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The mother in me REALLY wants a sit down with Clay on how to take care of himself and not get sick. He can't afford to for the next several months and he'll be under a lot of physical strain in that play. 8 performances a week!
I want to tell him to get a flu shot, hand sanitizer, and Clorox wipes and I'm not even a mom. Spamalot should be both a good workout and a test of his stamina (awatiing response to this opening with interest *g*).
Well, honestly (and this is just MO obviously) I think that after 15 weeks of 8 shows a week on Spamalot, the guy will maybe want to take a bit of a vacation. Like a few months. And then there will be album promo. And hopefully (again, just MO) another Christmas tour. So I sure don't expect another pop tour before spring 2009.My thoughts too.
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As for dental matters, my cavities have been reduced to zero by using a nightly fluoride rinse. A dentist recommended it about 10 years ago and I haven't had a cavity since then! When I've had root canals, I prefer seeing an endodontist, who is a specialist in that area. My dentist thinks he can do a root canal, but in terms of pain relief and expertise in the procedure, an endodontist is the best choice.
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Congratulations, couchie on getting the job! Glad to read that your Clay stalking *g* has been enabled.
jazzgirl, ROTFL for your funky ideas / irreverence -- after I make it big in the porn industry I'll be sure to remember to thank you at all the award shows!I'll take a forward in your upcoming bestseller "Confessions of the Claymate Madam". Maybe I can get a credit for narrating the inevitable Lifetime movie just as Clay is getting a credit for narrating Rewind? The opening line could be "she left technology to find her true calling".
Thanks for appreciating my quirky! :F_05BL17blowkiss:
Ah, so you are familiar with Linda. Clay could do worse than have the type of career Linda has had with a loyal cadre of fans who flock to her concerts. Does KAndre have a cadre or is that the eHP? KAndre's Cadre does have a ring to it.
I just spent the last few hours making air, hotel, and theater reservations for NYC!!!!! I got tickets (mid-March) in rows B and C for Tuesday and Thursday. I'm WAY to cheap to spend twice that to go on the weekend! Jeesh! I can't wait!!! My friend and I are running away from our families! I love NYC!!Good for you and your friend for getting away!
Continued prayers for those dealing with the fires.
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Scarlett, :F_05BL17blowkiss:, for your hellacious time last week. Instead of condolences, I thought I would offer some irreverence to distract you (it's the Monty Python influence, of course):
Thanks v. much for the hugs! They really meant a lot to me. (and I apologize in advance for the following rant, scroll pls)My problem was that I spent most of the week on audio calls with completely new people from all over and (as many of you can confirm) the trouble is that I sound like a high school kid on the phone. Not even just a high school kid, a freshman. Or a middle schooler. Even the yarn people I order stuff from keep trying to double-check to make sure I'm not some little girl using her mom's credit card.
*Enormous grin here* You do know that if technology doesn't work out, you could parlay this natural talent into great success in the phone sex industry?
And while I may be the happiest little frog in the world when I'm hopping about on a lily pod outside, being pinned down under bright lights is really the most annoying thing in the world.Yes, I accept that I should show some patience because I'm sort of breaking ground here; a lot of people still don't expect to meet techie people from the Philippines. At least nowadays, when I walk into a room people usually don't pause to wonder if I'm there to clean it or make a presentation but this week it felt like the last 12 years of solid work got chucked out the window. I guess people do live for the moment after all. (btw, this doesn't bode well for the career model that I and the rest of FCA picture for that guy up there)
I think you need a song. Everyone should have their own personal "knock-them dead" theme song to sing to themselves when needed. If you don't have one, here's a great one for you:
"I Am What I Am" - You can hear it here, click on Broadway My Way (full CD), it's the first selection. The singer, Linda Eder, is a Streisand-like belter.
These are the lyrics, repeat them to yourself when you march into a room:
I am what I am
I am my own special creation.
So come take a look,
Give me the hook or the ovation.
It's my world that I want to take a little pride in,
My world, and it's not a place I have to hide in.
Life's not worth a damn,
'Til you can say, "Hey world, I am what I am."
I am what I am,
I don't want praise, I don't want pity.
I bang my own drum,
Some think it's noise, I think it's pretty.
And so what, if I love each feather and each spangle,
Why not try to see things from a diff'rent angle?
Your life is a sham 'til you can shout out loud
I am what I am!
I am what I am
And what I am needs no excuses.
I deal my own deck
Sometimes the ace, sometimes the deuces.
There's one life, and there's no return and no deposit;
One life, so it's time to open up your closet.
Life's not worth a damn 'til you can say,
"Hey world, I am what I am!
*End of irreverence*
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And once again we're all sent a reminder of just how precarious life is. Anyone's fortune can turn in an instant and I want to learn how to appreciate and make the most of all of the "instants" I have. I have a lot of work to do there: I hope I have the time to make progress!That was beautifully expressed!
{{{ldyjocelyn & hubby}}} Hoping for the best.
{{{SoCal peeps}}} Stay safe!
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That is funny!
That particular site wasn't posted before, just the YouTube site. Maybe Clay and company can add "Hava Nagila" to the Christmas show in preparation for the dance scene!*g*
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How true and how wonderful that you savor the richness of that time when you had "the reason" for not going.but what I wouldn't give to not go to concerts because the reason for not going still existed.cha cha trusty, so glad to read that you came through relatively unscathed. I always liked the reference Clay made in one liner note of being glad every morning when your feet touch the floor. Today is truly a day to count your blessings.
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Congratulations, Aikim! I'm so glad Clay saw your warm, supportive post. If that's not a reason to be positive on the OFC, I don't know what is. I kind of hope that others learn a lesson from it.
People learning from Clay's positive reinforcement of a supportive post on the OFC? What an earth-shattering concept!
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Does the performer who plays Robin usually play the piano part himself? In the video I was watching on YouTube, it seemed to me that the actor was just pretending..
David Hyde Pierce, if that was the actor, is an accomplished pianist. He studied classical piano at Yale.
aikim, as I said elsewhere, I think you got the equivalent of a kiss from Conrad Birdie (in the play "Bye, Bye Birdie", one lucky girl from his fan club won a kiss from the heartthrob who was leaving for the service). Lucky you!
This article, although old, is very interesting in regard to Spamalot's appeal to a male audience:
April 10, 2005'Spamalot' Discovers the Straight White Way By JESSE McKINLEY
HE other night at the Shubert Theater, home of the freshly minted hit "Spamalot," there were lines everywhere. There were lines at the box office and lines at the cancellation window. There were lines at the souvenir stand and lines at the bar. There were lines upstairs, lines downstairs and lines on the stairs in between.
But there was one spot with no line whatsoever: the ladies' room.
That's because "Spamalot," Broadway's hottest show, drawn from the 1975 cult film "Monty Python and the Holy Grail," has managed to tap into a rare, highly prized Broadway demographic: men; specifically, the kinds of teenagers and 20-somethings who find jokes about fish, flatulence and the French absolutely sidesplitting and who normally wouldn't be headed to the theater unless dragged by a girlfriend, school trip or court order.
"They are what the movie preview experts call young males under 35," said Mike Nichols, who directed "Spamalot." "And we have them."
Indeed, "Spamalot" may have created an entirely new breed of raving musical theater fan, one who has probably never heard of Rodgers and Hammerstein or Kander and Ebb or even - gasp - Stephen Sondheim, but who can quote full stretches of dialogue from 30-year-old films by British sketch-comedy troupes.
"I see guys in standing room yakking it up, hounding their girlfriends, elbowing them," Mr. Nichols said. "The guys actually lead it."
Guys like Jerry Gioia, 23, an air-conditioning duct worker (or "tin-knocker" as he prefers to be called) who lives with his parents in Bellmore, N.Y., and who, before last week, had seen exactly one Broadway show. (It was "Beauty and the Beast," and it was "very creative," he said.)
But last Saturday night, Mr. Gioia - a self-described huge Python fan - headed to Broadway with his uncle and two cousins.
"I like the dry humor," he said, standing outside the theater at intermission, a cigarette in one hand and a bag of "Spamalot" merchandise in the other. "I hear other plays have comedy on Broadway, but I don't know. This, though, is hysterical. It's even better than the movie."
Nobody's saying that "Spamalot" is only drawing men, of course; since opening on March 17, the show has regularly sold out the Shubert and built an advance of more than $20 million, a figure that indicates that it is selling in every demographic imaginable. (And women are certainly attending; on Saturday night - date night - the queue for the ladies' room was almost, but not quite, as long as for the men's.) Industry officials, though, say they are impressed by the show's ability to draw men in their 20's, 30's, and 40's, and their kids.
"It seems so far that 'Spamalot' has the potential to become a show for young guys like 'Wicked' is for young girls," said Jed Bernstein, the president of the League of American Theaters and Producers.
As such, "Spamalot" may already be grasping the holy grail of Broadway: new audience members. Faced with an aging consumer base - the average Broadway theatergoer is older than 40 - producers have become increasingly desperate to build new groups of potential ticket buyers, whether they are Beach Boys fans (targeted by the new musical "Good Vibrations") or devotees of East German transvestite antique collectors ("I Am My Own Wife").
Last year's revival of Lorraine Hansberry's "Raisin in the Sun," starring Sean Combs and Phylicia Rashad, illustrated how another niche audience, blacks, could contribute to a play's success on Broadway. Musicals like "Wicked" and "Hairspray" - both big hits - have done well in part by drawing hordes of women in their teens and 20's, many of whom identify with the young, flawed-but-strong female protagonists. (In "Hairspray," the heroine, Tracy, is overweight; in "Wicked," Elphaba, the nice witch, is just plain green.)
In fact, Broadway's audience is now nearly two-thirds female, according to statistics from the League of American Theaters and Producers. Women, who also make up the majority of ticket buyers, are more likely to be regular and repeat theatergoers. (Men, it seems, have some commitment problems.) And when it comes to young men, the numbers are even more discouraging; men under 35 - coveted by advertisers, television programmers and others trying to get their hands in the pockets of America - make up only about 12 percent of the average Broadway audience.
No one knows how many of these men are straight and how many are gay. What's certain is that, right or wrong, there is a perception that Broadway is awash in gay-themed shows, a stereotype amplified by high-profile productions like Boy George's "Taboo," "The Boy From Oz," starring Hugh Jackman, and this year's revival of "La Cage Aux Folles," all of which have gay characters at their centers.
And while avid theatergoers, including many gay men, will go to see almost any musical regardless of subject matter, young straight men not in the habit of seeing plays seem to need some assurance that they will find something familiar and likable. And what could be a safer bet than a guy movie like "Monty Python and the Holy Grail"? (It's worth noting that another of the season's big musical comedies, "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels," also comes from a film that traffics in bawdy humor and boys behaving badly.)
Harvey Fierstein, who in addition to currently playing Tevye in "Fiddler on the Roof" also wrote the book for "La Cage Aux Folles," says it would be a stretch to say the needs of straight men are not being met on Broadway: "When have straight white men not gotten what they wanted?" But he agrees that Broadway has been doing a bad job of catering to the desire for the type of broad, silly, overt comedy currently on display at the Shubert.
"There's always been a place for a show like 'Spamalot,' " said Mr. Fierstein, who saw it in previews. "But we as a Broadway community got narrow minded and stopped doing those type of wild, slapsticky shows. We forgot how to do it."
Indeed, "Spamalot" also seems to be tapping into a sort of nostalgia for adolescent humor that is a staple of movies of the Farrelly brothers (and the Marx Brothers, for that matter) but that is rarely seen on Broadway.
Brian Peltonen offers a case in point. A video-game programmer from Boston, Mr. Peltonen, 27, said he had seen all the Monty Python movies several times ("even 'Jabberwocky,' " he said, citing a tangential entry in the Python canon) and bought four tickets for "Spamalot" as Christmas presents, including one for his buddy, Karl Hutter, 28, who flew in from Beijing to see the show. (Mr. Peltonen also brought his girlfriend, Alicair, who had never seen a Broadway show.)
"I figure the Python people wouldn't bring it to Broadway unless they thought it was good enough," Mr. Peltonen said, adding that if it wasn't for "Spamalot," there would be about "a 10 percent chance" of his coming to Broadway. "It wasn't exactly Ionesco or O'Neill, but we were laughing pretty hard."
In "Spamalot" the heroes aren't deep or even genuine, but they are funny, which is what matters to many men. "Gags about cruelty and violence and sophomoric dopey things have a kind of male feel to them," Mr. Nichols said. "It's what guys do and like to hear about on poker night."
Tim Curry, who plays a very silly King Arthur in the musical, confirms this, claiming to regularly see packs of young men chortling along to the show.
"They come in pockets of four or five guys from the frat, or who four or five guys who were frat brothers," he said, sounding a bit like the narrator of a National Geographic wildlife special.
Mr. Curry, of course, knows a thing or two about cultish fan bases, seeing as he was the star of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show," which like "Holy Grail" was released in 1975. "I think they are the same in that when young people experience a movie it becomes a badge of their smartness," he said. "And then it becomes a club."
As such, there's also probably a small cultural movement at work here, too, as evidenced by the rise of recent adaptations of many of the ur-texts of male geekdom, from the blockbuster film saga "The Lord of the Rings" (which is also being turned into a musical) to "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," a movie being released this month. (And the BBC recently announced that Dr. Who was coming back.)
Still, the "Spamalot" phenomenon surprises some who have been going to - and performing on - Broadway for years.
"If I were of frat boy age and I had $100, would I opt for a Broadway ticket or would I want to spend that on booze and drugs?" Mr. Fierstein asked. "Even I, and I am as gay as a pink leather piñata, would choose booze and drugs."
Mr. Nichols said he hoped that his audience would be permanently converted. "The excitement is having gotten some of those men back who might have approached the theater like it's modern dance and not without provocation," he said. "It's nice to have them back."
Or coming for the first or the second time, as in the case Mr. Gioia, who said he loved "Spamalot" and would probably go to see other Broadway shows: if, of course, there was anything that held some appeal. "It's like reading a book," he said, "I'm only going to read something that interests me. Otherwise, how often am I going to be here?"
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I'd go see Clay if he were giving a concert in hell.
I have no standards.
This could start another "Green Eggs and Ham" parody. I would see him in Hell,
I would go there with bells.
I would see him in a casino,
I would even imbibe the vino
In vino veritas
In Hell there would be heatus
But I'd go
I'd go
Cause I'm a concert ho.
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In other words, he looks like an average 28-year-old guy who doesn't live at the gym, used to be excessively skinny but age is catching up with him.
I saw someone I hadn't seen in a few years yesterday who had lost weight and was surprised at myself for thinking that she looked much better before the weight loss. This person needed an extra 10-15 pounds so she would not look so thin in the face. I once heard an actress say that as a woman ages, she either has a good face or a good butt, meaning that if you have a good butt, you lose the fat padding in your face, and if you have a good face with a little fullness, your butt suffers.
I think Clay looks so much better than his seemingly anorexic AI days, but he does need to watch for an increasingly sluggish metabolism. The medications effects he really can't do anything about if the medications are helping him.
Wonder what Jamie thought of his clandestine lunch at Jean Georges with Ms. Banks....
That moves one marker from the shipping column. Tyra did seem quite happy to mention his name. Maybe we should move two markers.
I thought that line was funny. I viewed it more globally as stating that he is not gay and by Christmas he will still not be gay, in the same way that he won't turn Martian by Christmas. As for not drinking, smoking, swearing, or womanizing, Clay may still not do these things, depending on how strictly or liberally someone construes those terms.As long as Clay is still not gay by Christmas, he will still be scheduled to perform. -
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Ruben's story was that he saw Clay sitting with a group of attractive women--forget the term he used--and realized that he and Clay had a lot in common.
So he went up to the table and Clay invited him to join them. They exchanged phone numbers that day and have been friends ever since. His imitation of Clay's accent was right on--very funny.<snip>
What an interesting and funny tidbit!
Um, Clay's pot belly is getting bigger!! If he doesn't watch it, he and Ruben may be able to exchange clothes!!!
:o In that second picture, doesn't it look like his zipper is down.....
Clay needs to learn that horizontal stripes flatter only the skinniest. They may work for socks, but not for tops.
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Happy Birthday LAUGHN!
But mostly I wish Happy Birthday to Justin Hayward because he wrote and sang this song in 1969, which is my favorite song in the history of songs that I even know about. It still takes my breath away - and the album cover is all the video this song will allow.Thanks for the link. I really enjoyed that!
:F_05BL17blowkiss: to all of those dealing with illness of family and friends. It is a very tough road.
I don't think Clay would introduce Jamie as his cousin if she were more than that, either. Whatever their relationship, I think he is very lucky to have such a convenient companion with the ready-made cover of a familial relationship.
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Wow, I just re-read that and it sounds kinda bossy, doesn't it? Would it help if I preceeded the post with "I suggest..."?
I think you just sound motherly! Very interesting about having a coat cover your kidneys. Haven't heard that before now, but it makes sense. Also an all-purpose scarf to wrap around your neck and face is a good idea too.
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I think we should rename Cuddle Duds to Cuddle Dudes and have Clay as the sponsor!
Oh, I love the idea of Cuddle Dudes! The main trick to surviving winter in the Midwest is to dress in layers and always wear a hat. I once read that you can lose 70% of your body heat by going hatless. Hats can be cute, too. For those who remember the 70s, think of Mary Tyler Moore ripping her beret off to toss in the air in downtown Minneapolis!
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I thought I read a report of tights plus tunics in Spamalot. From this clip, the costume looks more like a dress.
Karen Eh?, I'm enjoying your updates. Good luck with your bartering skills tomorrow!
Ah, but those tunics seems like they're split in the front. Seems like many opportunities to take a peek... or two...
Optimism abounds here! I just knew someone would comment on that.
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I thought I read a report of tights plus tunics in Spamalot. From this clip, the costume looks more like a dress.
Karen Eh?, I'm enjoying your updates. Good luck with your bartering skills tomorrow!
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I could post the lyrics to "Kung Fu Fighting", but those are just awful!
The grasshopper mention was hysterical!
Keith did write a very pretty song. One I would love Clay to sing, however, I just don't think it is one he would ever pick.
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I probably am a lyrics person (although I think Ravel's "Bolero" says a lot without any lyrics!), but I'm fairly easy about them. Some of the rap lyrics above do leave me scratching my head. This song contains some of my favorite lyrics ever; IMO, the song is really all lyrics as the melody is simple and the singer wasn't exceptional, but it did win an Academy Award:
I'm Easy - Keith CarradinePlease stop pulling at my sleeve if you're just playing,
If you'll not take the things you make me want to give,
I never cared too much for games and this one's driving me insane.
You're not half as free to wander as you claim.
I'm easy, I'm easy. Say the word, I'll play your game,
As though that's how it ought to be. I'm easy.
Don't lead me on if there's nowhere for you to take me,
If loving you will have to be a sometime thing.
I can't put bars on my insides; my love is something I can't hide
I still hurt when I recall the times I've tried. I'm easy, I'm easy.
Take my hand and pull me down.
I won't put up any fight, because I'm easy.
Don't do me favors, let me watch you from a distance,
Cause when you're near, it's hard for me to keep my head.
When your eyes throw light at mine, it's enough to change my mind
Make me leave my cautious ways and world behind.
I'm easy. I'm easy
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I would love to hear Clay sing something by Sondheim sometime -- maybe this one since it's not too dark...
Being Alive
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
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Oh, I adore the "Company" score! I went YouTubing a few months ago for all the Company revival clips after seeing Raul Esparza on the Tony Awards show singing "Being Alive". Hands down, I think his version was the best ever and from the YouTube clips I've see, I think Raul was the best Bobby ever; Raul, IMO, brought some fire and passion to a character that was rather wimpy. Which got me to thinking, I wonder if Clay got to see this show before it closed in July? I would love to see Clay as Bobby, just to hear "Being Alive", of course, and the additional song "Marry Me a Little". I do think that now Clay is too young to play Bobby, the character needs someone more in the mid-thirties range, but I would love the idea of Clay seeing the show and aspiring to that role. Or maybe we could get lucky someday and Clay may be invited to a Broadway event or PBS show and sing that song!
Actually, something about "This is the Night" has always reminded me of Sondheim's "Send in the Clowns", besides the four syllable title; maybe TITN is the pop version of the latter.
I am usually a lyrics person and it was the weirdest thing that ATD seemed to conjure up 3 of my favorite stories on the Science Fiction Hall of Fame Vol. 1: Asimov's "Nightfall", Keyes' "Flowers for Algernon" and Zelazny's "A Rose for Ecclesiastes"I also love "Flowers for Algernon". Thanks for the recommendation on the other two stories, I'll look for them now!
ETA: Cotton, these are reported to be the original lyrics of ATD (found in a moonhead post at CV):
Through my eyesI have seen the world start spinning like a ball
Stars light up and then fall for you
So then what's a man like me supposed to do?
Could I give you the moon? Would you notice that I'm right beside you?
Well now 1000 days and 1000 nights are not enough
Cause I can't hold back the way I feel about my love
Won't let it go
Won't let it go
And if the angels came, I'd fight them back to win your soul
So that Lucifer and Gabriel just go back home
They oughta know, they oughta know
That you're mine, all mine
In my world
You're the sun that shines and lights up the evening skies
Clearing up the horizon
Oh girl
Come with me and I will never let you down
Oh, and in this love we'll drown, this I promise you
May God strike me down
Well now 1000 days and 1000 nights are not enough
Cause I can't hold back the way I feel about my love
Won't let it go
Won't let it go
And if the angels came, I'd fight them back to win your soul
So that Lucifer and Gabriel just go back home
They oughta know, they oughta know
That you're mine, all mine
I would crawl at your feet just to reach you
I’d stand tall I won’t preach but listen
Your heart won't lie
So reach out for me
Well now 1000 days and 1000 nights are not enough
Cause I can't hold back the way I feel about my love
Won't let it go
Won't let it go that you're mine, all mine
And if the angels came, I'd fight them back to win your soul
So that Lucifer and Gabriel just go back home
They oughtta know, they oughtta know.
That you're mine, all mine
If you want, you can read a synopsis of "A Rose for Ecclesiastes" to decipher any parallels between it and the original lyrics of ATD.
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Why, what a coincidence! So would I!I would love to know just how and when he does have inputIn fact, I've spent considerable hours trying out different possibilities about Clay's input.
You have such a one-track mind!
I do recall an episode of The Early Show with Clay and Giselle Bunchen where Clay appeared to sneak glances at Miss Bundchen.
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Today's lesson learned: Do not assume, when doing Diapers 101 with your mom, that she knows better than to try to flush them down the toilet.
My mom was flushing her used and hardened denture adhesive down the toilet. Only found that out after it clogged.
I used to put big labels on things (Put panties here!!!) and that helped for awhile. A couple years ago, when Mom, could read a little, if I had to run in the store and leave her in the car, I would make a big sign "Stay in the car!!" and give it to her and have her read it a couple of times. That worked until the time I came out and she was hanging out the window, waving it like a flag and screaming, "HELP!! HELP!" So much for that idea. LOL.I've had one of THOSE weeks. Mom hasn't been able to go to daycare because she won't cooperate enough for me to get her there. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for tomorrow because I'm SO tired.
wandacleo, hugs to you!
Thanks for your label suggestion. I'm thinking about putting a sign in the bathroom reminding mom to take her morning pills. She remembers most mornings, but "forgets" a few times a month. She also seems to need periodic reminders to brush her teeth every night. I have found with my mom that even if I tell her something one week, a few weeks later I need to tell her the same thing because she has forgotten it.
jmh123, if your mom likes one dress and wears it everyday, can you buy her a few identical dresses? I haven't tried this with my mom yet, but my dad had eight identical pairs of pants and a few identical tops. His clothes were clean, they just always looked the same! If I found something that worked, I bought it in bulk.
Have others here found this magazine? I think it is very helpful. I have been able to find complimentary copies at my CVS pharmacy if any of you have those in your area.
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Speaking of instruments, he learned to use mine too.... *sighs* That was funny!
I thought Clay looked fine. I thought he looked like he needed quite a few cheeseburgers on AI2, so I'm glad he has put on a few pounds. The man really used to be a toothpick. now he just looks like a guy who has grown into his frame.
Randy Jackson is not well-informed, but I guess his mention shows how well Kim's promo stunt worked (except for the Clay fandom, of course).
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Can't wait for Rewind, I hope it is on a jillion times a week so I can hear him talk. Dunno what spoilers would be, unless in this version he wins.
They did do a re-do of the first Dancing with the Stars when Kelly Monaco "won" and most people loved John O'Hurley. Just sayin'
As for Rewind, I don't think they would ask Clay to narrate if they didn't feel he brought anything specific to the program. If all they wanted was generic descriptions or introductions, it would be far cheaper and easier to hire some nameless voice-over specialist. I tend to believe that what they want is his perspective and personality. I'm guessing that it could be like those commentaries you get on DVD's, where you have the director and/or actors discuss the film as it plays. If so, even if we don't see Clay as he talks (and we'll still see him as a performer on the show), what we could get could be interesting and potentially far more pervasive.Even his comments about Keith and his "Like a Virgin" performance should be funny!
I'm saying this is the South. And we're proud of our crazy people. We don't hide them up in the attic. We bring 'em right down to the living room and show 'em off. See, no one in the South ever asks if you have crazy people in your family. They just ask what side they're on.Maybe that's why Clay loves us all so much. It's his good southern upbringing.
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I don't know all the specifics about Roger. His ultimate loyalty (other than to himself) was to RCA; sometimes Clay's and RCA's interests aligned, sometimes they didn't. The Insider gig and whatever part Roger played in it has been a gift to Clay's career that has kept on giving.
I did like the comment Roger made to a tabloid last year that Clay could not comment on their story because he was busy attending to some business on the planet Pluto, which basically showed what he thought of the journalistic integrity of that source.
That particular site wasn't posted before, just the YouTube site. 
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# 19: Clay Aiken: glorious voice, excellent comic actor, master of character and man in tights!
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Our house, unfortunately, is located in an unstable power grid and we have frequent power outages. This summer, it was out for 36 hours, so I have a lot of experience in throwing food out, but I was able to save a lot too, by following these guidelines and buying lots of ice and coolers:
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What a sweet story! Hope your work colleagues might keep an open mind now, too.