It means a lot to me to be able to be here. And it means a lot to me that you are here. Even though we don’t talk often, I do consider you a friend. I’ve been doing this on and off for 12 years. Through all sorts of craziness in my life you were here, idol was here, reminding me to write.
I never thought I’d do idol again, and then on a whim I signed up. And here I am the farthest I’ve ever gotten. I don’t care that I didn’t win, I mean it would have been nice obviously :) I care that I was here. I care that we were all here. I care that I got to finish telling my story. And that is all because of you ❤️
I have said this before and I hope to be saying it in the future, but thank you for doing this. You put an extraordinary amount of work into Idol, and I appreciate it. And I wonder what comes next?
Thank you for this! I said it in my Portfolio, but I really didn't enter this season with any expectation of getting anywhere, with no plans of what might happen, nothing. I was just trying to find an excuse to reconnect with someone who ended up bying out almost immediately. But I decided I'd keep on keeping on and see how far I could actually get if I tried. And (for all of my talk about thinking about my finale piece for a good chunk of the competition) I really was surprised every time I managed to survive another week.
My husband told me after the fact that he was not surprised, since he generally enjoys my writing, but that he was always waiting for that other shoe to drop, and it just... never came. He was really worried about what was going to happen to me when I was eventually eliminated, and his worry grew more and more the closer we got to the finale. But here's the thing - the further and further I got in the competition, the more and more open I got, the stronger and stronger I got. Yeah, I had a bit of a meltdown at the
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That's funny, that happened to me too - I joined because of a friend I wanted to hang out with, then they were either voted out or bye'd out, can't remember. And I've continued in Idol, and she hasn't participated again. Weird how these things work!
I am so glad that Idol had such a positive impact for you! It's a great place to be.
Thank you so much, Gary, for coming up with this idea and keeping it going for so long, and for all the work that you put into it every season! You're truly amazing!
I hope you enjoy your time off as well. It's going to be weird not to have green rooms to read and entries to comment to, but I hope you get a lot of time to refresh and relax, and I can't wait to see what you have in store for us next! Though selfishly I hope it's not that long of a wait :)
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I never thought I’d do idol again, and then on a whim I signed up. And here I am the farthest I’ve ever gotten. I don’t care that I didn’t win, I mean it would have been nice obviously :) I care that I was here. I care that we were all here. I care that I got to finish telling my story. And that is all because of you ❤️
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My husband told me after the fact that he was not surprised, since he generally enjoys my writing, but that he was always waiting for that other shoe to drop, and it just... never came. He was really worried about what was going to happen to me when I was eventually eliminated, and his worry grew more and more the closer we got to the finale. But here's the thing - the further and further I got in the competition, the more and more open I got, the stronger and stronger I got. Yeah, I had a bit of a meltdown at the ( ... )
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I am so glad that Idol had such a positive impact for you! It's a great place to be.
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I hope you enjoy your time off as well. It's going to be weird not to have green rooms to read and entries to comment to, but I hope you get a lot of time to refresh and relax, and I can't wait to see what you have in store for us next! Though selfishly I hope it's not that long of a wait :)
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