Next I’ll Be Seen on Celebrity Fit Club with Dustin Diamond

Updated: Click here to listen to my radio debut, cut down in to sound bytes that make me look like the world’s biggest loser. You’ll hear me complain about my lack of Twitter friends and give horrible parenting advice. Basically an audio version of what this entire blog entails. Happy listening!

Remember earlier today when I posted about Twitter? Did any of you read it? No. Well, fine, screw you. How about my post on Monday about the Bryant Park Project? What? You want more stories about Abbie’s baby? Well, that’s going to have to wait.

Let’s pause for a bit of a backstory:

I started listening to the Bryant Park Project on NPR earlier this month. I now listen to the podcast most days and sit at my desk pretending I’m not in suburban Kansas City, but that I’m in a hi-rise in New York wearing funky necklaces and talking about how great Brooklyn is for kids. The total NYC wannabe comes out and I can’t make it go away. Kind of like that time when I went to a club in KC and told everyone I was from Brooklyn, and when they asked where in Brooklyn, I pretended not to hear them.

Today, while listening to the BPP podcast, I checked my personal email (yes, I’m a bad employee). In my inbox was a note from my bud Lane saying she had joined Twitter and wanted to follow me on the site. I thought to myself, “Hmmmm…maybe I should check my Twitter account.” And then I ate a box of Hot Tamales.

Which should have been the end of the story. But wait! There’s more.

I decided since I had deleted Facebook and MySpace, I could probably stand updating Twitter. I mean, it’s just one site, right? And I don’t have to upload pictures or tell anyone what books I’ve read lately (answer: zero). So I started adding famous bloggers, presidential candidates and random friends. Oh, and also, the BPP.

Little did I know that I would end up being the BPP’s 1000th Twitter follower, leading me to be interviewed for tomorrow’s show and sounding like the king of all dorks on a national radio program. When I told Trent what had happened his response was, “Well, you’re funny on paper, but not so much in person.” Exactly. I sound like a helium-sucking, Gap-wearing, Kansas-raised doofus on the phone. So I can only imagine how fantastic I will sound on the radio.

I’ll post links to the interview when they are up. In the meantime, you can find me hiding in the corner of my office, eating a second box of Hot Tamales and muttering incoherently to myself.

Tweet, tweet

I’ve resisted for so long, but I think I’ve finally given in. After I cancelled my MySpace and Facebook accounts, I decided that updating this website was all the Internet needed from me. I mean, how much do I really need to spew to the world? Does anyone really care? I wouldn’t.

In all of my self-righteouss indignation, I forgot to mention that even though I left those two social networking platforms, I have not quit everything cold turkey. I still have a professional LinkedIn page for work and I still have a Twitter account that I never update. But since I removed my Facebook link, the left sidebar of this page looked a little abandoned, so I decided to replace it with a link to my current Twitter tweets. Are you confused? Let me explain.

Twitter is a social networking platform that is like a mini-website. Instead of holding tons of information, all you do is update your Twitter account with what you’re doing at any given moment. So, for example, right now my Twitter page would say, “Attempting to explain Twitter. Not really succeeding.” The updates on your Twitter page are called tweets, which sounds silly but who am I to rename them? They can be updated through the web or through your cell phone, so you can literally let everyone know exactly what you’re doing right now. Or now. Or now.

So if my daily posts aren’t enough for you, check below my favorite photos on the left to see what I’m doing via Twitter. Or you can follow me on Twitter by clicking here. Don’t laugh at my lack of followers. It’s quality, not quantity, that counts. At least that’s what I tell myself as I cry myself to sleep.

And then my computer came alive and sucked my brain out of my eyeballs. The end.

BPP

My morning routine is pretty bland. Wake up way too early. Get dressed. Attempt to tame hair. Grab a snack as I’m running out the door. Commute to work while listening to NPR or bad local radio stations. Sounds pretty exciting, eh? Bet you wish you had this life.

But my mornings are significantly uplifted by a certain radio program out of NYC. It’s called the Bryant Park Project (found via dooce) and it plays on some NPR stations and NPR XM satellite radio. Of course, none of my local stations carry it and I’m way to poor to pay for satellite radio, so I make due with the podcast on my laptop. The show is a mix of news and entertainment, and the main host was a former VJ and news anchor for MTV news back in the 90s. I believe Allison Stewart was the person who first made me think that voting was cool, and now I get to hear her gorgeous voice every morning. Yipee!

To give you an idea of the awesomeness (technical term) of this program, let me give you a few examples of last week’s segments. First we had a rousing game of Pope trivia. Followed by a story on some Canadians angry about a fixed coffee contest. Along with some great musical performances. They are also pros at finding funky fun (and funky fresh, word) websites, like this one featuring an ode to movie credits. Ending the week was a dance party for host Allison, who is off on maternity leave. Apparently (according to the BPP blog, it’s still too early to download the podcast) today there will be a story featuring squirrels singing gospel music. Yes, there is real news as well, but when you add in those elements, who can miss it?!

You can check out the BPP blog here or you can download the podcast here. Try it, you’ll love it.

100 Things: Parts 76-85

76. Throw Lucy a sweet sixteen birthday party
77. Surprise Trent with a gift for no reason
78. Throw an elegant dinner party
79. Relearn how to speak fluent Italian
80. Attend a wedding in India
81. Ride an elephant
82. Learn how to fly an airplane
83. Meet a famous blogger
84. See the pyramids in Egypt
85. Hike through a tropical rain forest

100 Things: Parts 61-75

61. Throw a keg party
62. Write a screenplay
63. Learn to bake apple pie
64. Go camping with the family
65. Learn to surf
66. Raise Lucy to become a strong, independent woman
67. Have more kids
68. Take a road trip of the United States in an RV
69. Run a marathon
70. Gamble in Vegas
71. Kiss Trent at the Eiffel Tower
72. Visit the Grand Canyon
73. Volunteer in a third world country
74. Live in New York City
75. Have a girls vacation with friends

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