Alright, so, if you're a member that doesn't know me that well, I don't recommend reading this post I don't want any haters or anything, so yeah LOL

Anyway, back to the point of my post.

It finally happened. It has finally hit me. I've been saying for days now that I wasn't letting myself think about the aftermath of these two weeks, about how we wouldn't see David anymore every week. Well, it's happened. I just finished listening to "Time Of Your Life" by Green day and I got up and was walking down the hallway and it hit me about how much I'm going to miss him, and it REALLY got to me. So here came one of my overly emotional moments you all know I can have

I know there's more appearances coming up next week, but after that...then what? I'm a broke college student, so I couldn't get tickets for the tour like I had planned on doing for months, so that just makes it worse. I mean...who knows how long until his album comes out. I don't know...I'm trying to stay optimistic, but I just had a moment, FINALLY, that wasn't full of excitement. I've been on this high since Wednesday night, and don't get me wrong, I'm still on that level, but I finally had the moment of realization that Idol really IS over LoL

~Steph

I know what you mean Steph. It's kind of like an empty void. We know we will get a chance to hear from him again but it's like what are we going to do with our Tuesday nights now? lol I think eventually we will adjust to it, but it does feel kind of strange.

It is something that we all have to get used to. Once the tour starts, we can share that excitement with each other. Perhaps we can do some cellcerts so that we can all hear what is going on at each concert.

We all knew it would come to this. Aren't we blessed that it turned out the way it did? I feel great!

Jeannine

I had the exact same experience with that song! (Note my signature!)
I broke down when I found out that I wouldn't be able to see the Idol tour. David has really helped to motivate me these last few months, and I don't know what I'm going to do without that.
David's been known to say that he "owes us the world" but I know, for me at least, it's the exact opposite.

i suppose we could all agree to meet here every tuesday and wednesday and rewatch each week of the past season together... haha

Of course we're blessed and of course I feel AMAZING about how it all turned out, but that doesn't make the loss any less prominent. The fact that we've grown accostumed to seeing him twice a week for the last 14 weeks, and now that we won't have that, is a big shift that I know, we'll all have to get used to. But the withdrawal just started, so I haven't had a chance to get used to it yet.

That's the reason I said to not read unless you know me really well because I'm a pretty emotional person and my good friends know that about me and they'll just listen without thinking I'm crazy. I know a lot of people do think I'm crazy when I have my emotional spurts, that's why I put the warning on

~Steph

Yeah.
But you can always go on youtube and watch his performances and everything!

and listen to his music
it always helps if you miss him on Idol every week.

Oh, Steph! You're not alone. It hits you kind of hard, doesn't it? Don't take this the wrong way, but it's kinda David's fault that we're all so hooked into AI this season, dedicating our Tuesday & Wednesday nights to him & him alone. I mean, the man is so charismatic and engaging on camera -- whether he's speaking or performing -- of course we were going to get sucked in!

I was originally supposed to get my hair done last Tuesday night at 5:30, and I obviously moved it because of the final performance show. They said, "How about next Tuesday at 6?" Looking at the calendar, I realized, "Yeah, no more David on Tuesday & Wednesday nights, so yeah, I guess I can sit there and process for a while."

Hang in there, Steph. I'm sorry you won't be able to make it to a show this summer, but you know that all of us Word Nerds will take care of you -- posting stories, pix, vid or clips from his numerous stops around the country.

In the meantime, we have this little media surge to distract us and keep our minds occupied with all David all the time. And it did sound like as soon as his deal is worked out, he will be hitting the studio pretty quickly. From a business perspective, I'd think that they'd have to have him record it while on the road so that it's locked and loaded in time for release for the all-important holiday sales season. Just a hunch.

Take care, Steph. We're all here for ya!

It finally hit me last night watching LKL as he was showing the clips. Idol really is over and there will be no more rushing home on tuesdays to watch our Cookie work it for us. The tour is going to be great but of course I have to wait allll the way to August!

Steph we are all here for each other and if that means posting and replaying all the performances and interviews and BTS footage and obsess over every look and smile and body movement, well I am ok with that.



Shanna

Theres always YouTube we can watch him whenever we want!!!! Get are Cookie fix for the week!!!

Yeah, the LKL interview was when it started hitting me too...there was just something about it that made those thoughts start creeping in...and then I listened to "Time of Your Life" by Green Day and that was a bad idea

I'm really glad I have this place to come to because without it I'd be going insane LOL

~Steph

I feel like I know you, Steph, from your awesome videos (C is for Cookie!) and posts, so I hope you don't mind that I read this new post.

I am a lot older than you (and I would feel a lot better about myself if I were your age, to be honest, because back then I was hooked on soaps, which is far worse) but I have to tell you, I feel exactly the same way. Last week, when I co-opted my husband into helping me text so many times (he is pretty much anti-all reality TV and AI falls squarely into his mental "I Hate It" folder), I told him that it was only one more week and then I would stop ignoring him to obsess over David Cook and life would go back to normal. Except... Not. Here I am, three days later, still popping into d-c.org for snippets and tidbits and hoping the boy will drag himself out of bed for one more photo op or interview just so *I* don't have to go cold turkey.

I wanted it to be over (because I wasn't sure my mental health could take one more Wednesday like that) and yet I am so sad now that it's over. I just keep listening to my Cook Collection (from "Creep" to "The Time of My Life," in roughly chronological order) and wishing that the paparazzi could figure out what he's doing and take pictures of it so I won't feel so bereft, and at the same time, mad at myself for actually wishing freakin' paparazzi on the poor boy to make ME feel better... I mean, SERIOUSLY. Who's the creep here? MOI!

Anyway, I hope you know that your videos and posts are making me feel better minute by minute, because I can watch C is for Cookie and Best Days and I Want to be Bad as many times as I want to. Okay, so it's kind of feeding my addiction. But it's better than breaking off completely, you know?

I think we will all get through this and look forward to lots of youtube video of the tour (as well as reviews) and then the album and concerts and fan mail and just... Go on. But it will never be the same, you know? We can never go back to the halcyon days when we first discovered this cute, silly boy who could make "Happy Together" so full of mischief and "Hello" so full of longing, "Eleanor Rigby" so full of loneliness and "Always Be My Baby" so full of hope, and somehow, with all that, find a path right straight to our hearts.

Here comes the rest of our lives!

and please forgive me for being such a sap. i used to write romance novels and it's hard to break the sap habit.

Just the way you have throughout, my friends on here say it for me better than I can myself. Today I suffer the effects of having "drowned" my post-Idol sorrows and the missing-David blues yesterday. I have been afraid that with him belonging to the world now, I will never ever even shake his hand, but today I believe that it was perfect timing because I still have a house to sell, a new job to impress my bosses at, a daughter to launch into college, and a husband to reconnect with! No question I have been obsessed and addicted, and now have to experience withdrawal.

Welcome back to real life, the David Cook re-hab!

True that. And it totally sucks.

real life pretty much sucks now.

But there is always youtube!

I could write a long post, but I will say that you will probably have me listening to that song or something like it and tearing up a little. lol.

I wonder if anyone on the next season will say they look up to/are inspired by/will try to be like David? Will America and Simon be bored with the next season? I mean..after David..where do you go? I guess we'll have to see if he's killed the show or saved it. LOL. Will everyone compare any future Idol contestant to DC? Will I be comparing any future boyfriends to David? Answer to that, yes. LOL.



*nods like a madwoman*

I think that's what gets me the most. Those early days so many months ago are long gone and it's not going to be the same. I mean, Wednesday night was just an all new beginning to another journey that we'll be able to witness and I'm THRILLED about that. I'm so excited to see what happens next for David. Just like Paula said (and I can't believe I'm quoting her), Wednesday night wasn't even close to a finale, it was more like a beginning. But, the fact that Idol is over, the thing that got ALL of this started, is kind of sad. I can't believe we've come this far, but I'm REALLY glad that we have.



I really don't know how I'm going to watch Season 8 next year. I've been watching since the very beginning, but now that David has come into our lives through Idol, I just can't look at it the same. I don't see how ANYONE could after everything he accomplished on the show.

~Steph

I've just got a strong feeling it will pale in comparison.

I think I have definitely experienced this feeling during the course of the last couple of days. I can't believe that we don't have David to watch tomorrow night and Wed. It is pretty sad but I'm happy for him.. like he keeps saying, "Now his work really begins." I'm excited about his future as an artist and I look forward to supporting him in any and everyway that I can but I'll never forget his journey on AI, nor will I forget how he has made me feel. I do love him. He's an amazing man!

I too have experienced the same thing over the past few days. Just yesterday, I was saying "What am I going to do with my Tuesday and Wednesday nights?

In the end, it will all work out. As previously stated, we can stay "in touch" with David over the summer through cellcerts, concert recaps (very detailed recaps ) and pictures. I'm looking forward to that! We're all one big happy family!

I feel the pain too. I really looked forward to being wooed and entertained by DC each week. *sigh* Thank goodness I downloaded every one of his performance vids from ITunes.