song dedication

one fine day last week, i was wondering whether my song dedication would be read on air through a very popular radio station in los angeles. decided to send a dedication through the station's website. apparently, there were some technical problems with the website, so an error message was sent back to me. determined to resend the dedication, i retyped the same exact message through the same means. again, another error message popped up. still very very determined, i decided to just email my dedication and it did work.

2 hours later, i had 3 confirmation emails, saying that the 3 dedications had been received and they were being reviewed. i mistook the time stated on the email as the time in which my message would be broadcasted on air. guess what? the time was 02:30 A.M.! i was super excited, stayed up all night until 02:30 A.M...my song wasn't on air. 15 minutes later, half-asleep and completely given up, i decided to head off to bed.

2 days later, i received a confirmation that the first dedication would be broadcasted between the time frame of 7 and 9 P.M. that saturday. but here's the bad news: i was attending a broadway show during this air time! knowing that i had sent the same exact message thrice and assuming that they wouldn't be broadcasted anyway, i resent another dedication for another friend through the website. it did work this time.

the weekend passed and tuesday arrived. i found out that both dedications from last week and the recent one had been approved to be broadcasted on the same day during the same time slot! (thank goodness, i didn't have class while they were aired) it was really cool to have 2 song dedications read out within 1 hour. unfortunately, the talk show lady thought i was a man while reading out my 2nd dedication since i sent it to a girl pal. but well, i had to say that i was content when she was reading every single exact line that i typed for the dedications.

i know song dedications are past their time. boy, i was happy that my 'experiment' succeeded. at the same time, i think it's nice for you to show affection toward your loved ones on air. it really stirs your emotions. :)