Before I went to college I woke up to an alarm, and it was terrible.
WONK WONK WONK WONK WONK WONK – not my idea of a good start to the morning. But then I was gifted a radio/music alarm and I was able to start my day with music. This was so much better. I think it happened right before I went to college; the details are fuzzy. Funny thing though, I can still remember most of the wake-up songs I’ve listened to over the years. It takes a special song to withstand the day in, day out abuse of being listened to, particularly once further burdened with arousing my morning state of wakefulness. It’s an arduous assignment, so when a winner is found, I’ve tended to stick with it for as long as I can stand it. (Read more…)