Bye bye, Newbie, good-bye!

frank
June 18, 2008, 03:50 AM posted in General Discussion

Hello everyone! I see a lot of new faces around here these days. That's just awesome!

 

I'm Frank Fradella (for those who haven't already had the misfortune) and for a long time I was the guy writing the official Newbie blog for ChinesePod. As of today, that time is at an end (thought it may have seemed I went the way of the dodo some months back).

 

It's been coming for a good long time, I think. We've gone around the block with changes to the site and changes to my schedule and I finally decided to throw in the towel and call it a day. It's been an extraordinary honor to share my journey with so many creative and dedicated people, and I'll never forget the trust the folks at ChinesePod placed in me to make me their Newbie blogger.

 

I'm not leaving the site entirely. I've had to put my studies on a maddening hiatus due to the film I'm shooting right now, but expect to see more of me in the coming weeks and months. I'm like a bad penny. I just keep turning up. :-)

 

Anyway, I just really felt like I ought to say something. Not a good-bye, exactly, but a little tip of the hat to the Powers That Be and the handful of folks who made it over to the blog on a regular basis. You made the experience fun and I thank you a thousand times for it.

 

Peace, people.

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amber
June 18, 2008, 05:20 AM

Franklicious rules.

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sebire
June 21, 2008, 05:34 AM

Good luck Frank!

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clay
June 18, 2008, 05:40 AM

If you need a leading man and women for your movie, amber and i are currently available for negotiation.

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amber
June 18, 2008, 05:41 AM

(Clay just wants an excuse to kiss me.)

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clay
June 18, 2008, 05:43 AM

i meant a role where we are antagonist and protaganist.  i want to be the one to try and make your life a living hell.

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amber
June 18, 2008, 05:44 AM

but you already do that in real life!

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lunetta
June 18, 2008, 06:15 AM

Well, Frank, it's never been a misfortune having you around. Just don't forget to turn up once in a while as promised.

P.S. Maybe you should consider making screwball comedy with Clay and Amber. They seem made for it, don't they?

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light487
June 18, 2008, 07:46 AM

Amber is just another one of Clay's "friends".. right Clay? :)

 

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azerdocmom
June 18, 2008, 05:30 AM

Ah, the tides of change has even swept up Franklicious. Good luck on your movie, and please keep us updated, alright?

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excuter
June 18, 2008, 11:54 AM

ohohoh...where will this lead us to...anyways, Frank I hope one day after your movie you start your upper intermediate blog ^_^

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John
June 19, 2008, 02:56 AM

Frank is a legend.

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chillosk
June 19, 2008, 03:07 AM

Good luck Frank! Don't forget us when you're strutting the red carpets of Cannes and the Oscars!

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henning
June 19, 2008, 04:51 AM

Frank,

I for sure do hope you stay with us here, though...

And like executer I am hoping for your UI blog to pop up some day.

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wei1xiao4
June 19, 2008, 07:40 AM

Frank, you can run but you can't hide from us.  Somewhere out there is a poddie still thinking about you.  Colleen, Aric, Aggie may all think that they have left us, but they never really did.  You are part of C-pod history. We look foward to the next chapter. Good luck!

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johnrash
June 20, 2008, 06:08 PM

So no newbie blog now?

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clay
June 18, 2008, 10:05 AM

she's ok