Finally! and Nostalgia

Finally! and Nostalgia was Originally Posted on October 30, 2003 by lavarock

I finally got some good news. My agent said the seller finally signed the final document that he was holding. That means the settlement date should be scheduled soon.

I understand why the guy held off, but I kept hoping he would see the error in his ways.

I have been trying to contact a satellite dealer on the Big Island to see if I shoulf bring my C-Band receiver out there. C-Band is what we call a “BUD” (Big Ugly Dish) I like the big dishes, but many people like the convenience of the small pizza-pan-sized dishes. At least *I* get free channels and I don’t have to count audio channels as TV channels.

I can see live news feeds (as they happen) and all sorts of other stuff that you have no idea is out there.

I used to watch weekly TV shows when they were sent down to the TV stations and didn’t have to wait until the regularly scheduled time slot to watch. Star Trek used to come down days before everyone else saw it, etc. Once I was scanning channels and came upon a great show about life about the time of the Vietnam War. It had nicely developed characters and a nice nostalgic feel to it. The soundtrack was also great. When I asked at work, noone knew of the show. A few days later someone came to me and said they had just seen the show I was talking about. It seems that I had been one of the first people not in the industry to have seen The Wonder Years!

I also got to see the final episode of Newhart, etc. It really is fun to see this stuff before everyone else does.

Many years before that, I worked for a company named Microdyne, building satellite TV receivers for the cable TV industry. At the time, there was a new movie service called HBO. They signed off at midnight or so, after the movie. If you switched channels to the west coast feed, you could see the movie again.

Now I have become quite familiar with that time shifting, having had my own satellite dishes ever since that time.

Of course, when I want to get nostalgic, I just turn on the radio. Almost any kind of music brings back memories. I used to be a DJ and our small kentucky station catered to all sorts of listeners. We used to blend Country, Easy Listening and Rock all together. I say I was a Disk Jockey, but in reality, I was an Air Personality. I blended my “unique” humor and view on life and interweaved music.

I must admit that I went throught he same stages as many radio and TV people did. You start your first show, scared to death. Friends call in and some listeners begin telling you that they thing you are doing a great job and that you are “the greatest”. In reality, I think many of those people are buttering you up for free tickets and prizes

Soon, you begin to believe all the comments and get egotistical. Then you start thinking that you are great and the station is lucky to have you. I never quite got to that point, but many do.

It appears that I can be annoying whether I’m on the air or not