Daily affirmations of a word mercenary
So, I’ll be on The Today Show Wednesday morning for approximately 30 seconds (ok, maybe more like 2 minutes, but very very briefly!) talking about why I’m doing 52 Nights Unplugged and how it’s been going. There was a moment where it looked like the live segment was going to be cut completely, but instead it just got moved to the 10:00 hour — so I’ll be on sometime between 10 and 10:30. (Evidently the taped segment we did in Seattle will air twice — once between 7-7:30, and then again before my live segment after 10am.)
Also, how is it possible that I’m in a hotel room in Manhattan with no cell reception? WTF NYC! I get four bars in mom’s yurt in the woods of Bainbridge Island, and I can’t get nuthin’ in midtown? Jeez.
Update!
The full segment (both taped & in-studio interview) is now online:
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Hey there. I'm Ariel Meadow Stallings, a native Seattleite who's written my way up and down the Left Coast. Electrolicious is where I post daily randomata, but I also write for a living. My first book, Offbeat Bride, is in bookstores now.
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tlc
February 19th, 2008 at 3:09 pm
I tried to call! Call me if you should venture out of your room.
Laurel
February 19th, 2008 at 5:27 pm
I like how you won’t be able to watch it because you’re going to be unplugged.
(or is it only at night and not in the morning?)
Ariel
February 19th, 2008 at 5:39 pm
Laurel, as “52 Nights Unplugged” might suggest, it’s only at night.
Phyllis
February 19th, 2008 at 5:55 pm
You’ve run into a common problem in NYC! Congrats on bein’ on tha teeeeev.
Nancy
February 19th, 2008 at 8:16 pm
i won’t be home tomorrow morning but you can be sure i set my dvr to record the show! woo hoo!!
Leif Hansen
February 19th, 2008 at 8:38 pm
Will be thinking of you the whole time of course, as I have been. Little jealous and mostly excited for you and to see what comes of this all…lets get this message out there!
-Leif
http://www.SparkNW.com
http://www.SparkGuy.com
Heather
February 20th, 2008 at 2:56 am
How fun to be in NEW YORK and spreading the Unplugged Love! I think most people in the world need to take one day off of the screens a week. Except my parents who have never ever plugged in! Can I make them have a plugged in day, please! ?! Unplugged Day #1 for me—http://tinyurl.com/38rowt
Alison
February 20th, 2008 at 7:27 am
Hi — I’ve been reading your site for a long while but never commented. I had forgotten that you were going to be on the Today show but as I watch it each morning, just saw the first clip with you. I was so excited! How funny. You look great!
Genevieve
February 20th, 2008 at 9:30 am
Ariel!!! LOL!! Frackin’ AWESOME!!!!! Ruth and I were just talking about you this morning…hoping we wouldn’t miss the segment.
Can’t wait to hear all about it when you get back!
Rasshmi
February 20th, 2008 at 9:36 am
Am so excited and happy for you,YOU LOOK GREAT!! yay!
kiala
February 20th, 2008 at 9:36 am
And then that’s how I found you on the internets.
It’s like a fairytale come true, isn’t it?
Good job on the Today Show, lady.
gretchen
February 20th, 2008 at 10:40 am
Buzz!!! Well-handled!
You rocked out in the taped segment. (They also teased your segment for the entire hour before …. you kept popping on the screen and going away!) Can’t wait to see the live edition!
ONE LOVE PHOTO
February 20th, 2008 at 10:59 am
What a great clip! I can’t wait to see the live segment. I am planning on doing an unplugged night once a week and an unplugged DAY(12 hours) once a month. I did manage to go 10 hours screen free on President’s Day….Baby steps!
Helen Jane
February 20th, 2008 at 11:49 am
So super squeal-ley for you.
So excited to see your progress too!
James and I have been doing screen-free Tuesday nights since we’ve been married and we LOVE it.
(When we realized we were playing online checkers, silently, in the same room, with each other, well, that was a problem.)
elisa
February 20th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
I was channel surfing this morning and Lo and Behold! there is Ariel on the Today show! You were very ladylike and not very rum tum tugger! I was like, who is this lady folding her hands on her lap and what has she done with Ariel?!?!
It was awersome to see you and you rocked it out, lady!
Dai Q
February 20th, 2008 at 2:48 pm
You turned up in their online print as well
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/23237704/
I was idlly link hopping when i found this, when you think i am Australian with no need to be in the NBC website at all anyway - i think i need an unplugged night!
Gureala
February 20th, 2008 at 3:14 pm
Found your blog after watching the report on the Today Show this morning. Good luck staying unplugged!
DOUG.
February 20th, 2008 at 5:35 pm
Nice job. I liked Owen’s cameo.
Sara
February 20th, 2008 at 5:40 pm
You’re famous!! At least among Today show watchers. (And umm, am I the only one who thinks Vieira is lying about “zero”?)
Nancy
February 20th, 2008 at 6:49 pm
omg! i saw you on tv! yay! you were so cute.
and of course, my husband asked if i was going to try going unplugged for a night. i think i grunted and went back to my laptop.
emily
February 21st, 2008 at 8:13 am
you’re all famous and shit! matt lauer SAID YOUR NAME : )
what fun!
not to mention your fellow pink-locked friend joining in the fun.
brodie
February 21st, 2008 at 3:44 pm
Hey cool. Glad you posted up the video.
Always interesting to see people you have read for a long time on the TV.
Honest Mike
February 22nd, 2008 at 7:37 pm
This is/was my 1st Blog that i have followed way back, many, many moons ago. I visit sporadically time to time and love Arial writings & photography…….I often share ElectroStorys with my girlfriend so she kinda familiar with you, too.
Then the other morning, I was heading out to work, flip on the tube to find a weather report when……I see YOU! I call my GF and told her to turn on her TV….. we watched the segment (Where was the pink hair?) couldn’t believe your UnPlugged story got you all the way across national television.
Now my girlfriend & I sort of know you.
Now that I sound like a Freak….
I gots2go!
-Honest
PS This is the 1st time i have ever comment on “Electrolicious!” I lost my Electoginity Today!!!! YEA!
eli max blu
February 22nd, 2008 at 7:37 pm
Good Job Ariel! You are Seattle’s best !
Wea are so proud of you , and good luck with that whole writing your new book on paper idea (what is that again?)
J/K but coincidentally (or not) my mother wants nothing more than to live in a YURT!
i’ll tell ya more next time i see ya!
Ariel
February 22nd, 2008 at 7:54 pm
Thanks for all the sweet words, everyone! And Honest Mike, re: the pink hair. It’s all about branding, mah dear. With this particular topic, I didn’t want the pink hair to distract people from my message. With other topics, the pink hair adds to what I’m saying … but with this particular story, my offbeatness wasn’t part of the plot, so the pink hair stayed back.
Amber
February 23rd, 2008 at 12:13 am
Oh, boo. I can’t see it.
Rachel
February 26th, 2008 at 12:44 pm
Your unplugged experiment has inspired me to de-tech myself from time to time, as well! Thanks for your blog- It’s always a treat to take a break from the daily grind and read your interesting and entertaining posts.
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Victoria Marinelli
March 1st, 2008 at 6:24 am
Oh, that’s nuts. I actually watch the Today Show with kind of embarrassing regularity, and remember hearing the “and coming up” bit about this piece but didn’t end up catching it.
Probably I had to go walk the dog.
During which time, alas, I was probably also twittering!
Sorry I missed you the first time around, glad to catch up.
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