Jack is the main character in Almost Friday. You don't often hear his name because he's the one speaking.
Jack was a pretty easy-going guy, but became tainted by contempt for the stupidity in the world around him. As a result, he's quite cynical. He would like to be optimistic about his interactions with people at work and his neighbors, but they just keep letting him down.
He sublets his city apartment from an old lady who doesn't seem to know its value, and his lease is fixed-rent. As such, his big claim to fame in the city is his large, cheap apartment, where his compatriots often gather to hang out....
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Well, you knew there would be one. Isn't there always something?
With the kids screaming and tossing around heavy things in the background, I'm especially unable to locate the one cable I need to hook a particular device to another particular device for producing the background music.
I fear I may have to ask the wife to take the kids out to Radio Shack to procure said wire, which would be disasterous since they were already planning a trip to the store (thank goodness - too much noise) and wouldn't be back for some time, much delaying my recording....
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Good morning everyone! Fresh and ready to go?
Before I go into a description of the madness I've committed myself to today, allow me to extend greetings to my Blogathon monitor, Alicia, who stopped by last night to say hello. Hi there.
Secondly, thanks to everyone who has sponsored me so far. The total is currently at $88, and I hope to eventually get it up to $250. Can you help out me and Scholarship America?...
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According to all of the suggestions you've graciously provided, I should simply give up now and throw in the towel.
Well, surprise! Still at it.
I want to try wrapping up each of the story threads. Now that we're more than halfway through the 'thon, I don't have a lot of time to tie up the loose ends. ...
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Hiya. This is another Audioblog test. The last one was to make sure the phone services still worked from my new phone. This one is by me sitting at my desk uploading an audio file. I want to see if there is any quality loss when moving the audio to their server.
Check this file out, which is a recording of me reading from the Risus manual.
MP3 File
