What's your morning background noise?

[CatWoman]

I used to get dressed with "Washington Journal" in the background.

Now, I have on Air America Radio -- specifically "Morning Sedition".

[bertha katzenengel]

1. WTOP -- Washington, DC, news radio. I keep it on for the traffic.

I ignore everything else.

[graywarrior]

2. C-SPAN

[eyesroll]

3. My co-workers prattling on about Star Wars, since I got here

90 minutes ago.

:grr:

[kedrys]

4. The Blessed Freakin' Quiet

Atrium doors open, ceiling fans off, birds singing, cats purring or snoring...aaaaahhhhhh. :)

The TV'll be on soon enough when the s.o. comes back from the daily mandated 2-hour token appearance at work. :P

[GOPisEvil]

5. Nothing.

I get side-tracked too easily if there's stuff going on in the background. :shrug:

[CatWoman]

7. I'm the exact opposite

I HAVE to have noise. I even sleep with the TV on.

[maddiejoan]

6. a squalking parrot

[gollygee]

8. Child

3 years old

chatter chatter chatter

[Shell Beau]

9. Just regular music on the radio.

60's, 70's, 80', and 90's.

[DS1]

10. The delicate sound of songbirgs,

crunched between my cat's jaws

[CatWoman]

12. Matcom is gonna faint

:D

[underpants]

11. NBC

Local and then the Today show. It's a tough ritual to get out of.

[CatWoman]

13. I used to be that way with ABC/Good Morning America

thank goodness I grew out of it!!!

[In_The_Wind]

14. birds singing

combined with the gurgling waterfall in the birdbath

[Gyre]

15. George Harrison

"All Things Must Pass"

[Fleshdancer]

16. I'm addicted to Morning Sedition

I use to listen to NPR in the mornings but now that AAR is in Austin I can listen to Morning Sedition instead.

[CatWoman]

17. I like the way the two Marks call each other by their last names

:D

[bridgit]

18. c-span...

[Lauri16]

19. 92.5 KGB FM

"Binghamton's only Real Rock Station". :)

[supernova]

20. Buffy the Vampire Slayer

FX shows reruns between 7-9 am. :-)

I find it relaxing and energizing as I go off to slay by beasties for the day

[ikojo]

21. On those days when the X Files are on TNT I turn

them on and get ready to Mulder in the background.

Other days it's silence.

[HEyHEY]

22. Birdies

[CatWoman]

23. what??? no polar bears???

:hi:

[HEyHEY]

25. They're quiet and deadly

[Auntie Bush]

24. Babbling brook, waterfall flowing, birds chirping, grass growing,

sun rising, husband breathing, heart beating.

[Dave Reynolds]

26. I hear the Canada geese

in the yard, and the occasional squawk of a heron.

[kodi]

27. kick open the back door and woodland birdsong invades the house

farm living is the place to be
where i can go outside and pee
land stretching out so far and wide
keep the city while i let my pot plants hide.

apologies to green acres

[El Fuego]

28. I think mornings should be quiet. Shhh!

But I love listening to "Morning Sedition" in my car on the way to work. And Randi on the way home.

[warrens]

29. Morning edition on NPR

I get up at about 6, turn it on, then go back to bed for an hour or so.

[yvr girl]

30. Birds

They sing like crazy early in the morning.