Thursday, January 27, 2011

You can hear, but you can't see

Listening to the radio is a community. Every day when I wake up, I turn on my radio. It is always tuned to the same station, 106.1 KISS FM, and I always listen to the same people. You can listen to the radio anywhere! People on their way to work listen to it, on their way to school, making breakfast, or even just hanging out with friends. There are ways that people who listen to the same radio station come together, friends listening together, going to radio-sponsored events or parties, or just recommending the station to someone you know.
This group of radio listeners is carefully held together by the radio station hosts and music. The community that listens to the same station have the same taste in music, radio hosts, and even the commercials that they play on the station. There is some tension in the radio atmosphere, I'm sure. The competing radio stations and the people who don't like the things they play on a certain station.
My part in this community is important to me. I listen to the station everyday and feel like I know the people talking on it, even though they don't know me. ;) This community is fun and part of my personality. It plays the type of music I like and is a fun thing to spend time doing.

Saturday, January 15, 2011

The Identity in a Wallet

The contents of my wallet are not typically what you would find in any-old-wallet. When you open my wallet there are four separate compartments. In the first compartment, I keep my money. There's never a lot in there but I do have a couple bucks! The second compartment is composed of my collection of movie ticket stubs. I probably have about fifty in there, so one might assume I go to the movies a lot. :) The third compartment is where I keep change, mostly pennies. Nothing too special about that! And the last compartment, is compiled of a collections of receipts, gift cards, and member cards. One won't find any credit or debit cards in there. (I need some way to control my spending :) My gift cards are mostly from clothing or book store, the things I like to buy most! I have my tanning card and an Auntie Annes pretzel punch card in there also. You can get a pretty good look at my personality by looking at everything together in my wallet. I obviously like to shop, and that uses up all my money! Separately, you might find either a movie fanatic or a shopping fanatic or maybe even some kind of penny collector! Haha


My wallet is missing some key things about my life no one would know if they found it though. I have no signs of my family or friends in my wallet (which I have been meaning to add!). Anyone who had my wallet wouldn't know how much my family means to me and how important my friends are. There would be so many things missing about my identity! If I found my wallet, I wouldn't feel like it represented even half of my personality.