Ourmedia

I'm going to be putting all of the episodes of I Have a Shoe on Ourmedia.org, a site which grants free space and bandwith for media like this. You can go hear the first episode here:
I Have a Shoe - Episode 1 - The Meager Beginnings | Ourmedia

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The Seventh Gate of Hell

So, I'm going to be teaching 7th grade English this year. It really is quite a feat, getting into this job, and I owe so much to Lady Luck. All over the state, they are laying off teachers, but somehow I (the guy with no experience who just graduated in May) managed to slide into this position before somebody with more experience applied. Mike D. and I are they only ones from our grad. class to get hired in the school system, and we were the ones who student-taught with the green team at the middle school. Hrmm... coincidence? heh.

I'm going to be on the purple team this year, so I guess people will have to buy me purple ties and purple shirts.

Wish me luck. She's held out for me so far, but her favor might be failing; I've hurt myself several times today, once by falling up the stairs (yes, "falling up"; don't act like you've never fallen up stairs) and a few times by banging my leg or elbow against something.

Best Regards,
CM

Gross Aristocracy

Katy made me watch the show "My Super Sweet 16" on MTV last night. God, such a display of upper class snobbery and wastefulness. This girl's mother spent over $100,000 on her 16th birthday party! A hundred thousand dollars just wasted for one night. She could have donated that money, held a charity fund-raising party, or given a grant to an artist or scientist! It makes me want to become a communist, but not a communist as you usually think of them (especially the ineffective ones we have in America that just talk about how they wish it was possible). It makes me want to be Robin Hood and snatch that hundred thousand from that woman before she can waste it. So, if I ever turn to a life of crime, you'll know that I'm pirating from the rich to give to the poor. God, it makes me sick.

On a not quite entirely separate note, have you seen that show "Laguna Beach"? They claim it's a reality show, that they just follow the kids around. If it is, it's masterfully done. Great camera shots, great production. If it's fake, as I insist it must be, it is also masterfully done. The kids act more real than the people on the "Real World". It could be fake. All they say at the beginning is: "The people are real; the places are real; and the drama is real." Actors are real people, too. (Well, maybe not. Did you ever eat with one?) They just don't change the names of the places they go. And it's the sort of drama that could definitely happen in some rich kid's life, so maybe it's based on true stories. And there is crazy product placement in that show, which makes me think it's fake. (They blurr out addresses and liscence plates, but not a big giant bag of Doritos that just happens to be completely turned towards the camera. Please!)

It was just too much modernity for one night.
CM

Headlines

Shamelessly pirated from Jay Leno's Headlines:



So much for not legislating from the bench:


What a slogan:



Funny, people in Pittsburgh have been cursing the Ohio River for years...



This one's a bit close to home (Charleston).


And finally... You know how they alter words to make names for cars, like Ultimate into Altima, Maximum into Maxima... well, I always wondered when they'd move on to swear words...

Signs of the Times

Photo taken by Emmanuel Goldstein in Yekaterinburg, Russia.


Oh, and I saw some "Hotcakes" at the mall today. They were shoes. But it didn't look like they were selling too well.

Hotcakes

Have you ever heard the expression "Selling like hotcakes"? What exactly is a "hotcake"? And have you ever seen anyone actually selling them?

Katy's right, yet again

Katy says it's way easier to just read something rather than listen to a file. She's right (as she always is). So, I might post a few more as I figure out how to work this, but after that, I'll only post radio-style shows. So, blog on.

Best Regards,
CM

Sandbridge 2005

Pictures from
our trip
. Yay!

Sandbridge

Listen Here - 08 August 2005


Captain Moody takes a trip to Sandbridge Beach, VA, and returns with a ring on his finger. Better quality, using a Belkin mic for the iPod, but there's some strange mechanical sound... will have to figure out how to minimize or get rid of that.

CM

Off to Sea What I Can See

Well, we're heading off to the beach tomorrow. Ahhh, Sandbridge... relaxation, kyaking, and fun in the sun. And that means NO BLOGGING... at least for a week. I'll make some Ologs, though, and upload them when we get back, plus lots of pics. The next time most of you see me, I'll be married! How about that? I won't bore you guys with a bunch of mushy stuff, but I love Katy and I can't wait!

Best Regards,
CM

Shoot first, ask questions later.

http://64.202.191.64/podcasts/olog/CM0508021655.aiff

Talk about headlines, including deaths in Iraq, Menezes's killing in the UK, and Bolton's appointment to the UN. Still trying to tweak everything and testing out what I can. Pretty poor quality. I might switch to mp3 or ogg vorbis, or I might just try a better quality aiff. This one is 12 megs, though...

Ahoy there

So this is the beginning of my new blog. I like blogger, and it gives me so many options. There is just one failing, the friends features of livejournal are not here, so I'll have to keep my lj acct. for that. Anyway, I'm really using this as a vehicle for my "Olog" (short for AudiOlog or RadiOlog), which is sort of an audio blog. So, if you have iTunes, you can subscribe to my Olog as a podcast. Isn't it great? I can invade every part of your life. Actually, it's sort of an outlet for my need to do radio. Alternatively, if you don't have iTunes or a great Podcast program, you are silly. But if you are silly, you can click the link each week and listen to my Olog that way.

So here's yesterday's (it's really just a boring test of the whole system):
http://64.202.191.64/podcasts/olog/Olog0507311850.aiff

If you want to subscribe to my podcast, it's available here: http://feeds.feedburner.com/cmoody

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