My clock radio has found Jesus

I don't know what the hell the deal is, but my clock radio keeps getting stuck on the Christian radio channel. It's like it has multiple personalities. Some days it will beep at me, some days it feels like Classical music, but most of the time it prefers the Christian channel. I'm not changing it, it simply has a mind of its own.

The bad part is that I can't wake up all at once, I have to do it slowly in stages of 9 minute snooze intervals. That means my morning goes something like this (and yes, 12:30 noon is morning to me):

12:30
A choir of exceedingly cheerful women singing "Washed in the blood of Jesus! Washed in the blood of Jesus!"

12:39
A father explains to his children the evils of porn. "Men are more susceptible to porn, Bobby, because we're very visual."

12:48
Some Christian rock music.

12:57
"People like Barbara Boxer, Ted Kennedy, etc etc. are liberals. And I mean bad liberals." (Am not entirely sure about the next part, as I am half asleep, but it has something to do with bad liberals sending a message to Bush that so-and-so person needs to let PBS fulfill it's mission statement.) "What is PBS's mission statement? Diversity." Old hick grandad on the radio rambles on for the next few minutes about diverse voices. I never find out what Ol' Hick Grandad dislikes about diverse voices because at this point I'm awake enough to stumble swearing out of bed and turn the damned thing off.

Today I was mad enough that I fixed it to the classical channel myself because I can't take too much more of this. Mornings are difficult enough without starting it up in such a fucked up manner.

I'm kind of scared that it will switch back on its own. Then I'll truly know it's possessed. I'll have to get rid of it. I can't exorcise it because it's already holier-than-thou. Better yet, maybe I can start leaving little bottles of booze and naughty magazines around it to corrupt it somehow. Smug bastard clock.

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books read in may.

Mostly reread stuff.

XXXholic, vol 2 by Clamp. Cute manga. Love the artwork. Amused that one of the main characters appears to be habitually smoking opium. *coughs* Um, not that drugs are funny.
The Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman. Wonderful children's book, sort of an atheist's response to the Narnia Chronicles. Lyra's an awesome character (reread)
The Subtle Knife by Phillip Pullman. 2nd part of the trilogy. Introduces Will (how allegorical!), another great character. (reread)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. Decided to reread this after the movie came out.
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams
Life, the Universe and Everything by Douglas Adams. Especially liked the bit where Arthur learns to fly.
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish by Douglas Adams. This is my 2nd favorite book in the series (the first being my favorite obviously). It's the closest the series comes to a happy ending. Arthur falls in love with Fenchurch and finally gets to do something besides be befuddled.

Actually, all the Adams books were in one huge omnibus, but I'm listing them seperately because it looks like I read more that way :D I didn't reread Mostly Harmless because it wasn't included. (I bought the omnibus before MH came out; the title The More Than Complete Hitchhiker's Guide is now sadly inaccurate, but that's fine with me because I don't care that much for the 5th book anyway.) I was planning to read MH, but then decided I couldn't be arsed.

Green Darkness by Anya Seton. So-so story about forbidden love and *cough* reincarnation. Lots of Tudor history though.
Victoria Victorious by Jean Plaidy. The life of Queen Victoria. Not as annoying as I thought she would be, although it does get a bit tiresome when she goes on and on about how great Prince Albert(in a can!) is. Actually, now that I think about it, she's very repetitive in general, so while it is a good read, probably not my favorite Plaidy book.