Here, now, is the story of WHY this episode is on my blog and not on Facebook and audioBoo:
Two days ago, I inaugurated Radio FaceBoo, a radio show
born of the union between Facebook and audioBoo.
EPISODE 1 was a breeze! I downloaded it to audioBoo — all 4 minutes and 41 seconds of it — and was on my way to FaceBoo heaven.
Then came EPISODE 2 which, by the way, is in French because I’ve decided to cha-cha from one official Canadian language to the other. This time, though, things didn’t go quite as well. When I downloaded my 6:57 document to audioBoo, it was cut short after only 5 minutes. And since I didn’t notice this unfortunate fickle-finger-of-fate occurrence, I went ahead and shared my episode on Facebook and audioBoo and, yes, on my French blog.
What a sour surprise it was for me (and others) to listen to my show and realise the song I played after my chit-chat had been amputated.
How annoying!
Of course I automatically thought I had done something wrong — working with this new MacBook Pro in GarageBand, I’m still stumbling and tripping all over the place. BUT, once I recorded today’s episode, I paid better attention to the whole process and discovered the glitch: after downloading my podcast, I noticed audioBoo had only registered 5 of the 7 minutes and 16 seconds, cutting it short once again. It wasn’t my fault after all. Cool!
So here I was with an audio recording, but no vehicle to post it on Facebook and audioBoo. What to do… ? Would I be stuck skipping a few days till audioBoo fixed the tech problem… ?
And then it dawned on me: I would post it here, as a regular podcast, and finally get to learn how my podPress plug-in works. Perfect!
So all this to say that I’m happy to have persevered instead of calling it quits. And even though there are a few moments in today’s show that I could have done without — i.e., my abundant use of the words “like” and “thing” — I’m proud of myself for not re-recording the podcast and instead going for the natural, “spontaneous” effect.
In other words, What you hear is what you get!
Hope you’ll enjoy it… and leave me a comment.
Thanks!
SPECIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: A really big THANK YOU to my good friend Kcrystina for helping me figure out the last steps needed to download my podcast to Bluehost. I LOVE YOU!
This morning — at Tim’s — as I sipped my coffee and wrote in my Morning Pages about finding ways to have more fun, an idea popped into my head: Why not start a radio show on both Facebook and audioBoo?
I was too busy yesterday to put up a “2 days before 2010″ blog post, so here I am already counting down hours.
The thrill is on!
Part of my day was spent talking to friends on the phone and replying to their emails. Sadly, the year’s end has brought bad news for two of my dearest soul sisters: one has kidney problems, the other was diagnosed with breast cancer and will be going in for surgery next Tuesday. I have candles burning and my thoughts are with them constantly — Healing Light, Positive Energy, and LOVE LOVE LOVE going out their way.
Later in the afternoon, I delivered my son’s documents to Revenu Québec at their downtown offices (mission accomplished!) and hunted for my new planner. I found just what I was looking for: it’s a bit larger than the one I had this year, and the columns for Saturdays and Sundays are as spacious as the ones for the week days. Yesss!
Now as soon as I finish writing this post, I’ll be relaxing in my big comfy armchair, sipping a cup or two of grean tea, thumbing through my old planner to check for birthdays and other important dates in order to copy them into my brand new planner. I doubt I’ll be going through the whole thing as I need to get some sleep.
Before I sign off, must tell you that as soon as I started writing this post a song came to mind — It Was a Very Good Year, by Frank Sinatra.
I checked my collection and found it in a double CD set, Sinatra: Soundtrack To The CBS Mini-Series, so of course I went ahead and played it. Though I’m not THAT old, I will be turning 60 in 2010. And lately I’ve been working on my Road Trip Show, which means I’ve been looking back on my life and enjoying moments I didn’t take the time to enjoy when they were actually happening — how cool is that?!
All this to say that the lyrics at the very end of the song truly resonated with me:
And now I think of my life as vintage wine
From fine old kegs
From the brim to the dregs
It poured sweet and clear
It was a very good year
Give it a listen… I’ll be back during the day
with more countdown news.
