so i got a huge boost in traffic from my blow-up bike post, thanks to a mention on the express (a free tabloid that’s passed out on the metro in DC). i also got picked up on the DC blogs network and other dc-related sites. hooray. maybe i’ll make more than 2 cents on my google ads.

but most interestingly in my google analytics is that SOMEONE in the world searched “‘wanted’ mcevoy fat girl speech to boss” in google and found my blog. what is that about? although it was a good speech.

especially if it’s me talking about it.

LISTEN!! (you’ll need real player, which is sort of stupid.)

i love robin young’s perfect soothing radio voice, especially compared to my hyperfast rampage. also, if you know how to make this non-real player, then let me know.

i’m going to be on NPR tuesday (today) on here and now (unfortunately not the luther vandross song) talking about nuclear engineering (thanks zach!)

chances are, i won’t be broadcast in your area, but i’ll try to post the recording on my blog. right now i’m doing some serious studying on nuclear, but i’ll be happy as long as i don’t say nucular.

if you somehow missed it, me vs. an “outraged conservative” on fox news, posted by some other outraged conservative.

sallee5, thanks for the ridiculous screen grab. ass.

… and all i got was this lousy cranberry juice.

that’s a lie. i also took and drank the water, but i definitely swiped the cranberry juice from the green room with an F you on the mind.

another perk: they had a car service pick me up, and he was MINE until the taping was over. apparently jefferson (no last name) sometimes drives meestah murdoch around and to and from his private 747 at dulles airport. now i wish i had biked to the studio and brought my helmet into the building. “you guys totally need more bike racks around here. btw is this cranberry juice locally produced?”

anyways, i’ve buried the lead. i have some confirmation of when this segment will be, but i still have no idea what the name of this show is.

SATURDAY NIGHT AT 8PM ON FOX NEWS CHANNEL.
SUNDAY NIGHT AT 10PM ON FOX NEWS CHANNEL.

get your friends and parents to watch! “doood, i totally know that girl!”

i just got back from a 6-minute segment for FOX NEWS (yeah, the national affiliate), and i’m at home w/ tons of trampish makeup on (see left), sipping a glass of white wine. as far as i can tell, the whole thing went well. i talked really fast, i had some long-winded answers, and my “opponent” kept cutting me off. details? it was mostly a blur, so i’ll have to watch the segment and reconstruct some memories for myself too. we’ll see for sure this weekend if it went as not bad as i thought.

if you were wondering, the topic was liberal bias in academia. i was the token liberal.

the show i did was w/ larry elder, a somewhat well-known libertarian turned republican, and the guy i went up against was the spokesman for YAF, the young america’s foundation, the “principal outreach organization of the Conservative Movement.” let’s think about this for a second: trained spokesman for right-wing group vs. second-rate blogger. i’m pretty sure i talked more than he did, so in the cable news world, i think that means i win.

i have no idea when this thing will actually air, but all i hope is that i look hot. and smart.

when i find out more, i’ll let this blog know, and i’ll also post the youtube-alicious clip when i have it. this guy has a facebook group that says they love him. do you love me?

i was just doing my normal rounds of media watching, when i stumble upon myself. on fark!

as of 2:40am, there are 66 comments, and i can only hope and dream and pray for more just like the one from enderx.
although this farker unfortunately doesn’t know it’s easier to “quash” a party than “squash” one — this is still the most excellent news of the day. i knew this seattle university story was a winner.

UPDATE (10:30am): fark doesn’t love me. because someone had posted the same story earlier, they took mine down. if you want to know what that one commenter said, you can ask me to assuage my vanity, but i’m pretty much broken and beaten right now.

i have at least one devotee (check out the 3rd comment down). that’s both flattering and creepy. asian fetish?

update (5/28/08 5:30pm): is this him? a cpa from australia?