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…is what this entry would be titled if I wasn’t the total lame-o who went home right after the event. As I was saying goodbyes and turning down the invite to go hang out for a bit at the Time Café with everyone, I knew, as I always do in these situations, that I would probably regret it in the morning. In my defense, I’m getting the bug that’s going around, which is currently making my head feel a bit vice-squeezed. Also my sinuses. Actually, now that I think about it: Ug.

The panel itself was great and made me want to run right out and start making my own radio segments. Even though I’ve had zero interest in doing so before last night. And I wouldn’t for the life of me know where to begin. Apparently you can download a lot of free software from transom.org, and sometime over the course of the night, one of the panelists threw out the idea of making a website that broadcasts one new story a week, just for practice’s sake. I thought this was a brilliant idea (again, hi: no experience or idea what I’m talking about) and was wondering if it is something that could really be done cheaply with a bunch of interested super amateurs. What if everyone was working on a 10-minute piece and the website would just run new ones as people finished them up? Does this completely exist already? Would you make a 10-minute radio piece if someone showed you how?

Unrelatedly, Abby apparently threw a party wherein she and her roommate made a ton of tiny tiny foods. She is afraid that no one is interested in tiny tiny burritos and shrimp cocktail. (Abby's interest in tiny tiny desserts actually prompted us to ask her to make wedding cupcakes for me and J. And she's doing it!) Everyone who would like her to write about this party and show us pictures of tiny tiny foods, please raise your hand.

So that’s one hand for radio making and one hand for tiny food. Now everyone sway.

UPDATE! Abby has succumbed under tiny tiny food pressure.