Also... the Hills Have Eyes 2... WHY!!!

I will choke a bitch, I swear to God...

As many of you don't know, I work at a radio station in Whitecourt, AB.  I'm the evening and weekend girl, which technically means low woman on totem pole.  I don't complain much about my job except the fact that I get bored at nights (which is why I have a LiveJournal now) and Whitecourt has very little to do when you have spare time (except drink, and it my case it's often alone). 

Well my last 2 days have been rather hectic.  Yesterday, at about quarter after 2 in the afternoon we heard a loud gun shot like noise (which we later found out was a bird who decided to go kamikaze) and ended up losing power in about 1/3 of our building, we were still on the air, thank God, but slowly started losing more power throughout the building for the next hour, first it was the office phones, then we went off the air all together, then we lost the on air phones... we had nothing and were told it could be hours before the company in charge of our power was going to be able to get to Whitecourt to change a FUSE, that's all it was, a simple fuse... Luckily by 3:30 we were back up and running.  No crisis to worry about (I say that because we're running heavy with commercials, all of which are relevent to this weekend only, AND to top it all of, it's the end ratings week).  

Well, this morning at 5, a guy friend of mine who's visiting woke me up to tell me the power was out, so I should check the time on my cell so I'm not late for work, reset my clock, etc. etc.  So I do that, go back to sleep, luckily for me I got to sleep in today because a co-worker of mine who voice-tracks a show on Saturday mornings didn't get to voice-track said so because of the power outage yesterday, so he was live this morning.  My alarm goes off at 7, the station still seemed to be running, all was good... I lay in bed until quarter after 8, when my friend was getting in the shower, then decided to see how my co-workers show was going, only to find out we were off the air.  I call the station, and apparently we lost signal shortly after 7.  

Well I get ready and get to work by 9, only to find out our transmitter is powerless as are parts of Whitecourt.  Fortis (the previously mentioned company that is in charge of our power) calls us at the station to let us know that essentially it's they're locked out of the substation and it could take HOURS before the even find the line that's causing the problem, let alone fix it... by 9:30, again, luckily, we were up and running because our transmitter got power back...

*Sighs* Thank God were okay... for now... I just hope it stops snowing... stupid me not wearing my boots today...

So a good friend of mine recently posted his Top Five Albums... I'm pretty young (Tomorrow marks 1 month until I'm 21 years old) and didn't really get into music until my teenage years, thus I don't really have any albums that truly define times in my life or brought on great epiphanys, so I'll stick with songs for now. Also, we all have albums/songs that mean something to us, but when it comes to ones that define a time in your life or awoke you to a new feeling or really meant something to you deep down to your core, I find that they mean something and that those songs will always be important to you. I found that with the songs on my list, in fact it was actually a requirement... Oh, and one last thing, I found one of the songs means something to me and has stuck with me for years, but there's no true explanation why, it wasn't a that helped me define a feeling or a moment, but it brought me comfort to some level... so without further ado here's my list and why each song is there... 

Honorable Mentions: This is Your Life - Switchfoot; Nothing Else Matters - Metallica; Krwlng - Linkin Park

5) Letting The Cables Sleep - Bush
This is one of those songs that brought me comfort in some way but I don't really get why.  Obviously that leaves me with very little to say type here.  Is it weird that this song is cathartic for me and I can't possibly explain why?

4) Don't Wanna Go - Crowned King
I find a lot of the songs on this list involve moving forward in life, and dealing with change.  This song seems to define my inability with losing friends because we're growing apart, also, for me, it deals with the fear of change, well not necessarily the fear, but that little bit of foreboding about what's to come.  Your worried if everything is going to be what you want to to be, but at the same time you can't wait to face it.  Plus the driving beat of this song makes me rock out, and I love rocking out

3) Fall - Eccentricity
Out of the 5 songs here, this one definitely defines a specific time in my life.  The 2 years I spent in Calgary going to SAIT are pretty well defined by this song, it's kind of funny that this song didn't really show up in my play list until into my 2nd year.  The song has really helped me deal with my problems with self-confidence, and trust me when I say I have done a 180 in self confidence since going to SAIT.  I'm a much happier person, and I attribute my time at SAIT and the people I spent time with those 2 years for helping me overcome the problem... so all in all, yay SAIT!

2) All The Same - Sick Puppies
This is a song that has really started to mean something to me recently... I think it also has a bit to do with a video that a friend recommended that I watch.  Click here to watch it.  I find every time that I hear the song or watch the video I'm moved.  It's also kind of bittersweet for me because it makes me want to do something, to be a better person, but I don't know how to change... I will one day though.

1) Drive - Incubus
It seems that the song at #2 should almost qualify for this spot, but this song has meant something to me for years.  I find it really defines me as a person in a lot of ways, I'm loyal to a fault, although at times I find I shouldn't be, but I am.  Also it's about moving forward, and for me I always try to move foward in life, I hate stagnation and I think that's why I'm in radio, it means lots of change, and it tends to be often too.  Also, I've never gotten sick of this song, and that's a big thing for me.  It's like, you listen to a radio station and they play the same song what seems like every hour, you get sick of it quick, but this song as never gone there...