Ramblings from Florida
Apparently Howard Stern is talking up the Penthouse Super Bowl party - anyone want to change their guess on the attendance?*
So here I am in Florida. I hate Florida (no offense,
mogwaigrrl).
I'm caught in the rush hour traffic on the way from the airport to the hotel, (I'm pretty sure god kills a kitten every time I rent an SUV) and I'm trying to find the local NPR station on the radio. I come across a station with a calm, intelligent women talking about a school issue of freedom of speech - the student happened to be wearing an anti-abortion shirt, and the school made him take it off. OK, I think to myself, I do believe in freedom of speech, even when I don't agree with it. Then the main announcer takes over, and begins talking about the emptiness of a life without Christ.
Oh Christ. It's a Christian radio station, masquerading as an NPR station. Bastards.
This happens one more time - this time they're talking about the plight of some African village - and the announcer chimes in with "Until they were lifted out of their life of sin by redemption through our Lord, Jesus Christ....." - I change the station as fast as I can.
Finally, I get NPR. I am shocked - SHOCKED - to hear that Bush has announced that our economy is in terrific shape. Yeah, ok, whatever.
I get to the hotel, and my client has left me a gift bag with a bottle of wine, bottles of water, and some tasty snacks, along with a thank you note. Isn't that sweet?
I completely overpacked because our nice client also offered for us to tag along on Thursday and Friday to some other high profile Super Bowl events. Being someone for whom an exciting night out is hitting Decatur with my husband, or maybe a few girlfriends, I have NO idea what to wear - so I brought as much as I could... As I unpack I decide that of course the items that I decided at the last minute to leave behind were probably the cooler pieces of clothing I own. Whoops.
And we're off and running..... I wonder if Stern, himself, will show up? Anything is possible...!
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* If you're not an LJ subscriber, this is a reference to a friends-only post - I'm taking guesses on attendance, and I'm buying dinner for whomever comes closest...
So here I am in Florida. I hate Florida (no offense,
mogwaigrrl).
I'm caught in the rush hour traffic on the way from the airport to the hotel, (I'm pretty sure god kills a kitten every time I rent an SUV) and I'm trying to find the local NPR station on the radio. I come across a station with a calm, intelligent women talking about a school issue of freedom of speech - the student happened to be wearing an anti-abortion shirt, and the school made him take it off. OK, I think to myself, I do believe in freedom of speech, even when I don't agree with it. Then the main announcer takes over, and begins talking about the emptiness of a life without Christ.
Oh Christ. It's a Christian radio station, masquerading as an NPR station. Bastards.
This happens one more time - this time they're talking about the plight of some African village - and the announcer chimes in with "Until they were lifted out of their life of sin by redemption through our Lord, Jesus Christ....." - I change the station as fast as I can.
Finally, I get NPR. I am shocked - SHOCKED - to hear that Bush has announced that our economy is in terrific shape. Yeah, ok, whatever.
I get to the hotel, and my client has left me a gift bag with a bottle of wine, bottles of water, and some tasty snacks, along with a thank you note. Isn't that sweet?
I completely overpacked because our nice client also offered for us to tag along on Thursday and Friday to some other high profile Super Bowl events. Being someone for whom an exciting night out is hitting Decatur with my husband, or maybe a few girlfriends, I have NO idea what to wear - so I brought as much as I could... As I unpack I decide that of course the items that I decided at the last minute to leave behind were probably the cooler pieces of clothing I own. Whoops.
And we're off and running..... I wonder if Stern, himself, will show up? Anything is possible...!
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* If you're not an LJ subscriber, this is a reference to a friends-only post - I'm taking guesses on attendance, and I'm buying dinner for whomever comes closest...