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Post by wonderstruck on Mar 8, 2011 11:33:56 GMT -5
Purist on AWoP (she's Katie from Melbourne, who does the great Adam tributes on her radio station) is asking about this photo and where it was taken. I know I saw it on Adamtopia just the other day and someone was able to identify the location, but now for the life of me, I can't find where I saw it! Can someone provide the information? Thanks!  wow, that's beautiful. I've never seen that picture before. I love about Adam's milky white skin and blond arm hair  |
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Post by wal on Mar 8, 2011 11:36:26 GMT -5
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Post by Coconutgrove0 on Mar 8, 2011 11:38:05 GMT -5
Murly, the pic was taken in Finland during his promotour in April 2010  as this one, same clothes |
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Post by HoppersSkippersMiners on Mar 8, 2011 11:39:14 GMT -5
Last night I wanted to reply to HoppersSkippersMiners about her birthday party woes, but I was on my phone and it is REALLY hard to post from there. Sorry for being WAY late.... I also have an only child and we had his first big birthday party when he turned 4. He was a very sensitive child (still is!) and was very concerned that kid's feelings would be hurt if they weren't invited - so we invited his entire Montessori class (about 15 kids) and his neighborhood/local friends. Fortunately, with a May birthday, we were able to have it out in the yard with party games and a pinata. I was concerned about the "too many gifts" part of it and that is what I wanted to tell you about. My only child has 6 grandparents (hubby's parents divorced and remarried when he was very young) and a great-grandma - between all of them and us, he has more stuff than he can possibly play with! We included with the birthday invites information about an organization called Operation Teddy Care (http://teddycare.coastside.net/). They collect new teddy bears that are used at children's hopitals, by emergency services like police & firemen (they keep one in their car to give to a child whenever needed), send to disaster sites and whereever else they are needed. This is a totally grass-roots organization. We requested that each child bring a teddy bear to donate instead of a gift (and if the child REALLY wanted to bring a gift, that it be something small as the true gift would be the teddy bear) Not long before this, the Chicago Tribune had a photo of a US Soldier carrying an Iraqi girl out of the rubble of a bombed out home. Our son had seen the photo (this taught us to hide the newspaper each morning!) and was very concerned about the little girl. This was something that bothered him for weeks. We suggested to him that we could ask if they could send the teddy bears to children in Iraq and he loved the idea. The other children and families also seemed to enjoy the idea and we collected over 20 bears at the party. Operation Teddy Care had to figure out how to get the bears to Iraq and about a month or so later they were taken there by a doctor who gave them to children at a hospital. He carried them in his duffle bag! The next year, as we started planning my son's birthday party, his first question was "who shall we give the teddy bears to this year?" (Those went to firefighters to give to children at fire scenes as 2 children in our town had recently died in a fire) Personally, I do not much enjoy children's birthday parties - I'm not a kid person and having tons of them underfoot is not my idea of fun - however, the memories of those kids donating to a charity (and one they could understand) and really being happy about it, makes every one of those parties worth it. , I really like this idea. We've already started periodically packing up old infant stuff as we find it (diapers, extra disposable changing pads, etc) to our local homeless shelter for "the babies who don't have a real home yet"). I think a teddy bear charity is an awesome idea, will look into it. ETA: And thank you wonderstruck for suggesting Toys for Tots yesterday! Between these two ideas, I'm starting to feel less angsty about this party.  |
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Post by scorpio on Mar 8, 2011 11:41:28 GMT -5
<snip> It's funny - I don't get nervous anymore when he's on TV. Leno, Ellen, The Talk, etc....just super excited! But for some reason I'm nervous about the Idol performance. WHY?? I don't wanna be nervous! I'm always nervous. Honestly, I'll probably just sit here and squee with y'all online (well, depending on how effective I am getting though the bedtime milk/story/song routine!) keeping the television firmly OFF, until you tell me everything's ok. THEN I'll watch the tape! ;D Yep, that sounds like my M.O. too. I'll have to make myself breathe!!!! |
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Post by wal on Mar 8, 2011 11:42:07 GMT -5
The pic was taken in Finland during his promotour in April 2010 |
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Post by scorpio on Mar 8, 2011 11:47:19 GMT -5
The pic was taken in Finland during his promotour in April 2010 Haha, just noticed this says "Alan Lambert"!! Didn't notice that before. |
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Post by murly on Mar 8, 2011 11:56:01 GMT -5
Murly, the pic was taken in Finland during his promotour in April 2010 |
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Post by wal on Mar 8, 2011 11:56:16 GMT -5
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Post by durberville on Mar 8, 2011 11:56:44 GMT -5
I'm afraid the performance that cannot be named seriously scarred me. I'm always nervous for these really big "hyped" gigs....
Never worry about the talk shows, or the myriad of concert performances cuz he's got those worked out....but these big events, where perhaps he's expected to "have a moment" are nerve wracking for me...haha!
*sighs* He'll be spectacular, and I will feel silly for worrying. ;D
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