Thursday, October 13, 2005

what m&j share with oprah

When I was much younger and less politically interested, my daily, afternoon long background noise was ABC. As I would study, practice, write, clean house, etc, ABC would run on and on. This was back when stay at homes still watched soaps, and I always knew what was happening on All My Kids, General Hospital, Port Charles and One Life to Live-- I was the catch-up goddess to my soap watching friends. But my style was never to sit and watch the serials, and I'd often end up taking a bath during the last one--a nice soaky tub of bubbles, what could be better after a hard day? But there was one sound emanating from the TV that could always drag me out of a daydream reverie and send me leaping double time from that delicious hot water. What could that have been? Why, it was the voice of Oprah, who came on in the late afternoon post-GH, and I would have cheerfully listened to the audio of boxing or bad rap music before I would abide Oprah.

My schedule has changed since then; I don't get to bathe in the late afternoon, haven't seen a soap since 9/11 and my current write, study, clean background noise is always FNC. But there is still one sound that can pull me out of deepest theological reflection, knotty musicolgocial problem or toughest baked-on grime. It's that of the incessant giggling of Daytime Live's Mike and Juliet, a noise guaranteed to hurt one's teeth.

Now I want a nice hot bath, and it's still morning. Is it safe to get back in the water?
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