Here’s the thing about our beloved little blog. I love it. I LOVE it! And I love the premise with which we began. But lately I have remembered that … I don’t really like scanning.

See, these last two mornings I have driven to work listening to CDs that I burned over the weekend, just to make sure they sound all right. And that means I have listened to songs of my choosing, songs I enjoy, songs I am currently obsessed with (like, obvs, Cee Lo’s “F&*% You”). This makes me SO HAPPY. It starts my day off with DELIGHT. And I LOVE that.

In the days B.B. (Before Blog), I would either listen to music of my choosing or NPR during my commute. The former delighted me; the latter was soothing and could be tuned out. Scanning, on the other hand, tends to be jarring, and only on the best occasions delightful. WHICH IS NOT TO SAY I haven’t enjoyed doing it for le blog, because I have — and I have seldom wished to be doing any other kind of morning listening.

But … I think that, in the new year, one my musical resolutions may need to be to manage my commuting soundtrack a little more. It just can make all the difference to my mood at the start of the day. I in no way intend to give up scanning entirely — I’ve become a little addicted to it, I must say — but a little “F&*% You” goes a long way.

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