January 19 at 9:04pm
Terry Gross
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Terry Gross is the host of NPR's Fresh Air. In 1975, Gross joined the staff of WHYY-FM in Philadelphia as producer and host of Fresh Air, then a local, daily interview and music program. Since 1987, a daily, one-hour national edition of Fresh Air has been produced by WHYY-FM. Gross received a bachelor's degree in English and an M. ED. in Communications from the State University of New York at Buffalo. She was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY.
Olivia Lindenmayer
January 20 at 8:54pm
Wow - so did not picture her like that. It's going to be weird to hear her now...
Chad Tatham
Today at 8:54am
Really? When I first saw pictures of her a few years ago, I was like "YES! She's REALLY old and she looks like a LESBIAN! This is so much more than I could have hoped for!" It was like falling in love with Joan Didion all over again. Minus the cigarettes. And the tragedy.
These two physical characteristics; old and lesbianish, are a big part of the reason I love Terry. It's not just her dedication and her pointed questions and her intense research tactics. That is definitely part of it, but it's also her whole "I'm really old, and really fucking intelligent, and maybe a lesbian, but I refuse to talk about it" thing.
Terry is THE MOST. If you know what I mean. (Some don't know that phrase.)
So, to the point...she's going on a tour (a la Ira Glass. Isn't it funny how NPR hosts are becoming semi-celebrities?) and coming to Seattle on June 9th at the Paramount, a wonderful downtown theatre, and talking about her life and career. This is something she VERY RARELY does. I am very stoked. If only I had someone to go with me. My friends are not down. I mean, I haven't asked them. But I can hear them now: "I'd rather spend $37.50 on a night out with Wild Turkey than this old fag hag of yours."
Olivia, I just wish you were in Seattle, or I was in Chicago. And we could nerd out together with Terry Gross.
Love always and forever,
Chad
Ps. I'm thinking of being Terry for Halloween in 2009. Maybe I shouldn't though, since I've been a female the last two years. (the Log Lady, and Suze Orman) I swear I am not into drag. At all. I swear. I only want to dress like a dude. Well, mostly like a dude who is a grandpa; sweaters, sweater vests, cardigans, collared shirts, bow ties, dress socks and the like. And I need to be smoking a tobacco pipe. I've never smoked a tobacco pipe. But in my ideal old man fashion world, I'm smoking a tobacco pipe. In short, men above 75 are my fashion inspiration. Seriously. However, pleated pants are where I draw the line. Oh! Yeah, back to me not being into drag. I'm not. Even though I've shown a pattern of dressing as women for Halloween the last few years. It's just that all my heroes happen to be these amazingly triumphant women. This coming Halloween, instead of dressing as Terry Gross, I should re-embrace my God-given gender. I've felt too blasphemous (AKA gay) the last few years.
Pss. Please excuse me. I'm only awake right now because i just called in sick to work. I am currently what some may call "ill." Also, maybe "delerious." If only I was grown up enough to own a thermometer, I could prove it. But I can't. Too bad. Believe it.
(Wow. Did I just respond to your one-liner with a fucking essay? This is blog worthy.)
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