Update on Semi-Finalist Phone Calls
. . . We haven't made them yet!
Because we all want to be on the call when we contact each semi-finalist, there's some schedule-coordinating that needs to happen -- not to mention the dotting of the i's, crossing of the t's (deletion of incorrect use of apostrophes . . .) and we will not begin contacting folks until 3:30pm EST today.
So stay tuned, but get yourself some lunch in the meanwhile. We'll be posting some more information to the blog shortly to whet your appetites . . .
delicious
diggIt was fun while it lasted.
My son had his second call-back today for a part in the new M. Night Shyamalan film they are shooting in Philly and is waiting for their call. So, I've been pulling for him and he's been pulling for me....both of us wondering if maybe we forgot to pay our phone bill and perhaps that's why it's not ringing?
However....I JUST now had a call, it's THEM! I let it ring three times, lower my voice and cooly,casually respond..."Hello"
"Hi, could I speak to Steve please"
"You've got him"
"Uh, Hi Steve..we'd like you to know.......that we're going to be in your neighborhood this week offering special deals on aluminum siding....blah, blah."
Sigh. The tele-marketers have done it to me again.
Good luck y'all.
it's all over -- the calls started two hours ago, so... unless the calls take more than 10 minutes each...
Put on the Beck. Grab the tissue. Let it all out. (Or be cheery or philosophical if that suits you and your circumstances.) For me, it's time to wait on the spouse, who wants his supper.
I pray life goes swimmingly and successfully for each and every one of you and that you will be among the fortunate few to have their public radio dreams come true either via this contest or another venue. Big time congrats to the selectees. Goodbye, good luck, be well, and never let anyone nuke your dreams.
I thought they said that they didn't start until 3:30 Eastern Standard Time, but they might have posted something later that I missed. That's three hours ago, now.
Let's say you've gotten that call, are you going to share that info here with us before you can hang up the phone? Would you be able to sit on that info if they asked you to wait until all calls had been made?
"Happiness is the best revenge!"
I'm a little confused. Someone tell me.
What time did they START the calls? I'm in the central time zone. Do I have ANY reason to keep thinking there's a possibility?
ADQ
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The Non-Profitess
http://www.publicradioquest.com/audio/user/6914
Keep on rockin' in the free world.
They started late and adrienne or izzi posted that was when they actually started.
Which was 1:30 Pacific/Arizona time (in AZ we are so weird that we have our own time zone). about an hour and 50 minutes ago, right?
I think i am right, could be wrong.
e
My entry at Public Radio Quest:
http://www.publicradioquest.com/audio/user/7572
My College Radio Myspace (feel free to friend me!):
http://www.myspace.com/girlsongprimerradio
We all know they told you: you have to keep Q-ing.
Jim Barfuss
http://www.publicradioquest.com/user/2824
“The Hubble telescope now lets us view the distant past. If we turned it around, could we see into the future?" Seymour B. Moore
I wish.
Not that I would tell you if they did...
But I can assure you that as of 5:25pm CST, no call for La Q.
Ugh. I'm leaving to pick my kids up and make fried rice for dinner.
I'll be back tonight to wallow in self-pity. :-P
ADQ
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The Non-Profitess
http://www.publicradioquest.com/audio/user/6914
Keep on rockin' in the free world.
Now... THAT would be a great core for a script for an episode of The Twilight Zone:
Entrant says, "I'm not winning." Other townsfolk begin to wonder amongst themselves. One says, "Have you seen her car? It's DIFFERENT. It starts by itself in the mornings." Entrant says, "Pep Boys, $139. Gimme a break!" Another townsfolk says, "but your just standing here to deny it so we won't get suspicious." And so forth and so on...
Jimmy
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Here, I'm speaking in the node:
http://www.publicradioquest.com/node/197
I made a tune for you the PRTQ!
http://jimmybearpearson.com/prtq.php.
Glad to be one of the 61 Jims.
Breyers Triple Chocolate All Natural...now all gone. I love chocolate. Real, dark chocolate NEVER lets me down.
Chin up friends!
I honestly didn't think I cared about the outcome of this contest, knowing full well that the odds are SO against me, I just decided not to invest emotionally...until this afternoon.
I've been checking email and voicemail and logging onto this site and pacing and cleaning...my phone rang at 2pm PST and I thought, "No Way!! It's 'them!' WOW!"...no way, it wasn't them, dammit. It was a friend saying he wasn't coming over this evening. And there was no voicemail awaiting me when I hung up.
Okay. I'm going to clean my living room and just give into the fact that it's 6:13pmEST and all the judges have been through the phone tree and now they're out having a few adult beverages.
Sigh!
Hannah
Listen to "Welcome to Kidville" http://www.publicradioquest.com/audio/user/2111 and check out "The Day My Mother's Head Exploded" on http://www.prx.org/
Hannah, you can turn this into great radio art and produce a piece for PRX.
I caught your sleep deprivation piece yesterday on RadioLab, and it was fantastic. Most of us would just be grumpy about starting a new job with a severe lack of sleep, but you kept an audio diary and made it into something that's being heard across the nation! I think that's fantastic and an inspiration to us all. Congratulations on your latest accomplishment!
-- Linda
Visit me in my House by the Sea:
http://www.publicradioquest.com/audio/user/1432
http://blog.syracuse.com/communitycritics/linda_lowen/
wasn't there an entry about stress eating? where is she right now to talk us down from this chocolate binge?
ez
I've been reading all these postings all day and cracking up. I even admit that I blew up the picture of the list and still couldn't read it. (Hey - how can I be expected to concentrate on work on a day like this?!) But now that I have scrounged all corners of my apartment for chocolate and found no more, I just wanted to post and say I'm glad you guys are in this with me! I'll listen faithfully to all your shows.
Karen
There once was a button, 'twas green.
Sitting next to a list that was mean.
The judges did craft
A list that was daft.
And posted a gotcha so clean.
Jimmy
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Here, I'm speaking in the node:
http://www.publicradioquest.com/node/197
I made a tune for you the PRTQ!
http://jimmybearpearson.com/prtq.php.
Glad to be one of the 61 Jims.
4:37:00
Hit Refresh. No news.
4:37:08
Checked email. Nothing.
4:37:17
Checked voicemail. Nothing.
4:37:26
Made sure ringer was operational on phone. Told by coworker to lower the volume.
4:37:31
Hit Refresh. No news.
4:37:39
Called cellphone from office phone to verify functionality.
4:37:44
Cried a little.
4:37:50
Hit refresh on both website and email. Nothing.
4:37:59
Submitted this post.
One contestant gets laundry done and one bathroom cleaned. After checking PRTQ goes on to second bathroom.
3:30 EST
Intern spills a try of coffee an soda on the speaker phone.
Calls delayed until tomorrow
It is Public Radio after all they can only afford one phone ;)
Wednesday ... the new Monday ... or is it Thursday?
I looked at Izzy's "track" file, and there were 11 recent audio hits. It may be random, but he is a judge.
If I'm right, and it saves someone a migraine, I like tulips.
Christine "spatial thinker" hansen
www.publicradioquest.com/node/1145
... but not helpful. I checked out my OWN track file and it didn't reflect my recent wanderings.
*n*
"The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about" - Oscar Wilde
I think those are just the most recently updated files izzi had commented on previously, not necessarily the last 11 he listened to. He said in an old update that the judges had stopped commenting on the submissions because it may sway some people's votes.
ez
Maybe, but Adrianne accessed Tattoo Todd just six hours ago. We're sooo bad.
Jim Barfuss
http://www.publicradioquest.com/user/2824
“The Hubble telescope now lets us view the distant past. If we turned it around, could we see into the future?" Seymour B. Moore
Not to be a spoil-sport on the fun, but those are just the ones they've posted on sometime in the last few weeks. The time countdown on there is the last time ANYBODY posted on it.
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Judge my hostiness in the PRTQ
I thought we were on to something.
Jim Barfuss
http://www.publicradioquest.com/user/2824
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