He wouldnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t have gotten to do the media circuit had he come in 3rd, so I guess in every cloud there is a silver lining.

I’m enjoying this particular silver lining. It gives me more than my quota of Jason watch for the week. Yikes, I sound like a stalker!! :help_tb:

I’ve been meaning to find out what a tinfoil hat is! :tongue1_tb:

I believe him when he says he said “vote, vote.” That’s what it looked like to me anyway, and he did say vote, by itself, once after MTM. One of his interviewers made some editorial comment about it being weird that he says in one breath he wanted to win and make the top 3 and not get sent home, and in the next breath that he was happy when he was kicked off, but I think it’s probably a really honest and well-rounded assessment of the situation, and one that I wonder if some of the other contestants don’t share. Jason says that if he was going to be there, he was going to be in it to win it, and he thinks the further you go, the better opportunities you get, but he also says he wasn’t having fun towards the end and he was feeling stressed out and insecure and didn’t know if he could do it. I wonder if at the beginning, they want to stay in it because they want to be there and have the whole experience, and towards the end, they want to stay in it to get the goshdarned contract and the process becomes just an obstacle?

I am hardly a conspiracy theorist and I love Jason but I just I still believe he said à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t vote.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 

It’s hard to make a “D” sound when your front upper teeth are on your lower lip (try it). And in the Zaprudered tape, that’s what you see. (And I have a strong sense of unreality in knowing that I know that…)

Besides, it’s a moot point now, anyway. I’m over Jasongate and looking forward to the tour.

Sumidol, tinfoil hat article:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tin_foil_hat

Whats a tinfoil hat?

Just a little joke about conspiracy theorists. You see, you wear your tinfoil hat to protect you from government mind control.

Amazingly enough, instructions for the construction of your own tinfol beanie can be found here.

The man of few words shdà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ve said à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‹Voteà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢. Any extra word was unnecessary.

Ah, if only Jason had his crystal ball that night. He really had no way of knowing that he would be misinterpreted, and analyzed in High Definition slow mo over the next few days. I think Jason didn’t realize how seriously some of the tinfoil hat wearers take their conspiracy theorizing.

For me, I agree with what PJ said. For some of these people, selling three million records or popping up in the pages of US magazine are just not the goals. Some of them would just like the opportunity to do what they love and be able to make a living at it. Super-stardom and the inevitable relentless scrutiny of your personal life that goes along with it are just not everyone’s cup of tea.

Jason seems like a very nice person, with a wonderful sense of humor. The fact that he doesn’t take himself too seriously will serve him well in life.

Also, he claims that he mouthed à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Vote, voteà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  to the camera after Ryan gave his numbersà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’not à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t Voteà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  as some conspiracy theorists have claimed.

I am hardly a conspiracy theorist and I love Jason but I just I still believe he said “don’t vote.” That’s what I saw and that’s what I felt he meant to say right at that moment. Maybe he didn’t really mean it, but perhaps it’s like the case of that which happened with Jessica Shaw:

The fact of the matter that day was I was in a bad mood. I was frustrated with a lot of things…I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t even remember much of what I said. There are some days that are just like that. You just donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t want to do what you are doing.

I also thought his statement that he thought immediately right after it happened that it could have looked like he said “don’t vote” is puzzling to me. Why would he think that if he didn’t really say it or mean to say it? It struck me as a case of The boy doth protest too much. What I think might have happened is that he immediately regretted doing/having said it, which I can understand.

In the first half of this radio show podcast, this matter was discussed. Randy Jackson was asked about it, but he didn’t really give a clear answer.

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I really wish I didn’t feel this way, but I just can’t shake the feeling. I’m not really mad at Jason, though. I think I understand it/him.

Ok…I just had had to let that out. I’ll breathe now.

I’m glad he’s had the opportunity to clear up some of the misunderstandings about him through these interviews. He wouldn’t have gotten to do the media circuit had he come in 3rd, so I guess in every cloud there is a silver lining.

Jason should definitely be voted “The Contestant Most Likely To Be Misunderstood” this year. Good thing for him he doesn’t take himself too seriously. Stuff seems to roll off his back.