In My Extended Network

04 Jan 2007 By

I was listening to the latest episode of This American Life and lo and behold a girl I went to high school with was on the episode (see Act One). Right there talking to Ira Glass. Trippy.

So I Googled because I was not familiar with the endeavor which lead to her being on TAL in the first place and I find her myspace. Which means that I find a whole bunch of other people from my high school on myspace. Including my sister, whose myspace I’ve never even seen. And now I’ve been clicking through myspace for an hour.

I can’t decide if this is better or worse than when my first boyfriend from 7th grade found me on myspace.

  • http://mysocalledblog.com Lachlan

    I would say better. There’s nothing quite like being looked up by an ex you’d rather forget about.

  • Matt

    It was a good TAL. I heard it as well. “Do it for the LOTTO!”

  • http://www.swirlspice.com Erica

    It was funny to hear her say (in so many words) they actually get kinda bored with the show and just don’t try all that hard every night.

  • http://liminalmusings.com Deirdre

    We loved that segment! I made everyone sit in the car in a parking lot so we could hear the end of it over the weekend (total dedication given “everyone”).

  • http://www.swirlspice.com Erica

    I made everyone sit in the car in a parking lot so we could hear the end of it — I do that all the time, but I’ve never made anyone else do it.

  • Kimberley

    Interesting link about the guy who managed to spend $30 on food for the month of November.