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Post by phishfood on Dec 22, 2011 15:12:54 GMT -5
The one thing I do want to comment though is that I struggle with the fact that media is now officially coming in here, signing up as users, posting links to the English translation version of their Finnish articles, to get hits to their site out of our Adamtopia traffic. It's the first time I am a bit hesitant to welcome somebody here. WTF. So tomorrow the National Enquirer and every lousy blogger in this world comes signing up here, first using our texts (heard this here, did not follow up on that, so not sure what was used) and then posting their articles here with links to get the 10-20K hits they can potentially get out of this site. I understand that what we are writing here is public, but grrrrr..talk about blurring the line and changing the roles of the participants in this reality game. Me not likey. I understand that this site is open to all, but I thought it was a fan site, not a site for media, who I presume are not fans. I realize they could sign on anonymously and post the same links and we would never know, but still. Was kinda taken aback by that. We know here since a while that some media are picking their info from our archives, but using our posts and placing their links here is different, imo. Will need to think about all that some more. Am I the only one concerned about this? No, you are not the only one! That's what I've been thinking too.. |
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Post by happy on Dec 22, 2011 15:13:14 GMT -5
Hi Everybody,
Thanks for all the birthday wishes. I was so taken aback by the morning news, I totally forgot about my birthday and was shocked when the first cake appeared. I even jumped a bit. Plus, I don't remember putting my birthday in my profile. Hah!
I'm pretty sure that Adam and Sauli are feeling embarrassed. It must be awful having your life on display, but that is the nature of celebrity. Adam has always struck me as a very passionate, intense person, so I'm not surprised when he gets himself into situations. As I have said before, I see him as a more evolved person, but not one without faults. I wish him and Sauli all the best. Love them both!
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Post by murly on Dec 22, 2011 15:13:16 GMT -5
Adam's look at the GLAAD awards performance reminded me of Tony Curtis. |
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Post by savvy92 on Dec 22, 2011 15:15:30 GMT -5
You know how you wonder who kicks out a pregnant daughter or a son in trouble? Well, read Twitter and a lot of those assholes are on there. I have to check out for the day before I say something and get kicked off all social media.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2011 15:15:52 GMT -5
We all have a different way to handle things. And speaking of the incident, will help us get over it. We come up with all sorts of explanations, often transforming the matter, or belittling the matter, especially when we do not really know exactly what has happened. In this case, I believe only the information which publishes the official source (the official investigation of the administrator). I also believe/hope that A & S will somehow publicly commented on what happened... maybe...  They did both comment. :-/ |
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Post by wal on Dec 22, 2011 15:18:11 GMT -5
Adam's look at the GLAAD awards performance reminded me of Tony Curtis. He did. :D |
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Post by seoulmate on Dec 22, 2011 15:18:30 GMT -5
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Post by butterfly on Dec 22, 2011 15:18:35 GMT -5
In an Iglu with glass ceiling and there watching the powerful boreal lights, they could relax and maybe Adam would find a new inspiration for his new productions:  That is a great idea.. sleeping in iglu!!!  |
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Post by skrealitycheck on Dec 22, 2011 15:20:36 GMT -5
Awwww. Cancel that trip to Lapland. Adam is probably on Santa's naughty list now. This is the best post I have seen ALL day!! ;D Love it!!!! |
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Post by lynne on Dec 22, 2011 15:21:20 GMT -5
wow- much ado about nothing! Like always: Gates open - gates will close. Not going to worry....but I expect to read a lot of crap for a few days. Forcefield up - Adam taught us that one. He will need it too, so we might as well join him there. I think publicly all will be fine when this is over. Adam got a bit closer to the lyrics in his song than I ever could imagine and if in interviews he is ever asked about this incident, he can change focus onto his song - almost eery how this works. I too had til today the perception that while Adam wanted his lyrics on the new album to be very real and much closer to home, that the lyrics of BTIKM were casting a more extreme picture than really befitted him. And now reality has kind of proven me wrong. Still have trouble imagining Adam as "cold as ice", see him rather as the opposite, but I guess, the rest pretty much became reality. Adam went onto a reality show and in many ways I think that three years later - he is still on it, just that it is now running 7 by 24. And we have become not only the audience, but also the Simons and the Paulas and the Randys in this saga - the judges. And I think we should more be the fans.The lines between fandom, real personal life, media-world and art are blurring in surreal
ways here and I am starting to find this whole thing spooky in a The Truman Show kind of way and I am trying to figure out how to remove myself a bit from the scene and yet I am living under that same tent where all this show is happening. Personal side...that's his business, my job is to support him as a fan, not drag more of his personal life into this public place here. So therefore, I'll keep my thoughts to myself, most things were somewhere said already by others anyhow. This whole incident has really been making me think this morning about what you expressed here, as I stayed up almost all night "tuning in" to the developing story, a fairly cray thing to do. It doesn't help that I just finished teaching Fahrenheit 451 to classes, which has me evaluating my own stanning behavior in terms of Mildred's walls. I don't have answers, but I'm asking myself, again, many questions. My real life is full and busy, my real life relationships are strong, some of you are even part of my real life now, but sometimes I find myself doing things, like staying up all night reading updated news about a brawl in Finland, that have me seriously shaking my head at myself. Usually when I am here it is hobby time, or like right now, waiting in the lobby passing minutes time, but admittedly, some weeks I balance it all more effectively than others. :  |
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