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Bob2112 | Thursday, May 08, 2003 - 01:38 pm     KL, Clay would have to watch out for Terry Tate, The Office Linebacker, otherwise he might not be able to walk off. Ruben could probably take the hit.  |
Watching2 | Thursday, May 08, 2003 - 01:46 pm     Ok, here it is: I'm officially switching my alliance to CLAY! I was voting to keep Kim in, but I did try to vote for Clay after the last fiasco with Ruben, but I think I only manged to get through 1 or 2 times and this was during the last half hour of voting. I couldn't stop smiling after I saw Clay do the "Grease" song. I thought it was great to see him out there having fun. It was so great to see him do something no one would expect of him! Kim's performances haven't been the greatest the last couple of weeks and I really don't think she'll be able to pull it off over Clay and Ruben. Ruben hasn't been consistent as far as I'm concerned unless he's doing his "thang" and I also don't like he's been picked from the beginning to win, so offically sign me on to the Clay Wagon! |
Ketchuplover | Thursday, May 08, 2003 - 01:46 pm     Ruben can be Clay's bodyguard |
Wcv63 | Thursday, May 08, 2003 - 01:49 pm     Yay!!! The Clayborhood is growing! Ameraikens and Claynadians living together in peace and harmony! |
Bob2112 | Thursday, May 08, 2003 - 01:54 pm     Good call, KL. I can picture it now: <...insert wavey dream sequence effect here...> Clay walks into Hermione's library, but she can't get to clay because of Ruben, the body guard. Then Midlifer tries to distract Ruben by throwing the phone book for area code 205 at him, but accidentally hits clay in the head! OMH! Of course, Clay recovers, takes the ladies out to dinner and gives them front row tickets to the final show where he becomes the next American Idol.  |
Llkoolaid | Thursday, May 08, 2003 - 02:28 pm     I have always like all three but I have to agree with Watching2 , it is time to get off the fence and pick one. I think Clay is the best of the 3, and I can't name one performance of his that I haven't loved, which I can't say for Rueben or Kim. The 3 of them are all great but there is only 1 winner. Please someone put some votes in there for me for Clay. |
Meme9 | Thursday, May 08, 2003 - 03:47 pm     Welcome to all the new Clay fans!!!! getting more chairs for all the new arrivals... |
Happyfeet | Thursday, May 08, 2003 - 04:39 pm     Hi fellow Claymates! Bah humbug to all the folks who think Clay is insincere or overdramatic on eviction nights. Many people who wear their hearts on their sleeves come across as insincere when, in fact, they're just openly and honestly displaying their feelings. Clay is a caring sweetheart. GO CLAY!  |
Rabbit | Thursday, May 08, 2003 - 05:10 pm     LLkoolaid, get the heck out of here and back in the Kim thread. Once Kim is eliminated we can start a bidding war between the Claymates and Rooobinators for our support. You're weakening our bargaining position here. |
Sadiesmom | Thursday, May 08, 2003 - 05:24 pm     since I came here for BB2 andstayed for the Amazing Race. IMissed AI1. So tell me was it as crazy as this, were people as rabid? Did they have such nickname? I always wonder when Randy said this year has the talent, but the first group have more stage presence, not sure what that means. |
Tabbyking | Thursday, May 08, 2003 - 05:38 pm     i think it means clay can belt a song, but his belt doesn't move, while last year people ranged all over the stage but their voices didn't have range. or maybe i just made that all up. hmmmmm, yep, i did. actually, i saw only half of the very last episode for AI 1. |
Tabbyking | Thursday, May 08, 2003 - 05:45 pm     my daughter is listening to the AI 2 cd and just pointed out where everyone is arranged on the cover pic...last year kelly was in the middle left and justin was above her in the top left hand corner. this year clay is in the middle left and ruben is above him in the top left hand corner. coinkydink? interesting, anyway! |
Llkoolaid | Thursday, May 08, 2003 - 06:37 pm     Ok Rabbit I'll go back but you know I am going to be easy |
Walker | Thursday, May 08, 2003 - 07:09 pm     i sure hope that means something tabby. |
Hermione69 | Thursday, May 08, 2003 - 07:14 pm     Hi guys, I'm at my parents for the weekend. Will be walking in the Relay for Life with my mom tomorrow. They are in bed and I peeked in to see who was voted off Survivor and had to stop by my favorite thread while I was on board. Bob, I love your scenario, I'm sure Midlifer will too! Rabbit, I will fondle your ears if you will vote for Clay. Didn't you say you were willing to be bribed? I will fondle your ears and hand feed you baby carrots. Llkoolaid, your turn, name your price! ROFL! Well, I just wanted to say Hi. Hi Tabby, Hi Happyfeet, Hi everyone, Hi Hi Hi!! I won't be around much for the next couple of days. Cover for me in this thread, Tabby! Have fun, all!
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Opie | Friday, May 09, 2003 - 05:56 am     Just a quick report from Clay's media appearances this morning. I'll only hit the highlights. He explained about the "kiss" with Carmen. He said that she had had a fight with her boyfriend the night before and they decided to embarrass him on TV the next night so they pretended (and he repeated that like 3 times) to kiss. So that should be the official end to that rumor. He turned his feet all the way around backward. Not a sight for the faint of heart. Just a little strange He competed in a preliminary round in Charlotte and lost. The girl who beat him did not make it to Hollywood. He didn't tell anyone he was going to Atlanta to compete. I taped his news appearance this morning and am willing to do B&P for maybe 5 or so people if anyone is interested. It was just around an hour. They talked quite a bit to him and he did the weather, which was pretty funny. No singing; they said he was not allowed (I guess by the show). You can email me at patti 415 @ aol . com (take out all spaces) if you are interested. B&P is blanks and postage - you send me a blank VHS tape and a self-addressed stamped envelope and I will make you a copy and send it back to you. |
Heavenly | Friday, May 09, 2003 - 07:08 am     I found an interesting article that I wanted to share. http://www.heraldsun.com/durham/4-350631.htm May 8, 2003 The Herald-Sun During his whirlwind stop in Durham Thursday, Clay Aiken took a few minutes to chat with reporter Rachel Mosteller. Q: What do you think of your style change? A: "It’s not necessarily a huge change. It’s a tweak. I have not made any changes that have, in my opinion, compromised anything. I’m not going to go out and wear anything that I feel is inappropriate." Q: What are your plans after "Idol" for if you win or don’t win? A: "If I win, the schedule is tied up. I think they said that last year, Kelly Clarkson had four days off between the time the show was over and the time the tour started. And I’m sure she hadn’t any days off since then. It’s kind of self-explanatory if I win. But, if I don’t win, it’s an opportunity for a door to open. If this is what God wants for me to do, then those doors will open and it will happen for me. But, if it doesn’t and I get cut this week and I have to go home on Wednesday. If I don’t make it through, I’m fine to go back to teaching. I’m very happy doing what I was doing before this started. I’ve auditioned enough. I can’t go and do anymore." Q: What are your opinions of Ruben and Kimberley? A: "Ruben and Kimberley are the absolute two best friends I’ve made on that show. No doubt. I’m so close to them. We’re absolutely thrilled that we are in the top three together. I’ve said a number of times that if we were in the top three together that would be the pinnacle for us. We were all three in group two together, that’s a little bit of trivia. I love them both and I couldn’t be in better company. They are some of the most talented people I know. Some of the best human beings I know." Q: Where will you live? A: "I think that all depends on what happens. Some of us have had discussions about moving out there together. Kim Locke and myself, for example, have discussed about possibly moving out, if the right doors are open. In my long-term goal, I want to live here. But you really can’t have a career in Raleigh in this industry." Q: How are you preparing for the final? A: "We have been discussing with the music director the songs we are singing for next week. Next week we are going to choose our own songs. The judges pick a song for us, and apparently we have to draw. Like a pop quiz. I guess when I get back I will find out what my judge’s pick is and what my pop quiz pick is. I am not really doing anything different to prepare for the final. I’m just staying the course." Q: What are your impressions of the judges? A: "All of them have a very difficult job to do. Especially now. We’re down to, in my opinion, two of the top talents in the country and me. I don’t understand how they can differentiate. It’s not about who is better anymore. It’s about the style that the public likes. And the judges are really just giving their opinions at this point. Randy is a very constructively critical person. I appreciate the fact that he’s honest with you but he tempers it with a little kindness. Paula is the artist. She’s very supportive. She can be honest when she needs to. She told me I needed to dance some more, which I bet she’s regretting now. But she’s the nurturer. Simon is brutally honest. And I like him as a person. But he’s a very brutally honest person." Q: Is your family going to the final? A: "I don’t know exactly how many will go. I know my mom and my brother will go." Q: What did you think about [Thursday]? A: "It’s amazingly overwhelming. It still hasn’t settled in with me. I was just here two months ago and I was walking down the street and nobody knew me. We went to the bank today and people were running outside because they recognized me. And we were driving through the teller. It’s hard to let it soak in at this point. But it’s very humbling and somehow, I don’t feel very worthy of it." |
Opie | Friday, May 09, 2003 - 07:56 am     From today's Raleigh News & Observer http://www.news-observer.com/front/story/2525035p-2345460c.html (there are some good pictures too) He hopped off the helicopter, and the girls screamed. Then Clay Aiken strode to the pitcher's mound, thanked the crowd at Durham Bulls Athletic Park for its support and, after knocking his own athletic abilities, delivered a ceremonial first pitch on one hop to the plate. The girls screamed some more. And he hadn't even sung a note. Aiken, the "American Idol" contestant and Raleigh homeboy, left a few months ago with little ado. He returned Thursday with a bodyguard, stacks of 8-by-10 glossies and an appointment book that included a meeting with the governor and a gig to sing the national anthem to 10,000 people. It was a nonstop day of photo opportunities and impromptu news conferences, picked pig and banana pudding, autographs -- and screaming girls. As one of the final three contestants on America's hottest TV talent search, Aiken, 24, was treated like a young Elvis. A camera crew recorded all the carefully choreographed action to air later on "American Idol." Aiken's reaction? "Surreal." Bright-eyed and chipper at 10:30 a.m., Aiken appeared at the governor's office after a chartered flight from Los Angeles. In Carolina-blue striped sneakers, he bantered with Gov. Mike Easley under the bright lights of the TV cameras. When Easley presented him with photos of the recent dedication of the James Taylor Bridge in Chapel Hill, Aiken couldn't resist. "Bridge? I want a bridge." "When you win it all, you'll get your bridge," Easley said. "Maybe a small one, with this budget. But we'll get you a bridge." After singing a verse for some students on a field trip to the Capitol and signing autographs, Aiken was hustled off to a bright yellow Ford Escape. By lunchtime, the Leesville Road High School graduate was back at the North Raleigh family homestead, munching on pig. More than 70 friends and family hung out in the back yard, eating, catching up with the family star and mugging for People magazine cameras. His mother, Faye Parker, beamed. But she realized his time home would be short. It has been months since he was in Raleigh, and she keeps up with her son the same way as the rest of us. "That's the way I stay connected with Clay is by seeing him on TV," she said as the Escape pulled out of her driveway, headed for the next stop on his itinerary. She couldn't be certain where her son was going. He ended up at the A.E. Finley YMCA on Baileywick Road, where he used to work as a counselor. After shaking hands with children and posing for more photos, he headed outside to speak with the media. All day, he answered the same questions. On what it's like to be on "American Idol": "This is the biggest audition I've ever had." On his chances in the contest: "I'll let what God happens to me happen to me." On what he'll do if he loses: "If nobody calls me after this, that's OK. I love what I was doing." Then he was hurried off again. Friend and YMCA employee Suzanne Lyczkowski seemed disappointed she couldn't have more time with Aiken. But she carried a bit of hope. "He promised me that I would be the first person he hires," she said. Lyczkowski has handled fan mail and been a go-to person for the local media looking for information on Aiken. She hopes to parlay that into a paycheck as a publicist. But that's not all. "He promised me health and dental coverage, too," she said. Aiken wound down his day with the most-hyped appearance of them all -- singing the national anthem before the Bulls game. After a dramatic entrance via helicopter and the ceremonial first pitch, Aiken, wearing a Bulls jersey with his name and No. 1 on the back, stood behind home plate to deliver what the sold-out crowd came to see. The crowd hushed. As members of both teams stood at the top of the dugout steps to watch, Aiken burst out an a cappella version of the national anthem that kept the crowd quiet. As TV cameras rolled, the crowd finally roared at "rockets red glare." A teenage girl, with "Clay Rules" scrawled in marker on her arm, summed it up. "That was awesome." |
Midlifer | Friday, May 09, 2003 - 09:45 am     Wow, Bob, I just read your post! Now, if only dreams could come true.... Herm, hurry back! I missed you today! |
Mak1 | Friday, May 09, 2003 - 09:49 am     Thank you so much, Opie and Heavenly! The more we hear about our Clay, the more we realize what a winner he is, on and off the stage. |
Hermione69 | Friday, May 09, 2003 - 10:13 am     Ditto to Mak1's post! Hi Midlifer! I've missed seeing you, but after the day we had yesterday, do I miss the library??? Not a bit! ROFL! Any Tech kids today?? Now that I am showered and ready to go, I actually do have about a half-hour to pass befoe I have to leave for the Relay for Life. What better place to come and hang out than the Clay thread? I really enjoyed the articles. I am so happy with the final three, they all deserve to be there! CLAY, RUBEN AND KIM!! It is heartwarming, too, to read the mutual love and respect they have for each other. I'm sure so many doors will open for all of them!! |
Muse | Friday, May 09, 2003 - 11:33 am     So apparently Clay said that he wasn't comfortable wearing jeans when he performed "Grease", so he won't wear them on air anymore. This makes me very unhappy. |
Sadiesmom | Friday, May 09, 2003 - 12:56 pm     Well, Muse, Apparently some people on another site liked him wearing jeans too much. They posted stills which would not exactly make one feel too comfortable. I don't know if they were photoshopped or for real, but they were way across the line. |
Carolinakisses | Friday, May 09, 2003 - 01:00 pm     A local TV station interviewed Clay's Mom and they posted this link for his fan club. Just thought I would share incase it has not been posted previously. http://www.claytonaiken.com |
Opie | Friday, May 09, 2003 - 01:57 pm     Here is a link to the local station he was on this morning. They have some video clips up: http://www.wral.com/news/2188082/detail.html |
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