Results of the "How Ace Really Got His Scar" Contest.
The entries have all been read and the winner and top three stories have been chosen. I want to thank everyone who sent in their stories. We had a whopping 21 entries (to me, 21 is whopping) and these are the cream of the crop. To remind everyone, the first prize is a CD of the winner's three favorite Idols of Season 5 and all their performances in this season. Now, on with the Top Three.
In first place is MapGirl and her terrific comic strip of how Ace got his scar. I loved the creativity and simplicity of this entry, but most of all, I love how Ace sounds like he stepped right out of an Irish Spring commercial. Excellent work, MapGirl and congratulations.
In second place is Soon to Choose and her story of Ace and his hunting accident...
It was the kind of day in early spring when people get restless. Ace Young was walking through the woods searching for something, but he wasn't quite sure what. Bluebells? Pixies? Or maybe just a quiet place to practice his rendition of Michael Jackson's "Butterflies" without getting beaten up?
Suddenly, there was a rustling in the undergrowth...like a startled fawn Ace turned toward the sound just in time to see his doom rushing upon him in the form of a bolt from a crossbow! It flashed across his chest, searing his tender skin and drawing
gemlike drops of blood. Ace fell to the ground and was on the point of losing consciousness when he felt himself caught up in a pair of powerful arms. He
opened his eyes to find himself gazing into the ruggedly handsome face of none other than Ted Nugent!
"Oh man, I'm so sorry! I thought you were like, Bambi!" exclaimed the mighty hunter, his voice tight with anguish. Ace, too moved to speak, sobbed delicately on Ted's manly chest. And there we leave them.
And in third place is Boulder Valley Girl and her tale of mountains gone wrong...
How Ace Young Was Impaled on Flagstaff Mountain
Having revealed his mark to the world, it is time for the truth (according to the internet) to be told about Ace Young's jagged scar over his right clavicle and how it came to be. Ace is a 1999 graduate and former athlete of Fairview High School in Boulder, Colorado. It was a simple matter of senior ditch day, a prank gone wrong, and a near-perfect male specimen being scarred for life. Flagstaff Mountain is a winding drive up the jagged rock vistas known as The Flatirons above Boulder. It's a popular place for local high school kids to hang out, climb trees, scale rocks or just park and make out. On senior ditch day, Ace and some of his fellow jocks decided it was a good enough reason to skip school as spring varsity letter winners were determined, grades already hopelessly below average, and letters of intent signed. Before Ace sought the limelight as an aspiring singer/actor, he was one of those shy types, easily swayed by his peer group. On this fateful day, wearing his favorite George Michael T-shirt, he was chided by members of his herd to mark the day with a daring climb up the steep rock formations. While navigating a particularly dangerous face of the pink sandstone, Ace slipped on loose gravel and fell. Cartwheeling downward, first to the amusement, then to the horror of his fellow truants, Ace's yodeling could be heard as far away as Louisville (this may have been the moment he decided to become an entertainer). Not unlike the demise of Chef on South Park, he bounced from rock edge to rock edge, finally coming to a jarring stop. A T-bar installed by the local forest service to prop up an ailing Ponderosa pine had impaled him dangerously close to his vital organs (not those vital organs, Paula). His friends, more skilled at batting balls or sacking the quarterback, had a difficult time making their way down the mountainside to aid their injured friend. The first to reach him described his doll's-eyes stare (later to become known as the eye boink) as eerie, and made me scared and uncomfortable. Obviously, Ace pulled through, but the "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" T-shirt did not.
Again, thanks to everyone who sent in their very entertaining stories. MapGirl, please e-mail me at flkofcguls@aol.com to let me know your three Idol selections. And readers, please keep an eye out for the next contest. I'll see you for Queen week next Tuesday!
Seagulls out.
In first place is MapGirl and her terrific comic strip of how Ace got his scar. I loved the creativity and simplicity of this entry, but most of all, I love how Ace sounds like he stepped right out of an Irish Spring commercial. Excellent work, MapGirl and congratulations.
In second place is Soon to Choose and her story of Ace and his hunting accident...
It was the kind of day in early spring when people get restless. Ace Young was walking through the woods searching for something, but he wasn't quite sure what. Bluebells? Pixies? Or maybe just a quiet place to practice his rendition of Michael Jackson's "Butterflies" without getting beaten up?
Suddenly, there was a rustling in the undergrowth...like a startled fawn Ace turned toward the sound just in time to see his doom rushing upon him in the form of a bolt from a crossbow! It flashed across his chest, searing his tender skin and drawing
gemlike drops of blood. Ace fell to the ground and was on the point of losing consciousness when he felt himself caught up in a pair of powerful arms. He
opened his eyes to find himself gazing into the ruggedly handsome face of none other than Ted Nugent!
"Oh man, I'm so sorry! I thought you were like, Bambi!" exclaimed the mighty hunter, his voice tight with anguish. Ace, too moved to speak, sobbed delicately on Ted's manly chest. And there we leave them.
And in third place is Boulder Valley Girl and her tale of mountains gone wrong...
How Ace Young Was Impaled on Flagstaff Mountain
Having revealed his mark to the world, it is time for the truth (according to the internet) to be told about Ace Young's jagged scar over his right clavicle and how it came to be. Ace is a 1999 graduate and former athlete of Fairview High School in Boulder, Colorado. It was a simple matter of senior ditch day, a prank gone wrong, and a near-perfect male specimen being scarred for life. Flagstaff Mountain is a winding drive up the jagged rock vistas known as The Flatirons above Boulder. It's a popular place for local high school kids to hang out, climb trees, scale rocks or just park and make out. On senior ditch day, Ace and some of his fellow jocks decided it was a good enough reason to skip school as spring varsity letter winners were determined, grades already hopelessly below average, and letters of intent signed. Before Ace sought the limelight as an aspiring singer/actor, he was one of those shy types, easily swayed by his peer group. On this fateful day, wearing his favorite George Michael T-shirt, he was chided by members of his herd to mark the day with a daring climb up the steep rock formations. While navigating a particularly dangerous face of the pink sandstone, Ace slipped on loose gravel and fell. Cartwheeling downward, first to the amusement, then to the horror of his fellow truants, Ace's yodeling could be heard as far away as Louisville (this may have been the moment he decided to become an entertainer). Not unlike the demise of Chef on South Park, he bounced from rock edge to rock edge, finally coming to a jarring stop. A T-bar installed by the local forest service to prop up an ailing Ponderosa pine had impaled him dangerously close to his vital organs (not those vital organs, Paula). His friends, more skilled at batting balls or sacking the quarterback, had a difficult time making their way down the mountainside to aid their injured friend. The first to reach him described his doll's-eyes stare (later to become known as the eye boink) as eerie, and made me scared and uncomfortable. Obviously, Ace pulled through, but the "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" T-shirt did not.
Again, thanks to everyone who sent in their very entertaining stories. MapGirl, please e-mail me at flkofcguls@aol.com to let me know your three Idol selections. And readers, please keep an eye out for the next contest. I'll see you for Queen week next Tuesday!
Seagulls out.
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