April 01, 2004
news and my mental health
With Bill Maher in his hiatus I was only going to have the Daily Show and phone conversations with my dad for acceptable ways to hear the news. NPR is cool but it usually just depresses me. There's a fine line that divides news I can hear and think about and news that makes me want to go get in the bathtub and cry for the next eight years...
Oddly enough listening to scary right-wing talk radio has been known to help me with my panic attacks when driving because they make me so angry. Of course I'm not dreaming! I wouldn't dream creepy people like that, right? Helps with those dissociative feelings that's for sure.
But for the most part I try to not upset myself in that way because then I start to get a chilling feeling that most people in the US are like that. Although it seems that spending a healthy amount of time with UNM law students helps allay those fears :)
So I was pretty excited to hear about Air America Radio then I discovered they were only going live in three cities. It will take years before it gets to New Mexico. But guess what? They're doing live streaming from their website! Wheee! And it's actually working today! Yaay! Been listening to the O'Franken factor! This is so fun!
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