all right now; baby it's all right now.

[semisweet]

because i am a ridiculous baby, i'm not watching the AI results live tonight. partially because i will be watching the office(!!!!!!!!!!!), but mostly because i am, as i've mentioned, a ridiculous baby.

so, a request: I ONLY WANT TO BE CONTACTED WITH GOOD NEWS RE: AI TONIGHT. if dcook is in the bottom and you're freaking out, please, don't tell me. i don't want to know. if he is safe and you're all \o/ a text is totally fine, but srsly, plz, don't text me all "OMG NOOOOOOOOO." if i haven't heard anything, i plan on peeking at the internet with one eye at 9:59 8:59.

yes, i am aware (i already said it twice!) that i am fucking ridiculous.

in other, mildly related news, jacob really needs to get switched to a different show or something, omg. the mod note at the top of the dcook thread keeps getting longer and longer, lol. i mean, i know, I KNOW, twop is not a fansite, but jesus christ, he really just doesn't want people posting at all, i think. and it's stupid because other than being kind of fangirly, the thread is really fairly calm, idk. most of the stuff he mentions hasn't happened. it's weird.

NAUGHTY REACTIONS! YOUTUBE OBSESSIONS! If your post is mostly about the feelings that you have when you think about David Cook, what you would like to do to him, the exact date on which you finally realized your feelings about him, how many times you have watched him on the show or YouTube, or how conflicted you are about any the foregoing, just step away from the computer and chill out, because this is neither a fan club nor a support group. This thread is about David Cook -- not what's going on with your junk, or lecturing everybody that disagrees with you about how amazing he is.

LAST EXIT TO COOKIELAND! This is a discussion website about television. It is not a fan club, and it is not group therapy. If you really need to share the way that David makes you feel, or the number of times you've voted, or who you've loved on past seasons of the show, or what you're wearing, or what you had for breakfast, get a blog. If you are interested in starting a fan club on this thread about how much fun we're all having talking about how great David is, you need to take it somewhere else. This thread is for the show, and for David. Not for fandom, and not for fandom grudges.

HE'S AT #4! NOW IT'S #5! THIS IS SO INTERESTING! Voting updates, iTunes updates, DialIdol ... guys, we've been through this. It's not a chatroom and it's not worth liveblogging that stuff. Take it to that thread if you really need to talk about it.

The rules of the site haven't changed. Ever. They've always been this way. However, because of the activities of certain overzealous posters, this year and in years previous, you need to understand that this thread and a couple others are going to be patrolled more carefully and more strictly, because the crazy has broken out. There's not going to be a People's Republic of Cook. That's not happening. Feel free to go forth and start one elsewhere, but diversity of opinion on this site is a priority. If you can't handle that, it's really not the thread for you. Read the Site FAQ, read the forum Q&A threads, and keep this post in mind when you're commenting. Thanks.

hey, jacob?

srsly.

pee ess.


and also.

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/_kittenheels/]

If you really need to share the way that David makes you feel, or the number of times you've voted, or who you've loved on past seasons of the show, or what you're wearing, or what you had for breakfast, get a blog. If you are interested in starting a fan club on this thread about how much fun we're all having talking about how great David is, you need to take it somewhere else. This thread is for the show, and for David.
...so what are you allowed to talk about there then? O.o

People's Republic of Cook
Someone please go sign up there as Dictator of Cook PS- Jacob? A Cook Islands pun in there? Would have been WAY wittier bb.

This is why I haven't touched TWoP to post or read in almost 6 months or something like that (and I read IDF daily, so turning me off is impressive.)

http://pics.livejournal.com/expatiates/pic/000880e5/s320x240
That picture makes my life every time I see it. Bshorty agrees.

[inlipstickred.livejournal.com]

you're allowed to talk about how much he sucks and how you hate him, and i think that's...kind of it? i honestly don't even know anymore.

sadly, "the people's republic of clay" was a real thing back during S2; i think that's what jacob is referring to, most likely.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_kittenheels/]

Oh, it's the Blake Lewis Experience 2.0, got it.

sadly, "the people's republic of clay" was a real thing back during S2; i think that's what jacob is referring to, most likely.
...that's amusing and unsurprising. XD The Cook Islands is a way cooler name though.

[heatherlovesca.livejournal.com]

It's so stupid. I remember last year, and it was pretty much a big Blake bash fest after we all got canned.

Pretty much all they want is big epic essays, spelled completely correct, with perfect grammar, on how much they sucked, and why you didn't like it. (because you can't say you liked it, that would be fangirl). You can't reference any news from MySpace, or state any sort of positive opinion or use an exclamation point. haha!

I was like screw this. I'll stick with IDF thank you.

[fallenangels607.livejournal.com]

The results show is actually on from 8 to 9 tonight. I KNOW I KNOW.

First of all, The Office, YES. HOW DID I NOT KNOW YOU LIKED THAT?

But since I just happen to have that entire hour to spare before the return of Scott & Co., I'm forcing myself to watch the results show. Nauseous as I may be, I have to do it. It's like ripping a Band-Aid off.

[inlipstickred.livejournal.com]

IT IS?!?! OH NOES. D: *runs to hiiiiiide*

i'm going to go take a VERY LONG BATH, i think. or something. djkhdfkjhdgfkj.

[fallenangels607.livejournal.com]

BE STRONG, YOU CAN WATCH IT. YOU CAN DO IT.

Um. Truth be told, I'm ready to put on a diaper, I'm so scared. Like, NEVER HAS THIS HAPPENED TO ME BEFORE. I AM NOT SUPPOSED TO GET EMOTIONALLY INVESTED IN AI CONTESTANTS.

...David would want us to watch.

[16tosvo.livejournal.com]

m. Truth be told, I'm ready to put on a diaper, I'm so scared.

I can't tell you how much that made me laugh!
Depends, anyone?

[themightybee.livejournal.com]

...but what if i text you with both?

omg, in, like, an hour and a half i'll totally be watching the office with john krasinskaaaaaaay!

[inlipstickred.livejournal.com]

THEN I WILL BE VERY CONFUSED BB! :O

eeeeeeeeeeee office office office! \o/

[velocityofsound.livejournal.com]

LMAO, that reads like Welcome to the David Cook thread. Please do not post any videos, news, observations, or analysis of David Cook or his music in this thread, as that will be considered off topic.

WTF can you post there? Let me guess, in-depth, personal colon spelunking, wannabe academia and perhaps whatever constitutes "snark" to him? Laaaaame.

[inlipstickred.livejournal.com]

yeah, i think that's probably about it. and maybe some Random Capitalization of things he might find Very Meaningful, idk. :/

[thecowboycliche.livejournal.com]

fyi.. the results are on at 8 \o/

someone probably already beat me to this.

[inlipstickred.livejournal.com]

i heard. *runs to hide* dkfjhdkfh

[maroonjessy5.livejournal.com]

Gotcha! Only good news for you, bb.

and i've been peeking at dcook's thread on twop off and on and it seems like all there is is dcook bashing. so whatever. and i can't believe he's added yet ANOTHER paragraph to the stupid disclaimer at the top. what a douche. you should create a random account on twop and post a link to that photo and add "this is for you, jacob." fun for all. :]

[inlipstickred.livejournal.com]

hee ty bb! i just...i'm nervous anyway, i don't want to look, and if i can just get all my stress over in one fell swoop, that's the plan. :P

lately twop has been fairly pro-cookie, but jacob is such a nazi that most of the love gets deleted or edited or whatever, and people end up tiptoeing around.

[estellegetty.livejournal.com]

Why are you worried? He's gonna be safe ...

[inlipstickred.livejournal.com]

idk, dialidol + nigel + some of my friends freaking out all day = me being a nervous mess. :/

[estellegetty.livejournal.com]

Oh honey, he's a frontrunner, you don't have to worry. If anything, Nigel was alluding to my Papa Johns ...

[blindmadness.livejournal.com]

Ugh, I understand your nerves. ;____; I'm only watching because I feel like waiting would be even worse for me.

And ughhhh those pictures. I don't usually find "pretty" a good adjective for him, but it's so fitting in those. Especially the second, the first is mostly painfully adorable. I LOVE YOU DCOOK PLEASE STAY AMAZING FOREVER AND EVER.

[colorsblend.livejournal.com]

I'm gonna be a mess during the show tonight. *is scared*

Love those pictures. He's so beautiful.

[matertenebrarum.livejournal.com]

SAFE!

[tiggz.livejournal.com]

yeah, ummm....jacobs is kind of a douche. way to stifle conversation, asshole!!

i've never gotten TWoP, but then i've never been a threaded board kind of person.

[thegirliscrazy.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I always have to fight the urge to say "just because twop isn't a fansite doesn't mean it's a hater site either. It's okay to like some of these people every once in a while."

Apparently the life span of an AI mod before being run foolish is three years max. Jakey boy is waaaaaaaaaaay past his expiration date.

Oh, and I'm sure you know by now but your boy is safe. That's the good news.

[leila82.livejournal.com]

Y'know? I was reading a recap he did...last week, because apparently it was really awesome or something, if you believe the stuff in the episode thread, and it was like he'd sipped some show haterade, or something. He's become so bitter about AI!

They need to keep the recappers and the mods completely separate, or something, because shows should never be recapped by someone that hates them, that just makes the recaps not fun to read.

[thegirliscrazy.livejournal.com]

shows should never be recapped by someone that hates them, that just makes the recaps not fun to read.

Oh, but then what would poor Miss Alli do? The woman hates everything. (She's gone now, right?)

I do agree with you. I found twop just as shack was leaving and it was the same way. I think someone at sucks made that comment - his recaps in season 3 were okay, but they weren't as good as the first two seasons because he just so obviously hated the show. And that is when his modding was the worst, as well. (Though I hear he was kind of an ass as it was.)

Difference is Shack either knew when to quit or found something better and move on. To Jacob quitting means defeat and his ego is too much to ever admit that. So we'll all be waiting for him to either finally find that book deal, or get fired/cut, for whatever reason. I've got my bets placed on get fired. And who knows how long that will take.

[leila82.livejournal.com]

Oooh I think I'll join you on the getting fired bit.

I know AI is a tough thing to mod, which is why I think there needs to be a separate mod for the boards, and the recapper shouldn't have modding privilege at all. Being a mod can suck the love of the show out of a person, but I think it is possible to just watch and recap and still keep that love (as long as you remember AI is one big cheese fest) - the guys over at EW do it pretty regularly.

Oh, but then what would poor Miss Alli do? The woman hates everything. (She's gone now, right?)
I don't think she recaps anymore; she might stilll have network exec privilege though.

[blushingblaze.livejournal.com]

FAAACCCEEEEE. And grocery store puzzle magazines. OMGLOVES. ♥

(Also TWoP is dumb. The Archie fans are flat out rude if anyone says anything against him, and no one says anything. God forbid a little DCook squee. Stupid Jacob.)

[heatherlovesca.livejournal.com]

Did u REALLY think he was going home? SRSLY?

[livehead16.livejournal.com]

bb, i have to ask... whyyyy do you keep going there? how can it possibly be any fun?

[lillijulianne.livejournal.com]

dearly as i love jacob's recaps- i still want to have his baby for the blake/bakhtin thing- he ought to know by now what happens when they do this. you end up, like the blake thread, with nothing but mindless bile. i noticed one jerk has so little to do he signed up at VFTW so he could bash blake there as well. ugh.

this is my pet peeve, you see- i could list all the famous people i cannot abide, and it would be a long list, and i don't believe i have ever troubled myself to go find a dedicated place to talk about how much i cannot abide them. it just seems like a colossal waste of time and karma. i understand they don't want loony fanthreads, but they push so hard they end up with the opposite, and that's worse simply because it's ugly and mean.