July 24, 2005
This American Life
I was discussing podcasts with someone last night and admitted that I wasn't really into them, that I didn't quite get it. I had looked up info on podcasts when iTunes went and added that to their iPod list and I just wasn't sure it was anything I was ready for. I guess I didn't see anything there that I wanted to listen to.
One thing I do know for sure is that I WILL be into them.
There is only one radio show I would like to hear, even when I am not in my car and that day that I looked up the info, I went to that site and tried to find if they did podcasts. Nope. Therefore, I wasn't ready. So I mentioned this to the friend who was into podcasts. I said, "When T.A.L. starts doing podcasts, that is when I am going to get into it."
He didn't know from "This American Life" so I sent him the link and he responded, "But they do have podcasts, right there on the right side, under consumables." Oops. But I am still not ready for podcasts, although that show for this week looks interesting.....hmmm those guys look familiar.
Holy shit! I went to high school with that guy! The one on the right. We were really good friends. We even went to a Sadie Hawkins dance together. I wonder if I threw that picture out? Okay, okay this isn't the first time I found out that Terry's other half is Dan Savage, but I am just not accustomed to seeing people I went to High School with on the main page of "THIS AMERICAN LIFE!"
I ran into Terry and Dan several years back and had such a nice conversation with Terry, this was soon after the 10 year reunion which he didn't go to, and I told him he didn't miss much. I was kinda sad that we walked different directions and didn't exchange numbers or anything, but that is life. In fact this is the exact kind of topic that ends up on "This American Life" all the time!
I googled his name after seeing this picture and he is an artist with a studio and several shows mentioned in the papers on a regular basis. He looks happy in that picture (and HOT! Gosh, he wasn't that hot in H.S. Thank god for growing up, right?). Congrats Terry, hope your life is going great.
Posted by kerewin at July 24, 2005 09:23 AM