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I suppose we all do care whether Clay's fathered a child or not. But caring about it, from our perspective, still doesn't mean we're entitled to an answer, imo. Besides...in the long run, this is the kind of thing where if you wait enough, the answer will reveal itself. I think by this time next year, at the latest, we'll know if Jaymes had a baby and whether Clay is the father. Clay looked mighty serious and tired to me in the pics. Gorgeous but somewhat weary. Maybe I'm just projecting...

Oooh...How about a David Foster song Clay's mentioned long time ago? "Through the Fire" also one of my personal favorites. And for a more upbeat song, any Maroon 5 song. I've always been curious about the song he may have passed up that might have gone to them.

{{{{Claygasm}}}}

Poor baby just looks tired to me. I hope he's getting enough rest and eating well. Yeah, I know, that sounded awfully maternal of me. What can I say? Sometimes, he makes me want to take care of him. I actually think the blond hair makes him look older than the brown did. I sometimes wonder what he sees when he looks in the mirror with all these different looks. The brown hair with bangs made him look a good 5 years younger than he was. Now, I think he actually looks his age. I think this is the first time I've actually thought he looked his age. He's always looked so young to me. But, hey, I'm not complaining. I like older looking Clay. :29:

I don't think it was just Simon that knew that Clay was running away with the competition. If I remember correctly, Nigel or Ken came forward a couple of years ago and said that Clay had been running away with the competition. It was all they could do to keep the suspense alive...so they made up the whole "this is such a close competition" thing. I actually believe the numbers between Ruben and Kim were very close. I remember Ryan saying the week Kim got kicked off that only 1% of votes separated the person leaving from the rest. The rest was Ruben but I think Clay was waaaaay ahead. As much as I enjoyed season 2, I think if we take Clay out of that season, it would have been just as flat as season 3 with Fantasia. Think about any of the other contestants as being missing from the top 12. Would Rickey have been missed? Did Kim C. bring that much excitement? Even the "winner" Ruben. If he had been missing would the suspense of the competition been deflated? Honestly, no. But if Clay had not been a part of that competition, no one else could have brought the excitement. That's why at one point, Simon was honest enough to acknowledge that Clay Aiken was the best thing to ever happen to AI. And because Clay is so exciting, such a dynamic personality, it makes him polarizing. Those who recognize his IT factor remain fans for life while others have visceral negative reactions because he isn't the typical star they want to admire. But they still can't help paying attention to him because something about him still commands it. That's why their hate runs so deep and why they are so irrational. It's them fighting against themselves and wishing that they could stop thinking about him...but they can't. So they blame him and try to "destroy" him. But nevertheless Clay just goes on being himself...compelling, fascinating, complex, imperfect, the sexy somewhat effeminate but nevertheless still the alpha-male that no one can ignore.

I have never commented on Clay's hair. Not because I don't have an opinion cause I do. Sometimes very strong ones. But even if his hair isn't the greatest, something about him overwhelms his appearance for me. I've had pretty strong opinions about his outfits too. Some I've really liked...some I've really, really disliked. The horse appearance with Jimmy Kimmel? Let's just say that outfit and hair would be an example of eliciting a strong reaction from me. But even then...as soon as he opened his mouth, started to talk, smiled, made interesting expressions with his fascinating face...I'm just a goner. Something about that man transcends all kinds of fashion mistakes. During AI2, I never noticed the sexy in him. He just kept blowing me away with his voice and his angelic aura. Yeah...I said it...angelic. He really reminded me of someone who didn't quite belong here on earth. But I think my subconscious was beginning to acknowledge the sexy in him during Mack the Knife. I sat with my mouth hanging open and waited until hubby went to bed before playing that clip over and over again. I wore out that part of my tape within a few weeks. Now, I've got that clip bookmarked on YouTube and still watch it with awe. With Solitaire, I admitted to myself that he had taken a piece of my heart somehow. It was all rather strange for someone who's never really had a celebrity crush. Yeah...I'm pretty hopeless. I just love him.

Ansamcw :thbighug-1: Speaking of AIR...can I just tell you my kids' spontaneous reactions to Corey Clark as soon as he opened his mouth to sing? They were :lmaosmiley-1: They just assumed he was one of the bad auditions that they had seen so much of in the past few weeks. When I told them that this was Hollywood week...that he'd been put through b/c the judges thought he was good, the confusion on their collective faces had me :lmaosmiley-1:

Um...I've been looking for a forum that sells concert tickets. Do we have such a forum in FCA? I think I may be able to fly into Chicago and catch the last show of the tour and would like a couple of decent tickets for the show before booking flights, hotels, etc. Thanks for any help.

Add me to the list of TOA lovers. I liked it on the cd but when I heard Clay sing this live, he made my heart stop. But, the sentimental favorite, BYLM does nothing for me still when I listen to the studio recording. I love watching him sing this on clack but it's still the one I skip when listening to the cd. Can I just say a huge OMG and swoon tonight in honor of Lean on Me? I heard this gem for the first time today and it will be on repeat for awhile. Where has this been? I would love a clean recording of this song and whoever wrote this song needs to be on a very short list of song writers who write specifically for Clay. And his duet partner? Not bad at all. They blended so well together. I felt like I was listening to the female version of Clay's voice. Love her. What is her name? Does she have any other songs out there for me to download?

I would agree with you on this. I think when he's not sure of what his own feelings or thoughts are on a matter, he'll let it sit for awhile. Sounds like that's what he did here with all his "ruminating". And I think he has a hard time disappointing those he cares about. He cares about Kim and he didn't want to hurt her and I think he hoped she would let the idea go when it was clear that he wasn't going to jump all over it. But, to be fair to Clay, most people would know how to read those signs and let it go.

Now you've got me curious. What is jello? And why is it YUCK?

sigh...you know, I've tried to give her the benefit of the doubt these last few days but....this....dang. I'm just liking her less and less. Clay was so classy in his response and there she goes getting all personal and pissy. Seriously, if she hadn't heard from him and he wasn't returning her calls for 2 months, at least according to her, how many more clues did she need?

What a great place you have here! I don't generally post much but enjoy reading others' clever posts. But I just wanted to say hi cause y'all are having so much fun!