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Archive for June, 2007
Unexpected sign of gratitude
Jun 6th
For the uninitiated, my mom babysits up to four kids for a family we are close with. The oldest, Mikey, is about 8 years old now. For my own personal reasons, every now and then, I take him outside and try to teach him the basics of throwing and catching a baseball. I bought him a glove last year so he could really start to understand the game and what he needs to do to catch the ball correctly.
Today, after coming home from work, my mom showed me a baseball he had decided to give to me as a sign of thanks. He may have misspelled my name, but that’s not the point. Honestly, I just felt kind of honored to think that he appreciates what I’ve helped him with. I didn’t think I was doing much. I guess the value of an act can be very relative.
Radio is Back in New York City
Jun 3rd
Last year, K-Rock (92.3 FM) went through a drastic change and became a talk show radio station called FreeFM. It sucked. With the death of K-Rock, there were no longer any modern rock stations in NYC. Hell, we had 104.3, but that’s all classic stuff that I can’t stand. I just stopped listening to the radio. There was nothing on the airwaves that I cared for. It was either rap, pop, or classic music. I was left a very sad little boy.
Yesterday, however, things seemed a bit weird. Joe was doing his usual channel flipping as we drove to the park and every time he hit 92.3, there was a song on that I liked. I thought that, perhaps, it was some weekend thing. Today I found out that it’s not a weekend thing, at all. Apparently, the powers that be decided that FreeFM’s ratings couldn’t get much lower, so they brought back K-Rock. Hell yeah! I wish they would play a little more nu-metal, but I’m happy I have something, at least. Long live K-Rock, baby.