Archive for February, 2010

Blind Pick

February 2, 2010

The Mountain was out today. That is Mt. Rainier. Enough sunrise to show what was out there, and it was out there. Rising majestically about all else. The other Mountain was also out today. That would be KMTT, a radio station I listen to fairly regularly. In the morning sometimes they get a bit chatty. They also changed DJs last year, and I have not settled into the new one yet.

So, this morning as I was leaving for work I thought I would grab a little music for the road. As I passed by our tower of CDs I reached out and grabbed two. No looking, just take a few.

Creed was the first off the shelf, so the first into the player.

Carl plays this little game with me. “Who is that?” as we listen to music. Or, “What group is this?” I rarely know. I know the music, and I know the group names, but I can’t put them together. I guess I have never focused on that information so it does not reside in an easily retrievable area of my brain. So a blind pick off of the shelf may not be much blinder than me scanning names of groups and musicians.

I suppose I would say that Creed brought me up to reality faster than some other music that I might have chosen. I did enjoy the ride, and they had settled into a tune I really like just when I got to work. But I kind of feel like I was yelled at the entire trip.