Tuesday, October 25, 2005

The fear of radio


Not sure why but I have a fear of calling into radio stations. Stupid I know. The radio station I listen to has an all request hour during at which time I am driving home. I even stored the number in my cell phone, just in case. I always want to call and it and ask them to play the song I am craving that afternoon. Not sure what stops me from doing so but I never call in. Maybe I don't want to sound stupid or maybe I will figure what I want to hear and become one of those conversations they reply and make fun of.
Well this morning something got into me. The conversation was about how McDonald's plans to redecorate a large number of stores into a more "elegant" feeling. The plans would include water fountain, fire places, etc. Someone called in and was talking about the old 3-in-1 McDonald's in Lincoln and was getting it all wrong. Some great force inside me, grabbed my phone and dialed. It was busy but I kept on trying. Finally I got through and was put on hold. I started getting more nervous. Then someone picked up my call and there I was talking to the morning show crew. It was weird. I just blurted out what I knew and they laughed and commented about some other stuff I cant remember. He thanked me for calling and that was it. I turned on radio back up and realized that they were in the middle of a song. Maybe they will use it later I thought. I got closer and closer to work and still nothing. Not sure if they ever played. I was hitting myself for not putting one of my mini portable $1 radios in my car. Not sure if I will be calling again but now I know I can do it!
I must have still been shaky when I got out of my car because I set my open pop can on the top of my car and when I went to grab it I semi dropped it but enough movement to spill half of it down the side of my car and various large spots on my pants! I guess I am just going to have to wear a trash bag everywhere.

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