Why is recording a V/O in FCP X such a pain?

I am trying to lay in a V/O track that I will then cut my video to match.  FCP X though keeps insisting on linking each segment of my audio to a blank placeholder in the video track??!!!  What the heck is this nonsense??  Now I have 10 or 12 separate audio clips each with the little dongle connecting them to NOTHING, yet when I attempt to lay in the video clip that corresponds with the V/O I CAN'T DO IT!!!!  Ahhhh!  Is there not a way to just lay in a V/O track?  Please help....

Thanks Jim - Your response brings up another thorn in my side.  I think the new layout of these forums really stinks!  I thought that I WAS in the FCP-X forum.  Thanks Jobs....

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