And the Great Proctors said, "Let the AP exams be over." And they were. And it was good.

Today we took the AP English Language Exam.
It was fantastic.
Sure the multiple choice readings were surprisingly interesting, and I think we all feel confident in our essays, but the best part was keeping our student packs that are needed for every exam. Once you have no exams left, you keep your pack. That's right, the MADers are done with their AP exams!
We have nine days of classes before finals start, and then school is over. It is then that we will finally have time to record a new episode, Sarita will have time to edit it, and we will all have time to celebrate the return of the podcast.
We're brainstorming ways to make he show more creative and interesting, as well as getting the word out about the show, so if there's a segment or something you'd like for us to do or you have an idea, leave it in comments or email it to us.
We also created a Twitter! http://twitter.com/themadpodcast (Who says usernames can be too repetitive?) Follow us!
It's time for me to roll on out, so as always, email us (themadpodcast@gmail.com), check out the vlogs (www.youtube.com/themadpodcast), and look out for a new episode around the week of June 13th!

-Deborah

Panicpanicpanic (and oh yeah, May Themes)

So, if you still think we're just being lazy about releasing a new episode after reading Deborah's post, perhaps this will cause you to reconsider:

Things Which Staci Is Doing This Month

1. Five AP exams
2. One two-part IB exam
3. Seven EOCs
4. One 50,000 word NaNoWriMo
5. Obtaining a medical internship
6. Hopefully sleeping a little bit

This is a RIDICULOUS month for all of the MADers, and it's going to be a miracle if we manage to get everything we have to do this month done. The podcast, unfortunately, is temporarily on hold.

But neither rain nor snow nor gloom of night can put an end to the MAD Book Challenge, and after April's "Choose-Your-Own-Themes" month, I couldn't skip out on coming up with themes again. But since this is exam month for most students, I'm going with fun, hopefully easy themes. Here they are:

1. Week One: Movie Book (means was originally a book, then made into a movie. BP if you watch the movie in addition to reading the book. I'm not sure if I'm repeating this theme by accident, but if I am, I apologize.)
2. Week Two: Stack of Small Books (As opposed to reading one large sized book, read a bunch of super small kid books. 3-4 novels about as long as Goosebumps, Boxcar Children, American Girls... You get the idea. Alternatively, if for some reason you're not a fan of children's literature, read a collection of short stories. I, for example, will be reading some HP Lovecraft this week. Join me if you dare.)
3. Week Three: Book With An Orange Cover (The cover only has to be mostly orange. IF you're stumped, I recommend The Curious Incident of the Dog In the Night-Time by Mark Haddon or Intensity by Dean Koontz (yes, that counts as orange).)
4. Week Four: Pirate Book! (Defined as a pirate book if removing the pirates from the plot would make the book no longer make sense. I'll be reading one of my favorite books ever, Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, if anyone cares to join me.)

There you have it. This month was originally slated for both "Classic Literature" and "A Book About a Dog", but I changed it last minute for you because absolutely none of us has time for tackling a classic - and dogs always die in books, but I'd prefer something more uplifting at the moment. Happy reading!

*shifty eyes* Heeey Guyyys....

*Awkward cough*

So it's been a while since we've released a new episode...sorry about that. I went to France, Sarita went to Italy, Staci was writing, Sarah was instrument-playing, Marshall was studying. And everyone has pretty much been freaking out about school. Chances are it's going to stay like that for a bit, since everyone has AP exams next week and the following one. After a 1.5 week break, we have regular exams. Cue the nervous breakdowns and panic attacks.

BUT after that we shall most definitely be BACK. I don't know if we're going to try to squeeze in an episode into that week and a half, but we're definitely recording once school gets out. We're also planning to record and release episodes in a much more timely manner over the summer, and we hope to get into such a schedule that we can stay like that in the next school year. But for now, keep up with the blog (www.themadpocast.blogspot.com) and vlogs (www.youtube.com/themadpodcast). We're also working on getting videos out...more on that later. As always, email us at themadpodcast@gmail.com!

-Deborah