The Radio Co-Host thingiemabob
You know, its really interesting. It started out with 115 contestants, dropped to 40, then to 20.
Then I got to go in. Exciting, right? Maybe notsomuch.
I actually really like the co-hosts we have here in person. They are pretty cool dudes. Unfortunately, they didn’t ask me one personal question on air. Nothing about what I do for a living, my kids, my husband…nothing. They didn’t want websites mentioned on air, which was not a problem. But every person they have interviewed so far they have asked them about their personal life and where they work. So basically I am this blank person that just read some celebrity news that no one knows a thing about…except I drive a nice car and come from a ‘wealthy’ community.
Read = snot
I did grow up in a great place. I was very lucky that I grew up there. Except that my dad worked 80+ hours a week for us to live there, we lost all of our stuff and our home in a hurricane when I was 16…by lost I mean everything, my parents got divorced and my mom was murdered by her new husband. But yes, my city was gorgeous.
For the record, the car we bought was used, its my husbands and he totally deserved it after driving our car from college for EIGHT years and had to wait for it to be paid off and falling apart before he got a new one. He spent 7 years in the military, we both work, and I often work 80 hours a week. He is an amazing father and he was traveling a lot for work and I wanted him to be safe when he left the state. I seriously was afraid that the other car would disintegrate with him in it on the interstate. He needed a good, reliable, safe car. I am so glad he was able to get a nicer one then the one he was driving. Even if leaving the old car at the dealership made us feel like traitors. Have you ever thought about that……when you trade in a car that you had for a long time and how guilty you feel. It’s like leaving an old friend behind. I think I shed a little tear.
Those of you that know me from either here, or in person, or from following my business or other online crap, know that I am far from a snot. In fact, I am more of a complete bitch then a snot if we are passing out labels. I’m not afraid to admit that if your wondering. I’m not proud of it…I’m just saying.
But more often then not, I am extremely helpful and spend hours and hours assisting people for free with online businesses, ventures, classes, emails, ideas, sponsorships and just about anything I can help someone with. It’s actually making me go slowly insane, but in a good way. I am passionate, funny, crazy, interesting, and sometimes very aggressive. I love to read, I take 2 baths a day, I love LOST, Americas Next Top Model, all reality shows on MTv and VH1, and cant wait for Big Brother to start. I have goals, hopes, dreams, and I am very in love with my child and my husband. I spent 5 years in college to have a degree I don’t use and Sallie Mae owns my ass for $200 a month for the rest-of-my-life. So what if I am confident and why does confidence have to be construed as snobbishness? Its so much better then going through life afraid to look in the mirror. The truth is…I just am who I am and I like that person.
Yes, I am opinionated. And yes, my opinion is generally the right one cause its my world and you just visit. Presumably because you don’t like Dooce either. (totally kidding, I *wuv* Dooce- as much as you can love an online celebrity mom that makes 500K a year). Isn’t that what being a blogger is? A big narcissistic world where people come to read about what YOU think and YOUR opinions. People are addicted to it like reality TV because its so damn fascinating this culture of ours. But that doesn’t mean if I were on the radio I wouldn’t be a team player. Although I have been accused of trying out for the radio job just to push my website more times then I can count. Hello…I use the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal to push the website…not a local radio station; local people are not my target audience. (except maybe i would meet a real life person to call a friend if I had local people….I am kinda bored some days) In fact, if I got the radio job at all, Bambina would close period and Alicia and B would run MomDot. I am not foolish enough to think I can hold down two full time jobs.
Here is what gets me……..the comments people have been leaving are baffling. First of all, I had no idea I had an accent. Actually, lots of people said I have an accent. Someone actually said “Someone is from the sticks“.
By sticks if you mean beach driftwood…..yes. I’m not even FROM Alabama. Please someone tell me that the southern drawl has not entered my brainstem in just a year. Hell, I never leave the house to even pick one up. I’m like a beaver…or a snake…or something that lives in a hole. The hole is my office. The only socialization I get is a web-cam and no one ever talks back. If I have an accent…..its by osmosis, but I can guarantee I am not from the sticks. Then again, the sticks generally have woods and horses and crap like that, so I don’t consider it an insult. The sticks are preeeeety. But in all seriousness, doesn’t everyone have an accent of something cause aren’t we all from somewhere?
But this is what I truly don’t get……..why are people coming on to just be mean and bash someone? Is this what we do as human beings? Tear each other down one by one? Isn’t that what blogs are for…..gosh, stop taking our jobs from us!!
I love the irony of raising our children to “not care what people think and be proud of who we are” and then the first chance we get to judge someone, we are like raising our hands and first in line to be on the “go back to where you came from” bandwagon. Its so completely American that I am almost proud.
Now I’m a pretty tough person, I could seriously give 2 shits to the wind if someone doesn’t like me. I use the little red X there in the corner of the web page I am on quite effectively. I think we have established that. The great thing about being 30, is that you realize life isn’t about what someone else thinks of you. I don’t care if I leave the house in jogging pants or if my socks don’t match-and they don’t. But to take the time to go to a video and insult someone trying out for a job is like a whole new genre of rudeness that is new to me. And its not just ME, its everyone being talked about and mostly in a negative way. They make fun of the quieter girls for being “boring” and the louder girls for being “crazy”. So far, I have thought everyone was sweet and trying hard. Hell, making a video to put on YouTube at all takes an amount of confidence that most don’t have. YouTube itself is harsh. I think the ‘contestants’ should be freaking proud of themselves!
And for the record, I refuse to apologize for being 30. Thirty is not old. I’m not even half done with my life (unless of course God tells me I am and then I am). Thirty is young and twenty is practically a baby.This is something you don’t realize till your……..30. And I bet those that are 40 would tell me that 30 is a baby and 40 is young. Someone actually had the audacity to tell me to act my age.
Hmm.
Thinking.
Am I missing something? I can’t like Britney Spears because I’m 30 or I cant dance anymore because I am too old? *snicker*
Suck it.
How is that for acting my age.
~Trisha
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YOU. GO. GIRL.
With people saying all these things, should I stop trying to be like you? (Just out of curiosity, ‘cuz I’m wondering if I missed something. I’m crazy like that…)
Because from where I sit (which is right here behind my screen, for hours and hours on end), you seem to have it together. Holding down the ins-and-outs of this one site blows my mind – but you do it with grace and humor. You are kind, funny and giving – of your time, your resources, your heart. You put in an unfathomable amount of time making things work online – and if I find out you don’t throw down some mac and cheese, frozen pizza, or cereal for dinner, I’m gonna be hot. I don’t spend half the time online that you do – and I often throw Eggo waffles on the table to feed the hungry troops. Yes, at night.
You’ve got a great attitude – and are exactly right. 30 is only old when you’re a teenager. It sneaks up on you quickly (and quietly) – and no one ever tells you that. When you’re staring 36 in the face tho, 30 doesn’t seem that old. Oh – and I’ve heard you talk. I’ve been to of the Friday night webcasts (aka party!) you do…and nope. I don’t hear no accent.
Least not when you put in your teeth, you redneck old lady.
But that’s just from where I sit.
But i love that i got to write a post about it!!!!!! LOL
I think you are awsome. I love that you are able to have so much fun and courage. I would not have been able to do what you have done. I only hope that my blog can become as successful as yours. Which I know it is not going to happen without posts. I should really get on that.
Support the person you want on there by supporting them, not taking down their opponents. I mean, do they think that’s going to help their favorite win? I sincerely hope the radio station is paying attention, if they draw in this amount of idiots with auditions, what will they draw in if hired?
The more and more I see the ugly in today’s society, how really botched up the world is by ignorance and the like, the more I want to live in a hole with my kids and protect them from the idiots that seem to be taking up space everywhere.
Disgusted is an understatement.
I thought you were going to say that it wasn’t awesome because you had to wake up at the crack of dawn.
Those haters no the website are just trying to stir up something. My dad was a dj forever and they had the SAME people calling the show EVERY DAY to complain about stuff.
I mean they had to work hard to find stuff to complain about.
Holy cow, get a life, you know?
Some people just sit by the radio and think they are BFF with the dj’s and that the dj’s are talking just to them or something.
Trisha,
How can they say you are a snob? What losers! They’re just jealous little haters with no lives of their own. I can’t stand people like that! In grade school, I was the the outcast. I was tall, I wore glasses and I was the smart girl. I didn’t have many friends and considering that I went to school with most of theses people from kindergarten through 6th grade, it was hell! When Junior High started, I was able to have more friends because it was where most of the other elementary schools sent the graduates. It was awesome. I finally had people meet me without any preconcieved notions.
Of course there were still the hater girls that I went through all of my school years with, who even as a senior in HS would talk smack about me. But you know what? Who friggin cares? I have friends now who I have known for over 20 years (I’m dating myself here), how many people can say that? I never fit in with certain groups in school, but I finally found one where I do fit in…my real life friends and my bloggy friends.
You rock, Trisha. We all come back here day after day because of YOU. You are real and you don’t care if you come off goofy or silly. You have confidence, you are smart, funny and always willing to help out your fellow Moms/bloggers. This is a good thing. Just tell those immature idiots to kiss your ass!
BTW, I recently found a facebook page for my HS alumni….it was flippin hilarious to see some of the pictures of the mean girls and what they look like/do now….some of them did not age well and are not “in a good place”….sorry, but what goes around, comes around. (Yes, it is sad that I find that funny, but if you were tortured the way I was, you would feel the same way)
I love it Trisha! Someone really told you to act your age. Really?? That’s crazy so when I turn 30 I should put on my grannie panties and start knitting and go to bed at 7:00!
I do agree with you that when you are 20 you are still a baby. That’s another post though. Some drama that’s I’m to old for. Blah! So I’m with you and say “Suck It” to all the haters out there!
Couldn’t have said it better myself. You go girl!Screw everyone else! Some day all the haters will be hated by all their “friends” and they’ll be crawling back to you, “Oh Trisha…I’m so sorry for being rude…I didn’t mean it…you’re the best….blah blah blah…” And THEN you can tell ‘em to suck it. Hurt me once, shame on you…hurt me twice, shame on me. ((hugs)) Trisha, just ignore the bullies…they have no lives!
Trisha, you are the best. Hands down, this is a great post.
aw. Some people are just wearing their “St. Paddy’s Day” Green all over themselves! Isn’t jealousy a form of flattery anyway??
You go girl and keep being you!
Tell those mean biotches and jerks to suck a big fat egg. Who the heck cares if you have an accent, aren’t we supposed to love everyone equally and that is what makes the workd go around? I agree with you Trisha and I am also holding up my middle finger to them but WITHOUT the paper! LMAO! Don’t change a thing because then you would be fake and we like you just the way you are!
Trisha, I LOVE you *in a total, blog follower kind of way*!!!!
I am 41
I LOVE to sing OUT LOUD to Top 40 music.
I wear jeans with ripped out knees
I wear tight t-shirts and cool glasses
I actually DO use the “up-to-date” terms, like OMG, LOL, chillax, and my all time favorite…. “that’s just how I roll” ‘cuz, you see, that’s just how I roll!
I dance ANY TIME I have a chance to
(even in front of my teenagers’ friends) AND THEY LOVE IT!!!
I mentor 5th and 6th graders at church (ages 11 and 12) and they LOVE me and tell me all the time how “cool” I am…
I LOVE MYSELF…. JUST THE WAY I AM
If I were to “ACT MY AGE….” I would hate myself!!!!
Rock on Trisha, Rock on!!!! Jealousy is a dangerous emotion… they will find that out when they outgrow their diapers! heehee
So let it go, cuz your K-K-K-Kool like that!
Shame that we live in a world where people think they “Know” us by the car we drive and our address.. Wake up people that’s not who we are. Trisha I have only been blogging for less than 2 months. I think you are terrific. I am glad we found you. I enjoy Friday Night LIve when sometimes you really don’t say anything but drink Sangria or Coke.
I have found lots of useful imformation on your website, and you are also giving away that beautiful Bumbleride Stroller that my heart wants so badly, (but I will live without if I have too) which is why I went to the radio station to vote. I voted you 5 stars because I personally thought you did a great job and would enjoy listening to you if I was a listener on that station. So.. now I feel bad that they were mean to you, why because I helped vote you there. I hope that if you are picked you go in there and you show them the Real Trisha that you are.. The one that we think is terrific, and honestly are you going to have more listeners than you do readers here.. I Don’t Think so…
Have a Happy St. Patrick’s DAy!!
Keep on being Real.. Thanks
Trisha,
I came around to MomDot.com about 3 weeks ago. It is amazing. You are smart, talented, witty, humorous, resourceful, and above all…you are confident in being you. It SO doesn’t matter our age or our economic status to be successful in life. What matters is that we are comfortable in who we are….and always working to BETTER ourselves into being a masterpiece! Those who feel the desire to put others down, gossip (negatively), and lie have no business doing so. It doesn’t make them better and if they feel any “power” from it, it’s because they are so low they are trying to make someone else LOWER…but really can we get lower than that!? And if you weren’t given the radio stint, then God has something BIGGER in store for YOU!! Get ready! You’re gonna have your SOCKS knocked OFF!
Thanks for sharing many of your gifts and talents with us. You are truly a gem in the rough!
OH Trisha..
I didn’t know people were being mean to you…that’s so inappropriate it’s not even funny. I think you ROCK…absolutely ROCK, you’ve been so helpful to me these past couple of months and for that I am grateful!
I take this approach with my online presence/blog. If people don’t like me or my content, they truly can see their way out. No one is obligated to read my blog, I don’t care if they like it or what they think. It’s not like you are holding a gun to their head to read it..right? So screw all the haters…and like you said..they can suck it!
I’ll be dancing around to nsync and bsb until I’m well into my sixties..I don’t make apologies for who I am and neither should anyone else.
And for the record, I somewhat grew up in Florida and had a really strong southern accent for years after I moved up North near Chicago…but I wasn’t from the sticks either, and that pisses me off when people say that sh*t. Sorry for the rambling..I just had to say my piece!
-Kristy
@ Laurie:
Laurie, i know it doesn’t show, but i was knocked down a lot too…I was too short, my teeth were not straight, i wasn’t pretty enough, i wasn’t smart enough…I just learned to like what I did have and move on with the rest. Im just a goof a bit…silly. I cant take life too seriously because business eats up so much of my time that in my down time, sometimes I just need to sing loudly and shake my hair in circles…. We are all going to die some day..might as well enjoy the fact that we can move while we still can. No, im not 20, but im not 80 either.
@ AmandaG:
Right, to you I would have one…obviously i cant hear my own accent, but i can tell other peoples accents. Everytime I go to Walmart the cashier has like a massive southern drawl that has got to be 500 times worse then mine. Its Alabama…its country here. But im pretty sure my accent is NW florida, not alabama. Either way, its not like you cant understand me. LOL!
Trisha this is a really good post for me. When I was first introduced to you I was shown a video of you dancing lol and im like uhh. But then I started to come around and really just get to know people and you. For me this has always been difficult….why? because I was knocked down so many times when I was a child, and through my adulthood that I just lost self confidence of any kind. If anything I aspire to be someone like you who has the confidence to tell these people off. I get so sick of the judgmental idiots out there. I am the quiet girl who’s boring, maybe, but if you just give people a chance maybe you’d know otherwise.
You go girl…LUV YA!
Sorry, but you do have an accent. But you know what? You’re in ALABAMA. 99.9% of your listeners are going to have accents too. I just don’t see where that comes into play. Especially if they’re having an open call. Of course I’m also saying this coming from PA where there are about 4-5 different accents I know of in our state alone depending on which part you live in, and each part of the state will tell you THEY don’t have the accent but the rest of the people talk funny.
((Trisha)) This was a really good post! This is funny because I’ve been working on a blog for a week now a litttlle similar in an opposite way but havent felt the courage to post it.. People judge TOO quick, I love learning more about you & anyone who doesnt..their loss. Your a great person, and you have every right to be proud of you who are. Do your thing, who cares what other people think!! =)
I didn’t read any other comments but, the internet Trisha, has given so many people a false sense of security and the ability to mask people just enough to let it all fly. 90 percent of the people that say crap on the internet wouldn’t dream of saying it to a persons face. So yes, rudeness ensues. The bad part? It allows impressionable kids to think that it’s appropriate!
I say you’re accountable for what you say and do, regardless if it’s the internet or in person!
I will be 35 this year, you are a baby! And you have no reason to even explain yourself, I learned never to judge someone (I will admit I learned the hard way when I did judge someone who helped me tremendously when no one else did and they were the last person I thought would help!) because I have met wealthy people who were more down to earth than the poorest of poor and I have met the poorest people who were more stuck up than someone in a mercedes and mansion ! Cheer up and obviously you know that they are a bunch of fools!