Scarlett

So, y'all probably don't want to hear about "The Adventures of laughn and bottlecap: Two Technophobes Learn to Load an mp3 Player", do you? Anyway, we were successful! Yeah us!

Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to tug down my too-short skirt, tug up my too-low top, and totter off in my too-high stilettos and try to cougar a bag boy at the local Krogers.

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You Go Girl!!!!

But shouldn't you be trying land one of those guys at "The Geek Squad"?

Hee!

You guys can have the geek squad, I'll take the 5'10" blond criminal masterminds that KAndre is passing by... as long as they know basic geography they're ok by me.

I don't date blonds, dudes under 5'10", people with criminal records or anyone without a basic grasp of geography. Just about anything else goes.

ETA: kimiye!!! Yes there will be ouzo! OTOH, we do have wonderful Ethiopian, sushi and death by chocolate (just not at the same place, lol!) I can drive but you'll have a long wait for me because I'll be coming from the NE part of town -- you'll be in SW Sugarland? I think you're about 50 miles away from me.

Lurker calling the eHP-- Cheez Doodles are on sale at my local grocery-- do I need to bring some or did PerusingOne already load you up? I'll be in town late Tuesday, busy Friday and Saturday nights, headed home Sunday evening. My only duties are to give all family PC's a good cleanup and assorted upgrades, and hang with my sisters and mom a bit. Several of you have met one or more of my sistren-- we are quite a sight when you get us all together. Graduation girl and my own demon spawn probably won't care if I'm around or not. I am up for lunch or happy hour or just about anything except knitting.

Yessss! We're all out of Cheez Doodles!!! MUAH! So... Wed or Thursday night and Saturday lunch are fine? (we have a lot of gossip friendship stuff to catch up on!) Do you want to trust us with the food choices (heh!) or will you name your favorite restaurants/cuisine? If you don't pick, we might default on Greek/Italian since we didn't get to do those last weekend.

Agreed Heidi. When I say I may have a tinge of disappointment if it's not true, I don't mean I'll be crushed. It was just an unexpected thing to have happened and I found it surprisingly oh I don't know the word I'm looking for. sweet? That's not even it. Clay is such a dichotomy...that the entire story could be entirely ridiculous or completely true. heee.

Sweet and cute are how I'd describe it! Hoping it's true but wouldn't be crushed if it isn't, as long as the mediabase and sales numbers continue to rise! (couchie, this is my win-win situation)

Well, hell - I thought my mother was just totally DISGUSTING that she had the nerve to get preggers when she was all of (KAndre begin counting fingers, takes off shoes and starts on toes, realizes she's gonna have to borrow somebody else's toes and just clicks on the calculator) 38! I was in junior high school! How could she embarrass me like that! Hmph!

And you'd all be deprived of my awesomeness if women didn't do that since my mom was 42 when she had me. *high-five's ldyj and looks around suspiciously for the one who yelled, "We shouldda outlawed it!"*

Hey Muski, when I was helping Mini-Scarlett move to college, people thought I was an incoming freshman too.

Agreeing with Ansa as well...

ADMIN NOTE:

At this point I would like to remind people that Jaymes is a special person in Clays life and hope that we can discuss this without disrespecting her or getting too invasive with her personal life.

Would it be terrible crass to hope that this rumor (false or real) increases clay's publicity for the next couple of weeks and impacts CD sales?

I have no shame.

None.

Bracing myself for people who'll pounce on it as a desperate media stunt because even people who are never on media sites have heard about it today. *will stay within FCA walls for a while*

lol... yeah, some exposure for the album would be a nice side benefit.

Yes, a bump in sales would be a great side benefit!

Leno? *yikes, sorry goldarngirl* I didn't get to set up an HD cap.

Rutrow. You're in trouble NOW.

*hoping for another Leno repeat, because he looked and sounded wonderful!*

Leno? *yikes, sorry goldarngirl* I didn't get to set up an HD cap.

Would it be terrible crass to hope that this rumor (false or real) increases clay's publicity for the next couple of weeks and impacts CD sales?

I have no shame.

None.

Bracing myself for people who'll pounce on it as a desperate media stunt because even people who are never on media sites have heard about it today. *will stay within FCA walls for a while*

I love this one--it's from the Toronto JNT. Hee!!!

There was a JNT in Toronto?

ETA: *runs to squish Gibby* Thanks!!!

Eh, I think only a few are horrified over at the OFC...the thread seems to be mostly "CONGRATS CLAY AND JAYMES! AND BLOG DAMMIT! SOMEBODY! ANYBODY!"

Well that's good to hear!

Oh and Mini-Scarlett just called. Chit-chatted for about 20 minutes about her new job and new roommate and then she pauses and mentions nonchalantly, "Oh btw there was some news about Clay Aiken having a child on a link from LiveJournal. It's one of those entertainments sites. Do you know if this is true?"

LOL!!!

because KAndre is a charter member of the eHP....

I personally hope the self-righteous judgemental assholes can't bring themselves to leave the fandom, being tortured every day that the dude they love is perfectly cheerful doing whatever the hell he wants and at the end, [deity] says, "Dudettes! I gave you an example of how to be happy and someone to be happy about! How did you manage to screw it up!" And I will peek around [deity] and point my finger and laugh.

We can help by going over there and mentioning this gleefully every time they turn around. Tag, you're it!

Eeeeeeeeeeee! What a day to be stuck in the server room on top of a doctor's appt that I had to make up for, but thank goodness for PerusingOne who kept me updated all day!!!

All the cute remarks have been taken but I still want to add my awwwwwww!!! So happy for them and him -- it's a boy, right? He's going to be loved so much!!!

Here we have one of the nicest guys in the entertainment business and no matter what he does there's too many that are ready to put a negative spin on it and disclaim him.

I'm frustrated. Not discouraged. Just frustrated.

But I don't think his career is over - not by a long shot!!! It's just going to take longer than it should.

And on that note - good night! Thank you for FCA. Thank you.

Iseeme, I hope you don't think I'm singling you out but I missed the discussion last night and yours was one of the last posts.

It is frustrating to live in a world where lives get torn apart and wars do start and time is not enough and not everyone has a friend and even if they do friendship doesn't last and right does not always win.

It's not about being a nice guy. Ruben and a bunch of others are nice guys too.

But if you believe that Clay deserves success because he's "one of the nicest guys in the entertainment business" then all I can say is that you have to keep on believing. Sometimes that's all we have but it is enough. Things will turn around like they always do, and the positive I see is that he is not helplessly waiting for things to happen, for some deus ex machina to fix things. Within the parameters of the world, he controls his own destiny.

This is an anthem that that another FCAer gave me, albeit a new version, and the show that it came from is something the critics would gleefully jump on but it gives me hope: I Am What I Am

djs111, you're absolutely right in that this is the worst thing that can come of it.

What bothers me lately is the feeling that if Clay does, indeed, start taking direction from any agenda-laden and self-glorifying fans, I will lose interest in him entirely, because he would not be Clay Aiken any more, he would be like a Sims creature or something.

(though Sims Clay can be a fun diversion - *nudges the eHP*) *Belated HBD, 00lsee!*

I have acquired an extra red pillow.

Watching AI2 clack with the eHP, you pick up on totally delightful details.

Hong Kong is on!

My cat thinks Scarlett is tasty.

ETA: While visiting with KAndre, Solo and PerusingOne this weekend, they mentioned how people thought the only decent performance during this year's Andrew Lloyd Webber night on AI was David Cook's. Maybe it was but I'd like to offer perspective/comparison points to David Cook's Performance on YouTube.

These are my definitive live and recorded versions of Music of the Night:

Live version

Recorded

I did go see Jesus Christ Superstar and Godspell in London!

I think I've seen more plays than concerts in my life!

*gasps* You saw David Essex in Godspell???!!! Post some more details! He was wonderful as Che in Evita (better than Mandy Patinkin whom I would have ordinarily called the best); that natural growly quality to his voice just kills!

Yup!

And let me tell you - he was CUTE!

And Jeremy Irons! So tall and ramrod straight.

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Jeremy Irons as well? Too envious for words!!! If you remember anything else about either of them, whether in Godspell or any other performance, would greatly appreciate a PM! Thanks! *whispers you don't happen to have a cassette or whatever souvenir they had from that performance? is it called dack/jack? * :F_05BL17blowkiss:

Like you, I saw more plays/musicals than concerts early on.

KAndre thinks hard about changing the thread title to "We think we can beat that plan-changing (but only telling one person and that one person isn't the one driving in a couple hundred of miles here) Scarlett if we REALLY try"....

You know, the eHP has many, many strong points: fearless, brave, only a little psychotic, selectively deaf, willing to laugh at anyone and everyone, and redefining "lazy"....but planning? Man, that is so very foreign!

Solo and I are gonna jump on Scarlett's pretty little head as soon as we track it down! Other eHPer's: apparently EVERYTHING's at my place. For those who haven't been here, call for directions. Not Scarlett. She's not answering her phone. Not Solo. She's making a big ass detour. Call moi.

I thought you liked spontaneity! Live for the moment I always say.

Oh, you're serious? You mean right now?!!! Like I have to dress up, pack an overnight bag and leave? Believe it or not I'm in the middle of cleaning, as in actually going through things and throwing out stuff. For real. First time in ages, since well since we met each other actually. And you know how rare that is for me? It'll never happen again this side of 2010. I'm a packrat at heart! Could never toss out stray dogs, injured birds, souvenirs, receipts, boarding passes, husbands, torn jackets, etc. So, I'm supposed to stop cleaning now?

Ok, stopped.

Getting into the shower and will be at your place. Soon. *giggles* (that wasn't so hard. and i still haven't unpacked from LA anyways) Yes, I check FCA before my voice mail messages. what.

ETA: Liney, :F_05BL17blowkiss: I have a nice reply to you but it'll have to wait. Or some people won't let me have sushi tonight. Thank goodness they don't know my apartment number or they might have been rappelling to my window already. Bye, talk to you from KAndre's keyboard later!

ETAA: So sorry for the useless post, Ansa. But apparently FCA Main is the only place we can get people together . We'll plan better... someday.

I do wish that Clay would stop saying he is not sexy or cool because he feeds into that bias.

I've actually thought about this a lot...and I honestly think he'll never stop saying that. Why? You know, one of the reasons I can come up with is something that he and Diane Sawyer alluded to in 2003. I think he gets a real kick out of standing up for all the nerds/geeks/uncool kids of the world.

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Indiana Jones was a blast, but then I'm biased -- I've loved every single one of the IJ movies. They are the perfect summer movies to me, and I need to see the new one again soon!

ldyj, ITA! I have to add though that the "not cool line" doesn't work so well when your stylist insists on making you look more like Brad Pitt than Brad Pitt himself.

*Eeee, another IJ4 gal!* That was fun! And I thought it wrapped up the series v. nicely.

Somebody have a Corona for me at your lunch next week, okay? I'll be in Houston on or about July 9 - 10 to pick up my car. We have to get together then for sure.

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I took one picture.....this one with the pitching wedge. Sheesh! Yeah.....I REALLY need that camera.

*squishes Kareneh!*

Can't wait to see you again in July! Have a great time on all your adventures!

Oh and they're not golf clubs, they're visualization tools. (Isn't your DH in the exploration business? They usually understand the multiple visualizations part)

Yeah, I'm looking forward to Scarlett's "side" of the story too - because she is just filled with the capability of making the most crazy-ass things sound perfectly reasonable....

But...but... Isn't that what we're about? Embarking on what people would call the most crazy-ass things, pushing the limits, ignoring warnings of how it can't be done, hasn't been done, isn't right, isn't proper, has never been done before, too difficult, will never work, too complicated, is against the laws of nature (ok, maybe not that far but just enough to defy gravity) and in the end show everyone how easy it turned out to be that we not only made it work but we owned it completely?!!!

Watched the IJ4 movie yesterday since my co-workers decided that it would be great as a team-building activity and hey I'm easy, or at least I wasn't about to insist on working on the afternoon before a long weekend. Thoroughly enjoyed it! I've loved Steven Spielberg since way back when he was only appreciated by kids and a bunch of strange-looking but very loyal and enthusiastic fans. It still rankles that E.T. wasn't recognized for the extraordinary film it was, losing the Best Picture Oscar to Gandhi, which while a good film and fitting squarely into everyone's image of an "Oscar-winning" one, just didn't compare. I love seeing E.T. in all the critics' "Best Films Ever" lists nowadays, ranked at #25 or higher but it was so frustrating back then when people dismissed it as fluff and refused to see its technical merits. (BTW, if ET hadn't won at least it would have been better for it to have lost to "Tootsie", another wonderful film from that year that didn't have the "stature" and "image" of Gandhi) It took a long, long time to get from E.T. to Schindler's list, my other favorite Speilberg film about tolerance but I guess the journey to success was just as important as attaining it.

Have lots of fun, Gibby and luckiest! (well, separately)

If I hear about that wet spot one more time .......................... I'm gonna start banning people

eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Perusing one flyingin for the day to pick up her KMart posters Anybody in the area that wants to hang out tomororw afternoon / evening, let me know. Probably just go to fisherman's wharf/Ghiradeli Sq.

Loved reading everything today...have to go back to read KAndre's recap...I would have been fired if I had read that "book" at work. LOL in advance cuz I know it is probably funny as all heck.

Too envious! Is there any way you could send her off with a couple of Dungeness crabs and some Ghirardelli dark chocolate for the poor soul who's picking her up at the airport on Sunday? Nooo? *aims a virtual kick at the Transportation Authority* Terrorists don't eat those things! Oh fine, fine, just have them for me and then post a recap. *sniff*

[if we can get Solo and PerusingOne to recap, we can do a whole "Rashomon" take on that weekend.

About ringtones and calltones, I posted this at the CH but just wanted to repeat that a lot of phones can use ANY mp3 file as a ringtone or calltone. I don't play so much with ringtones, but as an example, these are Solo's calltones for the eHP:

Scarlett - Theme from Angel

KAndre - Karen from the Beach Boys (used to be Everybody Wants to Rule the World)

keepingfaith - Faith by George Michael

PerusingOne - Dirty Little Secret

merrieeee - I Can See Clearly Now

her mom - Mama Mia

OMG! Don't tell me someone was raped in LA! Your reference reminded me of seeing Rashoman Rashomon during a Kurosawa festival in LA back in the 80's.

Solo's calltones are CMSU!

Well, what happens in LA.... /jk! LOL! By "Rashomon" I was just referring to the multiple stories/points of view/what-is-truth sort of thing. Eeeeeing at another Kurosawa connection! We really need to have that have the movie weekend at merrieeee's. Oh, merrieeee!

*waves to all the newbies! welcome!*

Thanks for the music info, keepingfaith!

Actually the first time I met you Scarlett was the JNT05 Clearwater, when I passed you your radio shack. Since then I believe we met in Syracuse and again in Kalamazoo, perhaps other places but those are the places I remember. Yes we do still travel together. When we go to the Michigan concerts, it is not unusual to have three or four cars following one another.

Oh, yes, I remember now. You handed me the thingamajiggy. Thanks so much! MUAH! You did so much better than Solo who on that same night lobbed a tiny mike that contains a gyroscope over the heads of 6 people instead of handing it to me gingerly, since she claims to throw better than Clay and couchie together. I also remember talking to you at Kalamazoo, in Syracuse I was still in a fog over the Philly show. Haven't answered your Leno PM but I'm going to try to cap it; will need some good thoughts, though, since Comcast has been weird lately.

Was a bit shmoopie at missing the chance to room with Cindilu, luckiest and couchie (tho' she was planning to make me sleep on the wet spot) but was v. happy it turned out so nicely for you!!!

I think I slept on the wet spot. We missed you too!

LOL! Couchie's legend continues!

For something a little different (in other words, I spent all morning composing this stuff and I'm posting it now come hell or high water!) <snip>

Still ROTFL! That's not quite how I remember some parts of it and will be posting my version too; you're just lucky that I have to clean up tonight because Solo's dropping by tomorrow afternoon and I hope to give her some floor space to step on. If we can get Solo and PerusingOne to recap, we can do a whole "Rashomon" take on that weekend. Can't believe you did sushi without me, though! Could we have some tomorrow night, pretty please? -- I've been dying for some Tako since Kimmel and my polarizing Uni (people either love it or hate it).

Scarlett... It's your turn, now!

Yes, it is and I promise it'll be soon! Just not this weekend since we have even more adventures because Solo and PerusingOne are driving/flying over.

...Will he lose the butt without the nightly bottle dance to keep it in shape? OMG, no!

I'd sworn off smutting for the rest of the year but this was too good a lead-in to miss... Bottle, how are you so sure he isn't still doing the nightly bottle dance?

About ringtones and calltones, I posted this at the CH but just wanted to repeat that a lot of phones can use ANY mp3 file as a ringtone or calltone. I don't play so much with ringtones, but as an example, these are Solo's calltones for the eHP:

Scarlett - Theme from Angel

KAndre - Karen from the Beach Boys (used to be Everybody Wants to Rule the World)

keepingfaith - Faith by George Michael

PerusingOne - Dirty Little Secret

merrieeee - I Can See Clearly Now

her mom - Mama Mia

ETA: Eeee! I don't have to clean tonight I just persuaded Solo and KAndre that Solo and I should just crash at KAndre's place tomorrow night -- her pad with the great home theatre system and w/c is 20x cleaner than mine. Also, we'll be able to use the iGallop!

ETAA: Iseeme, in case it's really broken maybe you can use the remote that came with a DVR or VCR or sound system instead? Those should also work with your TV.

bwah..oh do I have stories...but Scarlett... although a bit weary, I'm still making friends. The best thing about FCA to me is that I'm meeting a bunch of new people who walked parallel journeys on different boards. And Perusing One is just a slut I see. She was the first stranger I ever slept with. And I got to the hotel first and didn't even know anything but her first name. How I talked the hotel into letting me in the room I'll never know.

Speaking of axe murderers... heee... when Annabear joined Luckiest and Cindilu in our NYC hotel ..the three of us were like..so, does anybody KNOW Annabear? She could be an ax murderer. Someone said..as long as she has a visa heee. But what's so funny is that although we had never met, I took one look at her and said..hmmm I know you. heee. Did the same with Wandacleo. When you're a concert ho there are no strangers heee.

One of my earliest friends in the fandom was an undercover reporter. We hung out together a lot doing non clay stuff but he brought us together. For one particular concert we drove together. She sat right next to me in concert...left and filed her review. Hilarious. She confessed to me about 6 months later.

Couchie, meeting "new" people is yet another nice thing about FCA. (muah to Ansa too!). I was a bit worried that you wouldn't be able to fill the last spot in the hotel but I'm glad it turned out to be the perfect opportunity for annabear.

We set up a dinner before we left and this is where I met luckiest1, heartsocean and over time have been lucky enough to be in close proximity to cindilu2, claymatron, alspaz, canfly172 and even though she has to travel we have been lucky to have FromClaygary visit often and I personally, was lucky enough to have her be my travel buddy to NY to see spamalot (not only my travel buddy but my personal travel agent). OH and a quick edit to say I had the opportunity of meeting me_myb in NY and hopefully we will meet again.

In this spirit I also had the opportunity of hosting Lotus twice and a great time was had by all.

I still think that, even though we aren't as innocent, we still follow the man and are out there to support and help one another, just as we support him.

Hi goldarngirl! I wasn't at that party but many of you still travel together, don't you? I remember meeting most of you at the same place -- either the Rochester/Clio JBT or the Canadaigua DCAT.

Aww, Scarlett's gone and sent us all down the schmoopie Memory Lane! :F_05BL17blowkiss:

Strangers leaving hotel room keys for strangers still happens.... Strangers flying alone across the country to meet up & stay with other strangers still happens.... Strangers still say, "Here take my ticket and have a good time!".... Thank goodness, or I'd have missed out on getting to sleep with Cindilu, luickiest and Couchie and celebrate Clay's Spam finale in NYC with a whole bunch of FCA'ers!

Oh - and this wasn't the first time it's been wondered if I was an axe murderer, by the way.....

Sends :F_05BL17blowkiss: right back at annabear. Was a bit shmoopie at missing the chance to room with Cindilu, luckiest and couchie (tho' she was planning to make me sleep on the wet spot) but was v. happy it turned out so nicely for you!!!

Mwah!!! right back atcha! Speaking of which, I'm coming out of lurkdom to holler at the eHP since I will be visiting my sister in Sugar Land from June 3 through 8. What thread do we need to be in to plan something evil?

Hey kimiye! Can't wait to see you again. I don't think we've been using a party thread lately, just random posts and pms -- no one's bothered to trout people to use any "all-important party thread and representing list". I love this place! So, just let us know the dates when you can ditch tear yourself away from your sister and mom and we'll take care of the rest. BTW, I know I still owe people the name of the restaurant and directions to our lunch with PerusingOne -- will send that out uh, soon!

Welcome, Tijala!

For a real reality show here is a link to an eagle cam. There are 2 fuzzy eagle chicks in the nest. A few minutes ago I saw one of the parents feeding the chicks.Eagle Nest Live

Thanks for the link, Lotus. I might finally get an avatar because of this.

*squishes Gibby* Aw, you can call me "baby eagle" anytime!

I didn't watch the show, and haven't for umpteen seasons. While I agree that the show has lost its innocence, I feel sad that just about everything has lost some innocence. The fandom certainly has lost quite a bit, and in a way maybe so has Clay. Gone are the days when people would just randomly post individual requests and offers to help on the main message boards. I'm glad I found the friends I did early in the game -- met PerusingOne standing at a streetcorner in Tampa close to midnight after she saw my PRoC shirt, liked it and then waved me over; I met KAndre when she posted about a Dallas IT roadtrip on CH Main and I called shotgun right after; Solo, I could say was introduced by a mutual friend although it was a friend we'd met 30 seconds before she introduced us (it was KAndre btw). You know we all could have ended up with serial killers? Especially PerusingOne who left a hotel roomkey for Solo without knowing who she was -- could have been some German dude. So maybe there were a few people I'd done something for who ended up in the OC or in some haters group, all in all I felt that we were being watched over. Things could have gone horribly wrong because so many people trusted each other blindly. We're a lot wiser now so in a way I envy the David C and David A fans who are just starting out -- I can imagine what last night must have been like for them. Nothing works like a collective emotional experience to bring people together and create bonds that last a lifetime.

Oh, that's so sad. {{{{{SCC's family}}}}

So... didn't anyone else get taught as a child not to say "my this" or "my that" and instead say "our <whatever>"? I always assumed that that was where the me/we thing came from? I also noticed that whenever people who had been with me posted recaps of shows, they often said "Scarlett and I" instead of "I saw/did/said/watched/etc" and I thought that was sweet of them.

Once in a while, though, there would be something that I obviously didn't do (eg. "Scarlett and I saw so-and-so in the audience") and the eHP would be ROTFL because they know I never recognize people even if they were sitting right in front of me.

Hee growing up my nickname was also a euphemism, in England, for the toilet and my DHs name is John. My maiden name was also a first name and my hubby's last name can be a first name, so I think we were destined to be together!

Is this a logic puzzle?

Hee I'll never tell!

Is it

lou

(

loo

)?

About Solo's and mine, he once sang it 4 times in a row, actually 5 out of 6 consecutive words even.

merrieeee, I don't know how "destined to be" works. My ex's nickname was a baby kangaroo and the nickname y'all know me by is a baby eagle.

*squeezes Ansa!* Our nicknames have been called the most bizarre in the world but I personally think they're cute. Mine's not in this form but how many people do you know who are called: Pot-Pot, Ning-Ning, Gen-Gen, Den-Den, Nit-Nit, Ding-dong, Dong-dong, no-noy, etc.?

heee well we have a nee nee and a dee dee. Does that count?

I was called Angel by everyone until I was 18 ...now only my brother calls me that..or it will slip out from my mom every now and again.

Oh those are even better than mine. They definitely count!

Thank you to Scarlett and atinal for offering to translate my note for me. I have PMed it to each of you. :F_05BL17blowkiss:

My officemates are gone for the day so I think atinal's your best bud for tonight. but I will still try tomorrow just in case.

Hee about nicknames and real names...I know most people from this fandom scratch their heads when they get an email from me cos my RL name is so far from Ansa...which is my nickname with college/high school friends and Clay friends. But right now no one in my RL calls me that.

*squeezes Ansa!* Our nicknames have been called the most bizarre in the world but I personally think they're cute. Mine's not in this form but how many people do you know who are called: Pot-Pot, Ning-Ning, Gen-Gen, Den-Den, Nit-Nit, Ding-dong, Dong-dong, no-noy, etc.?

His feelings about AI are so much more clear in that interview. I thought it interesting that the interviewer being a broadway person, picked up on Simon's comment about Clay's voice being more suited for Broadway was given as an insult too.

I think it acceptable for them (the interviewer and Clay) to chat a bit before the interview and go over things.