The Radio Girl

What's Goin' On

It's been a busy week:

• Started the Rosetta Stone Spanish language course and trying to finish at least one lesson per day.  Love it.
• Had my first eye check-up in two years and ordered a new pair of prescription sunglasses.  "All the better to see you with, my sweetpea... So I can kick your butt at tennis in Mexico this winter ... mwa ha ha ha" - evil laugh  :)
• Researched/started a position in Davis + Henderson Income Fund (DHF.UN). Purchase price was $14.10 with a yield of 13%. It's trading at $14.81 this morning.
• Went through my clothes for the third time in 6 months, looking for more charity donations.
• Started a list of furniture we want to give away to friends (our sectional, queen size bedframe, bookshelf, etc.)
• Listed a bunch of furniture on Craigslist and made my first sale.
• Did more research on RVs since we've recently discovered the beauty of Airstream trailers. Good reno project?
• Currently making 'Bean Stuff' in the slow cooker this morning. It's pouring rain in my little Okanagan beach town - a great day for 'Bean Stuff'.

And in honour of the title of this post, here's one of my fave Marvin Gaye tunes:

Final Friday of the Summer

Fall begins next Tuesday so this is the last weekend of summer 2009. 

The Okanagan forecast calls for sunny skies and a high of 28 today.  It's my day off but I have some quick errands to run (ship off those baby clothes, restock my fruit bowl, clean old plants off the balcony) and then I'm gonna take a walk to the dock this afternoon and say goodbye to summer :(

I watched this video on YouTube this morning - Richard Marx and Endless Summer Nights.  It is soooo eighties cheesey.  Love it.

And I had to laugh out loud at the gal in the video with the ponytail on top of her head.  There is no photographic evidence but I wore my hair that way almost every day in high school. 

I found this pic of Richard Marx with Daughtry.  Wonder if Marx misses his 80's hair...

Fave New Summer Tune

Colbie Callait and Falling For You. 

The video is pretty sweet.

Pave Paradise, Put Up a Parking Lot

Praying for rain today.

For the past couple of days I've been repainting the parking stall lines in our condo parking lot.  Sweeping, taping and then painting 57 sixteen foot lines. 

My knees hate me. 

When someone first brought up this project during a condo board meeting, there were tons of volunteers.  We'd save about $1000 doing it ourselves and we'd get it done sooner than waiting for a painting crew.  But now that it's time to actually do the work, everyone is suddenly busy. 

I'm on the condo board and couldn't really back out, so I:

• shlepped around our little Okanagan beach town searching for traffic paint and other supplies (which the strata will reimburse me for)

• put together a "Painting Schedule/Move Your Car" notice and hand delivered it to all 39 units

• have been crawling around our parking lot for the past two days, taping and painting white lines

Before:

After:

Tuesday I taped and painted 25 lines myself.  Wednesday My Fella helped me do another 14 lines before it started raining.  But today my knees and back are refusing to cooperate.

One more day of line painting should finish it off, but it looks like rain today.  I hope, I hope, I hope.

Friday/Payday

You made it to the weekend.

It's sunny ... AND it's payday.  Although for most of us, that paycheque slid in and out of the bank so fast, the ATM got whiplash. 

Here are the Beatles, Money - courtesy of YouTube:

More Chicken Stuff

This is further proof of my love for chicken.  In all forms.

A couple years ago McDonalds came out with something new called the Chicken Snack Wrap. 

They had a contest to come up with an advertising jingle and myself and a radio buddy put together a rap jingle.  We promoted the wrap with ... a rap. 

We are two very white people who should never rap.  Never.  Ever.

Here's the evidence.

Stand By Me, Around the World

Call me sappy, but this is a nice start to a Sunday morning. 

Stand By Me, courtesy of YouTube. 

Extreme Spring Cleaning

Spring Cleaning is when you tidy up and toss out after a long cold winter.

Extreme Spring Cleaning is when you have insane thoughts of moving into an RV (see Project Gypsy under Categories) and you have to get down to the bare minimum.  Today I finished going through the kitchen cupboards in search of more victims things we don't use.

Herb pots, a Coke serving tray, a steel wine rack, Mexican pottery - all cool things we haven't touched for more than 18 months.  Easy to get rid of.

It was a lot harder going through all my cds.  Working in radio for half my life resulted in a huge cd collection.  I have given away hundreds of cds over the years, but somehow I kept accumulating more.  I'm down to just over a 150 and have burned all my favorite tunes onto my laptop.  Ten is the maximum number of cd's I'm keeping (my all time faves) and the rest will find new homes at the radio station or at the public library.

Hillbilly Billy Bob

Billy Bob Thorton was a total knob during a recent CBC radio interview.

From The National Post:

"Since we're often critical of the CBC, it's only just that we sympathize with the Corp when it deserves it.  Jian Ghomeshi deserved it this morning when he attempted to interview Billy Bob Thornton about his band, The Boxmasters, on CBC radio.

Unfortunately, Ghomeshi upset Billy Bob when he committed the cardinal sin of mentioning that Billy Bob happens to also be an actor. About 100% of the listening audience already knew this, but it drove Billy Bob into a deep snit."

Here's the video from YouTube.  You have to watch this crap to believe it.  Even Billy Bob's bandmates seem a bit embarrassed by his arrogant, schoolyard bully behaviour.  

The CBC announcer stayed fairly composed throughout this train wreck.  I would've reamed Thornton out on-air, then tossed him out of the studio on his skinny white hillbilly butt. 

Thornton also managed to insult Canadians during the interview so I hope everyone boycotts his concert.  What a noodle.

CanCon Flashback Friday

Grab your skintight red pants and backcomb your hair... it's CanCon Flashback Friday.

Radio and tv stations in Canada are required to play a certain amount of Canadian content, whether it's Canuck produced tv programming, or Canadian music on the radio.  The idea is to promote national talent like 80's hair band, Platinum Blonde.

From wikipedia:

Platinum Blonde was a Canadian new wave group in the 1980s.  The name of the band was inspired by the 1931 Jean Harlowe movie Platinum Blonde.  They were known for their stylish glam-rock appearance and their music videos.

The band originally consisted of Manchester, England-born expat Mark Holmes on vocals and bass, Sergio Gallion on guitar and Chris Steffle on drums.  Scottish musician Kenny MacLean later joined the group. 

In late November 2008, Kenny MacLean was found dead in his Toronto recording studio-apartment.  Initially it was rumoured that the 52 year old overdosed on drugs, but the media later reported he died of 'natural causes'.

Here's the band's first hit from 1983, It Doesn't Really Matter, courtesy of YouTube.