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October 01, 2006

As sirius as one can get

Amanda has been wanting satellite radio for some time now. Her want really came to a head when some moron decided to break off her car antenna to use for a crack pipe. Since that point, she hasn't really had a radio in her car to listen to.

Granted, she's had her CD player, but that can only get you so far. We have a limited collection of music, so after a period of time it can tend to repeat. I personally feel like I know most of the songs in our collection by heart, and I'll be the first to admit that they feel like they're starting to get old.

A few weeks ago, Amanda and I were in Best Buy looking for speakers for my Aveo. During this time, we happened to walk by the satellite radio display, which I saw Amanda paying great attention towards. We looked over the radios that they had available and glanced over the booklets that were available. It seemed that there was really no difference between XM and Sirius. Both have talk, sports, a wide variety of genres ... but I know people who have Sirius and have nothing bad to say about it. Not to mention that they have Howard Stern.

So I've known that Amanda has wanted satellite radio for a while now. Today, I went to Best Buy hoping that they might have a deal on a Sirius radio ... and sure enough, they did. I grabbed a clerk to make sure that I didn't need to purchase any additional items to make the radio work in Amanda's car. I was satisfied with the response he gave me, so I took the unit up to the front and checked out.

Oh, and I bought myself a 1GB thumb drive for $25.00.

I brought home the radio and handed the bag to Amanda, saying "here's your surprise". She knew I was going to Best Buy to pick up something, but she didn't know what. The look on her face when she pulled the box out of the bag was priceless. She finally had her satellite radio.

At this moment, she's outside in her car signing up for the monthly Sirius service. I hope that she enjoys the radio and the service.

~out...

Posted by ed at 05:23 PM | Comments (0)