In this week's episode,Andy shares his latest 'goat' and it has a bit to do with eyonce-bay at
the inauguration-ay (that's pig latin if you didn't get it). Then, Kaley
and Igor join me for some 2013 celeb/fashion predictions. Will Lohan
see 2014? Will J-Timberlake's new album be a flop? We let you know our
thoughts in this extended episode!
Today at work I made a list of things that I am convinced everyone can do that I can't. I'm not being self-deprecating, because I honestly don't care about these things. This is just observation for observation's sake.
Anyway, without further adoo (YEP, adoo. why not?)...
- Eating a croissant without crumbs flying everywhere. I'm baffled by this. When normals eat a croissant, it goes from plate to mouth, plate to mouth, plate to mouth and back again as if it were any other bit of food. It might as well be a carrot. When I, on the other hand, eat a croissant, I am consistently appalled at the damage it's caused. Flakes everywhere! In the crotch creases of my trousers, in the keyboard, all over the floor, down my shirt and in my bra! How can such a small, everyday pastry produce so many crumbs? Like I said - baffled.
- Know very basic level French and/or Spanish. How did I manage to miss this? Everyone over here in the UK could at least go to Paris and order a croissant in a cafe (and then eat every last flake). Even Americans know a bit of Spanish!
This was for a 'dress as a country' party that I attended in 2010. Of course, when I say 'party I attended', I really mean 'my flatmates and I dressed up as a country and then ate dinner. Four of us participated. Anyway, I'm dressed as 'France' - that's why I included this pic in this blog post.
- Roman numerals. Never learned them. Missed that week in school. Yet another reason why parents should do everything they can to ensure their kids catch chickenpox at a pre-school age.
- Wear scarves. OK, I'm not talking about the standard-sized wool scarves you wear when it's freezing outside. Those took me awhile, but I've figured it out by now. It's the long, thin, 'beautiful' scarves that my neck just seems to reject. And before you suggest it - yes, I've watched the YouTube tutorials. They still don't help.
Or-uh-vwa,
Margaret
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So, I have a bit of a dilemma. You'd be surprised how both hard and easy podcasting is.
On the one hand, it's insanely easy. You just do a bit of recording on a voice recorder (not the best quality, but passable), you edit it for 2 seconds on Garage Band, you upload it for free to a podcast hosting site, you submit the RSS feed to iTunes and there you go - you're up and running!
But it's actually also really hard too. For example, it took me forever to find a podcast hosting site that created an RSS feed for me. That site works really well, except the 'embed' tool I could use to post the episodes on this blog doesn't work in Blogger! So, what I have been doing is uploading them to DivShare (another site) and embedding them here. This isn't ideal, since the plays/downloads don't count toward the overall stats - and if this is going to make me famous one day, I will need to know how many million people are downloading each episode.
But WOAH, just as I've been writing this I figured it out! Yippee! This is a fantastic development.
OK, here are episodes 10 & 11 !
Episode 10 - This episode gets good once you get past the Sonics bit. Note to self -
don't try to talk about things you actually know nothing about, tee hee.
Episode 11 - Will Lance Armstrong make a comeback? Is horse meat really that gross?
Mog, Ram and guest Sam take on the news stories of the week.
Happy New Year, Y'all! Here's yet another episode of Pod-a-Doodle-Doo for you. Andy and I catch up on Christmas, Kim/Kanye, duct-taped Icelandair guy and generally discuss what's been on Andy's mind lately. Plus, we talk about this guy:
Right now I'm watching Fraulein Maria and Captain Von Trapp sing 'Somewhere in my youth or childhood, I must have done something gooooooood!' in the gazebo outside his Austrian mansion. It's one of the least familiar scenes to me, since my siblings and I would always fast forward through it. Same goes for 'Climb Every Mountain' (sorry, Reverend Mother!).
But the worst part of the movie really has to be Rolfe. I DESPISE him. I've probably seen the movie 200 times, but I could see it 200 more times and would still feel the sting of betrayal when Rolfe blows his whistle after discovering the Von Trapps in the Abbey. What a JERK. Poor Leisl.
Well, I suppose I buried the lead a bit, but yes - I am indeed sitting at home on New Year's Eve watching The Sound of Music on TV. Let's set the scene a bit more. New bathrobe on, hot water bottle on lap, one full ChicagoTown cheese pizza in stomach, toes flexing away and cracking with each movement... Heaven on earth!
It's nice to be back in Edinburgh, but after having such a fantastic Christmas at home, I already miss Seatown. Ferry rides, walks along the waterfront, a big fat Christmas tree and bowl after bowl of my Mom's b-nut squash soup really hit the spot. Thanks to a lot of help from rkaytboy, Andy and I managed to release our Christmas single and music video at the very last minute. We also made it down to the 'Couve for a day and were greeted with the utmost hospitality that I've come to expect from those 'Couve Rats (a term of endearment). Another highlight - seeing Louis CK live at the Paramount with Andy, Max and Natalie. Oh, and I almost forgot to mention that I met my nephew Ollie for the first time! We became fast friends. Only 5 months old and he already has a signature dance move - the Ollie shimmy.
Why can't every day be a holiday? How long would I have to be on holiday before I got bored? I think I could last at least 14 months before getting restless. You?
Another Sunday, another episode of Pod-a-doodle-do for you! This week, my friend Igor fills in for Andy and we have some riveting chat about the latest celeb gossip. Rihanna, TaySwift and, of course, Lohan all make it into our Celeb New Roundup. Plus, I talk about what has my goat this week - and it has to do with the Australian DJ prank scandal.
Please enjoy the latest installment of Pod-a-Doodle-Doo, the podcast everyone's been raving about.
In this episode you'll learn the origin of Andy's 'Good Morning' greeting, and get our take on the newborn baby named Hashtag. We also discuss our favourite ever Christmas presents - mine was a horse head stick (or as Andy corrected me, a 'hobby horse'. The English are just so good at knowing the words for things!!).
And the answer to last week's trivia? Yep, we reveal that too.
So, what's stopping you? Grab a cup of tea, kick back and open those ears up wide (ew). Enjoy!
Episode 5 already! Andy and I chat about Justin Bieber's latest wardrobe disaster and try to think of a word for this new type of Bruno Mars/Olly Murs person. Also, I ran out of Soundcloud hours! Must buy a real account after Pay Day (and I should really figure out iTunes too). In the meantime, you can just click 'share' on this DivShare thing and then it give you the download option.
Howdy folks! Here's yet another quality episode of Pod-a-doodle-do for your listening pleasure! We discuss the latest from Biebs breakupgate, a familiar face on Parks&Rec and what has gotten Andy's goat recently.
Make sure to send in the answers to the trivia question! Also, if you have any topic ideas or news stories you'd like us to talk about, let us know!
