Thursday, October 30, 2008

Episode 187 - the one where they talk about doctors, nurses and toes... and stuff...

Dear K&K,

awww.. what a cute poem by fwab!

omg. did Katia loose her toe? I'm scared.

I know Katia means about not eating before going to the doctor's. I usually have to fast before a blood test. The night before a fast, I usually have a steak dinner.

LOL at the muffin man telling Katia to have some 'quiet time'. lol. Love how the doctor was a mate.

A stop work certificate? So cool. I want a stop work certificate!

Wow, Katia had doctors and nurses vist her at her house? That's so cool. Love how the doctor made himself at home at Katia's house.

did Symphony like the doctors and nurses?

K&K are both missing body parts! lol.

EWwWWWW.. blood everywhere? Eewwwwww... How much blood can a toe produce?

60 euros for a operation?? WHAT??? NUTS!

December 6th! Need to see the K&K stage! Someone take a picture for me!

Pub quizzes!!! I could totally win if they ask people questions about the podcast!

Booo.. I wish I could fly over to Paris. ;-(

OMG! they are going to announce the prizes! (I hope I can win MAGIC PENS!).

Oh cool! Signed books! Rick Steves??? Clotilde?? OMG! So cool! A signed copy of David Sedaris??

My mind is EXPLODING.

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Episode 19 - the one where they discuss venue-appropriate dress... and stuff..

Dear K&K,
hahaahhaa.. Kylie yells at Symphony! lol. Then she continues talking about the myspace page.

Symphony is mentioned as a guest! lol.

More bumping of the microphones... and mic stands..

Discussion on earbuds.. and headphones.. I have big headphones.. noise cancelling headphones. That way, I can listen to the podcast without the humming of the AC.

Katia slurps some OJ through her front teeth! My gawd!

Banned smoking in Paris in all public places? So cool!

hmm.. i wonder how the smoking is in Paris right now?

I love how the French dress so elegant.

awww.. Symphony is snoring.. so cute!

What is a singlet Katia? Hmm..

Love the discussion about french fashion. I can't wait for the episode about fashion watch 2008!

Parisians wear jeans? Good to know.

Episode 18 - the one where they talk about throwing crepes... and stuff...

Dear K&K,
oh yes, repeating of the episode... K&K will ALWAYS repeat the episode numbers!

oooh.. a mega spastic Symphony! I love her!

mmm... crepes... There is a french restaurant near my house called Cafe de Paris. They have crepes. EXPENSIVE crepes. I prefer to make them at home.

ahhh.. Symphony gets on the leather again!

I love all the interruptions of Symphony... "that's my hand Symphony!" Kylie says...

I've always wanted to go to the Louvre...

A K&K Agenda! that would be awesome... there could be Rhum Rhum days...days to play with Symphony... birthday months.. kareoke days...

Episode 17 - the one where they go ice skating... and stuff...

Dear K&K,
Yea! it is Kimmie! Speaking of cutting your nails.. my coworker does this.. at her desk. I swear, I have to leave everytime I hear the clippers.. snip ... snip... drives me nuts!

Yea! First episode with microphone stands!

Electric socks. hilarious. What if you sweat? Will you get electricuded?

Heated mittens that plug into the computer!!! I want some! Some of my coworkers talk about getting me a pair.. b/c it is COLD in the office during the winter. I have a blankie for my lap at work. A mickey mouse plush blankie. Yes, I get made fun of. Oh yes, that fire yesturday? It was started by a space heater in the admissions office. Dear State, please let us be warm this winter!! I swear, I wear like 3 layers and thermals to work everyday!

Ice skating! Sounds so much fun! Hilarious the ice skating rink was a huge pick up joint.

Oofta!!!! It's a Minnesota term!! My husband uses the word! It's like "oh darn".

What a fun episode. I wish I could go ice skating with Kim, Katia, and Kylie. Is this a vodka and OJ drinking episode? They all sound very, very hyper.

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Episode 16 - the one where they go underground... and stuff...

Dear K&K,
Catacombs... scary... perfect to scare me during this Halloween!

Putridificatin? Is that an actual word?

Brief interruption... my office building is surrounded by firetrucks.. yet the fire alarm hasn't gone off... two guys just walked by with axes... hmm..

Oh well. I'll just continue listening. lol..

I've seen the Paris catacombs on the Travel Channel. Scary.

ewww... sewage coming down the streets.. smelly smelly!

walls of bones. Scary. So.. your head might be in one place and your legs maybe in another place?

Innnnnterresting episode.

PS. the fire trucks have left. I'm not exactly sure what happened....

Episode 15 - the one where they talk about Christmas... and stuff...

Dear K&K,
ARgh! We had a power outage here at work... so I lost all of my notes about Episode 15! and I was halfway through!!!

I remember writing ... Katia should watch the movie Chevy Chase's Christmas Vacation so she can learn about American Christmases!!! then something about how at my family friend's Eurasian Christmas dinners we always have egg rolls with the ham and mashed potatoes... and the kids would play chess... b/c that's what us half Chinese kids do (nobody owned a Nintendo).

Argh... that's all I can remember... something about ewww... eggnog... but eggnog taffy is pretty good.
I can't remember what else...

ARGH! I am so MAD!

Oh Salvation Army bell ringers.. I love that episode of Friends where Phoebe tries to raise money for the Salvation Army.

Ok.. back to explaining about Katia's Christmas... Santa on a firetruck? lol.

Ice cream pudding... yum. Christmas on a beach? That's so... different... lol...

Whoa! Katia is going away for Christmas for nearly 1 month?? I would LOVE to go on vacation for 1 month!

Santa's black box? Lol. like the black box they retrieve whenever a plane goes down?

Wow! Katia has never seen snow??? My Chinese grandmother saw snow for the first time when she visited 15 years ago. She liked to throw it at my brother and me. Then she went back to Taiwan and everybody asked her what snow was like.

I got sent home from school when it was 100 degrees out. My Elementary school didn't have air conditioning.

I wonder if Katia has seen "A Christmas Story" yet? If she hasn't, she should see it by this Christmas.

Love the Kylie Grandma Mac voice!

Wait...at the end Katia sounds like she is yelling... I wonder if she is yelling at Symphony? Naughty cat!

Monday, October 27, 2008

Episode 14 - the one wehre they learn how to say each others names... and stuff...

Dear K&K,
Love how we spent 5 minutes talking about how to pronounce Katia. I get many variations on my name too. It is nice to know what people prefer.

oooh Christmas quiz!

ahh... eating reindeer? ew.

Not much to say about this episode... really a Q&A about Christmas for this episode.

Episode 13 - the one where they spend 15 minutes introducing the show... and stuff...

Dear K&K,

Hmm... no mention of "the coffee table studio" yet. Seems like they just go straight to the "shout outs!".

Love all of the exaggerated "Please Please Please" leave an audio comment from Katia.

mmm... love raspberries. I made myself a raspberry mocha this past weekend. I have frozen blueberries in my frig. I use them to make scones.

I should really log into K&K for 2 hours just to mess up their site stats... and freak them out. lol.

Magical pens!!! I found some at Target this past weekend - three colors! yea! The is the first episode where K&K explain magic pens!!!

haha.. love the Katia story about a kid who sucked on his fountain pen. I was chewing the top of my pen while I was in the library during my senior year of high school. Apparently, the ink started to leak and I didn't notice it. I went up to ask the librarian a question and she said I had ink all over my face... then she proceeded to clean off my face with a tissue paper and her SPIT! Like a little kid! I was soooo embarassed and grossed out.

Symphony playing with the notebook!

More searching for muffin man! lol. I just did a search for "muffin man" symphony and Katia's page came up!

This is the innnnnteerresting episode.

ewwww. lice epidemic!!

Episode 186 - the one where they talk about french men, french women, and secret tours of Paris... and stuff...

Dear K&K,
Yea!! Heather is back to talk about sex! lol.

French men will open doors for women??? Holy cow! I almost yelled at a guy this weekend for closing the door in my face at the mall this weekend.

Wow, French men sound lovely. It is nice to feel attractive sometimes. I miss that.

Love how the French woman goes out all made up. I went to Trader Joe's the other day in sweatpants and a tee shirt. But I did wear a long nice coat to hide my disheveledness.

Hilarious about the phone number thing! The Chris Moyles (BBC One) show used to have the "Flirt Divert Line". Basically, if you meet someone that you don't want to give your real number to, you give them this fake number. It is a regular voicemail. Usually on Monday mornings, they play the crazy voicemails on the radio show. Hilarious voicemails!!! Especially the one about the drunk guy who lost his car. lol.

Ew. Brains. I'm not sure if I could eat any of that.

Fancy jeans and tennis shoes? what are those?

Sitting in a cafe watching the world go by. I would love to do that one day....

Watching the world go by reminds me of Fashion Watch 2008 where K&K pointed out good and bad fashions.

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Episode 185 - the one where they cure headaches but not katia's toe... and stuff...

Dear K&K,
oooh! I see from the title they are going to talk about Katia's toe. I hope she is ok! Been reading her twitters about going to the ER.

Mmm.. premium M&M's! Triple chocolate. Wow. Sounds good. Another subliminal message to me to go out and buy premium M&M's.

"Speaking of domination" lol... Katia.

Gasp... Submissions for Episode 200... Maybe I'll get a mention! Maybe I'll get more hits on my page! Maybe I'll get more people to comment?

Katia as a sock puppet! Hilarious.

OMG! They are talking about the first submission!! AHH! It's me! Yea! Yea!

Yep, that's how to pronounce my name Kylie!

This is so cool to hear about the phone conversation between K&K!

Yep, I'm a little insane (and hopefully you don't think I'm a Stalker!). lol. I just enjoy the podcast so much.. and relistening and blogging makes the work days go by faster in my little insanely quiet office cubicle.

OMG! The Queen Mum is reading my blog??? I feel honored. So cool. Hi Queen Mum!

(Welcome all the people who came to visit my page from K&K's!).

Tim Tams. Still have not found them in the USA. I tried looking at Trader Joe's (which is not a ritzy grocery store!) but I didn't see them.

Poor Katia's toe. Wow, the ER with the battered wife. That's really, really sad.

What did Katia do to her toe? Oh wow, bumping a toe.

Sounds like the nurses in the Paris ER really enjoy their jobs. I really love whenever people love their jobs. I went to the Social Security Administration to get my name change and they guy who helped me was really nice.

An operation? OMG? Sounds like a serious toe. Love how the doctor 'called a mate' to schedule the toe operation.

I seriously love hearing about all the ER and doctor visits from K&K. Kylie's spider bite... Katia trying to find an optometrist.. Katia having a really bad cough.. visiting the pharmacy... I'm really jealous that Katia has free healthcare. ;-( The USA healthcare system sucks. I swear, my perscription cost has gone up 3 times in the past 3 years. Is it true that France doctors make house calls? I remember reading this in a book one time.

Katia getting sympothy. I can totally understand that. My best friend had cancer. She throws the 'cancer card' all the time. "Oh, I can't carry that b/c I had cancer." "I can help you carry toilet paper rolls". lol. Hilarious.

Get well soon Katia's toe!

On December 6th, I will be anxiously waiting for the live podcast!

Yea!!! Anna got a shout out!!

K&K - Anna is my dear, dear internet (and pen pal) friend! I've known her for years and years! I am so excited that K&K get to meet Anna!

I wish I could bring my special potato salad to episode 200.

Monday, October 20, 2008

Magic Pens Arrive in the USA!!!


Just ran to the University Bookstore... and found MAGIC PENS!!! I am SOOOO EXCITED!!! I am so happy they are here in the USA now. Won't have to buy them off Ebay anymore!! Now to find the refills.....

Episode 12 - the one where they get excited about a pen... and stuff...

Dear K&K,
Shout out to meeeee!!! Small Madeline! That's me!! Just how Katia sings it is how I would pronounce it.

Love Symphony moments!

Hee hee.. I just googled for "muffin man france podcast". lol. Look at your stats Katia!

Magical Pens mention!!!!! FIRST MAGIC PEN CONVERSATION!

I wish I had some Magic Pens.. I bought some from Ebay, but they ran out of ink. ;-( So expensive too!

OH MY GOD! They sell them in the USA now!!! FROM STAPLES!!!

I am SOOOOOOO EXCITED!!!!!! I just saw on the website for Pilot USA. I have to go and buy some....

How do you travel? You are right Kylie about Americans running here and there whenever they travel for vacation. I have vowed not to travel like that. One of my coworkers when to Italy for her honeymoon. Her and her new hubby took a bus tour. A bus tour for a honeymoon? That's really strange to me... I went to Hawaii for my honeymoon. It was the first time my husband and I had ever traveled for a 'long vacation' (1 week). We stayed at the Turtle Bay Resort (Ever seen forgetting Sarah Marshall?) in Oahu. We pretty much just relaxed the whole time. We did take trips to Pearl Harbour, Waima Bay, and the Dole Pineapple Plantation but that was the extent of our 'running around'. We did take a nice drive to eastern Oahu. I never, ever want to run around here and there and cram everything in.

Episode 184 - the one where they learn more about being naughty in Paris... and stuff...

Dear K&K,

Love Katia's exaggeration of "Laaaaadies"...

A sex shop with shopping carts? lol.

A place where you can be with another person where you are not squished up with other people? I know!! Starbucks. ;-)

Foot massage? How can you do that without being ticklish? Ew.. in the mouth!! ewww ewww. Foot fetish. lol. It's like that episode of Sex & the City where Charlotte buys shoes from a guy with a foot fetish.

Ew. Dry pole. LOL. hahahaha..

Dec 6th. Wish I could be in Paris. Booo. ;-(

Episode 11 - the one where havoc and Thanksgiving go hand in hand... and stuff...

Dear K&K,
Yea!! Everybody gets together for Thanksgiving!!! I love this episode. I wish I were at the party.

I am SO EXCITED about Thanksgiving!

Kimmie makes her first appearance! ;-)

Hand turkey!!!

I love all of the pictures from the Thanksgiving episode.

16lb turkey. yummm... I remember one year, my mom bought a 25lb turkey. Apparently, she was hungry when she went to the grocery store. lol. We had turkey everything for a really long time.

(i am imagining Symphony at the party... he must be very excited by all the people!).

Ranch dressing! lol!

Black Friday! Crazy. I never go out!

What a fun party!

Love the French guys saying about what they liked about Thanksgiving. "I'm not used to cutting such a big turkey!". lol.

MASHMELLOW... such a cute accent.

lol. Such cute noises for 'French Turkeys".

Thursday, October 16, 2008

Episode 10 - the one where they see dead people... and stuff...

Dear K&K,

Episode 10 - the episode where K&K make me hungry for FOOD.

What is airplane jelly? Jelly on an airplane?

Yea! Thanksgiving! My FAVORITE holiday! I love turkey.

Pavlova roll. I saw Nigella Lawson make one on her show. MMM.. sounds marshmellowly.

Lol. First yelling at Symphony to "Get off the leather!"!!!!

MMMM.. Pumpkin pie. I made 2 last night. 3/4 of one is already gone. Pumpkin pie + cool whip is so yummy!

What is wrong with canned pumpkin w/spices? Wait.. Kylie are you missing the eggs in the mix? I added eggs in mine.

Holy cow! 22 euros = $30 for a pie!!!

Katia doesn't like PUMPKIN? omg! I love Pumpkin muffins, pumpkin lattes, pumpkin pie, pumpkin fudge...

Pecan pie.. yummm. I made one last year for Thanksgiving. It was a disaster. My mother spit her pie out then complained about it for hours. Thanks mom!

Betty Crocker cake mix and instant frosting!!! YUM.

Graham cracker explaination to Katia - hilarious!

mmm... trifle.

OMG. I have 1 hour until lunch. I might cave from listening to this episode.

Cemetary visit! neat! and spooky... a picnic in a cemetary? scary! Very Halloween!

Nice customer service from Amazon! :-) I've been waiting for my car insurance to be transfered from my parents plan to my husband's plan. It's been 4 weeks now. They keep transferring the wrong car!!! **#*#!

mmm... cheddar cheese....

Episode 9 - the one where they talk about the internet being really really great

Dear K&K,
Muffin Man and Katia go to a fruit and vegetable fair! lol. Awesome! They got free tickets! awesome! My husband and I got into Hershey Park for free. A lady in the parking lot gave us tickets - she had extra b/c she was a volunteer. We saved $160! Amazing!

Symphony!

Traveling alone. I'm not sure if I could travel alone...

Poor K&K have no mic stands.

Yea! Hand turkeys!

I am allergic to Symphony like Kylie is allergic to Symphony.

Tylenol can be in red liquid form. They have it for kids - in bubble gum flavor.

Singing the Internet song! lol. Avenue Q! hilarious!

World of Warcraft! lol. My husband plays WoW!!! omg. youtube WoW singing Avenue Q! I am going to have to look that up tonight.

Neopets! Again!

Episode 183 - the one where they learn about being naughty in Paris... and stuff...

Dear K&K,
it's FWAB doing the dear!

Canada is 'neutral territory'. lol.

whoa.. Paris sex shop book! lol.

Minnesota people are very, very friendly. My husband is very friendly. Ever heard of "Minnesota Nice"?

Naughty Paris guide! lol.

Great book introduction. Love it!

gasp!! Great book for bachelorette party!!! Awesome! One of my friends just got engaged!

oooh ooh. i want to meet the author... let's see if she coming near me.

Monday, October 13, 2008

Episode 182 - the one where kylie discovers the races and katia discovers the power of fluffy pens... and stuff...

Dear K&K,
Yes, I am going to blog NEW episodes while blogging OLD episodes...
onto episode 182! 182! Yea! repeat! Repeat!

LOL at the dear.

ooooh... a mention of the early episodes.. maybe I'll get a plug in for my blog.... that would be awesome... nope.. no plug in.. booooo..

Horse racing in France? Wow, it seems sooo.. British to me.

Katia, you watched horse racing in school? Wow, that's amazing. The coolest thing we ever did was watch Puff the Magic Dragon the day before Christmas Break.

Symphony attacks pens. I love Symphony.

hehehe.. crazy pens. I have one with a bunny on it. I'm taking a look at my desk at work... hmm.. I have no crazy pens!

I wish i could buy magic pens here in the USA... I bought some off of Ebay, but they ran out of ink.

Rhum Rhum conversation again. I wonder how to make a Rhum Rhum?

ooh.. Peter Petrelli.. Can't wait for new episode of Heroes tonight!

A guy looses a TOOTH?? EWWWWW!!!! ew ew ew. In a restaurant? Even grosser!

Hhaha.. keeping a sandwich in a handbag. hilarious! mmm.. mozzerella in a sandwich are the best! ewww.. Kylie... ewwwww.. thank GOD Kylie didn't eat the mozzerella ball. I'm glad she wasn't too Rhum Rhum'ed.

Yes! I want to know the stuffs!!! oooh.. revealing episode 200!!! Gasp.. December 6th!!! Looking at calendar... on a Saturday! OMG! LIVE AUDIENCE! Argh. I can't come to Paris on December 6th! The airline tickets are sooo expensive.. booo. I feel sad now.I am SO EXCITED! I will most definately have to listen live. I'm sorry I can't be at the pub girls! Unless I win airplane tickets or something...

Prizes for episode 200! I'm so excited my blog is going to be entered into the contest! I really, REALLY want to win.. I want magic pens!

Episode 181 - the one where they declare that the Champs-Elysees is over-rated... and stuff

Dear K&K,
Yes, I'm cheating. How can I NOT listen to the newest K&K episode? A new episode, I'm going to listen!

Rhum Rhums!

Speaking of ginormous headphones... I am wearing big headphones. They are noise cancelling headphones - they block out the loud AC in my office. And they block out background noise! And muffle the jackhammer on the roof. (Love the rapping Kyliemac)

Trick-or-treating! I need to buy candy. We had 75 (SEVENTY FIVE!) kids last year. Since Halloween is on a Friday this year, we may hit 100. That would be awesome! I am going to give out Nerds again.

Kyliemac misses Reeces Peanut Butter Cups. Yum! I remember when I was taking an extra long vacation in Taiwan, after 1 month, I missed Taco Bell Supreme Soft Tacos. I missed the sour cream, cheese, and meat. When I told my Chinese grandmother I really wanted a taco, she thought I wanted octopus. Because "taco" in Japanese is "octopus".

Wait? Peanut Butter PUMPKIN? Must rewind... OH MY GOD! I need to find THOSE!!! I know what I'm doing tonight!!! Going to Target to FIND THEM!

Couple that live together start to look like each other? Freaky. So, you start looking like brother and sister?

MMm... macaroons! I always see pictures on Flickr of the Paris macaroons. Sad about the Champs L'Eysee. That's what I feel about the shops in Georgetown. They used to have little unique shops... now the stores are like going to the mall - Gap, JCrew, Express, etc. Nothing special anymore.

Mushroom hunting!!! I was explaining to friends the other night that I went "Pumpkin hunting". They all laughed at the hunting term. Thanks K&K!

Wait a second... Back to the Reeces Peanut Butter Cups.. I'm confused. is it pumpkin shaped or pumpkin flavored? I have a feeling pumpkin shaped... boooo... would be awesome if it was pumpkin flavored.

Love the mushroom hunting stories. I love how Katia hates mushrooms "with the fire of a thousand suns!"

I wonder if you can use pigs or dogs to hunt mushrooms... like how they are used to hunt truffles...

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Episode 8 - the one where they learn where kir comes from...

Dear K&K,

8 is my favorite number. It's a lucky number in Chinese. I was married on 8-8-08. Means wealth and prosperity to the Chinese. Alicia is listening to Episode 8 on 10/8/08!

Ok. enough about 8.

Katia gets new glasses. I need to get my eyes checked.

K&K went to see Pan's Labarynth. SCARY movie. I had bad dreams after seeing that movie. That movie was not all fantasy. Ewww.. sugar popcorn! Like kettle corn? The pumpkin patch I went to this past weekend had kettle corn.

No pretzels in the movie theater in Paris? That sucks.

Come on K&K...say the movie was scary.... say it... nope.

Next topic!

Katia is talking about corresponding with neighbors in Paris. I don't chat with my neighbors much. The family a few houses down gave us peanut butter cookies when we moved in. I think this particular family has quintuplets. All 5 kids look alike and look the same age. I can't imagine have 5 kids all the same age.

Yummy. Kir sounds yummy.

Neopets! More talk about Neopets!

Back to Paris. Riots in Paris sound really scary.

Kylie is studying English in Paris. Hilarious.

Postal Museum in Paris? There is a postal museum in DC. I went with Girl Scouts a long time ago. Great museum. They have a kiosk you can print postcards and send them.

Saying "Bonjour Monsier/Madamoiselle" in a shop in Paris is helpful. How do you know whether or not to say Madam or Madmoiselle?

Another Starbucks siting!! I had Starbucks this morning. A Venti Pumpkin Spiced Latte. Yummy. I love this time of year when pumpkins are everywhere.

Why were K&K in Starbucks really, really early in the morning? I'm curious.

Episode 7 - the one wehre they talk about joys of French administration and stuff...

Dear K&K,
Cassoulet. What is it? Please tell me. It sounds like a casserole.
Oh thank god at 3:25 Katia explains what a cassoulet is. Wow, I totally guessed how to spell cassoulet. I was correct! Thanks google! Cassoulet = bean casserole. Beans beans the more you eat them.... I'm thinking about making some white bean soup this weekend - with lots of spinach.

Lol. Kylie is going to school to learn British English!

*Giggle* Kylie is talking about chatting with someone behind the counter (when she went to renew her papers) about Big Macs. I haven't had a Big Mac in years.

Beer in McDonald's France?? lol. McDonalds in Taiwan serve Teriyaki burgers. The Taiwanese dip their fries in chili sauce.

Halloween discussion! Wow, perfect timing. Halloween is coming up! Last year, I had 75 trick-or-treaters come to my door. This year... probably more b/c Halloween is on a Friday. I can't wait to hear about the K&K Halloween party this year.

Peeps make their first appearance!!!!! Kylie's mom sent her Halloween Peeps!

Episode 6 - SPIDERCAST 2006 - the one where they talk about spiders... and stuff...

Dear K&K,

OMG. It is the spider bite episode. Officially, this is the episode that Freaks Me Out! What perfect timing since Halloween is coming up soon. Spidercast 2006. Is there a Spidercast 2007? Maybe that was about spider cheese?

Frappr Map sounds like something you get at Dairy Queen. I imagine it to be soft serve... whipped up with... a Frappachino from Starbucks!

K&K are so dedicated. Even though Kylie just got out of the hospital that morning they still decided to podcast.

Oh god.. oh god.. Kylie is explaining the spider bite...ew ew.. cut the bite out of the leg. ew ew.

Kylie has a Hole In Her Leg. ewwwww!

I wonder what it looks like now? We need a follow up!

Scorpians stab you - haven't K&K seen 'Honey I Shrunk the Kids'??? You know, where the and (SPOILER WARNING) gets killed by the scorpian.

Oh nooooo.. now Katia is explaining HER spider story. AHHHH. Spider babies down her shirt.. in the hair. Oh god oh god.

Poor Symphony got mistaken for a spider. ;-(

Stop Kylie!! Eating the flesh. ewww.

Good thing I already ate lunch. mmm... sushi.

BYOT to the French hospital? Bring Your Own Towel? That's strange.

I'm So Glad this episode is over. No more spider talk!! Well... except for spider cheese later on.....

Episode 5 - the one where they laugh at each others accents... and stuff...

Dear K&K,

Words glorious words! Has nothing to do with Paris. Just a little word fun between Australian and American English.

What do you call the night before Halloween? "the night before Halloween". Lol.

My husband says pop (he's from Minnesota). I say soda (I'm from Maryland). Pop reminds me of a 'popsicle'. I have friends in Indiana who say pop.

Now they are talking about cupcakes. Yum. Another subliminal message sent to the listeners - make them hungry for cupcakes! Since Parisians do not know about cupcakes, a cupcake bakery in Paris would be a great idea!

Chippy sandwich = ew. I do put Doritos in my sandwich. Tastes great in an Italian sub.

Monkey Bread! I just saw a recipe for Monkey Bread in my Martha Stewart Magazine. *giggle*.. hilarious about how Kylie is explaining to Katia about the Pillsbury pop can of biscuit dough. I love how it makes a pop noise when you twist it... or slam it on the corner of a counter.

Heh. Katia’s mom hit a kangaroo. My brother hit a deer once.

Coriander/Cilantro. I am planning to grow some. Seeds are in the mail right now.

A black cow is coke with ice cream.

It is funny how Kylie says trashcan. She said “rubbish bin” in Episode 3! Look at my blogpost.

K&K are podcasting from the lounge. Not the coffee table studio yet.

I call my mom ‘Mommy’.

Aussie swear words! Lol.

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Episode 4 - the one where they hunt for mushrooms and fight dragons... and stuff...

Yea! Kyliemac repeats "episode 4!". I don't think she realizes yet that she must repeat the episode number every episode.

Lacoste is a crocodile not an alligator! lol. I can't tell the difference either.

Ahhh.. toilets again! Train toilet waste is emptied on the train tracks. EW. Imagine if you lived by the train tracks. Does that mean your house smells like human sewage?

Bowling in Paris! So neat. I wonder if the K&K group drank beer and ate pizza? That's what I do when I go bowling. Drink light draft beer and eat pizza and nachos. Shoe hire = shoe rental.

Haha.. I like how K&K describe mushroom hunting. It's like Elmer Fudd hunting for rabbits.

Calling a waiter garcon. So rude! I hate in movies when someone calls the waiter "Boy" in American movies. My husband always tries to catch the eye of the waiter or lifts his hand holding a credit card to indicate he would like the check.

uh oh. Neopet toolbar! Still haven't google for what a Neopet is yet.

Bowling again. Backlight bowling. I've been before. Grandma Mac is going to wear earplugs the next time she goes bowling.

Starbucks siteing no #2!

I think K&K are sending me subliminal messages to go to Starbucks. Now I Really Want the new Starbuck's Salty Caramel Hot Chocolate.

I still haven't seen Snakes on a Plane. Too scary for me. I thought Iron Man and Transformers were scary. I wonder what Samuel L. Jackson's dubbed French voice sounds like?

Sylvain == Muffin Man! It is revealed! Katia let it slip!

K&K are the totally for the free museums. So neat! Hey, did you know in Washington DC all of the museums are free? It's your tax dollars at work. It's so strange to me to actually pay to go to a museum.

Finally!! The Cat has a name!! Symphony makes his first appearance!

The M&M's start! It all started with a visit to the movies.

Episode 3 - the one where they bitch... and stuff...

K&K on a road trip! It reminds me of 'Harold & Kumar go to White Castle'. They go to visit Kimmie!

oh wait.. let's sidetrack to talk about Starbucks....

I wonder if K&K have been to all 23 (maybe more now!) Starbucks by now? I can't wait to try the Starbuck's salty caramel hot chocolate. A salty and sweet drink? YUM. Bad coffee is definately bad coffee. There is no way around it. Old coffee is soooo nasty.

Turkish Toilets! I call it a 'hole in the ground'. This is hilarious b/c in Taiwan (my mom is from Taiwan) I went to use the bathroom in McDonalds and saw this hole in the ground. I was confused on how to use it! I had to ask my mom. lol. My grandmother got a big kick out of my puzzled look.

Hmm...I guess the road trip is a train trip. Ew. Smokers. Poor Kyliemac - I think she has a problem with cigarette smoke.

Hedgehogs being strangled by McFlurries? Poor hedgehogs.

"Rubbish Bin" Kyliemac calls the garbage. She totally picked that up from Katia. I have never heard an American say "rubbish bin".

Character socks! I bet all men in France collect cartoon socks. Just got a vision of neat rows of cartoon socks in drawers.

Argh. There is jackhammering on the roof of my office. They are reroofing. I wish they would stop.

Turning up the volume.

Cathedral light show! So cool.

Oh. Katia has to pee. Nice to know.

Train back to Paris. A dog with it's name in diamonds on the collar! So cute! Loved Kyliemac's comment on how a dog is an accessory.

Hey, I'm the same age as Kyliemac's mom!!! 29! So cool.

Kyliemac's bowling party discussion. I wonder if French bowling shoes are designer?

The jackhammering on the roof is Getting Worse. Cannot work under these conditions!

Episode 2 - the one about scorpions and visiting the Marquis de Sade... and stuff...

I'm so glad the Heineken issue was brought up. It must have been wikipedia'ed. Also I'm glad the Gairage issue was also addressed.

Lots and lots of thanks for leaving messages/audio comments. So nice!

That's pretty sad about how people come to Paris and stay for a short while then they leave. It must be really sad b/c you are not sure when you'll see them again.Thank goodness for blogs, email, and Skype. That's really a good way to stay in contact. But still, that's not the same as seeing the person.

I keep imagining that the boat tour was like in the movie Charade with Audrey Hepburn. The kissing bridge... I wonder if that is where Carey Grant kisses Audrey in the movie?

Eating food muffin thing? I wonder if the Muffin Man made muffins?

Rocky Horror Picture Show. Sounds so fun. Ohh! Singing! This is the first episode where K&K sing on the podcast.

Visit to Lacoste for Kylie. Ahhh!! Scorpions! That's amazing that scorpions live in the south of France. What if a scorpian was in the shower? Like on the shower head while your lathering your hair and you don't see it and then it jumps on you? Scary.

Katia being barefoot reminds me of Laura Ingalls from Little House on the Prairie. Laura only wore shoes when she went to school. I have a feeling Katia wears shoes only when she leaves the house. lol.

Smart cars! They just came to the USA. I saw one the other day when I went to the pumpkin patch.

uh oh. Neopets again! I might have to google it (not even sure if I am spelling it correctly) to find out what it is! A Neopet panda would be awesome.

Episode 1 - the one where they talk about Eiffel Tower... and stuff...

Dear K&K,

Nice introductions, although Symphony is referred to as “the cat”. Little did K&K know, Symphony will become an important part of interrupting the podcast. Plus, there is no coffee table studio yet! There is a comfy couch… That’s just strange. I wonder what part of Ikea the podcast idea was thought up of? In the bedroom department? In the kitchen department?? Or perhaps in the cafeteria where perhaps K&K were taking part in chowing down some Swedish meatballs with lingonberry? So, one of the first things I learn about Paris is that Katia does not drink tea unless she is playing scrabble with her mum. Lol.

Ooh.. Eiffel Tower. Love all the facts about the Eiffel Tower! The ice skating rink sounds awesome. Just to tell someone that you went ice skating on the Eiffel tower is pretty cool. This Eiffel Tower talk totally reminds me that I have a small picture of the Eiffel Tower still at my parents house – my bff gave it to me. Thinking about where would be a great place for it in my house… Anyhow….

Neopet. This is never explained! What is a Neopet? I’m not even sure if I’m spelling it correctly. I’m thinking a Neopet is one of the Tamagotchi handheld digital pet. It must be some video game?

Ghairage Band. Lol. Garage. Love it. Actually… I say Ghairage like Katia! Must be all of that BBC Radio listening.

Monday, October 6, 2008

Introduction

Dear K&K,
So, you might be wondering why I decided to start this blog? Well, to submit my entry for episode 200 of course! Plus, K&K are really cool chicks and I've been thinking about blogging about their episodes for quite a while. I started listening to K&K from Flare's blog. I can't remember if I saw a link.. perhaps it was a link from Katia's page? I really can't remember. I do remember seeing a episode 1 link and thought, "hey, I love hearing about people who live from other countries!". That's how it all started. ;-)

I work in a library in my own little cubicle filled to the brim with books. I pretty much sit at my desk 8 hours a day/5 days a week. My work environment is very, very quiet. I hate that it is so quiet, so I fill my days listening to podcasts and BBC Radio while I work.

Sometimes I feel like I'm having a conversation with Katia and Kyliemac. I feel like I've gotten to know them so well with the 180 episodes I've listened to so far. I feel like they are my friends. I love learning about the mish-mash of Australia, Kyliemac's America, and Paris. After each episode I want to talk to someone about the podcast... or to call up the K&K team... Whenever I talk about the podcast to my husband I refer to it as "that podcast I listen to from Paris". Then I thought, "a blog would be great for chatting to K&K!".

And so the journey begins. I am going to start from the beginning from episode 1 and blog about each and every episode. Not really sure how many episodes I will get to by the Dec 1 deadline but I will try my best. ;-)

Get ready... set... go!!!!!
 
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