I have big news but I can’t post it. If you know me and want to know, send me an email requesting to be in the know, and I’ll let you know.

If you don’t know me and still want to be in the know, cast a knowing glance towards my list of categories. There’s a new one. I’ll be making use of it starting January. If you can spot it, you’ll be in the know of where I’m going. Know what I mean?

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88.3 FM, WJNF The Rock, is shutting down in January of 2008 and transferring their signal to Way-FM, a national broadcaster. For those of you who have known me long enough, WJNF was the first station ever to take on my show in February of 2006. I remember spending an entire month calling every single radio station, state by state, with no takers for the program. I got to Florida and called Rene, and she took the show right there. I was so excited that when we went to the chess tournament that weekend, I told people I didn’t even know about it. It was the first time anybody else thought I was famous .

After one station took me on, just being on the air acted as a catalyst for other stations to sign on. Gradually, I learned how to host a show (ahem…perhaps I should have learned that before I went on the air…) and then I got to interview bands, go backstage and do all the stuff I had always wanted. Now I’m in 20 states and 5 countries, on all the types of radio there are- even satellite in Africa! I think I will always be indebted to the station who believed in that teenager who wanted to be a DJ.

That’s me, around the time I first went on the air with them. Like all perfectionists, I shudder when I hear myself back then. How could they have let me go on! I bemoan. The low whisper voice! The static in the mic! Those terribly cheesy jokes! But I know without that initial boost of confidence of getting on the air, I never would have learned how to do it. So here’s me today:

I can’t say that they were the first station that let me on the air (KNLE had the honor of a 13-year-old DJ with a squeaky voice all to themselves…another story for another time). But WJNF and I have both come a long way, and I wish them well wherever they choose to broadcast their airwaves.

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Tags: Radio Stuff, The Top 5, WJNF

Stephanie Meyers, author of the famous Twilight books for teens, has just announced the lead character casting for her upcoming movie based on her bestselling books. I am probably the one person left in this world who has never even opened any of them, though with this news I am certainly tempted. The reason I post this while knowing nothing about her books yet is that I have seen an entire drove of Youtube videos of Stephanie’s appearances, mostly to take a look at the crowds. She fills the gymnasiums, that’s for sure.

So congratulations to Stephanie on getting the movie, and to Kristen Stewart (not Kirsten Dunst, as some people have mistakenly believed) for getting the lead role. Read about it at Stephanie’s website . On the same note, has anyone read these books and liked them? Perhaps you could give me a recommendation…

Added November 17, 2007: This article got listed at number 1 on Google for Twilight Movie Cast, one above Stephenie’s own site, and a crashing of hits wanting info resulted. So I will keep this page updated as the info comes in.

Updating Info:

Twilight movie, based on the book Twilight by Stephanie Meyers, set to be released in 2008.

Directed by Catherine Hardwicke

Lead Cast:

Bella — Kristen Stewart

Edward — Robert Pattinson

Jacob Black — Taylor Lautner

Jasper — Jackson Rathbone

Mike Newton — Michael Welsh

Esme — Elizabeth Reaser

Waylon Forge — Ned Bellamy

Charlie — Billy Burke

Alice — Ashley Greene

Eric — Justin Chon

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Posted in Authors
Tags: bestselling books, kirsten stewart, Stephenie Meyer, Stephenie Meyers, Twilight

Congratulations to Sherman Alexie for winning the YA section of the National Book Awards! While missing Rick Riordan at the Texas Book Festival a few weeks ago, I unknowingly stopped by Sherman’s panel. It was held in a packed Methodist church — and for a Young Adult book, I couldn’t spot a single Young Adult in the crowd! I didn’t even know who he was. Now I’m so glad I stopped by.

He was hilarious, and even though I planned to leave early, he kept me standing in the back all the way to the end with his stories of growing up on a reservation and all the unusual and funny happenings in his life. So congratulations to Sherman.

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Tags: national book awards, rick riordan, sherman alexie, texas book festival, ya, young adult

The new Taylor Swift Christmas album is set to be one of the best in a long time. She’s already lined up two good tracks for it and this is the latest called Christmases When You Were Mine.

Her voice carries the song all the way to the end. The song is called Christmases When You Were Mine by Taylor Swift, from her Christmas CD.

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Posted in Reviews
Tags: Christmas, music, Taylor Swift