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luckiest, I've never watched the show, or kept up with it. Partly because I hate Trump but also because those types of shows don't really appeal to me, but I have a friend who has watched it and she's been telling me a little about it. For one thing, apparently the exits they show when someone gets fired are filmed ahead of time because someone tweeted last night that they were filming them last night. This was posted at CH last night. Per Twitter, TCA is filming the exits at Trump Tower tonight. After a contestant is fired, they are shown exiting the room, then building and getting into a waiting car. Quote: benthal Ben Rosenthal They're definitely filming the next "Celebrity Apprentice" in front of Trump Tower right now. #OnlyInNewYork #tourist 2 hours ago trinnaleong Trinna Watching the filming of Celebrity Apprentice at Trump Tower. 2 hours ago » muusic muusic Just saw @DebbieGibson filming Celebrity Apprentice, leaving Trump Tower on 5th Ave! 3 hours ago She also said that sometimes the celebrities sing on the show for some of the projects and I think she said Trace Adkins sang his song on the last show when he was on so lets hope that means Clay will be singing his song on there. I hope he figures out a way to sing on each episode. Maybe sing on the street corner to raise money. I am so there. Wonder how long it would take to withdraw all my money from my retirement. And then there are jingles he could come up with and sing them.

I love all this attention he's getting for this, and CV was reporting that different radio stations were playing Clay. What the hell took them so long? Apparently that's all anyone has to do these days to get attention. Appear on a reality type show. As long as it works for Clay, that's fine by me. I'll just ignore all the ones lacking in talent, charm, or intelligence. Narrows it down quite a bit actually.

I got a text from a friend of mine that Clay was in NYC and C.A. starts taping today. Needless to say she was a bit excited. Maybe if he is on the show, radio will actually play his single. One can only hope. I just want everyone to be able to hear his incredible talent. If they don't like him that's fine, they apparently are suffering from bad taste or hearing loss, but he should at least be heard.

Don't forget about me. I agree with pretty much everything you said. Can't say I'm a big fan of Jaymes, at least in her online interactions with fans, but can't figure out why they wouldn't want her involved considering OMWH was the cd that the complainers seemed to like the most. Me, I'm easy, I liked them all. He sang. I listened. Me likey.

It's something Clay hasn't sung yet so I'm happy. Don't care if it's a ballad, upbeat, new or old. It's Clay so I'm sure I'd even like it if it was opera or rap, although I'm really hoping he's not planning on making a career change in either direction. I'm like ldyj in that I don't download everything anymore, or if I download it, it may be a while before I listen or watch it unless it is a new song from Clay. I do understand those who still do, and who need more from Clay, because I was there for many years. But while I understand the need, I don't get the entitlement that some feel. They act like Clay should put us before his friends and family, which is a crock of shit in my opinion. Oh, and the reason I don't have to download everything anymore has nothing to do with my feelings for Clay. I am just as committed to him now as I've always been. It takes a little more to get me excited these days, kind of like when my kids were babies and everything they did was new and adorable, but as they got older, not so much. Now I did get excited, as you probably could tell from my emote blow out the other day, when Clay told us about the single. There are lots of reasons I don't pounce on the clack like I did before. Been busier, which is good. Some minor health stuff, which is bad. And because, just as with my kids, it wouldn't be healthy if I was as obsessed with any of them as much as I was in the beginning. My kids wouldn't have enough money for that much therapy.

I wouldn't mind not getting the new song until January but I hope he allows someone to record the rest of the show for posterity. Thankfully I'm going but I wind up forgetting almost everything when I'm around him live.

:04: New song. Radio single. :ura::nana::7: On another note, congratulations ldyj. He was impressed with your question. Not surprising to me at all because I find you incredibly intelligent. Now back to partying.

I've only been going here and NNHB while Clay is on his downtime. Much less frustrating and I found that I'm actually able to love him more without the constant refreshing of the boards. At some of the boards, I'll start feeling the frustration from some of the members, waiting for what's next or why hasn't he talked to us in so long, etc. But this last time, after the tour, I started going less and less to the boards and I find myself just appreciating what he has already given us. I listen to my playlists, and I'm still so in awe of his voice and the emotion and range and everything else he puts into his performances. And then I'll listen to the banter and it will make me smile or laugh, and I can't imagine not loving this man. No other artist has given me as much as he has and I am so grateful to him for all of it. I loved Carol Burnett and Red Skelton and all of those old variety shows. I would love to get some good variety shows again instead of all these crap reality shows that have nothing to do with talent. I don't watch the fashion ones or cooking ones, but I at least see where they could be entertaining and worthwhile, but don't get the ones like the Kardashians or ones like that with the ogre for a dance teacher or something to young kids. Looks like child abuse to me. I wouldn't care if there was nothing else on tv, I would not watch any of that crap. And I don't think the commitment Clay has for October is the GLSEN awards, unless they are televised, because didn't it say it was for a tv appearance? I sure hope we find out something soon. Whatever it is, I hope it helps boost Clay's career like it did Brett Michaels. The audience was nuts for him when I went to see Clay on The View. I didn't get it but he seemed nice enough.

That's cool shortyjill. I've had no luck in the men department so good luck to you. I'm another DT hater, but I'd suffer through almost anyone to see Clay. Almost. Thank goodness for dvr's where you can fast forward. I'm mixed about him being on the show. Don't watch it, and unless he's on, I have no plans of ever watching it, but if he's on, he'll get a lot of tv exposure for people to see how freaking amazing he is. Plus he can get money for NIP. At this point, I'm in the beggars can't be choosers camp. I'll take him on pretty much any show.

Go for it Kim. Sounds like it's going to be fun and I'm sure Clay feels bad about rescheduling so he'll probably make it extra special for us.

Has the bitching started yet? Or haven't most of them gotten home yet? I do feel bad for those who had reservations and stuff but I'm not up to another round of complaints. I've only been here and NNHB for the last few months and it's been so much more stress free for me. Except for the fact that I'll have to wait longer to see Clay, it actually sounds like it's gonna be better all the way around. Clay's going to be on my tv again and I'll get a holiday treat. And it looks like he's gonna have more like a mini concert so I'm happy. Couchie, think you can come this year now? It gives you another couple of months and it can be an early Christmas.

Sorry I'm just now getting back to you. Yes, feel free to add all of them. I'm sure most will want to hang out. I'll check and see who will want to join us that day. Is this for a breakfast on Sunday? I'll also see if anyone would be interested in the Friday bus tour. Think canfly will have to fly out on Sunday afternoon though.

:7: For ldyj going to the gala. I'll be there too. Now I gotta start saving for next year so I can see Couchie again, although I hope Clay gives us more opportunities next year for get togethers. I worked on Labor Day but it was with different clients so it was nice to have a change of pace. I'm training to work in other houses, which will give me more chances to work overtime. Plus it's cool to get a chance to meet more of the clients, and I love seeing the other houses. ARC has some really nice homes for the clients. I also got my first calls last week for subbing, both at the same school, which is where I worked a good bit last term. A full day with 5th graders, many who I worked with last year, and a half day with 2nd graders. Thank goodness it wasn't the other way around. These 2nd graders were cute but I might have been tempted to gag some of those kids and tie them to their chairs. These were some of the kids I'd worked last year in 1st grade and unfortunately, I think they still need medicated. Either that or I should have taken more drugs.

I'm going, along with canfly and some other friends that post at other boards. YeahYourGifted and Allclaylong will be there. Is there any plans for having a breakfast on Sunday after the gala? Or any other get together?

to all of the above. And that was the reason I starting to posting here too. Now what I want to know is if that jackass canfly was the one who brought my butt over here? Was looking through the emotes and found this :moon2: which has become my designation over at NNHB ever since I started getting called Shelf Ass. Long story, unless you've actually seen by butt.

That earthquake was freaky. When I first felt my chair begin to shake, I looked outside to see if there were tanks or something out there. Never expected to experience an earthquake. Can't say I really panicked because luckily it didn't know things off the wall here or do any damage but it was unnerving. And that crap about animals being able to predict earthquakes is hogwash. My dogs didn't wake up from their naps until the house was shaking. I'm not sure about how I feel towards movies that are relevant to me. I think for the most part, I kind of like seeing shows or listening to music or reading about issues that affect me, partly because it's cathartic. I don't usually talk about things that have affected me deeply, or I brush over them because I don't want sympathy and I certainly don't want to be defined by those things. So one way for me to deal with some of that crap is through other outlets. Also, watching, listening, or reading about those issues helps me understand things better. There was one show, I think a piece that Diane Sawyer did, about child abuse that was hard for me to watch because it really mirrored my own situation. It involved more of the emotional abuse, which is what most of my situation had been. I think it did help because it was an acknowledgement that it was an unhealthy and abnormal situation. Still don't like to call it abuse because it makes me feel like a victim, but I know watching it hurt like hell and I felt so bad for those kids, and for the younger me. I'm still glad I watched it though. Made me feel stronger. Haven't watched The Social Network but it is one of the movies I'd like to see. I heard the performances were great.

I need to get to bed but wanted to respond to the one line of your post Couchie, about almost every group in America, or practically any place for that matter, having their own special kind of hell. I think about what my mom had to go through when she moved here from Germany and it couldn't have been easy. She came over with my dad sometime in the 50's when I'm sure many people did not want to have anything to do with the Germans. Even though she had been just a kid when WWII happened and had seen far worse than what most American's had, she probably was still hated because of what they thought she represented. Her childhood was horrible and she saw friends blown up with their body parts in the trees. I can't even imagine what she went through. I've been reading a lot lately, and a lot is historical fiction or real life stories. I've gotten into them because I feel like I'm learning something at the same time as being entertained, even when I'm being horrified by what happened. One of the books I recently read was about a Chinese boy, then man, who lived during WWII and after, and how many of the Chinese separated themselves from the Japanese to protect themselves. However he fell for a Japanese girl who later got sent to an internment camp and how the lives they had known and built for themselves were taken from them. It was called Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet. I've already requested I'm Gone from the library after you mentioned it because when I checked it out at Amazon, it sounded like something that I'd enjoy. I love finding out about people's lives and experiences. Wars and politics, not so much, other than how they affect the people.

to Couchie's post about The Help (including the vampire stuff - thought the girl in the Twilight series was as exciting as dry toast). I enjoyed reading the book and look forward to seeing the movie, although I will say that I don't find most films as good as the books. One exception would be To Kill a Mockingbird. Loved both the film and the book. I'm not sure if I'll see this movie in the theater though. Other than the Harry Potter series and the Narnia movies, I very rarely go out to the movies. Last exception was The King's Speech, which I loved. And it does annoy me that every movie that depicts a certain point in history is supposed to represent everything that happened during that time. I didn't know about the controversy with the book but I'm not sure if it would have affected my viewpoint of the novel. Might have possibly affected my opinion of the author but without knowing more, I wouldn't want to make a blanket statement. I don't have a problem with anyone not going to the movie or not enjoying it as long as they don't think everyone should feel the same way. And I'm kind of like Jamar in that I don't like to judge something based solely on someone else's opinion. And keepingfaith, I'm not sure I get what you are saying about not wanting to get entertainment from something that you had previous experiences of, if only as an observer. Most of us do that all of the time. We read and watch books or movies about things like the Holocaust or abuses during the Civil Rights era or killings, etc. all the time. Now I'm not saying that we are sitting there cheering and laughing about others pain, but there has to be some entertainment value or we wouldn't be watching them. They make me feel and think, and for me, that is entertaining. And sometimes it even makes people act to make things better when they see or read about these atrocities, even if they were meant primarily as entertainment. I remember when Saving Private Ryan came out in theaters, and one night we went to see it and we saw several men there who had served in the war. And seeing the movie was like a catharsis for some of them, and a way for them to let others share in what they had experienced that day. Hopefully no one saw that movie and complained that it didn't show the atrocities of the millions of people who were slaughtered because it was not meant to convey the entire WWII experience. As far as people saying the colored person or the black person, etc., I don't get offended unless their attitude or tone is negative. My dad is 76 years old and he still says colored people because that is what he grew up with, however for a 76 year old white man, he's probably one of the least prejudiced people that I've known. He's coached junior league basketball for probably 50 years and sees the kids as individuals, not as an ethnicity or a gender. And there have been times when I've said to take it to the fill in the blank lady/man or something similar because if you don't know the people, sometimes you go with whatever descriptive term is most apparent. If I'm in a room full of blacks, and I was wanted to point out a white guy, I'd say the white guy with the bald head or something like that. It has nothing to do with prejudice. It's part of the description. If everyone is the same color, you'd try to find something else that stood out, like the tall one or the fat one or whatever. This is what happens when I don't post for awhile. I wind up writing a column. Sorry about that. And I had a pretty good weekend. My dad has reunions every year where his kids and families, and my stepmom's kids and families all get together. I normally couldn't go because I worked, and for the last several years didn't want to anyway because I had taken a break from most of my family. Well I've started getting back in touch with my sisters (although slowly because I don't want to get sucked back into the vortex of dysfunction) so most of the family was there. Got to hold my two great-nieces or whatever they are. Once I get past the cousin or niece stage, I'm lost on the titles. Both are only a couple of months old and so beautiful, and the one is 2 years old and is gorgeous. And besides that, I had lots of good food to eat.

Thanks aikim.

I got to see most of the chat on Monday night. Gosh he looks pretty. Those eyes and that mouth. And it's so nice to see a lot of the posts pretty happy about it. Haven't gone too far though. Just here, NNHB, and a bit at CV. I use to like reading all the different viewpoints but after awhile, you just feel like you are going around in circles. I'm glad you reminded me about the Pepsi voting ldyj. I'd done it yesterday but would have forgotten. I need those daily reminders. And I'm also glad you said something about the chat being on a continuous loop aikim because I couldn't figure out why it wasn't starting at the beginning.

I can never think of questions when I actually need to come up with them. Complete brain farts. There is one question this time that I'd like to know the answer to and that is if he'd do a part where he has to kiss someone. I mean a good, juicy kiss, not just a peck. And if we'll ever see him with less clothes on, although I think those most recent pics showed more chest than we've ever seen from him, which is a good start. And another one would be about his phobias. He seems like he's gotten better with being in social situations with large groups of people, but I wonder if he's still as afraid of water and cats as he used to be.

I don't think I've ever had anything with tofu. Does the fake cheesecake actually taste like cheesecake, and how is the consistency compared to real cheesecake?

Finally caught up. I think I was behind by about 2 weeks. Good news is that it was because I was keeping myself busy. I liked the FOD video. I don't normally like when people say "My gays" or stuff like that, but in the context of this video, I thought it was funny. I also saw The Talk and DDD. Enjoyed them both and thought he looked gorgeous. I knew some of the boards would have members pitching a fit over what he said at The Talk. I can't say that I like Clay even thinking about leaving show business, but I didn't think we were in imminent danger of that. And I certainly didn't want to read the drama from over-reacting fans so I took a hiatus from the boards. However, my hiatus from here had nothing to do with that because I knew you guys would be cool with it. Thankfully, I did get to see those pics that are now deleted. He is so freaking beautiful. Can't wait until the chat and hopefully we'll find out something new. On a personal note, I've started talking to my one sister again, and I went up to my niece's this past weekend and got to see my great nieces for the first time, other than on facebook. The oldest girl is 2 and is such a cutie and the baby is about 2 weeks and they are lucky I didn't stick her in my purse and take her home with me. She is such a good baby. My youngest sister was there too, and it was nice seeing her, but she still annoys me. Oldest sister, I'm still not talking to. Better for my health that way. And I just turned 50 in June and it didn't hurt at all. Although it's still hard to believe I've been on the planet that long. Inside I feel like I'm about 25.

Happy Belated Birthday Couchie! Sorry I missed it.

Thank you guys for the birthday wishes. Hadn't been reading the boards too much lately. There for awhile it was because I got a rare energy spurt and did a bunch of cleaning. Past week though has been because I started back with a chiropractor this week and he's been torturing for the past two days. Found out that I have some bulging discs in my neck and some bone spurs. It was a wake-up call for me though because I'd tried to ignore the fibromyalgia, which is why my neck and back got out of alignment in the first place. Craziest things I did for Clay had to do with Spamalot. I'd always gone with someone else on my Clay trips but none of my family or friends could afford to go to NYC and pay for the tickets and food and hotels, etc. So I contacted someone I'd met at the ATDW's cd release party in Baltimore and asked her if she knew anyone who wanted to go with me. She told me about someone and I drove to Baltimore to pick up a stranger to drive with me to NYC, a place I had never been before, and shared a hotel with her. Good thing she was a nice lady and not an axe murderer. The other time was partly due to Clay and partly because I was having so much fun with my new Clay friends. That was at Clay's final show in Spamalot, when I'd parked over in NJ and taken the ferry in. Since it was an early show, I thought I'd go to the restaurant and visit and have plenty of time to take the ferry back. Instead, I was enjoying myself so much that it was really late and I wasn't sure if I could still get the ferry back and I had no place to stay. Thankfully for my savior Couchie, she offered to share a bed with me, where I also met Perma, who was also wonderful. ldyj, there is no way I could pick only one song from any of Clay's cd's, so can't answer that question but I can say that one of the best live performances of Clay's for me was being at BBH. Clay looked amazing, and not only was he funny but so were all the others up there with him, and I absolutely loved almost all of the songs sung that night. Some of them I'd heard before but other than MTK and WKOFAI, I'd never heard the songs Clay had sung before. Well except for him singing TITM before, and I loved them all, and I'm not one that normally falls in love with songs right away. Now if I'd been at the gala the year he sang RHW and EIDN or the one where he had the beard and auctioned the rings, I might have answered differently. And Aikim, your grandbaby is adorable.