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I Have a Confession…

It all started when I went to Emily’s house one night to watch the end of Sex and the City. Before we could start the show, she had to watch the end of the latest episode of America’s Next Top Model. A week or two later, I watched another episode with her. That was it. I was hooked.

I am addicted to America’s Next Top Model. It is my guilty pleasure, and it’s all Emily’s fault.

After Season 2 finished, I was thrilled to see that they were going to air Season 1 again over the summer. I watched every episode. But I have to watch them a certain way. I have to save the episode from the week before so I can watch it again before I watch the current episode. It’s like I have to get pumped up for the show. I need that little recap. (I do the same thing with The Amazing Race, so I guess it’s my thing with reality shows.)

Season 3 started last week – while Emily was out of the country. I recorded it, but I saved watching it for her return. Wednesday night I went over to her house in my housepants and a comfy t-shirt just to watch the first and second episode of the show. I had requested her infamous homemade popcorn, but there was a very, very special treat waiting for me. KW knows of my love for the au gratin pototaes at Vic & Anthony’s – so he made a batch of potatoes for me for a birthday treat! Some people get cake for their birthday, I get potatoes. So wonderful! And Emily had a claddaugh charm for me that she brought from Ireland for my birthday present, and I love it! I even did a happy dance!

Unfortunately, her Tivo recorded “Lost” last night instead of the second episode of ANTM, so now she’ll have to come to my place to catch up. Only right, since my guilty pleasure is all her fault. The show and the 800 thread count sheets – what next?

Coming up next week on America’s Next Top Model? They chop off all of their hair. It’s time for the model makeover, so be sure to tune in to enjoy the tear fest that normally follows!

By Christine

Christine is an Avenger of Sexiness. Her Superpower is helping Hot Mamas grow their Confidence by rediscovering their Beauty. She lives in the Heights in Houston, Texas, works as a boudoir photographer, and writes about running a Business of Awesome. In her spare time, she loves to knit, especially when she travels. She & her husband Mike have a food blog at Spoon & Knife.

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I want a claddagh ring for my birthday… I’ve been asking for it forever (since I’ve seen them on Buffy and Angel) and I guess I’m not dropping loud-enough hints because I don’t think Tom’s going to get it for me by my birthday and I’ll just have to get it myself. 🙁 but yay for cheesy potatoes. i could do very well in Ireland. 🙂

Yes, you can turn off the recording of strange things. It thinks it is recording shows you might like, but it has to “learn” more about you first.

Hmmm… claddaugh ring, huh? What size? Silver ok? …

I just started watching it too…and LOVE it! I haven’t watched reality tv before moving over here, but now I’m hooked on ANTM and the bachelor. Guilty pleasures, indeed. 🙂

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I Have a Confession…

I have a confession. I hate audblog posts. I probably wouldn’t mind them quite so much if people came back later and included a written version of what the wrote, although I realize that would defeat the purpose. I surf in silence – my favorite laptop has one speaker and it’s on the bottom. Yeah, great design engineering, but I have no other complaints and the laptop itself rocks.

Plus, what about all the people that blog surf at work? They are left in the dark too.

I have now listened to my first Audblog post – I have been protesting them for at least 6 months. I still don’t like it.

By Christine

Christine is an Avenger of Sexiness. Her Superpower is helping Hot Mamas grow their Confidence by rediscovering their Beauty. She lives in the Heights in Houston, Texas, works as a boudoir photographer, and writes about running a Business of Awesome. In her spare time, she loves to knit, especially when she travels. She & her husband Mike have a food blog at Spoon & Knife.

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What would be *really* nice would be a service that provided not only audio, but automatically transcribed that audio for you. Of course, speech recognition isn’t nearly good enough yet for that but maybe someday. And of course, there’s also the whole can of accessibility issues that this opens up … 😉

I don’t like them, either, for similar reasons: I do most of my blogsurfing at work and really can’t listen to them.

LiveJournal has a neat feature with their phone posts where anyone can transcribe them for the poor souls who can’t listen. Unfortunately, most people don’t do it.

This is the part where I confess I don’t dig the audblog either. I’d love the auto-transcription feature, and the couple I did listen to were kinda cute in that I got to hear what the blogger sounds like, but in general they just don’t do it for me. Sorry, audbloggers! Thanks for bringing it up, Christine.

I usually surf in silence too, unless you count the tv or stereo.

Yeah – i must confess – if there is an audioblog post on a site – there’s a 99% chance I will skip that post. Transcription would be a great option – but the few that i’ve listened to have been people screaming into the phone and you can’t understand what they are saying. I’ve tried audioblog once as a test – but frankly – i hate the sound of my own voice – and don’t want to torture others with it. I’d rather they make up their own voice for me when they read my posts.

If they could post them in Flash, with a mini audio player(like I’ve done as experiements once and a while), it would be much nicer. Of course, only if it was a short post. A 5 minute rant, even in a flash player, would be a little much to make someone load upon visiting your site.

As much as we try, you just can’t replace human-to-human real world interaction.

That’s why I haven’t set up audblogging, as tempting as it is sometimes – I know I have one hearing-impaired reader, and she’d miss out for certain. Also, I babble and talk too fast and don’t always speak clearly, so there’s another reason not to do it. Plus, it’s annoying and not good for work. So yeah, no spoken word over here. 🙂

i’m agreeing with everyone here, and i think eve said it best for me. if there’s an audioblog post on a page, i’m gonna skip it. they’re too hard to listen to at work or on my laptop, they’re just too much of a fad.

I’ll be frank and state that I have an awesome voice when it comes to radio or phone – I know this because I’ve been told it many times by complete strangers. And I’ve held anchor for three radio shows in college.

I love the AudBlog concept and think they are fabulous. The reason I have not hooked it up permanently is because of hearing-impaired listeners. We had it on for a while and then someone made note of that fact. Which is when I realized that it may not be all that and a bag of chips.

My reason for loving the AudBlog?

Simple:
(1) You hear the blogger, so it takes it to a new personal level

(2) By hearing them, I can gauge inflections and tones and maybe get closer to what they are saying – maybe they were going for something more comedic or serious and I was about to take the post the wrong way had it been written, and

(3) I’m a voyeur by nature, and so anything that brings me closer to realizing the experiences of another is a great thing – hearing them makes me enjoy the blog experience more.

What I don’t like is an all-AudBlog site. I prefer a bit of both. But, in my humble opinion, it makes for an increased blog experience.

Interesting to read the posts from the hearing impaired. I work as a webmaster for site that offers professional development webcasts. We are funded by a government grant and have to be 508 compliant. Close-captioning of webcasts materials (particularly live) is extremely difficult – but doable with time and money. Personally I like the reading based format of the web – listen to music in the background and still keep my focus.

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I have a confession. You’re going to hate me now. I watched On the Line today … and liked it. Yes, an N’Sync movie. It was amusing. Maybe I’m just a big sap – but I don’t care. If I promise to give you my cute look will you still be my friend?

Wow. I can’t believe I admitted that. What can I do to make it up to you?

By Christine

Christine is an Avenger of Sexiness. Her Superpower is helping Hot Mamas grow their Confidence by rediscovering their Beauty. She lives in the Heights in Houston, Texas, works as a boudoir photographer, and writes about running a Business of Awesome. In her spare time, she loves to knit, especially when she travels. She & her husband Mike have a food blog at Spoon & Knife.

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After much deliberation, I have decided that the only fit punishment for your horrendous act of tastless indulgence is to do something even more tastless. So, with that in mind, I believe the only way to save your tainted soul is for you to create a link to the most pathetic and piss-poor excuse for a humor site on the web. The link should be at least 16pt font, bold and as bright a color as possible. Fire engine red, or possibly roadwork orange. Said link should contain the text “Amazing”, “Best”, “Wonderful”, “Awesome” & “Favorite” and have at least 7 exclamation points somewhere within it. I suggest you do this ASAP, or risk losing 1/2 to 2/3 of your daily visitors as they becme violently ill at the mere thought of visiting such an obviously mentally disturbed individual.

Remember, only a mighty pathetic and truly geeky site will do. Link quickly, your mental health depends on it.

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