clock radio
So. I set the alarm for 7.15, because I like a long run-up to my fun day and need time to build an appetite for breakfast. I could set it at 8.30 and still get there in time if I were the "up-and-out" type.
BTW, I got into terrible trouble the other day because I swore under my breath while looking ofr my inner-door opening card. I had my earphones on, and it was probably not so much under my breath. Still, I was told off for setting a bad professional image. This job just suxks more and more every day.
And then I finally got to teach a segment (on poetic imagery, about which I know roughly 3% more than the students). My beloved mentor and boss rambled on about scansion for so long, she only left me with 20 mins to explain the overall effects of patients etherized on a table and 'Bachelorette' by Bjork. And she got the scansion wrong. You know, I wanted to write a post about pop culture and preetty tv stars, and it still ends up all emo. Maybe the answer is valerian, or a shag. Or at least one of those amateur drama groups that do panto in school halls.
Anyway, the clock radio choices at 7.15 are:
Radio 2: Sarah Kennedy being arch and playing Jamie bastard Blunt.
Radio 1: Chris Moyles being a homophobic shite, but the occasional decent song.
Radio 3: Pleasantly drifting to sleep to light classical music.
Radio 4 & 5: Murders, and politicians telling me to use less petrol.
Other radio: Always wakes me up with an advert for loans or car insurane.
I wonder if I can get Moyles sacked somehow?
I need a digital radio, so I can be woken up by Radio 6 patronising me about dub reggae, or Radio 7 reading out an old space opera. I tried it with the TV, but it didn't have a snooze button. Hm. Actually, I think the Sri Lanka test match runs from about 4am, so maybe I can wake up to Aggers and Marks sniggering about Kandy strip clubs for a few weeks.
BTW, I got into terrible trouble the other day because I swore under my breath while looking ofr my inner-door opening card. I had my earphones on, and it was probably not so much under my breath. Still, I was told off for setting a bad professional image. This job just suxks more and more every day.
And then I finally got to teach a segment (on poetic imagery, about which I know roughly 3% more than the students). My beloved mentor and boss rambled on about scansion for so long, she only left me with 20 mins to explain the overall effects of patients etherized on a table and 'Bachelorette' by Bjork. And she got the scansion wrong. You know, I wanted to write a post about pop culture and preetty tv stars, and it still ends up all emo. Maybe the answer is valerian, or a shag. Or at least one of those amateur drama groups that do panto in school halls.
Anyway, the clock radio choices at 7.15 are:
Radio 2: Sarah Kennedy being arch and playing Jamie bastard Blunt.
Radio 1: Chris Moyles being a homophobic shite, but the occasional decent song.
Radio 3: Pleasantly drifting to sleep to light classical music.
Radio 4 & 5: Murders, and politicians telling me to use less petrol.
Other radio: Always wakes me up with an advert for loans or car insurane.
I wonder if I can get Moyles sacked somehow?
I need a digital radio, so I can be woken up by Radio 6 patronising me about dub reggae, or Radio 7 reading out an old space opera. I tried it with the TV, but it didn't have a snooze button. Hm. Actually, I think the Sri Lanka test match runs from about 4am, so maybe I can wake up to Aggers and Marks sniggering about Kandy strip clubs for a few weeks.