The Boogie Bots just got booted off ABDC, I mean they were kind of mediocre for the level of talent on the show. But man, I was excited because folks out of DC hardly ever get prime-time status. Lil Mama was pretty harsh with the comments but bless their hearts, they're out of DC and they made it to the top 4.
Other note of randomness: I'm having the girly girls over next weekend and I'm thinking about recipes for the night. I've thought about these salsa cups, fruity drinks, mini salmon cakes, quick desserts. The one thing I thought about is mini turkey burgers like turkey puffs on a stick. You can have little serving trays with ketchup, mustard, onions, diced tomatoes, honey mustard, mayonnaise---absolutely adorable. I'm also thinking about my banana pudding or maybe strawberries in grand marnier. Yummy
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Friday, July 4, 2008
Make it Plain goes dark for a moment
This week started off with a very interesting turn of events. During the first hour of broadcast on our program I noticed that Mark seemed very disinterested in the callers and the topic. I mentioned to him through the microphone "Don't seem so excited"! He then made the motion, which he always does to remind me to check our googletalk screen for comments, of typing on an invisible keyboard or playing keystrokes like a mad pianist on an imaginary piano. I read the message screen which read "not feeling very well". He then followed the message with "I hope I'm not having a heart attack", and I replied "prolly not" just thinking that Mark was exaggerating. I looked at him through the glass pane of the studio and his face had a slightly stressed appearance. I then hurried into the studio and asked what's wrong, "are you dizzy, nauseous, is your breathing shallow"? He responded, "very much so, I think I need to go the hospital". I immediately returned to the producer's suite, called Sirius in New York and asked that they takeover the program remotely. I alerted our engineer, Tom, of Mark's status and his plans to end the show immediately. Mark was in the middle of talking to a caller and said, "hold on a minute, we have to take care of something". Tom put on some music and that was the end of our live broadcast.
Mark and I left WAMU studios, hopped into my car and headed South on Wisconsin Avenue to the Georgetown University Hospital Emergency Room. While riding in the car I wanted to continue to ask Mark questions so he would stay conscious for the entire car ride. Conversely, he was short of breath and I didn't want to put any further strain on his breathing. I ask a couple questions that required brief, concise answers such as "how long have you felt weak, what did you eat today, which way is the hospital"? Last thing we needed was to be in this emergency, Mark goes unconscious and I don't know where the hospital is located. The ride was brief but scary since I had no concept of how far the hospital was. I dropped Mark off and drove through the maze of parking to find a space. Ten dollars per hour, I know health care costs are expanding but expanding to the parking fees is just outrageous. When I entered the emergency room there were only about three people waiting so we were very fortunate to get immediate service.
I waited for about an hour, waiting for Mark's wife to arrive so she could take over the reigns. I waited inside and watched the nightly news, I waited outside and contemplated on baking the chicken I'd prepared earlier in the day. I waited and waited some more, I finally got called in and the diagnosis was a high blood pressure reading 183 over 56. The count then dropped to 178 over 56. Then down to 153 over 50; significantly lower but still high nonetheless.
After the last drop in blood pressure I left and his wife, Nicole, soon arrived to sit there with him. On the ride home, I was grateful Mark had the foresight to go to the hospital instead of trying to stick it out. Mark said the one thought that keep crossing his mind was the recent death of Tim Russert. Russert was the NBC News Washington, DC Bureau chief who died of a heart attack in June. Heart attacks don't always have noticeable symptoms and one could be in grave danger.
From this occurrence, I think we've all learned to be more vigilant of our health and diet. We shared the information with our listeners and many had personal experiences to share of their health struggles. Yes we want to be successful, have safe and enriching families, give to our community, help those in need and do our part to elevate the global society. But, the one important and most significant piece of the puzzle is our health. If we are not healthy, live and working in healthy environments, taking the strides to ensure we have optimal health, we have nothing at all.
Mark and I left WAMU studios, hopped into my car and headed South on Wisconsin Avenue to the Georgetown University Hospital Emergency Room. While riding in the car I wanted to continue to ask Mark questions so he would stay conscious for the entire car ride. Conversely, he was short of breath and I didn't want to put any further strain on his breathing. I ask a couple questions that required brief, concise answers such as "how long have you felt weak, what did you eat today, which way is the hospital"? Last thing we needed was to be in this emergency, Mark goes unconscious and I don't know where the hospital is located. The ride was brief but scary since I had no concept of how far the hospital was. I dropped Mark off and drove through the maze of parking to find a space. Ten dollars per hour, I know health care costs are expanding but expanding to the parking fees is just outrageous. When I entered the emergency room there were only about three people waiting so we were very fortunate to get immediate service.
I waited for about an hour, waiting for Mark's wife to arrive so she could take over the reigns. I waited inside and watched the nightly news, I waited outside and contemplated on baking the chicken I'd prepared earlier in the day. I waited and waited some more, I finally got called in and the diagnosis was a high blood pressure reading 183 over 56. The count then dropped to 178 over 56. Then down to 153 over 50; significantly lower but still high nonetheless.
After the last drop in blood pressure I left and his wife, Nicole, soon arrived to sit there with him. On the ride home, I was grateful Mark had the foresight to go to the hospital instead of trying to stick it out. Mark said the one thought that keep crossing his mind was the recent death of Tim Russert. Russert was the NBC News Washington, DC Bureau chief who died of a heart attack in June. Heart attacks don't always have noticeable symptoms and one could be in grave danger.
From this occurrence, I think we've all learned to be more vigilant of our health and diet. We shared the information with our listeners and many had personal experiences to share of their health struggles. Yes we want to be successful, have safe and enriching families, give to our community, help those in need and do our part to elevate the global society. But, the one important and most significant piece of the puzzle is our health. If we are not healthy, live and working in healthy environments, taking the strides to ensure we have optimal health, we have nothing at all.
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