Mandler

Sylvie! *waves* I have a new idea for Clay to use when his next album is released. This afternoon, I came out of class and had a missed call from an unfamiliar number on my phone. When I checked my voicemail, it was the guys from Rascal Flatts chattin' and laughin' and reminding me to buy their album today. Very exciting! I can only imagine how much more exciting it would be to have a call/message from Clay. Hee. Big props and thanks to those who have been working with the guts of the site and tweaking all the little things. I'm sure it's a big job as well as a maddening one at times. :F_05BL17blowkiss:

I second that. Grad school is kickin' my butt lately. Happy Celebrations to all those who have had celebrations of any kind! From new iPods to birthdays to anniversaries...that should cover everything, lol.

Pretty sure it was the day of LKL after ATDW was released.

GAH! That is one of my top-5 favorite pictures of Clay EVER. Love.love.love. And throw in some lust.lust.lust.

He's coming to spend those 5 Xs with me as a birfday present, of course (mine is the 13th, lol). [/delusion] Woah...I hadn't seen those numbers yet. Jeez, what a failure. Spin is definitely the word...

First page of a new thread! Maybe this getting up early stuff isn't all bad! Happy Birthday, ldyjocelyn! So you like smiling, laughing Clay, huh? Then these two guys are all yours today!

I wondered if maybe something was stuck, or caught up in his boxers and he was trying to shake it loose. I realize this is a departure from the smut, but day-um...there is something joyous about the way the man laughs and smiles... On top! And I was trying to avoid the smut...that'll show me!

You know it's bad when you look forward to the work week more than the weekend. Oy. First...eee! I was in Winston-Salem, too! My first close seat (7th row, I think), and I was in hea.ven. *sigh* Second, I distinctly remember the first time I noticed anything of a "waldo" sort about Clay. It was shortly after Idol, and I had just joined the boards (TTC at that time). Someone made a remark about "Grease," and I rewatched the video. I still remember the feeling of the lightbulb going off above my head, lol. I'm horribly nonobservant about that sort of thing, though. A board buddy of mine used to literally draw me diagrams when people would be having a fit over a pic and I'd be saying, "But I don't see anything!!" I agree that every tour has its own particular charms and memorable moments, but the NAT will likely always be my favorite. It's completely for selfish reasons. I got to go to more shows that tour than any other, had great luck with tickets, and got a M&G. Plus, he came to Lexington (eee!) and sang STO and SSD, two of my favorite songs. Now I'm all permagrin-y. Such.good.memories!

EEEEE!!! First UK win against a Top 10 team since 1977!! And against Looahvull! It doesn't get any sweeter than that! And I don't even like football! lol Clay in a football jersey? Check!

Just so y'all know, I blame you entirely for the fact that I made a batch of brownies this evening. Oy. Now I have a 9 x 13 pan full of them to resist. If only I had a tall, handsome neighbor with a striking resemblance to Mr. Clay Aiken but lacking his unfortunate chocolate allergy with whom I could share them... Now there's a cover Clay could sing! I'm kidding...kinda...hee.

New Ph.D. student classmate of mine is named Maryclai (Mary Clay is how it's pronounced)....just a random factoid. I'll admit to feeling like a bit of an outsider last evening, but then again, I'm an only child/only grandchild, so I'm used to being the "cheese stands alone" gal, lol. I was aware of it, but not all that distressed by it. So just to throw my opinion into the ring, the "adjustment period" to a new board/group is interesting. I realized after I joined that I haven't had to "meet new people" in this fandom (en masse, anyway) since joining my very first message board in 2003. Eeep. That be a long time. It's unsettling and exciting at the same time. And for the record, I didn't think things were at all "bad" last night. I thought the whole thing was handled in a respectful way.

Wise words. And it's not as if we're discussing the weather or something equally innocuous. People are invested, and emotions get tangled. I'm a firm believer (even if I haven't/don't always practice(d) it) in waiting to post, editing, and in saying some things to my computer screen or to a friend that never get posted. I don't know how many times there have been things that triggered just too personal of a response, and sometimes I have to check the impulse to share that with the rest of the cyberworld because I know I don't have any good explanation other than "that's how I feel." Granted, that's explanation enough sometimes, but I always question if it's worth the potential angst or can I be happy just complaining to a friend or going for a walk or cranking up the stereo and dealing with it that way? That's just how I personally deal...everyone is different. In lighter news...saw this at CV: And the pic... So cute!

Personally, I don't think we know enough about the situation from either side to make much of a judgment about Clay's or Kim's motives/thoughts/mistakes. All we have is what has been in "print." Yes, his blog had a tone of exasperation/anger to it. I imagine that might come from being deluged with comments/posts from dozens of whiny children calling themselves his fans. And honestly, when I read it, it just seems like he was trying to be very, very clear so that hopefully no one would find "hidden meanings" in his words. I don't get as much of a "pissy" vibe as other people seem to have gotten. Kim's words, too, have a tone of frustration and anger. Maybe she's pissed at Clay because he didn't want to do the tour, maybe she interpreted his words to mean that she was wrong to have said anything, maybe he told her she was wrong to say anything. None of us knows that. They could have talked. Doesn't mean he or she would be any less upset in their respective comments. Was the situation seemingly handled in the most mature of ways? Not really. But God help me if every spat I had with a friend was a matter of public consumption and I had hundreds of relatively uninformed onlookers critiquing my every word/action.

Ack! Really? I hope it hasn't come to that. Good God, this is so junior high school. But friendships aren't...I hope Kim and Clay can meet IN PERSON and work this out between them...if that's what they want to do. And I sure as hell hope that all the experts in every other area of Clay's life---both professional and personal---that lecture and interfere as though it were their manifest destiny will NOT do anything ANYthing to make a difference in whatever their relationship is going to be. God. Get your OWN fucking lives, people! Dit.to. MySpace wars? This is junior high school.

I'm just outraged that she quoted his blog. Rule-breaker!! *adds Kim's name to the Bad Fan list* Hee. In all seriousness, I agree that she didn't address the issue as "professionally" as she could have. Of course, maybe she didn't feel all that "professional" after the last few days. It would have been nice if she could have responded without making it personal, but it's too late for that now. Whatever. I second the Oy. Man, I hope this doesn't become one of those stories that would never have been a story without fans drawing attention to it. *sigh*