On Sunday night my allergic reaction to air was kickin' my ass so my plan of attack was to take a benedryl and go to bed. I had to be up before the devil for work so I thought my plan wold be a win. Haha, was I wrong. Apparently, 3 nights of hotel beds + long drive home + two benedryl = COMA. So on Monday morning guess whose alarm was going off every 9 minutes for nearly TWO HOURS? Mine.
So this brings me to the point of my story...my iPod and how much I appreciate it. On Monday I was LATE AS HELL and had to drive to NORTH CAROLINA for work. What genius move did I pull? Yup, you guessed it...I ran out the door and forgot my iPod.
Now if you know me you know that this is a damn greek tragedy. Two hours in the car by myself and it's too freakin' early to call anyone to chat. Shannon is stuck with the radio. I hit scan on my radio to find something. Just to give you an idea of how much I loathe the radio I will tell you that I HAD to hit scan bc I still had radio stations programmed in from when I lived in Florida.
It's the morning shows that suck worst of all and there are several levels of suck to choose from here in Atlanta. The country station isn't too bad so I start there but I start getting all twitchy when the commercials start so I move over to the local top 40 station. I love that they call them Top 40. It's so fitting because that's what they do...play the same 40 songs ALL DAY LONG but I digress....
So this Top 40 station has a group of people for it's morning show and I happened to tune in about 4 seconds after they introduced their guest. The Unidentified Guest begins to then ramble on for 20 minutes about his DADDY ISSUES. UG's pops is in the military and basically didn't have much to do with him growing up but now he makes half-assed attempts to keep in touch. THEN the host of the show informs the world that he has daddy issues too. OMFG.
Here's what's going on in my head at this point:
- Who are these people?
- Why are they broadcasting their very personal business to all within the station's signal reach?(which, by the way goes WELL into North Georgia)
- Why do they think their listeners CARE? I mean, they are voices...I don't even know what they look like.
- Shit, now I'm in North Georgia and there are NO other stations.
Their open therapy session on abandonment and how they are now projecting their mental damage on their own children is FINALLY over but alas it then turns into a Boo-hoo story on how much they miss their co-worker who hasn't renegotiated his contract because he thinks he's worth more than the station management does. At this point it was all starting to sound like the parents talking in the Charlie Brown cartoons. It went on for seriously 30 mins....NO MUSIC.
I realize that these morning shows are not meant to be taken seriously but I think someone needs to inform the voices on the radio. On the way home The Voice tried to tempt me to stay tuned by being coy in regards to his producers relationship status! Really? Does he think I'm going to call up everyone I know and be all "OMG!!!! The producer of the guy on the radio got ENGAGED!!!!! OMGOMG How EXCITING!!!!!!!!
No. No, I'm not.
As a result of the 4 hour total hours spent in the car with The Voices my iPod firmly secured a spot on my list of "Stuff I'd Save in the Event of a Fire".
