Green Room - Week 1 - Day 5

[clauderainsrm]

People are always asking me questions. A few of those questions have words that I can actually repeat in public. Sometimes those questions are actually questions and *not* telling me where I can go. (I assume those are vacation suggestions. Although I'm not sure how exactly I'm supposed to get to some of those places. It doesn't seem possible

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[theun4givables]

Mornin' GR. I am on normal people time today. Woo!

I haven't had a chance to read through everything yet, otherwise I would have a small list of rec's to share with you all. :) I'm trying to get faster as this reading thing in order for that to happen -- I know that even as a vet, I always get a little thrill when I see someone put me on their rec list. <3

I need to get off my butt here in a minute and make some phone calls. I am not looking forward to these.

[n3m3sis43]

YOU CAN DOOOOOO EEEEET. <3

[theun4givables]

Uggghhhh no I caaaaan't.

[mari4212]

I have just barely gotten through my tribe's accounts, and am trying to remember the names of the ones I particularly liked. Which yeah, probably not going to happen too much.

[theun4givables]

I have a spreadsheet so I can note which entries I thought were amaze pretty easily, but there have only been one or two that I've read so far that I've reaaaaally loved.

And then I try to factor in whether they're a newb/whether they're a fan-favorite (in my experience of the game) and --

Yeah it's hard making a rec list. :)

[mari4212]

You are far more organized about it than I am at this point. I had a word document open, stuck the names of my tribe on it, and went down marking yes or no votes, and promptly erased it as soon as I was done voting. I'm not even going to begin tracking until there are fewer people to accidentally leave off.

[theun4givables]

This is after going through a few weeks of season 8 without a spreadsheet -- Exhibits A and B I made it as people were signing up. Just added people's names as they showed up on the sign up sheet! A little extra work goes a long way, y'know?

Of course, I don't track my votes from week to week, though, like others. I track how well *I* did (to see if there's a trend in what the voters like, hah) from week to week, but tracking my voting patterns? Eh. I typically know who I tend to vote for on a weekly basis, anyway, and that list is pitifully small.

[vaudy]

I've been reading entries on my phone at work (and I've been terribly, terribly lazy about reading at home, but I gotta step it up now). I've realized I need a little pocket notebook or something to jot usernames down in.

Usually what I've done when I haven't been doing the spreadsheet thing is when I'm ready to vote (I do it all at once), I just open each entry in a new tab and glance at the first paragraph, which is usually enough to remember "oh, yeah, I liked that one!"

[snarkerdoodle]

Rec lists are something I'm going to try to be better at this year as well. Even if it's just a few things. I think that's where I've gone south on rec lists in the past -- I feel like the list should be listing 15, 20, 25 things all the time. Even if it's just 3 or 4 pieces, I'll have made those 3 or 4 people happy and put the word out about them, and that's a good thing.

[theun4givables]

This is a good point -- I always think of recommending at least 10 people, and that makes it a little difficult for me at times. Even a handful of people would brighten the days of a few contestants. :)

Thank you for this perspective -- I wouldn't have thought of that. :)

[mari4212]

Not from Idol, but in my experience doing Yuletide, rec lists that are too long are less likely to be read as well. 5-6 entries with appropriate squee get read faster than a list of 25 that is bare-bones.

[theun4givables]

This is a good point, too. I like the more personal rec lists myself, where there's a bit more than just a couple of words. :)

[roina_arwen]

No butt dialing! :)

I always appreciate Rec lists, but as I'm not a very fast reader (despite trying to read ahead of the polls) I rarely have time to make them...

[theun4givables]

With these fancy schmancy smart phones, I don't know if I CAN buttdial anymore. xD I always make sure to lock the screen before putting it away.

I'm not a fast reader, either. Sarah makes sure I read the really good ones (she's a faster reader than I am) by linking them to me. :) It's why I love her.

[jenandbronze]

Someone butt-dilaed me three times, I think she still uses those key pad type of phones... she only texts (deaf)... LOL