Day 155 February 14, 2002

I thought I had stumbled onto the Holy Grail. I'll explain. People who know me know that I am a music lover. I listen to modern rock, alternative, classic rock, country and sometimes oldies. I hate jazz (three guys playing three different songs simultaneously). My friends also know I have a low tolerance for commercials, non-witty "witty" DJ banter, incessant weather and traffic reports and the general radio crap that insults my intelligence. I would listen to CD's all day everyday if I could afford enough of them to play all day everyday. So after growing bored of the local country station I searched the airwaves for something else. I found a station that was playing a classic Clapton song and left it there. Its been a few years since I listened to classic rock I thought to myself. For the next 8 hours or so I was blown away by the songs coming out of the box. 55 minutes of music per hour. No banter. No traffic. Minimal weather and commercials. A mix of classic rock, some alternative versions of great old songs, some modern rock thrown in to boot. Wow I thought, this is great. I worked and let the music flow. Clapton. Stones. Dave Matthews. I hung drywall in the bathroom. Old U2. New U2. I put up 2 sheets, so there was only one 10 inch long seam to tape and mud. Joe Cocker. Thin Lizzy. (I still hate drywall). I had previously primed and painted the edges so I could slip them behind the wall and not have to mask before painting. Led Zep. Journey. This gives a nice clean edge. The Eagles. George Thorogood. I set to installing the bathroom sink and vanity. Mellencamp. ZZ Top. Awesome.

12 hours.