[announcement] In celebration of our 1-year Anniversary today… it’s another Cloud USA giveaway!
[ETA: Members attacked this thread promptly at 8 pm EST and CLOSED IT DOWN by 9:45. My heavens! We didn’t expect that! But don’t worry—this isn’t our first giveaway and it certainly won’t be the last. Our announcement of the winner is coming up ASAP in a separate post. Thanks, all…! ^@@^]
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That’s right, lovelies! WongFu and James Bong Stephe and Terri have been stirring Ye Old Soup Pot again. And this time we’re pulling something really special out of the Cloud USA stash, because it’s a really special day.
Way back in May 2007, Rain flew into Atlanta to announce the June start date of the North American leg of his Rain’s Coming World Tour to the press. One of the concert stops would have been Philips Arena downtown, except that, shortly thereafter, The Corporation That Will Forever Be Despised had the audacity to try to “legally” stop Rain from using his stage name. And by the time things were settled by the courts, it was time for Speed Racer and no time for North America. Sigh. (We won’t go on about that here. We’re sure you can easily see that boulder-sized chip that’s still sitting on our collective shoulder.)
Well, before that hot mess went down, KoreAm Journal, a national magazine that has covered the Korean American experience since 1990, put Rain on the cover of their June 2007 issue and included a major write-up on his Atlanta jaunt. Writer Corina Knoll did a fantastic job indeed, bringing JiHoon to life in the article. Please see below excerpts from that article and a link to the entire piece in the KoreAm Journal back issue section on the magazine’s website:
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[Article EXCERPTS] “Let It Rain” / KoreAm Journal, June 2007 / Corina Knoll, Correspondent
[article opening] It’s mid-afternoon in the A-T-L and the temperature is nearing 80 degrees, which is the norm for the month of May in this city.
Welcome to Hotlanta, home to the largest consortium of black colleges, a few dozen Waffle Houses and a style that is particular to XXL T-shirts and Baby Phat. Of course, it’s also a place ripe with history, serving as the birthland of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the backdrop of the civil rights movement. Today, the metropolis of urban sprawl also boasts a thriving music industry. Hip-hop stars like OutKast and Ludacris got their start here, putting Southern rap on the map, and the headquarters of LaFace Records, the label that produces Usher, Ciara and Pink, calls the Peach State home.
What Atlanta is not, is a city where you’d imagine the American success of a Korean pop star would begin. And yet it is here where Rain will announce his 2007 North American tour, projected as the vehicle that will put him in an entirely different class of pop stars. Because while he has sold out concerts across Asia and filled up Madison Square Garden and Caesar’s Palace, he’s now attempting a full-blown, unprecedented U.S. crossover.
The tour doesn’t kick-off until June 15, but he is scheduled to arrive later today for a press conference. Atlanta, a mainstay of the Dirty South, feels like a hard sell, but perhaps it is the proper litmus test to determine if Rain can shine in America.
And let us skip forward to the end ….
[article closing] On my way out of Atlanta the next day, I spot Rain standing alone near the Delta ticket counter. No entourage in sight, he is just one in a sea of business travelers and families at the airport at 9 a.m. on a Friday. Wearing cropped khakis, an army fatigue button-down and black flip-flops, he’s listening to an iPod, his head bowed low, covered with a brown beanie.
I re-introduce myself as one of the many reporters who must blend into an unrecognizable mass for him.
He pulls the headphones from his ears and smiles.
“I know who you are,” he responds fluidly in English.
We make small talk. He says Dallas turned out to be very nice, that, no, he didn’t go to the gym this morning and, no, he’s not too tired from the trip. He has one more leg to go — a press conference in New York — until he returns to Korea.
I joke that he should have made it easier on me in the interview by utilizing what today seems to be perfectly functioning English.
His manager appears to whisk him away, but before he leaves, Rain extends his hand. “Nice to meet you.”
I repeat the phrase back in both Korean and English then bow and wave, unsure as to which culture and language is more appropriate.
“Bye Rain … uh, Bi.”
A few minutes later, I see him crammed in the lineup for baggage security, holding onto a brown Louis Vuitton suit bag with his crew around him.
Putting the bag on the moving conveyor belt, he pulls off his hat and fluffs up his hair. Off comes the button-down, the belt, the flip-flops, the shades — until he is standing barefoot in just a T-shirt and shorts. There is no stylizing, no incognito mysteriousness. He seems naked, vulnerable. Standing next to a friend, he rises to his tiptoes, and the two laugh and playfully punch at each other.
It occurs to me that this is a rare glimpse of Jeong Ji-Hoon, and that if all goes according to plan, I may be witness to one of the last times he can traipse through an airport or chat in the middle of a terminal. Because when he returns it’s game time and he’ll be embarking on a seemingly implausible mission that will either make him want to hightail it out of town or reap the awards of a long-awaited dream.
Whether or not America is ready, Rain is about to fall.
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And so now comes the COOL part. What oh what are we giving away, pray tell? The June 2007 issue of KoreAm Journal, above?
Nope. You can probably still backorder that. But we don’t think you can backorder this…
The June 2007 KoreAm Special Rain Edition Journal that was released at the same time.
The differences in the June magazine cover and the Rain edition are pretty obvious. This one has background graphics, Special Edition, and his printed autograph added on. And it is ALL RAIN—no additional magazine articles and whatnot, only 28 pages of Rain, Corina Knoll’s terrific article, and images to die for from the Asian leg of the tour, all on thick, sturdy, glossy card stock. You can see a representation of a few of those images in the gallery below.
Big hugs and all our gratitude to a lovely friend and unique lady, Heart888, for donating this edition and quite a few other items to our Cloud USA stash. ♥
So, now that you know what’s being given away in celebration of our first anniversary, how in the world do you actually win it? We admit we’ve been somewhat hard on you in the past, but this time it will be relatively simple. Here are The Rules:
PLEASE READ THESE CAREFULLY!
• To be as fair to the timezone issue as we can, this contest will begin at 8 pm this evening, Eastern Standard time.
• This giveaway is only open to Cloud USA community members who either subscribed to the media blog OR joined the forum BETWEEN January 21, 2010 and January 20, 2011. To be eligible, you had to have signed up in either place BEFORE today.
• Our lovely Queen of GIFs, forum moderator Katie/Purplezest has chosen a number between 1 and 75. The member whose media blog comment falls on that number in this post thread will be declared The Giveaway Winner. We’re not going to tell you what that number is, because again, we want to be fair. No waiting around, counting the comments, and then saying something at the last minute, y’all!
NO comments will be counted that are made before the start time above (8 pm this evening).
• This is an open thread, so you can talk about whatever you’d like. (Emphasis on the word “talk.” You’re not limited to how many comments you can make; do have normal conversation amongst yourselves.
However: A bunch of one to three word comments that say “I love Rain” or “Gahh” or “Blehhh”, or the same comment cut-and-pasted all in a row are cop-outs and will only get you disqualified.) 😛
See? Easy-peasy!
Incidentally, if you already have this book, be nice and let someone else win it, okay?
Thank you all for taking time out of your busy days and spending it with us, and for being so kind to our site. Without you, Cloud USA would be only that—just a site, and not a warm, vibrant community of people who love and support Rain and each other. We will continue to support sister Rain sites here and around the world to the best of our ability. We will do our best to make 2011 even more interesting and fun for you, as Cloud USA evolves.
Everyone synchronize your watches for 8 pm EST, and happy commenting!
With much love—
Stephe ^@@^ and Terri :-}
Cloud USA 
Awww man…I missed it! This thing called “life” is getting in the way of me getting my Rain groove on! Damn damn damn! Oh, sorry, ‘cuse my French, but damn. LOL! Oh well, there’s always the next contest.
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@TERRI
i am sorry thank for your compiament about me and thank u for letting me know that i am not buggin u for waht ever reason is i do want you to continue to contribute to Cloud USA.
1i love the site alot it very fun yet nice and awesome job u put together with your contribute clouds visitor that is true of you and everything u done it all for us and rain!
2 you alway make me smile somtime when u asround comment yet post a pict of traffic rain i love that alot ekeke ofcurse that me ekekek 🙂
3 u alway help me everything i need esp when i very need u suport me and other clouds who need A THANK TO U for give me ALIVE here and thank u for been doing such wondering work here too.
4 yea terri i am enjoy your site and your guy so MUCH!!
i do i love this site i could not one day comment it just sometime am early ot late that all but i am here everdasy i need my dinner and dersert to be feed or elst…..!! O_O
5 I TOTALLY appreciate everything ALL OF YOU are doing. Including YOU, Kongsao.
thank u so much terri you are makimng me smile and i would do anything to leave this site i am sorry and again u are bussy at other thing to do i can NOT! push u or steohe to get my attetion u know peoples have their life too and me am sure understand this so much so my dear don”t i understand everything here now don”t worry i not going anywhere i will be glue and visit this site as ever REMEBER we are one happy familys site CloudsUSA and yet rain would love to see trbuite to him along all of us here my dear
HUG !!
RIGHT BACK AT YOU!
AM STILL HERE promise !
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Wonderful!
Glad to see you “smiling” on the page again. Makes me happy.
Terri :-}
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@stephe
really i though am the only here rrggg i gues i am bit differnt then anybody i guess but after reading your here it make more sent that i should NOT ! leave this for what ever reason acure me from it what is matter is i have suporting rain from 3 years long now and i am serious a HUGE fans of rain i have to admit it true that i big fan of him and very adimre who rain is.
SIDE… NOTE?!!
I VERY LOVE THIS SITE SO MUCH ESP STEPHE & TERRI
u guy make me happy and ecourage and enged us to love rain and feed of his update and ect…
the most importane is I WANTED TO THANK U FOR ALL that to us u are so specail to me and everbody that why everbody love u for whoi u are you not just fun and share but u also jion our comment as well that make me very so envirous about about who steophe and teri is u guy very awesome and fun to hear and talk ekeke
aneay,
THANK U FOR SAYING AM SWEET AND FAN OF RAIN !! 😎
A……… H.U.G.
from me to you!
ok stephe am sorry i would leave your BOLG anymore i mean i just downcase i should bought this to invote it sorry about and i will countine to be good and love rain and blash out all my crazy comment here how that sound good i ok now thank u for lift me up again ! 🙂
u know i fell very good when u respond this to me i though i all other world ashahhaha sigh…. i LOVE STEPHE & TERRI!
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You don’t have to apologize. You haven’t done anything wrong. Being downcast is okay, as long as you come back up after a while and keep living well. Everybody needs to be by themselves sometimes. I know I do.
Stephe ^@@^
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!stephe & terri
guy i just so upset latley and i fell burden here so that why i very so downcvase and loosing my words and don”t fell visit here
not coz, of rain but i am so exploded and i don”t know what to say and again i don”t to bug u guy to much so that why i saying my last comment i think it would be more hapy for
your guy right!
anway i fell like that am not a good commer to rain or his fan at all it like am not even resist here gosh lord what in the hell in me !! i don”t i very so downcase i was supost to comment here but sent u 2 asking me so here why and i still downcase as well
i fell like i not speacail fan to rain or anybody it like a water just drip far away when u keep going!!
beside is my comment wiere also
tell me i wanted to know what u guy think about me ?
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Oh, Kongsao. I’m sorry you’ve been so upset and downcast. We all have those days — I have them, Terri has them, everybody, because we’re all human and life can be an emotionally hard thing to endure. You know? So, you’re not alone.
What do I think about you? I think you’re special, and sweet, and well-meaning. And a huge Rain fan, like so many of us. And you have made me laugh a lot. I only wish I had more time to spend in the comment threads here with ALL of you, but to run the whole fan site properly these days, and take care of my parents, that’s just not possible. The main things I want YOU to know are:
1) If you want to leave Cloud USA for personal reasons, it’s okay. No one will be angry at you, because that is your right.
2) We all have down days. Just take care of yourself, work your way through it, and it will pass.
3) You are a good fan to Rain, but YOU have to realize that yourself. YOU have to know in your own heart that you do good for him, and that it does matter, whether anyone else says so or not.
Stephe ^@@^
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Oh, Kongsao,
I’m so sorry to hear you are feeling sad. I hope that you are feeling better by now. BIG HUGS to you.
Please know that you are NOT “bugging” us. We like you and really do want you to continue to contribute to Cloud USA in whatever way you would like to. But that is up to you. Please don’t think you have to contribute anything. Just do what you WANT to. Be yourself. That is all.
I do hope that you enjoy Cloud USA and that it makes you smile sometimes, at least. That is the whole point of the site, to share what we know about Rain with all of you and to make you smile.
Hopefully, we are making you smile here at least a little bit, Kongsao. Because that is our intention. Please don’t be sad. :-{
Also, FYI, I wish I had more time to comment on all of the lovely posts. But between taking care of my own family, work, Cloud USA site maintenance/activities, etc., I just don’t have a lot of time to do that. Please know that I am here, though, reading all of your comments (and everyone else’s) and enjoying them very much. I may be really quiet over here in my little corner most of the time, but that doesn’t mean I’m not here. I am. I’m watching and reading, and I TOTALLY appreciate everything ALL OF YOU are doing. Including YOU, Kongsao.
HUGS,
Terri :-}
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@EVERBODYT!!
GOOD LUCK HOW EVER WON THIS
and today my last wish to all of u here and have a great love of rain and keep suporting him all
TODAY my last visit and comment here
GOOD BYE cloudsUSA !!
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Goodbye?? Why are you leaving? Did something happen?
Stephe ^@@^
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Kongsao,
And why will this be your last visit and comment here?
I’m confused…
Terri :-}
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oh, so sorry i’m late with this, but Riverwood, please accept my concern for the flooding happening in your country. i hope you and your family will stay safe.
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OMG! I just saw this thread and it’s already got 122 posts! Now I know why! LOL. Who wouldn’t want to win THAT!
I am not the lucky type of person to win anything. I still remember once we were at a party of 100 people, there were 70 prices in total and I still didn’t win ANYTHING! So I am not expecting to be that lucky here either, and knowing Katie, gosh knows what kind of weird number she’s thinking in that head of hers ha ha ha.
Good luck to every one. And happy 1st celebration Cloud USA.
With love, R
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Awww… river.
We really tried to hard to post when it would be daytime down under, and over the cross the pond, too. Please don’t be too sad… and don’t give up. There’s more to come. You know us. 😀
Please tell me you haven’t been affected by the floods down there. Are you okay??
Stephe ^@@^
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Thanks, Stephe dearest! I am ok cos I live in Sydney. And lucky my immediate family’s ok too. Others aren’t so lucky. I am now back to Brisbane this weekend (hence a bit late to this celebration party) to spend time with family.
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AND your video for our anniversary made me CRY and GRIN so HARD.
Thank you seems like such a lame thing to say. But thanks so much. You are a true gem.
Stephe ^@@^
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Aaaawwwww… it was such a pleasure! I learned that I could do it with free internet tool and learning how to use the limited feature of the free tool. Searching for suitable images and shaping idea as well expressing myself with the imageries was really fun.
I am glad you enjoyed my first attempt at being creative. I just hope it does credit as tribute to Cloud USA and you ladies.
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It does! We love it! 😀
I’m going to end up putting all of it on a page on the site… just watch. Haha. We need to show you ladies OFF!
Stephe ^@@^
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@divalcious
did your hit a camra somewhere in my room?????
coz i as watching that ONLY U that was the best shot of him ever love the dance the outfit and his killer smiler here sqeeekkkkkkkkkk!! u know i about to goes to bed soon but i see this now and top list the game here to i gues my hand will run like a motor today
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OMG!!
this is fun to know but i guess am not that lucky sent am not a januray most commnet i belive that am out drink here and my comment was that exploded either
NOW HOT THE HCK u guy exploded this in a min ahahah i belive the owner site won this game …Sight stephe away ekeke
hey as for me i will try but i am surenly out coz i could come upo anything to cut and pase here ….
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@stephe & terri
wowowo was it a year already FLY..!!
ahahah wwowo i did relaize that was fast buzz.. i been camment all the time but never thought it fly so fast boy this site keep thing mving to many feed here of rain and my dinner all served by your guy everday wkwkw am just joking guy !!
CONGRATULTION!!
guys!
i am so happy to part of the cloudUSA here and vidit this site everday thank for all u effort an harworking put up an deatil and updating and feeds us with greatful new, vid, concert, ect… of rain clouds connection have grew more here is that righ!!
stephe
you are imspire me more about the site along with our rain i know he well be so prouds of folk and us here love and suporting him for a loyal fans to rain as i know your guy are so DEVOTE ! to our man and us helping and chat too u guy are so much fun it keep me warm yet happy here i very enjoy this site it nice and need keep it up ya!!!!!!
best of all is your know how to keep us smile all the time and eventually your making love u site visit like a home sweet home to me ekekek and yet i enjoy reading most of your guy here thank so much stephe u have give me and the rest clouds learn so much about our JUNG JI HOON yet daily stuff that we could keep up ahahhah!!
LOVE U BIOTH !! 🙂
KEEP UP LADIES
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Dear Stephe and Terri and other staffs;
Wow! it’s been 1 year already?! Congratulation, folks!
One word! ‘AWESOME’, you folks and your site!
Rain must be so proud of you folks, like we all do!
One of reason that I love you all is, you folks know ‘WHAT’ to say and ‘HOW’ to say it!
Happy Birthday again!! love you guys!!!!
wish u the best always with all the respects!!! ^__~+
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Thanks so much, JJ…! I hope you’ve been doing well over there! 😀
Thank YOU for being here.
Stephe ^@@^
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ohh wow that mag looks AMAZING! i would like copies of all the pages repeated ALL over my wall to be my wallpaper!
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well i found out too late about the contest. but either i wanted to say happy anniversary to Cloud USA. You do a marvelous work every time. I hope this just one many more anniversaries. Thank you Thank you very much for all you do to keep us updated on the latest Rain info.
Congratulations!!!!!
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Don’t worry, lluvia… we will have many more of these contests. We want everyone to have a chance to win.
Thanks for the congratulations! And thank you for being here with us. 🙂
Stephe ^@@^
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Now everyone should just chat in the forum! 🙂 Coz that would be fun…
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Are we done yet? Are we done yet? are we done yet? LOL!!! Man, this was fun!! My best wishes to whomever get the magazine. She is gonna have a treasure coz it gots The Man’s autograph. Have you any idea how much that is gonna be valued in say… a few years when Rain conquers the world? LOL!!! Is gonna be priceless!! Heck, is already priceless!! LOL!!!
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(I don’t mean you can’t talk anymore. Just that we have a winner… somewhere down in here…)
Now we have to go back and count very carefully and see who gets the Journal. We’ll let you know something ASAP. Cool?
Stephe ^@@^
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Take a breather! Fantastic job!
My god, I didn’t expect to have 75 comments in an hour and a half! Wow.
Stephe ^@@^
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I guess reading is fundalmental, I just read the rules again and know I get it, lol
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STOP! EVERYBODY STOP! It’s a wrap! 😀
Stephe ^@@^
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I was just getting started….*whistles and skips away*
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Aissshhhhhhhhh…. I didn’t see this comment until now Hahaha.. i told yah, i knew i wasn’t gonna win nothing! So who’s the winner?
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Marisara, with her poor fractured ankle LOL I don’t think she knows yet. I have an announcement going up in just a while.
The next giveaway, we’re going to figure a way to make it last over a longer period of time so that more of you can be involved in the different time zones. It’s pretty hard to do, but somehow we will.
Please stay safe. I hope we can live chat sometime soon…
Stephe ^@@^
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oh, wow, this is a very confussing contest for me but i get it now, lol
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WTH happened? I went away for 20 minutes and this post EXPLODED! Aish!
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See what happens when you leave… 🙂
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Hahaa…exactly!
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This looks like a good place to come in and tell you HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!! It is officially one year now 🙂 Still doesn’t seem that long but I don’t believe I found y’all until June. I’m slow…after all I didn’t find Rain until August 2009!
Thanks again ladies and all of those that make this site run smoothly. Thanks PZ for being who you are *hugs*
g
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Awww, hugs, glen! 😀
Stephe ^@@^
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Time for a distraction…
Stephe ^@@^
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I’m guessing that u kinda like this performance of Nan a tiny bit?
hehehh…
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Such a beautiful distraction…
*clicks replay ovr & ovr*
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OHHH yeaaahhhhh!!!! I love that video!!!!! Rain is sinful in it!! He is such a bad, bad boy!! Love it!!! The Man knows how to move to get us looney!! O.o
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Well my phone is getting drooled on after watching this….
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Ok, we are almost finish and thanks God coz my back is killing me!!! I can’t wait to see who won!!!
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This reminds me of the whole MTV voting thing from last year,lol.
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Stormy trots into the blog and tosses a jar of Kimchi and a blanket at Diba*
*then Rrrruuuuuuuuuunssssss* 0.0
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Ok my name is NOT Rain and you are NOT trying to abduct me from an airport. Jeez!
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Ok and just in case Rain ever looks at this thread: I’m totally kidding! It’s totally a joke referring to a previous conversation in which we were also kidding! Phew!
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*sorry sorry hands* I musta been blinded by that Rain video…you know what his hot bod does to me…..
*tosses the contents of the rice cooker at Diva*
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Ok see now that would hurt! Not nice…
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awwww it was just rice!!!! FINE! Makes kimbap with the rice and tosses THAT
*pfffttttttttt* ^.^
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You know what’s funny? I could be typing way more but I figured I wouldn’t be annoying tonight. I’ll only annoy Stormy in ims.
:evil grin:
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Yep, we’ve done 22 between us… so far…
Stephe ^@@^
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We’re bad…messing up the count. Hee hee.
Terri :-}
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ARGGGGGGG!!!!!!! My mind is freezing!! Need some Rain music!!!! Someone plzzzzz help!!!!!!!!
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Just for you, Mari…
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AWWWWWW Diva you are sooo sweet!!!!! Luv you girl!!! That’s one of my favorites. That choreography is sooo yummie!!!! Arghhh!!!
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Omg, this suspense is killing me and doing this on a phone is not easy.
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Well, we’re at 70… BUT Terri and I and Jim have done some, so I’d keep going if I were you…
Stephe ^@@^
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*peers at Diba* it would be only MY second thing too! *pouts*
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Aherm… StarRain… Don’t even think about it!
Lol… jk
It would be my second actual Rain item. It would look ever so cool next to my Fugitive Plan B poster.
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Goshhh, my fingers hurt!! Are we done yet?? On the other hand, I want that magazine…ahem, gotta keep posting!!!
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Oh yeah, i’m supposed to be counting ROFLMAO
Terri, you count.
Stephe ^@@^
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Whine….why do I gotta count?! I don’t even know HOW to count…
Terri :-}
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Yeah hottest magazine I have ever seen…
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I am glad to be on this band wagon. That looks like a great gift that anyone of us Clouds would like to have. Cool idea ladies.
Again Happy One Year Aniversary.
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Gah, I don’t even have access to a computer right now trying to do this via cell phone, LOL!
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WOW! 🙂
Stephe ^@@^
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My husband is looking at me weird while I text frantically…..LOL
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Lol Cecilia… you’re a dedicated Cloud… And btw, I’d totally be doing the same thing…
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Yeah we clouds gotta do what we gotta do. 🙂
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LOL @ Ceci.
Wow. I’m totally impressed. Tell hubby you’ll hug him later. This is REALLY important…
(HINT: Just don’t mention the hours you’ll spend gawking over the magazine if you win…cause he might take your phone away…)
Terri :-}
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LOL, he would know better than to take the magazine….or else I am taking his PS3 and games hostage. 🙂
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Flinstones? Yaba daba dooooo!!!!! I can’t remember the lyrics well!! LOL!!!
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Haha was confused and thought that we were guessing a number! Lol
Anywayssssss
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY CLOUD USA!!!!
I thinks I will enjoy my times here 😛 XD
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Hello, everybody. Jim here. Let’s celebrate Cloud USA’s first anniversary courtesy of The Flintstones. Let’s all sing along, shall we?
Jim
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LOL….perfect!
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Lol that was so cute… I haven’t seen the Flintstones in forever.
Happy Anniversary Jim!
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ROFL!
Thanks, Jim! :-}
Terri :-}
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ROFL! That’s what happens when you leave your computer to go to the can… some strange person jumps on it. 😛
Stephe ^@@^
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Nice to hear from you Jim. *waving my hand at you* Congratulations to you too!!! 😀
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Hi, Jim!!!!!!!!!! *waves*
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Happy 1st Anniversary to CloudUSA! We are supposed to give you gifts not, not you give us gifts! And what a gift…this looks great! I’m excited to participate….
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So does the contest go till we hit 75 comments?
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Yeppers.
Stephe ^@@^
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*grabs violin* Did I ever tell you that I have never bought a magazine with Rain in it? It SSSSUUURRREE would be nice to win one….hint…hint….
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I am gonna do Sreks’s cat eyes and that’s more effective. O.O
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*searches for the delete button for the previous 29 comments*
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ROFLMAO!!
Stephe ^@@^
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Yeah, I’m praying the number is higher than 35! Don’t these ladies need to go cook dinner or something? Geez!
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Screw dinner my daughter and hubby can eat cereal…..
🙂
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LMAO!!
Stephe ^@@^
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ROFLMAO.
OMG. I can’t stop laughing…
Terri :-}
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ROFL! Good one!
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ROFLMAO! Ok, I know this comment won’t be counted LOL
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Oh that marriage thread had me freakin cryin I was laughing so hard!!! >.<
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That marriage thread freaked ME out! Who started that?
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What marriage thread? What did I miss this time?
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Katie and everyone was pretending to be talking about her and Cami getting “hitched” to throw me and Terri off track about the anniversary surprise. LOL! Madness. 😛
Stephe ^@@^
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Hey hey Mari!
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LOL!!!! Finally someone takes pity on me and reply!!! Gezz, I don’t type that fast!!!
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That’s a pretty cool contest giveaway. I hope I win..lol. Happy Anniversary Cloud USA.
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*taking a megaphone in my hand* ((((Are we on Clouds?)))) Mumbling *Feeling a little ALONE right now!! Wuaaaa!!!*
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Well, now that’s better!! *taking my walker out of the way and writting like a madwoman* 😀
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So did u guys not even suspect anything on the surprise?
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Not at first, at all. I swear. But then stuff started getting suspicious… like emails that everyone was getting except me/us, and the PZ/Star wedding fiasco going on a bit L-O-N-G…
But I still couldn’t quite figure it out. If I’d had one more day, maybe.. hahahaha!
Stephe ^@@^
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Lol well I figured you would get suspicious about the emails and especially when you mentioned the Anniversary on the blog and noone said anything.
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But what we got we did NOT expect at all. The videos were just… just… let’s just say they made my heart burn. And the messages… oh my god. *okay not gonna cry again*
Thanks for everything you all did. (sounds so lame LOL)
Stephe ^@@^
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Ha ha.
I have to admit you ladies were really REALLY sneaky. I was so very confused. Katie kept whining for everyone to CHECK THEIR MAIL, but when I checked mine, NOTHING.
*chuckle* Shoulda been my first clue, right?
But instead, I just shrug it off and call myself crazy. Like maybe I missed it or I’m just not getting it or something.
And then the wedding stuff kept going on and on and ON. And I was like, OH FOR THE LOVE OF GOD. Katie better NOT put me in a frakin’ wedding photo. Or at least, it’d had better be a flattering one, or I’ll whup her ass. Ha ha.
No. I think I have to say we were totally taken aback.
Good JOB, NINJAS!
Terri :-}
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Lol! Nice… Everyone is sneaky like that…
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And then last night Katie says… well okay, i’ll tell ya… it’s really YOU and TERRI getting married, we’ve put your heads on the bodies in all the wedding pictures and they will hit the internet at midnight.
WTH???? I was crapping on myself O_O
Went to bed scurrrrrrred.
Stephe ^@@^
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LMFAO! That is hilarious… Good one, Katie!
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I get scurred every time Katie says she’s working on something….and you know why!
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Yeah, that shut us up like real quick.
Little did Katie know Stephe and I chatted later and Stephe was like, you don’t think she’ll really do something like that do ya?
And I was like, Gosh, we’re talking Katie here, ya know? She’s liable do ANYTHING.
ROFLMAO.
Terri :-}
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@ Star
ROFL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!LMAO!!!!!!!!! Can’t breathe now!!! You are too funny!!!!
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I must say, I had so much fun! I thought you ladies might have gotten suspicious when she put the word DEADLINE as the thread’s title!
I was also so fun searching for photos and shaping up the vid.
I am so glad I managed to contribute on time. That near miss with the BOX for Rain still in my mind.
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LOL,
And I think Diva REALLY wants to win this thing. Ha ha.
Terri :-}
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And thanks for the Anniversary surprise. I’m still quite speechless. You just… don’t know.
Stephe ^@@^
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Yeah…me too.
I don’t exactly know what to say…Terri speechless…what a concept.
Ya’ll better take a photo…*grin*
Terri :-}
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Awww… Well u know we ❤ u guys ever so…
@ Terri…
Lol why wouldn't I? I have some time on my hands and I'm a fast typer.
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OH… and did I mention I really really want it? Forgot to say that.
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REALLY????
Terri :-}
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Somebody really wants to win…. I am grinning ear to ear.
I love you guys. You are of awesome.
Stephe ^@@^
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*rolls eyes* not a clue my friend, not a clue* chuckles*
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Plus Stormy likes to give me a hard time…
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Lol Stephe… I said “almost be like”…
I’m silly but not THAT silly… sheesh!
🙂
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LOL! OMG, you guys… we didn’t mean a live chat. We didn’t even SAY a live chat. ROFL!
You know, how you just talk back and forth to each other whenever you see a comment? Comment moderation is still enabled. You don’t have to kill yourselves here.
*chuckle* *loves her peeps*
Stephe ^@@^
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You know how we clouds get to try to get our hands on anything Rain.
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Good luck peoples!
@ Stormy… yeah I said it… 😛
hehehee
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So yeah… can you tell I want to win this really badly? Lolll…
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I have to say, you guys sure do come up with some cool ideas over here! Good luck to all of us, cause that prize looks awesome!!
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*blinks* *looks at Diba*…..chat on the blog?
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Oh such a hurry that I forgot to congratulate))) Happy Anniversary, CloudUSA!
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@ Bialamode… sexilicious is right… those pics look lovely and the article seems to be incredibly well written.
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So anyway… This is a great contest… The prize is really cool..As Purplezest said on the forum, you’re spoiling us… but we love it! 🙂
Anything new in the Rain blogosphere tonight?
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Ha ha…we got nothing…SERIOUSLY.
Our Rain is being very QUIET. I wonder what’s up with that? Should we actually believe that he is resting???
I sure hope so.
Terri :-}
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Rain resting?
:falls into a dead faint:
I certainly hope so! That man is crazy with the way he puts so much wear and tear on his body. He needs to relax for a bit before he wears himself right on out or hurts himself. Hmmphh… :glaring in Paris’ general direction:
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Stephe,
Are you still weeping? We “Wuuvv” you guys and I hope Cloud USA staff goes out and has a serious “Partaay” tonight. It’s FRIDAY too!!…….Woo Hoo!!! Or at least sometime this weekend…..(SMILES)
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Hopefully this will almost be like real time chat and I’m not the only person here commenting like a dork… Lolll…
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Oh and let me say it again… Happy Anniversary, CloudUSA!
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I think the number 29
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As much as I want this book, I have serious doubts I’ll get it because there is serious competition at Cloud USA. The sneak peek look Sexilicious!!
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You’re right…we are dang competitive! Wonder why that is? I think because we are ladies who know what we want and when we want it….suddenly had naked Rain visions….
Sorry, what was I talking about? Oh yeah, sexy Rain magazine….MINE!
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Alright people…. Let’s get this party started! 🙂
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