fodfrontpage@gmail.com
David Archuleta in Vietnam. Credit to Nguyen Truong.
* * * * *
More Cuteness in Stripes! With different but equally awesome hashtags!
Yesterday, I posted the picture Brooke White posted on Facebook of herself and David. Even MJ’s picked up the picture and the message Source
Today, it was David’s turn to share the cuteness. With different hashtags!
And from his IG, this …
#reunions #idoldays #BrookeWhiteandherglow Well done David! You are mastering these hashtags. Sadly, #Iamnot
You can also find a similar post from Twitter on David’s Facebook Page . He, or his team, are getting pretty good at posting quickly on this trilogy of social media. I’m impressed!
Brooke is so very much a ray of light! Such a happy, bubbly, sparkly lady. Twinkly.
Later, Brooke responded to David’s tweet with an RT of her own!
Aww you wear your excited heart on your sleeve, Brooke. Love that. More of David and Brooke over the years from Shadow Benny:
But going back to cuteness, still awaiting a pic of David and this ball of excitement:
From RealBrookeWhite Instagram: LondyLoo
* * * * *
Called to Serve DVD Bonus Songs!
Order Called To Serve DVD, and you get a wonderful bonus! From our comments yesterday!
kmb says:
August 4, 2014 at 3:13 pm (Edit)
SPOILER ALERT!!!!!
The CTS DVD has bonus footage of David singing THREE songs LIVE:
1. Come Come Ye Saints at the MTC in 2014
2. I’ll Go Where You Want Me to Go (Spanish), recorded in Chile
3. The Spirit of God at the MTC in 2012 (the one where he gets emotional at the end)
I STILL haven’t put it in my Bluray player yet, but I couldn’t wait so I put it in my computer to check for bonus features first haha.
And based upon others who have viewed Called to Serve already, Mary Dee put the following visual together:
You can order your copy here at Deseret
* * * * *
More about Michael Johns …
Season 7 Cast Pays Tribute to Michael Johns
August 4, 2014 By Mark Franklin
Wow, I returned to work today to learn that the mega-talented American Idol cast from Season 7 had lost one of its members.
Michael Johns died Friday at age 35, reportedly from a blood clot in his ankle. He’s the first Idol finalist to pass away since the show began 13 years ago. Michael finished eighth back in Season 7, then quickly proved he was better than that with the post-Idol music he released. His post-Idol album “Hold Back My Heart” was one of my favorite Idol albums released that year. Unfortunately, way too little Michael Johns music followed — just a three-song EP called “Love and Sex” in 2012 and a single “Day Breaks Sun” from earlier this year. His Season 7 cast mates say he’ll be sorely missed.
From Twitter: David Archuleta: “Remembering a friend this weekend, Michael Johns, and keeping his family in my prayers. You’ll be missed, Australian buddy.”
Kristy Lee Cook: “RIP to @MichaelJohns my friend from American idol. He was such a fun person to be around and was always making us laugh.”
Carly Smithson: “I don’t even know what to say or how to feel. I was so strong yesterday but today I’m just a mess. My buddy is gone forever. #MichaelJohns”
Ramiele Malubay: “I’ll always remember you as the big brother who made interviews less scary. The biggest joker, hands down. And one of the most insanely talented vocalists. You definitely knew how to make everyone laugh and make light of every insanely intense situation. I often think of you on days I feel I need some real good music to make me feel better.”
Amanda Overmyer: “MICHAEL JOHNS will be remembered by @AmericanIdol Season 7 Family as a joker with a great sense of humor and kept everbody laughing … -AO”
David Hernandez: “You will be missed bro. My heart is heavy for you and your family who are always in my thoughts and prayers. My memories of sharing the stage with you during a life changing experience will never be forgotten.
Brooke White immediately decided the 140 characters allowed by Twitter would never be enough and posted her sentiments to Facebook. Her tribute reads in part: “I just had the thought the other day while driving down the freeway, that if someone asked me who my favorite male voice was it’d be Michael johns. Man I wish I had picked up the phone to tell him that, but I didn’t. He was stupidly talented, handsome, charismatic, funny and quite a complicated character … Michael Johns, we will miss you hard… you will always be my favorite Australian.”
Making sense of it all ~ Information on Blood Clots
From Yahoo Health. As all of us are trying to make sense of the loss of one so young, so vibrant, this article from Yahoo Health provides some insight. Source Fans are in shock after the sudden death of Australian singer and “American Idol” finalist Michael Johns, who passed away on Friday at age 35 from a blood clot in his ankle. The news sent people reeling, wondering how a simple issue could have turned fatal.
Johns, who achieved fame after an excellent run on the talent series in 2008, went on to write songs for films and other artists. Last week in Los Angeles, he reportedly twisted his ankle and went to see a doctor because of swelling and bruising that traveled up his leg. But he was sent home, and was found unresponsive in a friend’s apartment the next day. He was dead by the time paramedics arrived.
“Blood clots are an underappreciated killer in this country,” American Society of Hematology vice president Charles Abrams told Yahoo Health.
But blood clots can also be a very useful part of our body’s mechanism, as it’s a way to seal off a hole in a blood vessel when we cut ourselves. “So we need the elegant system we have to stop bleeding,” he said. Problems arise, though, when a clot forms in a place where it doesn’t belong, an occurrence called thrombosis. When it’s in a deep or large vessel, it’s called a deep vein thrombosis (DVT), and is sometimes big enough to block the flow of blood.
For many people, the clot can remain and not cause any problems. But if a piece of the clot breaks off, it can become stuck in the lungs, becoming a pulmonary embolism. “This is where clots get deadly,” said Abrams, associate chief of the hematology-oncology division at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and a director of the Blood Center for Patient Care and Discovery at the University of Pennsylvania. And while he is not familiar with the specifics of Johns’s case, it’s possible that this is what occurred, as about 100,000 people die of pulmonary embolisms in the U.S. every year — more than the sum of those who die of car accidents, AIDS, and breast cancer.
“The real tragedy of it is that it’s a very treatable disease,” Abrams said. It’s just that too many people are unaware of both the symptoms and risk factors involved. Those who are at heightened risk for DVT include those who have sustained an injury, had recent surgery, or are older, as well as women who are pregnant or on birth control or hormone-replacement therapy — “a whole list of things,” he said.
Symptoms of DVT can include site pain, swelling, warmth, heaviness and redness, and it can then be diagnosed in many ways, including a blood test, a CAT scan, or an ultrasound, Abrams explained. And treatments — including a host of blood thinners or “clot busters,” are extremely effective, he said. If treated, only 1 to 2 percent of clots will turn fatal. If left untreated, on the other hand, that risk shoots up to a 25 to 30 percent chance.
“People have to be aware of the symptoms,” he said, “and the symptoms have to be recognized.”
* * * * *
FanSITE Appreciation!
This is Fan Appreciation week, and we can’t get too far down this road without celebrating those fansites that also celebrate David! We know that there is alot of work not only to provide content to sites, but to do the technical work as well.
We salute all of you!
The mission of Fans of David is to support and promote David Archuleta in as many ways as possible, so in that spirit, check out these other David fansites!
We updated this list about a year ago, so I hope there is no errors. You will notice that some sites are more active than others.
We will update our links tab on our menu with these sites, so let us know if anything is incorrect! Please email Fans of David if you would like to have your fansite listed here or require changes.
* * * * * *
Fansites devoted exclusively to David Archuleta:
David Archuleta Fanscene on Facebook
Counting David’s Character
The David Chronicles
The Voice David Archuleta
David Beyond Borders
Archie Pay It Forward
DA Buzzing
Golden Archies
Something ‘Bout Archie
Soul David
International Fansites devoted exclusively to David Archuleta:
Snowangelz: Canadian Fans Of David Archuleta
David Archuleta Fans Germany
David Archuleta Fans Italy
Archuleta Honduras
Korean Fansite
Archuleta Avenue Malaysia
Archuleta Phililppines
One David
David Archuleta Taiwan
David Archuleta Singapore
Pinoy Archies (Link not currently working)
DAVN
And you may remember the Mormon Times segment on KSL produced right after David Archuleta left on his mission, interviewing fans to discuss David Archuleta, his mission, his music and his fans. FOD provided input into the video, and we were so pleased to see so that they mentioned many (although not all) David fansites in the segment. Check out 0:50 to 0:55.
* * * * *
More about our International Visitors!
Yesterday, we had way too much fun with a widget I posted (shown again up above) that indicates WhereInTheWorld our visitors to the FOD site are from! I also indicated which countries had the most visitors to our site historically.
By doing that I in no way intended to exclude many of you who did not see your country listed
So, to round out the entire story, let me provide a bit more information. Below is the list the 37 countries which provided at least one visitor to FOD yesterday. A long list!
Yesterday I listed the top 25 countries from which our ALL-TIME visitors come from (see my post yesterday for these countries). The paragraph below givesthe remainder of the countries from which, according to our webhost, our visitors have come, at any time over the past 6 years.
WARNING! It’s a long list, because we are a World-Wide Fan Family!!!
Australia, Argentina, Taiwan, Sweden, Brazil, India, Mexico, Thailand, Hungary, Venezuela, Bulgaria, Republic of Serbia, Hong Kong, Austria, United Arab Emirates, Switzerland, Ireland, Czech Republic, Slovenia, South Africa, Pakistan, Moldova, Sri Lanka, Peru, Colombia, New Zealand, Chile, Israel, Bosnia-Herzegovina Guam (USA), Brunei Darussalam, Panama, Mauritius, Denmark, Greece, Iran, Estonia, Croatia, Djibouti, Georgia, Iceland, Uruguay, Luxembourg, Portugal, Costa Rica, Albania, Zambia, Syria, Belgium, Palestinian Territories, Angola, Guatemala, Suriname, Liechtenstein, Lebanon, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Macedonia, Qatar, Bangladesh, Ivory Coast (Cote D’Ivoire), Tunisia, Cyprus, Bahrain, Nigeria, Latvia, Morocco, Virgin Islands (British), Jordan, Azerbaidjan, Ecuador, Kuwait, Lithuania, Myanmar, Uganda, Honduras, Bolivia, Kenya, Burkina Faso, Afghanistan, Maldives, Jamaica, Malta, Papua New Guinea, Laos, Bhutan, El Salvador, Libya, Namibia, Egypt, Kazakhstan, Montenegro, Oman, Paraguay, Sudan, Armenia, Ghana, Yemen, Algeria, Mongolial, Antigua and Barbuda, Bermuda, Mozambique, Cambodia, Liberia, Nepal, Northern Mariana Islands, Cuba, Nicaragua, Aruba, Guyana, Slovak Republic, Netherlands Antilles, Trinidad and Tobago, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe.
WOWZA!
* * * * *
Thank YOU and MERCI!
We were OVERWHELMED by the outpouring of messages yesterday on Twitter, Facebook and in our comments on the occasion of our birthday. Thanks so much!!!!! I’m posting a few of the birthday cards we received too. You guys are the best!!!
And from Pattie …
From Vannie Lim
And from Shadow Bennie. Awww, you used the S-I-X!
* * * *
Archie Emoji
This is the funniest thing! Good job finding these! From Archie Thailand! Source
You KNOW you do …
How we react when a David Archuleta song comes on unexpectedly
Bookends
Book-ending this post with another great picture from concert in Vietnam. See you next Monday all!