It does hurt my ears a little.

[whatho]

I hate when I do something anti-luddite, except today, when I bought a tiny MP3 player that is now sitting in the palm of my hand that isn't typing and playing 'Anthem' at me. I've not put much on it yet, but more than I can carry in my rucksack pocket on audio tapes. I know it was wrong and bad and consumerist, but it's tiny, and inexpensive, and it's playing 'Anthem' at me. I can't stop it. I can, technically, but I don't want to, because first it played 'America' at me and now it's playing 'Anthem' at me and that's just so lovely of it. I will repent somehow. But probably I won't stop loving it.

I know why I had a problem with The Daily Show now, by the way. I forgot. It's nothing to do with the material... it's just the damnable audience. The response to humour is uncontrolled laughter and, if it's good enough, spontaneous applause. Whooping, roaring and shouting 'yeah' seems like an absurd reaction to even the funniest joke. I remember having this problem with the US version of Who's Line, even when it wasn't otherwise ostensibly different to the UK version. There needs to be a audience tone-down button.

I should go to bed. I'm wondering what Bertie's going to sing to me next. I don't know when he became Bertie. Aw. 'April Come She Will'. So sweet.