Silk Willow Talk

When will they leave the poor guy alone? Is it just my imagination or is Clay the biggest magnet for the worst opportunists out there? There’s now this friend of a neighbor of his mother’s half brother’s stepsister’s long lost cousin who works at Walmart and does the neighborhood pedicures who wants to sue his family for gobs of money and a spot on your Amazon wishlist. This erstwhile friend has penned a book “Out of the Blue – ‘Clay’ it Forward” that she put together from recollections of neighborhood back stories of little Clay and his play group. Great. Another memoir from yet another strange woman who lived down the block. According to her, Clay owes her big because she took in his family after they escaped their abusive father. She writes the book, Clay doesn’t exactly give it the nod, so she sues. Get this: she wants Clay to retract his criticisms, author one of her chapters, sell her book in his concerts for five years, give her over a quarter of a million bucks, then walk her dog, clean out her trash and mow her lawn too. I guess that’s a whole lot better than doing pedicures for the rest of your life.

< Lest you think the lady does pedicures….no she does not. >

So this is what I’ve been waiting for, for 2 years now. I missed all his concerts except the first one (the AI tour) during those heady days of Season 2 due to life changing events. But every chance I’ve gotten I would attend parties devoted to the admiration and celebration of the great and wondrous Clay Aiken. I don’t know what it is that draws me to this artist. It’s not just the voice, nor just the look. After all, he tends to change his look dramatically through the years and this time he’s settled on going Beatlesque. Well maybe it’s because I just love “Revenge of the Nerd” themes and he certainly personifies that. It could be a vicarious thing.