I Wish I Had a Hot Tub....

As you read in my previous post, I started working out at one of the gyms in town. I am sore as Hell! It's one of those nights when I wish I had a personal massage therapist or a hot tub to soak on. Oh well... atleast I'm finally getting in shape so I suppose this is the good kind of sore.

In case you missed it on the show, I told about something that happened to me while I was working out today. I was doing my cardio on a treadmill and a young, attractive woman got on the treadmill next to mine. I said hello and asked how she was doing. Her reply: "I don't talk to fat guys." I asked her why she was at the gym, because there are fat guys everywhere. She said "I come here to keep in shape and to remind myself ow how I never want to be." LOL! This didn't upset me, in fact it quite frankly amused me. The fact that she was so shallow just amazes me. So, naturally, I talked about it on the air and, yes, I called her a bitch. I hope she was listening. :-p

I also got Badder Santa last weekend. Is it just me or does John Ritter smile when he hears Billy Bob Thornton's character screwing that fat chick?

I'm really glad that I decided to start working out. I feel so much better and I can already tell a difference in how I feel. I can't wait to start seeing the results.

Sorry I didn't post last night. I went to bed at 10:30! I'm thinking about doing it again tonight because I'm already feeling tired. I guess that's a good thing.

Tomorrow's a trip to the DMV. Oh, how I'm looking forward to that.

--Jonathan

Time To Get Healthy

Today was a pretty productive day. I got my truck insurance squared away, had a great day at work and I joined a gym and had my first work out. Yes, I have made the decision that it's time to get healthy. If you've ever seen me at a remote or at Club Inc then you know I'm a pretty big boy. I'm sick of it. It's time for me to get healthy for my future wife, future kids and, most importantly, for me. So I'm being more careful with what I eat and I'm going to work out atleast five days a week. Today was just cardio and some upper body stuff. I got a free session with a personal trainer so tomorrow I'm going to get set up on a plan. I intend to do this stuff so I can get in better shape. It's time.

Yeah, I had a great work out today. But guess what I did right afterward: I went to Smokey Bones and ate ribs LOL. Hey, I'm a work in progress.

Oh, and to the guy who wanted to know if the kinky cousins were hot: I really have no clue as I never even met them. Of course I never really had any intentions of doing so. Eeeeeewwwwww.

Oh yeah, I almost forgot: I've discovered Michael Moore's "Master Plan." Here goes:

Step 1: Make a film that's nothing more than a long political endorsement for John Kerry.

Step 2: ?

Step 3: Profit!

Going to bed. Holla!

--Jonathan

Off the hizzle fo shizzle

Don't ask about the title, I just came up with something LOL.

Sorry I didn't write last night. Honestly, nothing much really happened. I did a remote yesterday at the Saturn dealership and went to Club Inc. last night. It was Goose's girlfriend's birthday so we made a bit more of a party out of it than usual. We all had a great time. Honestly it's the best time I've had so far in Fort Wayne.

Today was almost as non-eventful. I went to work for a couple of hours but other than that, I was off. I went to Best Buy to get "Badder Santa" plus a couple of other DVD's. That stuff is funny! Billy Bob Thornton is the man.

Apparently this was a record setting weekend for Michael Moore. His movie was the number one draw at the box office this weekend. I'm not going to get on too much of a political soap box (I've done it all day and my brain hurts LOL) but I'll just say that this is the same man thinks all of us should have 70% of our income taken from us to be distributed among the less fortunate (read: welfare deadbeats). Since Mikey stands to make a killing from his cut of the movie, let's see him write a fat check. He bitches about the rich, yet he's rich himself. Can we say "hypocrite"? If you've seen the movie, I hope you found it interesting. As for me, I've read and heard enough about it to draw my own conclusions about his agenda. I don't plan to support a man who takes pleasure in bashing our President and seeking to further devide our country. Plus I don't want my $8.00 to go to his next Whopper from Burger King.

Today's been another one of those lonely days. I think way too much about stuff but oh well. I'm getting better as things are starting to happen up here. I still think about that certain someone a lot but I know there' really no point. I found out today that she's going to try and go back to school in the fall to major in education with an emphasis on special education. I think that's awesome. She has just the personality, temperament and heart to help special needs children and I know that she'll do great at it. I want to go on record as saying that I fully support her and that I wish her the absolute best of luck. I'll be praying for you babe.

Tomorrow I have to go see Rolly at the Allstate place to get insurance for my truck. Yuck! Next stop will be the DMV. Oh, you can imagine how much I'll be looking forward to that.

I'm going to bed. Listen to the show tomorrow. Please? ;-)

--Jonathan

Two at a time

Today I had a first in my radio career: I was running two remotes (live broadcast) at the same time! Van was at Saturn of Ft. Wayne (where I'll be in the morning from 9-11) and Goose was out at Club Inc. And I had to insert traffic reports! LOL, I'm surprised I was able to play any music during that time! It's not like it was really hard to do all that, just more than I'm used to. But it was fun.

Nothing too exciting happened today. Just got an interesting proposition: A couple of women called and said they wanted to do a *ahem* three way with me. Now, normally guys would really want to do this but I think I'm going to pass LOL. You see, they sounded pretty nasty and I'm not really in the habit of having sex with strangers (never know what they might have that Ajax can't wash off). Oh, and did I mention that they're COUSINS??!! LOL Eeeewwwwwww Of course, that wouldn't be the most extreme sex act I've ever heard. I know a guy who had a threesome with two sisters! Of course, he does live in Alabama... LOL

On that note, I'm going to bed. Goodnight!

--Jonathan

Sleepy but not ready to go to bed...

Tonight, the title says it all. I don't want to go to bed even though I am tired and could sleep. I know that this may not make a whole lot of sense but it's how I feel tonight.

Today was a great day for the most part. Today was hardly a day at work, as we were off for most of it. We had a party at the place that I'm not even going to attempt to spell. Some German club in Elmhurst Road. Anyway, it was a great time, getting to know my co workers, enjoying some good food and having some beers. Big ups to J.J. for the Jager shots. :-D

After I got home from the station (I had to go do tomorrow's music log, otherwise the station would go off the air; can't have that LOL), I just sat and watched TV. Ashley (she's from Meridian and like my sister) called and we talked for a bit. I miss her alot. She was always so nice to me. Anyway, I've just been feeling alone again. One of the things that I've discovered is that I need to concentrate more on my relationship with Jesus Christ. I prayed last night after reading in the Bible and I knew that He's what I've been missing. I'm right with Him and He knows that I also long for human companionship. It's times like these when one realizes that you just have to let God do His will and let things happen in His time. If you pray, please pray that I'll have the strength to be patient and that I'll allow His will to be done in my life.

--Jonathan

Let's talk about...

...well, whatever! :-D Today was a pretty good day. I could get used to having these good days. The show just flowed really well and and I got all my work done early so I actually left on time! Whew hoo! And I cooked again tonight. Spaghetti. Ok, ok, it's easy to make that stuff but the point is I cooked LOL. Ladies, I'm telling you, you need to snatch me up LOL.

Tomorrow should be really good also. We're off!! Well, sort of. I have to go in at 5:00 to run a broadcast at Saturn of Fort Wayne. But before that we'll be having a party to celebrate the end of the book. Since you probably don't know what that means, I'll explain. The book is what we call the Arbitron ratings book that comes out twice a year. Twice a year, we're in a period where people get diaries and we find out basically how popular we are. Tomorrow marks the end of the Spring ratings period and we've been given the day off as a reward for working so hard and we're also having a party. Whew hoo!

I'm going to bed. Goodnight.

--Jonathan

Changes

Today I was reminded of how things continue to change since I've moved to Indiana.

I found out that my friend Katie was getting married! I am extremely happy for her because I could tell that she was happy with her fella. I could hear her smiling while we were on the phone and I can honestly say that she hasn't sounded so happy in months. I've known Katie for about a year and I can't remember a time when I've heard her so excited about things. :-) She's one of my dearest friends and I've been hoping for the longest that she'd find someone to truly complete her. Anyway, the wedding will be sometime next year so I have plenty of time to plan out a trip to Orange Beach, Alabama for her wedding. I'm so excited for her! I'm glad she's finally with someone who makes her so happy.

Secondly, I talked to David (my old program director in Meridian) earlier tonight. Apparently some bullish has been happening at Clear Channel-Meridian and I know I would have blown up on someone by now. Apparently the lazy-ass sales people have been going to Ron (the general manager) complaining that Q101 isn't easy to sell anymore because they play rap music. Umm... last time I checked, top 40 stations played a little rap along with the rock and pop stuff. The ratings on the station are good (number one women 25-54, a key demographic that agencies like to target, plus number one with women 25-34 which is Q101's target). I was there for two years and I was Music Director for a year; I stand by every musical decision we made. The music is dead-on, the jocks are great... there's no reason why the sales people can't sell that station. I'll tell you what the problem is: Pure laziness. They want an easy sell that they don't have to put much work into. Every single one of them, from the sales manager down, need to be fired. All of them. If they can't sell a station that's number one then they just don't need to work there. There's one that claims they could sell a block of ice to an Eskimo. Doesn't seem that way to me.

Anywho, everything went well today. I had a really good show, the music log was quick, it was just a fun day. I had dinner with Joe The Prize Fairy tonight and that was really fun. If you don't know who Fairy is, he's this really cool guy who interns for us every summer. The guy's insane! LOL But in a good way, of course. Just the stuff he comes up with makes us all laugh and can turn around a bad day quickly. Joe's gonna go far in radio, I can see it now. He'll be a writer for Howard Stern someday.

I'm going to bed. Oh, I want to thank Candice (I hope I spelled that right) for giving me my first comments! :-)

If you're reading this, please feel free to hit me up with a comment; I'd love to know if you're enjoying this. I enjoy spilling my guts almost everyday. :-D

--Jonathan

Well...

Today's one of those days that I don't know what to think about stuff. Today was just kind of blah. If you listened to my show this afternoon, you know what I'm talking about. Something just didn't feel right about it today. Just couldn't stay focused. I don't know why but that's been a pretty big problem with me lately. I guess I still haven't fully adjusted to things up here. I need to get it out of my system though. I gotta be able to stay focused and put on a good show every afternoon.

The woman I went out with on Friday emailed me today. She said she had a good time and all; however, I couldn't help but notice that she didn't say that she wanted to see me again.

I realize that I didn't post yesterday. Honestly you didn't miss anything in my oh-so-exciting life. The biggest news of the day was that I bought a DVD player. Whew hoo! I've joined the 21st century.

Let's hope I have a better day tomorrow. These bad days are starting to piss me off.

--Jonathan

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Tonight I'm sitting at home but it's by my own choice. Usually on Saturday night I go to the club but I decided to stay home tonight since I was out late last night and didn't get much sleep. Plus I got really sunburned at my remote (that's a live braodcast LOL) so I don't feel very well.

As for last night, I think I've figured out that I had a better time on the date than she did. I honestly don't expect to hear from her again. That's fine, ish happens. It just makes me think. It's really been hard making friends outside of work, let alone finding someone to spend my time with. I know I shouldn't worry about that kind of stuff but I do. I get lonely. At home I had many friends that I could see anytime I wanted and I was actually going to be able to have another chance with... well, again, I'm withholding her name but she knows who she is. I think that may be why it's been kindda tough on me up here; I think about her non stop. She's always saying that she doesn't see why she's anything special and all that stuff. But to me, she is. I know you should never say never but I have to be realistic about this. The chances of us ever being together again are very slim. Obviously me being up here doesn't help that situation. I just don't know. I'm trying to keep my mind off of her but it's tough to not think about someone who touched your life in such a way that she did. Most people would probably say that I'm... well... I think you can do the math. But, again, I have to be realistic. I just wish I could live this fantasy that I seem to have.

Ok, enough depression. I'm going to bed. Tomorrow's my day off and I intend to do as little as possible. I may go buy a DVD playay at Best Buy. Other than that, I intend to do nothing.

--Jonathan

The Day After Tomorrow

I had a good time tonight. I met up with a woman that I've been communicating with for the last couple of weeks and we went to a Mexican restaurant that I can't remember the name of. Great food, good beer and good company; always a good time. :-)

Then we went to see The Day After Tomorrow at the Rave theatre at Jefferson Point. I had read and heard some bad reviews on the movie but I really enjoyed it. It's one of those movies that really makes you think. Granted, if those things were to really happen, they would take many years. But it makes you think of what could happen later in our lifetime or in our childrens' lifetime.

I had a good time with her tonight. Although, I have to admit, I really don't know exactly how well the night went. I had a good time talking to her and being with her but I don't know if she had a good time. I really couldn't get a read on her... it was like I couldn't get her to loosen up. I dunno. I guess time will tell.

Sorry this is short but I have a remote at 10:00 and I need to get some sleep. Usually I go to Club Inc. on Saturday night but I'm thinking that I might stay home and relax tomorrow.

--Jonathan

Damn raccoons!

Remember yesterday's post where I said the power went off in most of Waynedale (including the station)? Turns out it was a raccoon (I hope I'm even spelling that correctly)! Apparently it got into a substation and ate through some wires. I wonder if it got fried.

I found out that that not-so-hot station in town is looking for a new night DJ. Me and my boss wonder what's going on. I mean, the guy they just hired didn't even last a month. Of course it could simply be a case of him moving to a different shift. Guess time will tell. Honestly I could care less. Either way, they're going down.

Tomorrow will be interesting. Friday's my busy day and I usually don't get out of the office until late (late for me is 8:00 or 9:00). But I'm supposed to meet someone tomorrow evening at 8:00! Wow, this could get interesting. And, yes, the person I'm meeting is a woman. Me on an outing with a woman in Fort Wayne: Who would have thunk it? ;-)

--Jonathan

When The Lights Go Out...

It's almost midnight and I just got home from the station about 30 minutes ago. You might say "Jonathan, you're the air in the afternoon; why are you just now getting home?" Well, that's a very good question. Me and Diesel (the night guy, in case you didn't know) cooked brats and burgers on the grill. As soon as we got our food, the lights went out in most of Waynedale. No big deal, we have a generator. 20 minutes later, that went off. So we didn't have any power until about 11:00 when the engineers finally got the generator going. A.E.P. says they won't know what happened sometime in the morning. Great, we pay them an insane amount of money for them to take their own sweet time.

Other than that, today was border-lined boring. Well, except for when I checked my email. I've been talking with a women in the area online for a couple of weeks and now she wants to meet. I think I'm going to take the chance and meet up with her to see what happens. If nothing else, I'll make a new friend to hang out with.

I've kind of been pondering what I would do if I met someone up here (as far as a relationship). Honestly, I don't know what I would do. It would be nice to have someone to talk to and hang out with and all that stuff. But as far as having a relationship, I really don't know. There's still someone that I think about alot and someone would have to be really special to grab my attention away from her.

Ok, I better end this now before I go on and on about her (name being withheld for now). But she knows who she is.

BTW, is anyone actually reading this? LOL Obviously I don't care, hell, that's the whole point of having a blog. I'm just curious. Drop me an email and lemme know if you wish. Address is in my profile.--Jonathan

A long day...

Man, today was a long day! Tuesday around a radio station is a very busy day. Tuesday and Thursdays are days for making changes to the music and today was a doozie. But it's all good. The only thing I don't like is that I don't finish my work until later than usual because of it. Oh well, it's just part of the fun and I wouldn't give it up for anything in the world.

Ok, tell me if this is ironic: My credit's good enough to get a credit card with a $4,000 credit limit but it's not good enough to avoid having to pay a deposit to the electric company. Ha! That's rich. Granted, a chimp would get a credit card with a sizeable limit but I just think this is very ironic.

Pistons win!!!!! Hey Kobe, how's it feel to be the one f*$#ed in the @$$? LOL

I'm still trying to figure out what to do about my dilemma. Basically I have to figure out how to come up with enough money to pay about $658 for insurance on my truck, plus a license plate and all that other good stuff. Argh!! *sigh* I guess it's all part of starting out on your own. Maybe I'll be like a friend of mine and start a website to beg for money LOL. Ok, I'm kidding!

A routine day....

As the title would imply, nothing really exciting happened today. I went to work, scheduled music, did a sticker stop (which I'm now doing daily), did the show, finished scheduling music, cut a promo and came home. Oh, don't get me wrong, this was a great day. Just kind of routine as it goes with me.

I do, however, have something on my mind. My Mississippi plate goes out this month, which means I need to get an Indiana plate ASAP. Just one SNAFU: I have to have insurance from an insurance company licensed in Indiana before I can get one (currently I have coverage through a company licensed only in Mississippi). So I've been getting quotes online and the lowest I've been able to find so far is around $600 for six months. If I could pay for it monthly, I could probably swing it if I lived off ramen. But I don't know if the companies would allow this, or how much they would charge extra to do installments. I need to pray about this. Obviously I can't do without or, number one, I'd be in violation of the law and, number two, the bank would reposcess my truck because it's in my loan agreement that I have comprehensive coverage. If you have any companies you'd like to plug, feel free to email me (contact info is a couple of posts down).

Tonight I cooked! Yes, I am one of the men in this world who are capable of cooking. Tonight's splurge was lemon pepper chicken cooked on the George Foreman (so I cheated). It was pretty tasty if I say so myself. So ladies, you need to get in touch with me because I'm a nice guy who can cook (hehe). Seriously, being single sucks. It would be nice to have someone to spend my time with but I shouldn't complain. I'll meet someone when God wants me to (in case you haven't noticed, I am a Christian).

I'm out. Until next time...

Harry Potter and other ish

Tonight I went to see the Harry Potter movie and I really enjoyed it! I wish I had read the book because some of the things in the movie left be going "huh??" But it was a really good movie and I highly suggest it. It's about two and a half hours but well worth it.

I'm also battling an especially bad case of loneliness tonight. I really miss my friends, especially one in particular (you know who you are). A couple of my friends up here seem to think that I might end up going home but I know that's not a good decision. I need to be on my own even if it's just to prove to myself that I can do it. Plus coming here was a great career move and I would be dumb to let this go. But back to being lonely... my problem really is that I don't ever get out and try to meet people. I go to Club Inc. every Saturday night but I just kindda hang around my buddies from work. I don't really like to dance (well, unless I've had a few drinks). I dunno. Maybe I just need to stop being so, well, anti social.

I'm off to read my new book, The Glorious Appearing, which is the latest in the Left Behind series. Goodnight.

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My First Blog Post

Well, this would be my first attempt at publishing my thoughts on the Web. Usually I'm not the type of person to share my innermost thoughts to one and all but, hey, why not, right? So let me start by telling you about myself.

I'm 22 years old and I moved from my home in Philadelphia, Mississippi to Fort Wayne, Indiana. Now some would ask what brought me all the way to Indiana from Mississippi and that's a very good question. I'm a radio D.J. and I came to be the afternoon (3p-7p) guy on Wild 96-3. Yep, I'm that Jonathan. ;-) So far I'm enjoying Fort Wayne alot. People from here say that Fort Wayne's a boring place with little to do but I disagree. Trust me, they would love this place compared to where I came from. Not that there's anything wrong with my home but there truly isn't alot to do. The town I did radio in back in Mississippi (Meridian, the third smallest Arbitron rated market in the country!) is bigger than Philadelphia but it's not much better.

I'm recently single as well. I had a girlfriend before I moved up here (Amanda) but we broke up a while back. The long distance thing would have driven us both crazy; she had said she wanted to move up here in the near future but I didn't think that to be such a hot idea. You see, Amanda's a great girl; but she refuses to get a job. Hell, I'm doing well just to support myself but there's no way I could support her at this time. I don't have money to move her up here, nor would I pay for her to move up here anyway. If she was serious about moving up here, one would think she would have gotten a job the day after I told her I was moving up here. Oh well, it's her loss. That sounds mean but it's true. I don't need that B.S. in my life right now.

The clubs here are great! Every Saturday night, two guys from Wild (Goose and Van) host a party at Club Inc. on Columbia Street in downtown Fort Wayne. Usually I'll go to hang out with them and try to meet some people (plus we have a bar tab so I enjoy some free drinks). Last night I was one of the people in the club gettin' tipsy and somewhat over did it. I had six or seven Crown and Cokes, plus a couple of Jager Bombs, not to mention a few shots of Hot Sex that I bought and did with some peeps. Then I made a very big mistake: I came home and started drinking beer! Ugh. Needless to say, I'm not feeling very well.

I shall end this now. Hopefully I'm going to update this thing on a regular basis. if I don't, feel free to email me and chew me out (like you really care LOL). Until next time...