Avoiding the Radio

I cannot stand the radio anymore.  I've tried to listen to it.  The music, I don't like.  The commercials, they're horrible and go on and on.  The DJs, I can't stand.  Admittedly, this is going to be a 'first world problems' type of a post.  The biggest problem I have is that the commercials go on for what seems like forever.  And all the radio stations play their commercials at the same time seemingly.  

Last week, I broke the auxiliary cable I use in the jeep.  It was a traumatic experience (okay, maybe not that traumatic).  This cable, for those who don't know, is connected into a media player or phone into a receiver to play what is on the player or phone.  This allows you to avoid listening to the radio.  For those who do not enjoy listening to the radio, this is the greatest invention since forever.  It allows you to listen to whatever you want, as long as you own it.  It's like having Sirius/ XM Radio without the subscription.  Whether it is music or podcasts, you get to control what is played.  As cars start to be more modern, you are seeing the ability to sync your phone/media player to the car so the auxiliary cord is all but useless if you have a newer car.  But for those of us who have an older car (mine is a 2001), you do what you need to do to get by.

With the majority of the music I own being on the computer, it makes it easy to change what I can listen to as my mood changes.  Remember back in the late 90s and early 2000s when you had to lug out the huge book of CDs to the car to make the perfect selection of music?  Now, it can all be put on one device in a manner of minutes and can have all those options without worrying about scratching a CD.

Having the auxiliary cord break meant I had to suffer with the radio for two days.  That doesn't sound that bad, and in actuality it wasn't.  However, when you have been avoiding listening to the radio as much as possible over the last six years, it makes for a tough transition.  I took the hit and purchased a new cord the other day on the way to work.  So do not fret, my long crisis is over.  We can all sleep better at night knowing that when I go to work, I can listen to my own music or podcasts.  

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