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Well, that was better than mediocre!!!!!!!! He had fun with it, I think. Fantasia in the audience?

What a night.....HRH's Adventures in Italy, and now I can view a train wreck from the comfort of my room!!!! I cannot TELL you how much I am looking forward to seeing Kellie P. sing BoRhap. Mamaaaaa, Ah kilt a maaaaaan.... And of the ladies I like Pickler the bestest. I don't even really like the other two, or however many there are. I liked Mandisa, though. Will Bucky mumble? Will Taylor do his little Shirley Temple moves? I am really counting on him looking cross-eyed at the mic at least once. Will we see Ace's scar again? Has Ryan shaved? Is Pauler medicated into bonelessness again? My bad....I know these people are earnestly desiring fame and fortune. But today I was thinking of all the stories I have heard about really good singers not even making it to the producers because they were in the "bad audition" queue or something. So it is all random anyway.

Heeeee...while looking for the site with a camera out in a corn field, just to watch the corn grow (shut up! - it was funny at the time because a lot of us at work back then moved from Ill./Ind. to florida) we googled corn cam. At work. OMG. We turned off the PC, we were so flustered. (here it is, btw - http://www.iowafarmertoday.com/corn_cam/) Anyway, the first two pages all had to do with people bent over and doing stunts in showers....nowadays this doesn't happen, but this was in 1999, before filters and before the humongous number of available web sites. This trip report is better than the blogs.....thank you! okay, 24 hours later.....I just heard a rumour that KAndre is helping Clay with his CD..... sniff! I guess playbiller is just gonna have to wait a bit to do her own trip report - she flew all the way to my house!!!!! and played UNO!!!!!! and missed the Chef show becoss a tree is blocking my satellite dish!!!!!! AND helped Jacob with his homework!!!!! (patience of a saint, he was trying to do his math for hours, he just cannot concentrate). For sheer excitement, um, Kandre's trip wins. But at least I speak English. Actually, I am wildly looking forward to the reports on Italy and France!!!!!!!!!

I didn't find anything to cry about in the book....more like sadness and outrage, and the pleased satisfaction when a character or two revealed a life much more interesting and fulfilling - and sometimes more heart-breaking - than the other characters (and I) arrogantly assumed. I am going to start The Virgin's Knot soon - about a dowry rug weaver in Turkey. It begins in 1953. I am fascinated by contemporary books about other lands and cultures because I have only got a historical sense of them, I have no idea what day to day life is like. That was one of the cool things about working overseas - I did very little tourist stuff, but learned to shop for groceries and get to work and stuff like that - where to get a good cheap supper, where to go out partying and such. As long as I am here all by mahself.....I will post this, I posted it at the CH too. It was so lovely to read about Clay without a discouraging word that I almost teared up. Shut up. Just saw this linked to on msnbc - good mentions, and a link to a 2005 article that is pretty good..... lovely Clay mentions

playbiller - did your advice to people asking for directions involve "left" or "right"? Have they been seen again? Hahaha! I am waiting for the next installment - this is great!

Heeeee....I have been thinking Elliot reminds me of someone.....Tom the goatboy in Chronicles of Narnia. Same sweetness and ears. The shows and contestants are all starting to run together or something. Even the boards are just focussed on who will get cut next, a lot of the time. Hopefully each singer will benefit by the exposure, though, however brief. I was thinking about the Mandisa issue (the anti-gay thing) and wondering if people make a distinction between those just having a belief that something is wrong, and those who hate and kill and legislate. So many people are a product of their upbringing and circumstances. Religion, for instance - I think most people are just born into it, they don't do extensive research and pick one they like. Sort like Cgirl saying it is no great accomplishment to be born somewhere - oh well, too much philosophy for this thread!

Yawn. quelle surprise. If Mandisa, Elliot, and whatshername are not the bottom three, then I will be surprised. Pickler looks good! McPhee evidently is using Kelly's stylist. Tossup how rvzlady will feel about Queen, I bet - indignity as opposed to honoring. I am so NOT LOOKING FORWARD to idolsong night. eta - Oh Gosh....what a shocker. Ryan looks eerily like Tim Daly in Six Feet Under, in some shots. And that other bunch didn't fake being nervous very well.

Teri Hatcher is on Desperate Housewives. Some people think Ryan is gay and Teri is a beard. Ryan's comeback to Simon's remark seemed very sharp and pointy, and Simon bounced a bit.

Oh, I won't laugh - I only spent $10 a day on food in Tokyo....but, oh, wait....bwahahahaha! You went to Europe with $200?????? I can't wait for the next installment!

Hey! Wish for McPhee to go home! I can fake being shocked! I am not voting. Speculation is that Paris is going home...how is that a shocker?

I read the book about a month ago. I started it, put it down after a few pages, then picked it up again and read it straight through. I doubt he picked it out because he identified with it, though. I guess I hope that book discussions in other lands far away don't use this book as a club or a chance to once again dissect Clay's family; it stands on its own merits. The thing about the book that struck me, as an average middle-class Amurrican, is that I will never understand how rich people can treat poor people as subhuman, I can't understand why they are not ashamed of themselves. Guess you have to be born into it, and see that way of life as the norm. Clay - the new Oprah!

Yep, Bottlecap, they all have flat eyes. Maybe they read all about the show beforehand........ None of them really even cares what the judges say, methinks. Oooooh! Italian put-downs from KAndre.....tres terribile indeed, this evening. Not even any good train wrecks.

I liked Chris. McPhee creeps me out for some reason - she looks like a too-knowing Stepford Kelly. I miss Clay's sparkly eyes. Oh YIKES!!!! Taylor looked like Jay Leno, and his eyes actually got crossed while looking at the mike!

Um, Ace murdered that last note thingy before the falsetto. And did he just announce breaking up with his girlfriend on national TV? My, Kellie did sing that song....don't care for the straddle-legged humper look, tho.

Well, I am going to be Positive Polly - Yo! Man! Elliot sang that whole song on key!!!!!!!!! It was kinda nice, but he kinda yodelled a bit. I missed Mandisa singing. She has quite a beautiful face. And I doubt Simon understands being happy in your own body. And was that a shot from Simon about Desperate Housewives' Teri Hatcher? Ryan got a bit bitchy there...... Waves to Playbiller.....I wondered if your pooch was happy to see you!

Just tuned in, missed Taylor's singing - I really really tried, but I still think Taylor looks like a goober. And someone needs to swat him every time he goes yuck-yuck and jumps up and claps his hands.

I, not DJS111!, live in New Jersey and Fear lives in NC. Perhaps I can meet you, Muskifest, in NC, when I go down to NC in May (with or without Holly, my pup). Just call me a traveling woman, no job. no worries (*cough cough*). Let me know when anyone comes to the big apple, I live just outside there in a small township with more trees than people. PS, I love Annapolis, I used to sale out from the sailing school all the time on their grand tours.

This is not DJS - just a ahem visitor entertaining herself. Dropped by to say hi. Looks like K'Andre is having a lot of fun traveling - she sure can keep in touch looks at the fancy typing admiringly BottLecap[\b] is keeping us up on the news (although she did not come to the AI party last week anf I had no one to talk to because everyone one else was late) So What'sup? I can't log in as myself, for some reason it says I don't exist. Must be something weird - should have taken a list of my passwords with me instead of relying on the ocmputer to eter them. I can't even access my e-mail here sigh

Lemme think.....and I'll be back!

OK! Here is the first skit - and bottlecap, I am waiting for yours! The vacation pics.....a small part of me - no, wait, a big part of me - would kinda like to see the next couple of pictures have George Clooney and the Brangelina and Faye photoshopped in......Fran sitting somewhere holding Raleigh......maybe spot Xtina in a shop.....Jimmy Kimmel showing up everywhere, like Zelig....... Clay - This Photoshop thing is AWESOME! I want everybody in mah entourage to take a class and learn how to use it, just for fun! (editor's note - I would kill to hear Clay say "mah entourage" - I even have a small list of candidates....) Kimmel - Don't be vengeful, Clay, it isn't pretty, and it validates the creeps.... Clay - I know all that, Jimmy, but this is too much fun....look! I put Sarah Silverman in a church just for you! Kimmel - Hey, thanks! I hope Sarah doesn't tell her "Producers" joke in there....But don't you think it would be bad P.R. if you got caught photoshopping? Clay - What does Puerto Rico have to do with all this? haha! Are they saying I was in Puerto Rico???? because I don't think I was! Don't want to, either, because I keep seeing that "bad P.R." phrase all over the place.....does Puerto Rico's tourism board know this is going on? Hey! Maybe they need me to do a little tourism video thingy, like I did for Raleigh! Then they could be "GOOD P.R."! Roger....what do you think? Roger? Where'd Roger go??? Kimmel - You idiot! P.R. means Public Relations! Clay - NONONO! No public relations! I won't even take off a tshirt in front of a camera! Why would I start having relations in public??? Are you crazy? Kimmel - Clay, you are missing the point! Clay - Heh.

I am going to famewhore and put my skit in the new thread - I do feel "skit-ish" today - ahahaha! Now - I am going to go and get my new Siamese cats!!!!!!

WHAT!!!!!!!! You have no dancing bahnahnas??!!!!! Ansamcv, I am heartbroken! What kind of a cheapo site is this??????? And yes, I think that P.R. does list bananas among its many fine exports.......can we get a P.R. expert to order some for us? Because I am unsure of the intricacies of tariffs and customs and import duties and inspections and all that. Long Island Ice Tea? We will be counting your drinks, missie. Or counting your drinkies, miss - depending on how much Pearl vodka I have had.

Well, okay......I meant no lese-majestie, although I generally spell YOUR name right.....just kidding, I just had a flashback to something else entirely! Haha! And anyway, I thought someone made me president when I managed to use the phrase "fucking cheery" 22 times in one post. But I bow to your Royalty-ness, just don't want to be Tony Blair, is all. Gosh, should I put my skit at OFC? I haven't been there in (figurative) YEARS!!!! Hey! Maybe the same people who helpfully share posts from the CH den - in the interests of a free and fair press, I am POSITIVE, and not famewhory or devious or shit-stirring in ANY WAY, I give them every benefit of the doubt....wait, I just started hiccupping a bit - anyway, maybe someone will share my skit all around, because if you look up Clay Fan, you will see "helpful" and "sharing" in the definition! Oh gosh, I feel so festive and chatty today! Is there any kind of dress code for tonight? Feathers? Fur? Is there a committee to decide on these things? I am up for anything except a tshirt with hearts'n'stuff on it, it would just burst into (again, figurative!) flames or something. Have you decided on our attire?

Hmmmm....I think I will party here tonight.....let the good times roll, indeed! And yes, I would not be one bit surprised if the trolls come out to play at the CH. I will be avoiding the CH, myself....damn, there's trolls that are members, and now they are gonna let everybody in.....I won't be surprised to hear about a reprise of the floating Baby Ruth in the swimming pool scene from CaddyShack. I have absolutely no personal issues about Clay, I don't know how I could, so I think I will stick with you happy people! The vacation pics.....a small part of me - no, wait, a big part of me - would kinda like to see the next couple of pictures have George Clooney and the Brangelina and Faye photoshopped in......Fran sitting somewhere holding Raleigh......maybe spot Xtina in a shop.....Jimmy Kimmel showing up everywhere, like Zelig. Clay - This Photoshop thing is AWESOME! I want everybody in mah entourage to take a class and learn how to use it, just for fun! (editor's note - I would kill to hear Clay say "mah entourage" - I even have a small list of candidates....) Kimmel - Don't be vengeful, Clay, it isn't pretty, and it validates the creeps.... Clay - I know all that, Jimmy, but this is too much fun....look! I put Sarah Silverman in a church just for you! Kimmel - Hey, thanks! I hope Sarah doesn't tell her "Producers" joke in there....But don't you think it would be bad P.R. if you got caught photoshopping? Clay - What does Puerto Rico have to do with all this? haha! Are they saying I was in Puerto Rico???? because I don't think I was! Don't want to, either, because I keep seeing that "bad P.R." phrase all over the place.....does Puerto Rico's tourism board know this is going on? Hey! Maybe they need me to do a little tourism video thingy, like I did for Raleigh! Then they could be "GOOD P.R."! Roger....what do you think? Roger? Where'd Roger go??? Kimmel - You idiot! P.R. means Public Relations! Clay - NONONO! No public relations! I won't even take off a tshirt in front of a camera! Why would I start having relations in public??? Are you crazy? Kimmel - Clay, you are missing the point! Clay - Heh. ANYWAY....as President of the Fucking Cheery Car, I will be dispensing drinks to members. BUT - I will be checking the timestamp on your application.....people who jumped in when the car first was built get call drinks, newbies get well drinks. Only fair. And that is my policy until I have too many call drinks. You'll know when that happens because I will use my very first dancing banana. I am an emoticon virgin. Forgive me in advance if I accidently inflict a pear or an apple or some other inappropriate, non-dancing fruit on a future post. Oh, by the way....where is everybody? I am warning you....I will just keep adding to this post....Playbiller, I am looking at YOU!

Didn't Clay trademark "cellcert"? And if he reads the CH as is reported, he would have known about the cellcerts being streamed a year ago. eta - playbiller - Yeah, I understand that - but it is obvious to anyone who reads the CH that we stream, it is in the main thread about signing up and when it starts.