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When it rains, it pours...

You can probably also file this one under "Bullshit that I don't fucking have time to deal with right now...or ever". Our most recent radio show was on March 12th. There was some crazy stuff going down with the upload to the mypodcast site. Namely it wouldn't work. First it said that 128kbps was too much and it had to be 96kbps and then it didn't accept the 96kbps. And now I don't have the original file anymore, just a incredibly compressed version that sounds kind of crap (more so than usual?) sound quality-wise. What's that thing that the Germans say? Scheissegal... It's a shame, because Zilv put in a crap-load of work for this month's show. It was basically her baby from start to finish. We went to Headcleaner Recordings (a local hip-hop label) and did an interview with some of the guys there in the studio. I was there for the interview and the recording of the moderation, but everything else (music choice) was all her. It was a big help to me

Quickies #16 - Time (and/or the lack thereof)

I really don't have much time for anything this month, aside from going to work and spending time with Frosty (who has been all up in my bidness -- about 50/50 in the good & bad way -- for the past 2 weeks). Forget about getting any blogging done. No time. Some days I've even had trouble scheduling my (celebratory?) post-work shit. TMI? Who cares? No time for self-censoring. We went to the theater 3 times last week. One night we went to the movies. Ate a few times at our favorite vegetarian/vegan restaurant . Went to an evening lecture for International Women's Day. This afternoon, we went on a walking tour that presented the city through the eyes of Hamburg's homeless -- which was actually really interesting and I recommend it, especially if you like alternative city tours. This week is going to be much of the same. The new job is going well. It has a lot of potential to be very fun and very exhausting. I'm looking forward to seeing where this all goes. If an