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Tuesday, July 01, 2003
I'm.... shocked.
Blogger just updated my site correctly. All of the archive problems that I had been having... all of the damn bugs that pushed me away from Blogger... it's working! WOO HOO!!!!!
I knew I had the settings correct! It wasn't my fault!!!!! :)
Blogger just updated my site correctly. All of the archive problems that I had been having... all of the damn bugs that pushed me away from Blogger... it's working! WOO HOO!!!!!
I knew I had the settings correct! It wasn't my fault!!!!! :)
Subject: Please make sure your tray-tables are in the upright position...
I haven't updated in a while. Life is doing okay right now -- been much worse, been better. I don't want to focus on that right now, however.
What I do want to focus on is one of the scariest experiences of my life (I'm sure), and that's coming up this Thursday.
It all goes back to me being in the car on the way to work yesterday...
::insert dream sequence sound effect::
I was listening to KS95, a local Top 40 radio station. In the afternoon drive, there are two co-hosts, and one of the daily contests is called "Smarter Than Staci" (Staci being one of the co-hosts)... ...anyway, the guy who called in to compete was not smarter than Staci. I caught the final question out of five which was the "tiebreaker" -- whoever could answer it first would win. The question was, "Who invented the telephone?" After a pause (trying to 'give it to' the contestant), Staci finally gave the answer since clearly the contestant didn't know. That meant that the contestant didn't win the prize, so now 'caller 10' would win.
The other day, I heard the prize they were giving away that day was a GameWorks prize package, and a decent one at that. I like GameWorks, and I figured that it would be cool to win it (if that was in fact the prize), so I called in on my cell phone. Busy. Called again. Busy. Called again. Ringing. RINGING! It rang about five times, and then, "Hello, KS95!"
Now, having called in and won contests before, I know that if you're not caller "10" or whatever, they'll just answer the phone, "KS95, you're caller seven, try again!" and hang up all in the span of two seconds... so, when they answered the phone just as, "KS95!", I knew then and there that I was the right caller. Never the less, I did the standard, "Hi, what caller am I??!" line. The conversation continued like this:
Me: What caller am I??!
Moon: Well, we have a couple of questions for you.
Me: Okay...
Moon: Are you over 18?
Me: Yes
Moon: Are you under 225 pounds?
Me: Yes
Moon: Are you able to follow directions reasonably well?
Me: Generally, yes. :)
Moon and Staci: Then you're caller ten!!!! WOOOOO!!!!
Me: Allright!
Staci: What's you're first name?
Me: Kevin.
Staci: Do you know what you've won?
Me: No - I didn't hear it announced... (they cut out this line and the previous for air)
Staci: You've heard of Red Baron pizza, right?
Me: Sure.
Staci: Well, Red Baron has a squadron of bi-planes that they do acrobatic air shows with.
Moon: You know - the old planes with the outdoor cockpits...
Me: Sure... (thinking to myself, 'I've won tickets to an air show.')
Staci: Well, you've won a ride in the Red Baron plane as they perform over the Taste of Minnesota!
It took a second to sink in.
Moon: Do you get airsick easily, or are you okay in airplanes?
Me: Generally I'm okay -- I just don't want to fall out!
Moon: Well you see, here's the thing.... ......they strap you in! :)
Me: Oh, okay. :)
Moon: ....and then the pilot asks you how many cahones you brought with you, and then starts doing loop-de-loops and barrel rolls!
Me: Oh my.
Moon: So, be sure to enjoy a nice Red Baron pizza before you go up in the plane! :)
Me: Uh....
Moon: Oh no, you should probably eat the pizza after you go up in the plane.
Me: (finishing the sentence for him) ...yeah, after I go up there.... :)
Staci: Kevin, stay on the line and we'll get some information from you!
Me: Okay, thanks!
Off air (or I should say, off 'tape'), I gave my contact information, and Staci told me that I'd get a call soon because it's going to be this Thursday at either 3:30 or 4:30pm. I told her that I was excited, but also scared at the same time! She laughed and said that she would be too. :)
I called Joel's work, but he was in an interview with someone -- a mutual friend was already listening to KS95 -- I told him to keep listening as my phone call would be coming on after the current song (which it did). I called Joel later and asked him if our friend had told him the news. Joel's first response was, "yeah, that's great, I'm not going up there with you!" :) His next comment was, "Is your will made out to me?" :)
::end dream sequence::
So, good times. Check out the Red Baron Squadron page for pictures of the planes and some other info. Joel said he's going to take pictures -- I'll post some of them if they come out decently. Wish me luck.
(Update, 6:29a: Apparently my LJ is on the "Cartman" cluster, which is being worked on, as such I can't post this right now. I'm going to blog it so I don't lose the post, and then add it to my LJ when I can...)
I haven't updated in a while. Life is doing okay right now -- been much worse, been better. I don't want to focus on that right now, however.
What I do want to focus on is one of the scariest experiences of my life (I'm sure), and that's coming up this Thursday.
It all goes back to me being in the car on the way to work yesterday...
::insert dream sequence sound effect::
I was listening to KS95, a local Top 40 radio station. In the afternoon drive, there are two co-hosts, and one of the daily contests is called "Smarter Than Staci" (Staci being one of the co-hosts)... ...anyway, the guy who called in to compete was not smarter than Staci. I caught the final question out of five which was the "tiebreaker" -- whoever could answer it first would win. The question was, "Who invented the telephone?" After a pause (trying to 'give it to' the contestant), Staci finally gave the answer since clearly the contestant didn't know. That meant that the contestant didn't win the prize, so now 'caller 10' would win.
The other day, I heard the prize they were giving away that day was a GameWorks prize package, and a decent one at that. I like GameWorks, and I figured that it would be cool to win it (if that was in fact the prize), so I called in on my cell phone. Busy. Called again. Busy. Called again. Ringing. RINGING! It rang about five times, and then, "Hello, KS95!"
Now, having called in and won contests before, I know that if you're not caller "10" or whatever, they'll just answer the phone, "KS95, you're caller seven, try again!" and hang up all in the span of two seconds... so, when they answered the phone just as, "KS95!", I knew then and there that I was the right caller. Never the less, I did the standard, "Hi, what caller am I??!" line. The conversation continued like this:
Me: What caller am I??!
Moon: Well, we have a couple of questions for you.
Me: Okay...
Moon: Are you over 18?
Me: Yes
Moon: Are you under 225 pounds?
Me: Yes
Moon: Are you able to follow directions reasonably well?
Me: Generally, yes. :)
Moon and Staci: Then you're caller ten!!!! WOOOOO!!!!
Me: Allright!
Staci: What's you're first name?
Me: Kevin.
Staci: Do you know what you've won?
Me: No - I didn't hear it announced... (they cut out this line and the previous for air)
Staci: You've heard of Red Baron pizza, right?
Me: Sure.
Staci: Well, Red Baron has a squadron of bi-planes that they do acrobatic air shows with.
Moon: You know - the old planes with the outdoor cockpits...
Me: Sure... (thinking to myself, 'I've won tickets to an air show.')
Staci: Well, you've won a ride in the Red Baron plane as they perform over the Taste of Minnesota!
It took a second to sink in.
Moon: Do you get airsick easily, or are you okay in airplanes?
Me: Generally I'm okay -- I just don't want to fall out!
Moon: Well you see, here's the thing.... ......they strap you in! :)
Me: Oh, okay. :)
Moon: ....and then the pilot asks you how many cahones you brought with you, and then starts doing loop-de-loops and barrel rolls!
Me: Oh my.
Moon: So, be sure to enjoy a nice Red Baron pizza before you go up in the plane! :)
Me: Uh....
Moon: Oh no, you should probably eat the pizza after you go up in the plane.
Me: (finishing the sentence for him) ...yeah, after I go up there.... :)
Staci: Kevin, stay on the line and we'll get some information from you!
Me: Okay, thanks!
Off air (or I should say, off 'tape'), I gave my contact information, and Staci told me that I'd get a call soon because it's going to be this Thursday at either 3:30 or 4:30pm. I told her that I was excited, but also scared at the same time! She laughed and said that she would be too. :)
I called Joel's work, but he was in an interview with someone -- a mutual friend was already listening to KS95 -- I told him to keep listening as my phone call would be coming on after the current song (which it did). I called Joel later and asked him if our friend had told him the news. Joel's first response was, "yeah, that's great, I'm not going up there with you!" :) His next comment was, "Is your will made out to me?" :)
::end dream sequence::
So, good times. Check out the Red Baron Squadron page for pictures of the planes and some other info. Joel said he's going to take pictures -- I'll post some of them if they come out decently. Wish me luck.
(Update, 6:29a: Apparently my LJ is on the "Cartman" cluster, which is being worked on, as such I can't post this right now. I'm going to blog it so I don't lose the post, and then add it to my LJ when I can...)