ldyjocelyn Posted February 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2013 And in other news...He blogged!If I'm reading him right, as well, this blog can be posted here...Another Happy Anniversary02/22/13 at 10:14 AM By: Clay AikenI know it's sort of taboo to discuss such things on this site, but I feltit important to break one of our social customs today to make mention ofa special milestone.First let me state that the OFC survives and based on you guys and yourloyalty. The dues you pay to be members here don't line anyone's pockets.They simply go to fund the upkeep and maintenance of the site. Withoutthe membership dues that you pay, www.clayaiken.com would probably gostagnant and not be around for NJU (I know your terms ) to checkout when they want to see what is up with me. You've seen websites forpeople who haven't been updated since 2001! You guys are the reason thathasn't happened to my site yet!.Of course, we try to make it worth your while with tiny littleincentives, like video chats and meet and greet opportunities. We'llcontinue to do that when we can, and hopefully be able to come up withother special incentives in the future. But the support of you all iswhat has kept this very valuable social media marketing tool alive forme. So I thank you and I hope you'll continue to stay members, andencourage others to join as well. (Think of it as a tiny "campaigndonation" to the Clay Aiken marketing arm)Our strong need to maintain the basic income for this site so it can stayalive is one of the reasons that we ask that you not share informationfrom here with the numerous other message boards. It's why I blog hereand ask that the blogs stay here and why i use this site to communicateand no others. If folks didn't come here as members, there would be noClayAiken.com!But... for today... for this moment... I am suspending that rule.... inhonor of another of another touchstone in this year of celebration.When I began on Idol, I remember going downstairs to the business officeof the Le Meridian hotel in Los Angeles where they placed us during thefirst several weeks of the TV show. There was but one computer in thishotel and it was in a room just off the lobby.(Amazing to think that ten years ago there was no high speed internetaccess in the hotel rooms and, even if there had been, almost none of uscontestants had computers!! Wow how society has changed!) That singlecomputer in that room was always occupied by a contestant from theshow!!! Someone had discovered that, within the American Idol website(what was then idolsonfox.com! ha ha) were message boards where somesavvy computer users had the opportunity to log on and discuss the Idolcontestant performances online! (Who knew of such an invention!!???)Every night several of us could be found in the business office poringover the message boards to try to gauge how well or how poorly we haddone and whether or not we thought we would be kicked off (one contestantdid it WAY more than the others, and I am willing to bet you would not beable to guess who!).These message boards (Bolt Boards, if I recall) were a phenomenon forIdol fandom, a focus group for us contestants, and would become aninitial breeding ground for an INCREDIBLE group of fans for me!!But apparently, not long after the season began, one enterprising groupdecided that they wanted to set up a message board dedicated entirely toone contestant. When I first learned about The Clayboard, I must admit Iwas shocked and humbled! I was apprehensive about going on to it fromthat tiny computer in the Idol house because I was worried about whatfolks might be saying on there and I didn't want to be psyched out duringthe competition. But I found myself pointing my browser towww.claytonaiken.com (Idol had already bought clayaiken.com) severaltimes during my run on Idol. Every time it brought me encouragement andmade me feel better about myself. The ladies who began that message boardprobably never knew that I was peeking in from time to time. But they,and the many who have joined them there for the past ten years, instilleda lot of confidence in me during my run on Idol and for many yearsafterwards. And for that I am thankful.MANY MANY message boards have sprung up (and some have shuttered) in thepast ten years. I've snooped around on a few... though I tend to keep myeyes on this one now.... and they all have become really strongcommunities of friends. Friendships have been built across thousands ofmiles because if these internet havens. Each separate message boardcommunity is special and valuable (Though, let me repeat... please cometo this one!! ) and I am eternally grateful to all of them.But The Clayboard was the first to set out on their own to support me...and ten years later they are still there... 9though i wish they wouldjoin here!! )Happy 10th Birthday Clayboard!Love cHappy anniversary to the Clayboard! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortyjill Posted February 22, 2013 Report Share Posted February 22, 2013 What a sweet blog! *sniffle* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckiest1 Posted February 22, 2013 Report Share Posted February 22, 2013 Oh wow. Thanks for bringing that over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FearofH2O Posted February 22, 2013 Report Share Posted February 22, 2013 Now I feel bad that i have never joined the Clayboard. I've only been a member of the Clackhouse, FCA, OFC and CV. If it wasn't for playbiller , I probably wouldn't be a member of any board. Nevertheless, it was awfully nice of Clay to write a blog about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couch Tomato Posted February 23, 2013 Report Share Posted February 23, 2013 Oh that's so very nice of him. I was a member of Clayboard for a few years but never settled in there. They were good for concerts. They were the first IIRC to bring concert reports. They were a hoot. Congrats Clayboard! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aikim Posted February 23, 2013 Report Share Posted February 23, 2013 3 Days until the Radio Pilot 73 Days until Clay is on stage in NC! Happy Birthday to all celebrating!Everyone have a great day!Kim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aikim Posted February 24, 2013 Report Share Posted February 24, 2013 2 Days until the Radio Pilot 72 Days until Clay is on stage in NC! Happy Birthday to all celebrating!Everyone have a great day!Kim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FearofH2O Posted February 25, 2013 Report Share Posted February 25, 2013 On my tablet so can't see what I'm typing. But good morning and hope everyone is doing well. WW tonight. Hope I lost a little more. Looking forward to the taping tomorrow. Go Clay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aikim Posted February 25, 2013 Report Share Posted February 25, 2013 1 Days until the Radio Pilot 71 Days until Clay is on stage in NC! Happy Birthday to all celebrating!Everyone have a great day!Kim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ldyjocelyn Posted February 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2013 I went to an Oscar party last night, and I'm feeling it this morning. I wish I didn't have to go to work today... However, it was really fun, and I'd do it again.OTOH, we might not have work tomorrow, if this snow storm develops as they say. I can hope, anyway.I can only listen to the end of the radio show tomorrow night. I hope that the clack goddesses record it for posterity! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aikim Posted February 26, 2013 Report Share Posted February 26, 2013 70 Days until Clay is on stage in NC! Happy Birthday to all celebrating!Everyone have a great day!Kim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckiest1 Posted February 26, 2013 Report Share Posted February 26, 2013 I would think that the OFC will have it up as a streaming link after the fact. I'm looking forward to listening in tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ldyjocelyn Posted February 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2013 Went to work in blizzard like conditions at 7:15 a.m. The college closed at 9:00 a.m. Driving home was actually easier, it's just slush at the moment. Still frustrating, though, as I basically got up for nothing! I still have to work tonight though (a virtual library instruction session scheduled before I knew about the OFC thing). Sigh. But at least I can read -- I've got to read "The Handmaid's Tale" by the end of next week. I should be able to a bunch of it done today... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ldyjocelyn Posted February 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2013 Found this via Facebook. It's a video about the National Inclusion Project from the Gala last year. http://hooplaha.com/the-importance-of-inclusion-feat-debbie-gibson-clay-aiken/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortyjill Posted February 26, 2013 Report Share Posted February 26, 2013 The Handmaid's Tale is a good book. Read it several years back now. Hope you enjoy it!We're just starting to get the dreaded blizzard here... it's lightly raining with some sleet thrown in. We're expected to get between 6-8" where I live. Ugh! I'm ready for spring! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merrieeee Posted February 26, 2013 Report Share Posted February 26, 2013 Blog!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ldyjocelyn Posted February 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2013 Sigh. I wish I could call in, but I won't. I'm not even going to be able to hear the entire thing. Sigh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmh123 Posted February 26, 2013 Report Share Posted February 26, 2013 Aw, ldyj, it's so unfair!!I decided to get on an old laptop so I could put this on the speakers and use my other computer, but I've been updating for an hour. Duh--why do I never remember that? My virus software had expired so I downloaded Security Essentials which has been working great on my current computer. Windows hadn't been updated in forever. Ah well. It's almost ready and so am I!EEEEE it's almost time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmh123 Posted February 27, 2013 Report Share Posted February 27, 2013 There's a Handmaid's Tale movie too, filmed in Durham. Con-nex-tion! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ldyjocelyn Posted February 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2013 Soooooo....how was the radio show? My class finished at 8:15 Central, and then I got involved with something else for work. I'm curious to know how people here thought it went! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FearofH2O Posted February 27, 2013 Report Share Posted February 27, 2013 That was great. Laughed outloud several times. Seems there was no dearth of calls.I hope it works for the producers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmh123 Posted February 27, 2013 Report Share Posted February 27, 2013 I thought it was great fun. Quiana is very funny and as Clay says, she's a poet. She has a great radio voice. I like the feisty advice she gives.I missed a little, but not a lot. I was doing various things during the show and missed a bit here and there. I could have used longer breaks to get the laundry folded, so that's great for a real show as it would have longer breaks.I laughed aloud also, several times. Quiana surprised me, and I can see some of what Clay has been trying to get her to let us see. He always said Quiana was the wild one (compared to Angela). That outfit she was wearing in Durham was something else, very, well Clay said you look like you've been over on XX street (where the hookers are)--so maybe she's developing a personna for this. She's a good sidekick. Sometimes when they were talking to each other, they sort of forgot us. She is less experienced, makes some rookie mistakes, like not talking loud enough and into the mike; she needs more experience speaking outwards towards "us" and to feel more comfortable dishing with us. But wow, she is something else. There is such a contrast between them.It was a lot of fun, and I think this is an interesting direction for him. He's always been terrific in radio interviews, and a number of the Apprentice peeps had radio stuff going on. It's ambitious to go for the airwaves with this, rather than podcasts and/or satellite. Would love to know who these "producers" are.And wow, the music - so rarely get to hear Clay's music "on the radio." It was fantastic, better sound quality through my external speakers than I get with my CD player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aikim Posted February 27, 2013 Report Share Posted February 27, 2013 I thought the show was good but I was having sound issues most of the night and missed quite a bit..very frustrating! There were some callers I was surprised were allowed through because they did not fit the demographic; one that did not get the memo about not being "fangirly" and one that I thought went on way too long. But I think Clay and Quiana did a great job and there should be enough to edit the show down to 15 minutes and get a good sample for the producers. I did try calling in..kept getting a busy signal..was having flashbacks to AI2 finale night, LOL! I finally did get through in the last 15 minutes but they said they already had work related calls, took my number and said they would call back if they could fit me in..I thought it was a nice way of saying they didn't think my call would work, LOL! I do hope the show gets picked up..I think Clay is very good at this and it was such fun hearing his music although I don't imagine we will here that much on the real show.69 Days until Clay is on stage in NC! Happy Birthday to all celebrating!Everyone have a great day!Kim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckiest1 Posted February 27, 2013 Report Share Posted February 27, 2013 Yesterday, one of the dogs had surgery, so we had to pick her up in the evening, and I ended up with a bunch of people staying for dinner. We did customs pizzas. So I started out listening at 7 pm, but I had so many things go on around me, and the sound (might just have been my laptop) was poor. The audio kept cutting in and out, and without headphones I wasn't really hearing it clearly. Because I had a houseful of people and stuff going on I eventually just shut it off. I am hoping that there will be a stream or a download so I can listen to it after-the-fact in a quieter time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aikim Posted February 27, 2013 Report Share Posted February 27, 2013 The OFC is down right now so I hope that means they are working on getting the stream up!Kim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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