A man gets very few opportunities to say this in his life, so here goes…
Orange Juice and Biscuits, you’re going down.
If you listened to this season’s first episode, then you know that Stand Under the Don’t Tree and Riddle Me This has been nominated for a 2009 Student Production Award, through College Broadcasters, Inc.
I’m one of four shows competing in the category of “Best Regularly Scheduled Programming.” This was the only category vague enough to apply to my show. I’m in good company, too. Other contenders include shows run out of UC-Berkeley and Columbia College. In fact, in all categories, I’m the only nominee from an Ohio college.
It’s an unexpected honor. I discovered my nomination while I was in New York City this past summer. On one of my weekends away from interning at As the World Turns, I decided to visit the United Nations. Unfortunately, the tours for that day were filled up, so I decided to kill some time before heading up to the MoMA to watch a screening of Blade Runner. Sitting in the UN’s cafe/gift shop, I checked Twitter, only to find a notice of my nomination posted on the Bearcast twitter page.
I proceeded to shit my pants, and call everyone I know.
To mark this occasion, Bearcast and UC are sending me to Austin, TX to attend the CBI conference and check out the awards ceremony.
I don’t know what my chances of winning are, but being nominated is honor enough. Plus, I get the chance to check out Austin, which is a thoroughly cool city by all accounts. Any town which can spawn both Okkervil River and Shearwater has earned my respect.
I’ll be at the conference from Oct. 29 to Oct. 31, so keep an eye on this page, and my twitter for more details.
