The Absence of Camels

Well done sir. As a fellow Austinite Texan who didn't make the cut, you make me dream again. I wish you all the luck, all the luck. I'll go read your blog now ;o)

Congrats to the winners, and good luck next round!!

Prior to winning, you said to me: "yes, yes. we unqualified moped riding mindless job brain eaters will indeed live on in extra-dimensional metallic rainbow perpetuity long after we're (un)dead.."

Now I say to you: "Unqualified? Perhaps. Talented? Definately. Thank you for your effort. It's inspiring to the rest of us. Congratulations."

*high five*

bee jellyfish
http://www.beejellyfish.com

The plenty of clever analogy and subversive wit leads me to believe you would be a terrible radio host without any funny ideas or creative insights.

Don't give up your day job. (I might need some more work soon.)

InSincerely,
Mark Stewart

Five stars!

*n*

"The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about" - Oscar Wilde

I am giving this five big, fat gold stars, wheaty. I absolutely loved this entry. Very intelligent, but funny. You talk about global, historical, local, political, contemporary and personal subjects in just two minutes. And best of all, you SHOWED me, you didn't tell me. I learn by example, I hate being told what I should like. And you, wheaty, have done it all right to make me fall in love with this entry. I'm going to listen to it again, just so I can hear that ending! Great. Simply wonderful. This is smart entertainment.

elizabeth
news director
morning host/producer
kisu 91.1 fm pocatello, idaho

and five stars. So, so good.

Steve

Brilliant!

I save my five star ratings for entries like yours.

Great writing, smart, funny and really well-performed.

I really enjoyed this, dammit. Good luck!

Courtenay

Oh I love this! It's funny and right on and witty too! thank you! I'd love to hear more of you.

Stop playing around with that tape recorder and bring me my dinner.

http://www.publicradioquest.com/node/1153

Or if you look at it through Borges' lens you find me, thrilled and impressed, my mouth gaping - not in a yawn - but in an astonished "O" of delight. I'm so glad I found you. A wonderful way to spend two minutes or in my case six, no, make that eight. It's worth several listens.
Theresa

I like the concept, especially the conclusion. Great voice!

-Will, http://www.publicradioquest.com/audio/user/5723

“Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.” - Arundhati Roy

You had me hooked - I had to keep listening to see how it ended... and I learned a little something about Borges in the process.

I loved it. You are out there, creative and amusing.
Thanks,

Sallyfranz

Terrific writing, fun game (truth=opposite), brilliant reveal. Congrats and good luck!
~laurel

http://www.publicradioquest.com/audio/user/6371

*A first kiss, a dental emergency, identifying the Big Man on Campus and talking back to Punky Brewster.

The end "reveal" from the by-now (to me, unfortunately) standard "here's me and here's what I'm about" was great! The topic was great the whole time, and the writing was wonderful, but you know how it is, after you've listened to 3 trillion of these you start to get a little jaded!
Its awesome to know that the remaining 100 billion I have to check out will still contain gems I haven't heard yet!
Great job, sir. 4 out of 5!

Be Baffled By Bafflegab!-->
www.publicradioquest.com/node/1319

"All I ask is the chance to prove that money can't make me happy" - Spike Milligan

but this is a five star entry I will undoubtedly come back to visit.

p.s. five stars -- that's four stars more than your state's lone star -- you should run for office with all those extra stars and no camels to your credit.

p.s.s. Sorry for the cheesey response after you commented so kindly on my entry. PRTQ has worn me down. I have no more clever quips to dispense.

Following this logic then, a married, mother of one who we see going about her daily routine, driving her toyota, still squeezing in to her skinny jeans, still rocking her converse, living in a lively, but quaint urban setting, may find her true authentic self perhaps by hooking on the decadent las vegas strip, pimping herself in the night, wearing hot pants, torn fishnets, a pair of clear plastic stilettos and rockin' a really bad case of the crabs?

B1 through O75. (That's great from start to finish.)
Jim Barfuss
http://www.publicradioquest.com/user/2824

“It is not success to succeed at being something you are not.”

OMG I am so loosing to you. You are top 10 worthy.

I would hate to be a judge there are too many great entries!!!!!!!!

http://www.publicradioquest.com/audio/user/8769

nailed it! right voice, right tone, right on.

Been there... done that...

It was years ago - Great piece! All the best!

-Rich
(click to listen to mine)

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expected: "I looked around, lots of camels all I found"

ok, ok: "I looked around, a lousy candle's all I found"

authenticity: "Fantasy will set you free"

wheattoast - rock on, man!

Great story, great idea, great presentation, and completely wonderful punchline!

And none of you smart-Alex ought to apply that opposite filter on the awesomeness of this submission! The ending alone was worth four stars. The whole things was really thoughtful and entertaining.

Steve

People either do what they are predisposed to do, or compelled to do.

Where can I listen to more of this guy? Erudite and humorous...like the best of NPR. I hope the last bit wasn't staged, but if it was, that's even better.

yours rocks... like the casbah. one of the best i've heard! nice radio voice, too.