Live 105 is pretty much the only radio that airs listenable music in the Bay Area, and I have been listening since the first time I came here. Every morning, the flagship show of the radio occupies the slot from 6am to 10am. There used to be a time when I actually liked the Woody Show. I tuned on it even from Zurich at a time. This is surprising to me because Woody, Tony and Ravey are true conservatives, with their opinions strongly aligned with the Republican party on most issues. To some extent, I liked listening to this because it gave me a chance to discover this kind of mindset. On certain issues, I came to be in agreement with them. On certain others, I loudly shouted back at my car stereo. This was not an ideal situation, but I could bear the level of annoyance, because of the music.
But after some time, it was getting on my nerves and I couldn’t listen to them without thinking about how much WTR are a bunch of ignorant, mean and arrogant tasteless douchebags. Which is why it made my day when last Monday, I turned my car on to hear nothing but music. The host said that they were on vacation which was odd but it’s not my problem after all. So this morning again, I feared hearing their voices coming from my alarm clock, but still nothing. Could it be that… Oh God, that would be too good. Is there anything on the station’s website? Nada. So, on the wikipedia page? Gone. What about their Twitter feed? OMMFG. So that’s it. I’m extremely happy about this and wish I could simply enjoy music without the additional fuss caused by a radio host who thinks it’s interesting to know what he did last week-end. ‘Nuff said.
I’m giving up on TV. I finally acknowledged that I’m watching it too much, and that there are only a few programs that I actually care about (basically boils down to SNL, Mythbusters and the Daily show). So I called Comcast yesterday and cancelled my service. To some extent, this is the same process as for the Woody Show. I became slowly accustomed to the 25 minutes of advertising per hour. I thought I could stand it forever. But in the end, it became a greater an annoyance than a service. I’m downgrading my Triple Play to a simple Internet access and saving a bunch of dollars along the way. I still have it right now, but I look forward to the actual cut. The only negative side is that I will have to drag my ass off to Foster City to give the Comcast terminal back.
Finally, I booked my trip to Hawaii with Adrien in September and I’m totally excited about it. We’ll go to the main island and stay at the Hilton on Waikiki beach. As we say in French, this cost me a kidney, but I seriously think it was worth it (Adrien, the drinks will be on you). 5 days. 4 stars hotel. 5 months away. It’s funny how the simple act of paying for a vacation can make you instantly happier.
See this? This is the hotel’s private lagoon. Private. You can’t make that stuff up.
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