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November 20

The best of all I've gotten to do was the blessing of working with Mike Nichols. Heaven now has one of the most brilliant, funniest angels.
President is standing in the gap for what is right. It's ballsy & it's impressive. "It's about who we are as a country and who we wanna be"
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December 4

At 16, I got in a wreck, gave a fake number & left. Cops found me, told me it was a felony & "don't do it again" #CrimingWhileWhite
Compare the #CrimingWhileWhite tweets to the #LivingWhileBlack tweets. The difference is stark and disturbing. #DoBetterAmerica
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January 13

A 12-Year-Old Wrote a Letter to Each NFL Team – And Only One Responded abcnews.go.com/US/boy-writes-…

A 12-Year-Old Wrote a Letter to Each NFL Team – And Only This One Responded

Jan 12, 2015, 6:28 PM ET

By EMILY SHAPIRO

After a 12-year-old from Yukon, Oklahoma, hand-wrote letters to executives of 32 NFL teams, he was shocked and delighted to receive a personal response from the owner of the Carolina Panthers, who have undoubtedly made a fan for life.

When Heather Pope's son Cade was home sick from school the week before Christmas, he was "kind of bored" and "needed something to occupy his time," so he asked his parents if he could write to every professional football team.

Cade penned 32 letters—-one to the CEO, owner, or president of each team.

Pope said they "decided to go that higher route" because "getting a response from them would be harder but more meaningful."

"So we weren't quite sure what we could get back, if we could get back anything," she added.

On December 26, Cade sent 16 letters to the NFC teams. On January 5, he sent 16 letters to the AFC teams.

A letter to Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson was in the first batch.

Cade wrote, "My family and I love football. We play fantasy football and watch NFL games every weekend. My parents are St. Louis Ram's fans. My brother is a Kansas City Chiefs fan. I don't have a team to cheer for yet. I am ready to pick an NFL team to cheer on for a lifetime!"

Pope said, "With Christmas and different activities it took him about three weeks to hand-write all of those letters."

"He didn't really have one team that he wanted to hear from," she said. "He just wanted to see what kind of response he'd get."

Last Thursday, Pope was pulling into her driveway when a delivery man arrived with a box from the Panthers.

Cade was still at school, but she texted him a photo. "I asked him to guess which team it was and gave him a hint that they were in the playoffs. The Panthers was his first guess."

When Cade came home he opened the package to find a signed Carolina Panthers helmet as well as a handwritten note from Richardson.

Pope said the first line of Richardson's "kind response" stood out most. The team owner wrote, "'We would be honored if our Carolina Panthers became your team. We would make you proud by the classy way we would represent you.'"

Richardson also "talked very highly of some of his players."

Pope said Cade was "overjoyed that he got that kind of response."

Richardson "takes fan mail extremely seriously," said Panthers Director of Communications Steven Drummond. "He is one of those owners who will get the mail every day and read it and always write handwritten responses."

While the letter now resides in Cade's room, Pope says it's the gesture that impressed her most.

"It's not the merchandise, it's not the items they sent us," she said. "It's what they tell us. Why he should be their fan."

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January 17

Anyone who cares about the future of NC or the future of NC children should be supremely worried by this: newsobserver.com/2015/01/16/448…
The ousting of Tom Ross is further indication that the current admin is continuing to corrode the NC we've been proud of for centuries. ?
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January 20

I know I am a nerd, but I don't apologize for being SOOO EXCITED about this new @fairlife milk! #gotmilk y'all? pic.twitter.com/kuHlaMVmIG

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Fairlife responded with two Tweets:

THX CLAY! RT @clayaiken: I know I am a nerd, but I don't apologize 4 being SOO EXCITED about this new @fairlife milk! http://t.co/3toKOsMm8I

.@clayaiken Thanks again for the shout out! We're very excited about our national launch too. DM us & well get you some more to nerd out on!

Clay replied:

.@fairlife you need to tell @HarrisTeeter to get with the program! Otherwise imma have to go back to @kroger

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Lines tonight that Speaker Boehner refused to applaud: "lowering taxes of working families and putting thousands of $ back in their pockets"
"Congress still needs to pass a law that makes sure a woman is paid the same as a man for doing the same work." — No applause from Boehner
Congress "if u truly believe u can work full-time & support a family on less than $15k a year, TRY IT!" #bluffcalled pic.twitter.com/jG7pOfhO6H

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"If you want somebody who's gonna get the job done, and done right, HIRE A VETERAN!" #SOTU
State of the Union night
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January 23

My entire life I've gotten my news from @StognerABC11 Tonight, after 38 years, he said goodbye. Larry, ur loved & u have made a difference2764.png

He also retweeted this from ABC 11 Eyewitness News:

Tonight, @StognerABC11 anchored his last reg. newscast as he has been diagnosed with ALS. We love you, #LarryStogner pic.twitter.com/qgusU2TVHI

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January 25

Packing up and moving on.

01/25/15 at 3:19 PM By: Clay Aiken

Hey folks!!!

Long time!! ;-)

Really long time.

Really really long time.

You wouldn’t even recognize me now!

It hardly seems possible to pick up here after such an unbelievable year. But thats the great thing about true friends. No matter how long you are away, when you come back it seems like you were just together yesterday.

The other night I watched the President’s State of the Union speech, as did many of you. Regardless of where you fall with regard to your political and policy positions, we all can certainly agree that our federal government needs to get its act together! Mercy!

Watching made me think of the need for a bit of a “State of the Clay” speech that I think it might be time for here. Ha ha

So many times when we see friends after so long, so much has changed. Lord knows thats the case here. I’m certainly even more driven. I wanna think I’m smarter (though the bar was never really that high!). And I recognize so many opportunities for growth and change.

Some of those are going to need to start very close to home.

As a matter of fact, one of those changes is going to hit very close to home for me.

After almost nine years of living exclusively in NC, I’m in the process of moving to NYC part time. I’ll be splitting time between NC and NYC, but splitting 12 years worth of furniture and stuff into two much smaller homes — selling a lot of it and giving a lot away — is making me pull my hair out!!!

The entertainment and media worlds are in NYC, so that’s where I likely need to be for a year or so. I’ll still be incredibly present in NC, as it is always where I call home and it’s where I want to continue to try to do whatever I can to make positive change.

Change and growth are necessary, no doubt. It’s time to grow and change and embrace new opportunities.

It’s time to make a few changes here too.

Now… everyone take a deep breath.

I know y’all love to read hidden messages into things (even when they aren’t there), and I don’t want you getting all in a tizzy!

We’re going to make making some pretty drastic changes to the website here.

Firstly, we are going to stick with clayonline.com until at least after the Chinn’s documentary has aired. That way people who may watch that who want to see positions and stuff from the campaign can still access that through clayaiken.com. After that we’ll likely shut down the campaign site and merge the two names.

Secondly, it’s time to part ways with our current “system” and infrastructure we currently have in place.

Let’s be honest, it seems both unnecessary and selfish to ask for you all to pay to join a “fan club” when there is very little on offer at this time to make it that exclusive. So we are removing the “pay wall” and no longer charging for anything on the official site. That said… we will also be taking down some of the heavier features.

The current company charges an assload (that’s a scientific term) for everything and the amount they charge for some of the features seems unrealistic, especially considering so many of you are dual members of boards both here and elsewhere. Most things underneath the “fan club” tab will go away.

We are still going to make sure there is a blog section so I can communicate with you every nine months or so like I have been …. (that was a joke!! I will do it more often!)…. Hopefully we will be able to use a system more easy to use and i will do my utmost best to use it more often. But there’s no need to ask you to pay for access to that.

Also, as you know we are still working on finding the best way, from a logistical and technological standpoint, to perform the “web concert” that you were promised during the campaign. Once we know how best to do that, we will likely try to use that same method to do some “web chats” here and there. But there’s certainly no reason for us to ask you to pay for that either. You’ve paid plenty!

And, as I mentioned, the message boards here at the OFC will be shutting down.

Now, I know that many of you use only this message board. And more importantly, I know that so many of you have formed families of friends here within this message board. TRUST me! It was an incredibly painful decision to make, for that very purpose. Even writing this I realize there are some folks who rely on and love this particular message board, and it hurts me to give this news. The good news is… there are lots of other message boards who are ready and willing to welcome you into the fold.

I’ve been in conversations with the folks over at “Clayversity” (www.clayversity.net) Not only are they excited about welcoming all OFC members into their community, they have been INCREDIBLY GRACIOUS and have agreed to set up your own separate section within their system — an entirely exclusive temporary thread section just for “refugees” from the OFC — that will be yours for just a couple of weeks to allow you to get your bearings and learn the new system and tie up conversations from here. Of course, I know that you’ll be welcomed over there and they are looking forward to bringing you into the fold of their community, so you’ll probably only be segregated for a few weeks while you dip your toes into the waters around the rest of their message board.

This is important: They have a private and members-only set up over there and they are very exclusive about who they allow to join, so if you choose to use this option it is very important that you use the same email to sign up over there that you used to sign up here at the OFC. They will clear those emails with my folks and make sure no stalkers or haters are infiltrating our happy family.

If you choose not to use the Clayversity option, there are lots of other groups that are full of awesome folks.

And you can’t go wrong… the bottom line is… the members of this fan community are the MOST INCREDIBLE in the WORLD.

I know all artists say that, because all artists appreciate that their fans support them. But you guys support EACH OTHER… and I am sorry folks… no one else has fans that are that awesome. Period![

When this site goes away, it will probably be replaced by a temporary page. Don’t let it throw you off and get you depressed. We probably won’t fill out the new one until I have lost some campaign weight and can take new pictures without needing 30lbs photoshopped off of me! ha ha ha! Good grief!

I’m not exactly sure when the change over will be.. but it will be relatively soon (and not “Clay soon” … “normal people soon” ha ha) so take a bit of time to save the things you want to save and start making your transition over.

I reiterate…. this is not a change based on career plans! This is a purely business driven decision. And for that reason, I can not be exactly sure when the site will switch over. Go ahead and make preparations.

Change is a PAIN… trust me. Going through and getting rid of furniture and knick-knacks I’ve had for years is killing me!!! Ha! (NYC apartments are tiny! I’m probably even gonna have to sell my bed because it won’t fit in either new house!! And my mom is losing her mind over me selling the dining room table and the trophy display case. Never mind that it never had any trophies in it!)

That said… change can bring with it some INCREDIBLE new opportunities. And I am hoping to be in a position to tell you about some of them very soon after the documentary airs.

Regardless… 2015 will certainly have some very exciting things happening for all of us. And many of them will be exciting things that I expect you will like. If I were retiring, I’d be doing it in NC, not NYC… let that be a bit of comfort for you.(read: I'm not retiring! I have a kid to put through college!)

Now you may not want to hear this, but you need to…. Recording and touring are not on the forefront of the priority list for the year. I must “strike while the iron is hot” to take advantage of some opportunities I have in the wake of last year. And those will be the priority. Recording and touring are not in the cards for the time being.

But.. I AM NOT STOPPING SINGING and I AM NOT DISAPPEARING.. and I am NOT RUNNING FOR OFFICE AGAIN right now!!!

Don’t read and re-read into things I say in the press as an indication that I’m never going to sing again.

The web concert will happen. I’ll be singing at the NIP gala for sure.

I will be around just like I have been around in years past and you’ll see and hear from me plenty. That I will PROMISE.

Seriously!! Calm down!

You also need to hear this…. I could never stop singing. Singing WILL happen, just likely through different avenues than we may have been spoiled by in years past. I just need to find different ways to use my voice too… while I still have it.

SERIOUSLY!! CALM DOWN!!! I’m not quitting performing!

Truth: We’ve spent an incredible amount of time over the past twelve months working so hard on some very important things. I will never] be able to say enough how incredible it makes me feel to know that I have the MOST loyal and supporting group of friends in you. That you have supported not only me, but everything that has been important to me over the past (almost 12 years) now is … well “humbling” isn’t a big enough word.

And, if for no other reason than that, I am never going to leave you! Calm down!! ha ha ha ha

I love you ALL with a STRENGTH that you may never believe nor understand.

I look forward to whatever is coming for us all in 2015.

As scary as change can be, I am so glad we have each other to hold hands with through it.

I love you…. see you “soon”

YMC

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January 27

A continuation of the Fairlife milk conversation...

Clay starts:

@HarrisTeeter @fairlife @kroger Green Level Church Rd in Cary still letting me down. :-/

HarrisTeeter responds:

@clayaiken @fairlife @kroger I just spoke to the store manager and they can get this on the next truck for you! Is there a particular one?

Then Fairlife:

@HarrisTeeter @clayaiken @kroger Let's do all of them! Thanks!

Back to Harris Teeter:

@fairlife @clayaiken @kroger I think we can arrange that :-)

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So proud of my dear friend @angiesingss Grammy Nominated Singer Angie Fisher Stops ‘The Mo’Kelly Show’ on KFI eurweb.com/2015/01/grammy…
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February 8

Who just TORE IT UP at @TheGRAMMYs ?? My friend @angiesingss That's who! Most amazing performance of the day by far!! pic.twitter.com/4x0GELq0y2

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Couldn't be more proud of my Grammy Nominated friend @angiesingss This has been the best Grammy Sunday ever! pic.twitter.com/IkY6LScMBG
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