Insane Random Ramblings

I stayed up late last night watching tv as usual. I think I got less than 3 hours of sleep but I also took a 1 hour nap when I first got home from work. I doubt if I’m actually getting 4 hours of sleep per day. The only thing that helps me get through the day is the radio.

We’re only able to stream 1 radio station with our internet connection at work. Luckily it’s a station that I like anyway. They play all kinds of music from pop to dance to hip hop and r&b. You can hear anything on that station. My favorite thing about the station is that they play skits from the morning show all day long. So even though I miss them in the morning, I can still hear them throughout the day.

If it wasn’t for streaming music, I would literally go crazy.

You know how there are caps on the lids of Pepsi for that Pepsi Stuff contest? They want you to download songs or save up for sweepstakes? Well I never downloaded the music, I always entered the sweepstakes and last week I won a mp3 player. It’s pretty nice too. The crazy thing is now I have a 2 mp3 players and I don’t have any music downloaded onto my hard drive for them.

My ipod has been acting up so it’s nice to know that I have a backup. Not that I have any music to put on it though. I need to gather up my cd’s to see which tracks I want to rip onto my hard drive. I do need to make sure I back them up though. I already had my hard drive crash once. I don’t want to take the time to save all of my favorite music and then lose it. Been there done that.

I listen to the radio but right now they’re playing garbage. It’s supposed to be a top ten countdown but I don’t like most of the songs. I figure if I bring my own music to listen to I’ll be much better off. Then I can just listen to music. I won’t have to listen to commercials encouraging me to find the best mover NYC has to offer when that’s not something that I’m interested in.

Now I just have to find some good cds to bring with me.

I use a ipod right now. But the songs don’t play on it. At first I thought it was the headphones so I got new ones. Then I noticed that most of the songs either drag or you can only hear the music but the lyrics are faded out. It’s really weird. I don’t even know why it’s happening.

I have a mp3 player that I haven’t downloaded music onto yet. My first excuse was that the player takes a regular AAA battery, which I didn’t have. I finally got some batteries and now I need music. I have a bunch of cd’s that I’ll go through and download those first. Then I’ll go and buy songs online from somewhere.

My job is so boring. Nobody talks to each other and all you hear is the clicking of keyboards all day long. I usually stream music through the internet but the connection has been bad for the past few days. I have 2 MP3 players at home but one needs new headphones. The other I have to totally set up and put music on.

I need to do that today once I get home. Being bored at work is terrible. At least if I listen to music, it makes the day seem to go by faster.

If I don’t get it soon, the radio will drive me crazy! For the past 2 days there has been a glitch with the local radio station and I haven’t been able to stream the music. Imagine sitting in a boring office listening to your coworkers chit-chatting. Yuck. I don’t know about you, but I don’t want to listen to what my coworkers have to say.

I usually use the radio to drown them out. The past 2 days have been torture. At least I’ll be able to have my own music soon. I just hope it hurries up and gets here.

Today my topic is: My favorite kinds of music

1. Hip-Hop - not that rap crap but real hip-hop with good beats and great lyrics.
2. Pop - Yup I love Justin Timberlake, N*Sync, NKOTB, etc.
3. Reggae - I hate not having a station that plays reggae on the regular.
4. Soca - No it’s not the same thing as reggae!
5. R&B - Especially old-school music. Just something you can sit back, relax and listen to. Most R&B music now stinks with verrrrrry few exceptions. ie. Mary J. Blige, R. Kelly et al.

It’s driving me crazy. I can listen to music on my computer or bring a small radio as long as I keep it low. Right now I’m trying to find streaming music on the internet. I can find my local radio station but I can’t find the live radio version. I keep finding this funky club fusion mix. Maybe that would be cool in the afternoon, but not at 8am.

Ughh. Maybe I’ll go home tonight and find what I want and send myself the links.

I just got a bill from the cd club that I belong to. It’s for a cd that I never ordered. It was for a cd I already have. They sent it around the same time that I declined getting the monthly selection. Besides I already have a used cisco cd. So what would I need with another one?

I live in an apartment building. We have really small mailboxes so if something doesn’t fit we have a community table where they will lay it. If the cd came, it was laid on the table and someone took it. I’ve lived here for a while and have never had a problem before. But like they say it only takes one time.

This is the main reason why I have a po box. I don’t have these issues with my box. I’ve had it for close to 10 years and I love it. I did consider getting rid of it since I don’t really get a lot of mail there anymore, but I’ve definitely decided to keep it now.

And no, I’m not paying for that cd.

Usually Saturday night is disco night on the radio. I started listening to it when I worked nights at my last job. I’ve been listening to the show for at least 5-6 years. During the holiday season, the station switches to an all Christmas music format. So I’m out of luck for at least 2 more weeks.

Who knew that I would actually miss hearing cheesy disco music?!?!