'm much more optimistic when there's another tour scheduled! Clay was just so "in charge" this last tour - really owned it - that I can envision him getting the chance to do what he wants with the upcoming CD. I'll keep hoping for early 2008, though, just so we can get a summer tour next year! ~ Snowflake hair - what hair - it's hard to get beyond the Snowflake look, that face, those eyes!! ~ :xmas07a:

Long, long ago! I just wanted to see this again - beautiful! Ducky after spending a few hours listening to one of the CDs you burned me, this just cracks me up! It would be angst-y, dark Clay! I know the feeling; I don't listen to anything else remotely like Clay - well, there isn't anyone remotely close anyway! ~ A fold! I don't think so! ~ ETA: I figured out the quote thingy - I feel so giddy technologically competent now. :xmas07a:

YSRN Thanks for fixing me! I was just going back to try and figure out how to redo it. Edited because I can't type right tonight! ~ :xmas07a:

New Brunswick and one or two, as yet undecided, for me.

Hi saltie! Hate to disagree so early, but that was my least favorite look of all... I just did not care for that outfit, or the way those bangs were all muppet-like or anything... I did love his shaven leg on Kimmel tho! I don't even remember what he wore and it's in my avatar! I admire those of you that know exactly where Clay was by the outfit and hair. ~ How do you quote more than one person in a reply box? Do we have a help section here? ETA: Oh goodness, this is just a mess! ~ ... all better. You just needed one more close quote thingy. ~~ysrn :xmas07a: