Advice needed

My friend Pam is coordinating a podcast of expat stories...This Ex-American Life. I really want to contribute. If you've been a reader for awhile, please feed back in comments or email on the stories you like best. I will then rework them and submit my entry. If you're new to the blog, check out posts before Jan 2006, back before grad school when I had a damn life.

Comments

Pam said…
Oh, thank god you're thinking about this. I really want you in there.

FYI, somewhere you wrote something about how Europe isn't better, it's just different. If I have any say, I think I'd pick that one but I was also a big fan of the English Gran post.
12:49 am
Coaster Punchman said…
Satan in the Office stories, of course.
10:33 am
Tenacious S said…
Mindy, I'm only one quarter in and I already miss my former life. I feel like I am in prison. I'm about to do my homework while everyone else frollicks about. I hate it.
6:19 pm
Melinda June said…
It gets better, t. You'll hit a rhythm and you'll find you have more time. But I still don't have a damn life.
1:55 pm
Melinda June said…
I absolutely MUST do this, Pam. It is a fabulous idea.

I'll find that post this weekend and record it.
2:52 pm
Old Lady said…
Yes, write about your expatriation. Do you have a post describing why you moved from the Cities to Merry Ole?
11:11 pm
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