The exercise of driving around with the radio turned off for a full day turned out to be similar to what some would call torture. Even though seeking peace and quiet at the end of a long day of school and work is normal and refreshing, the need for music, news and simple noise in a car is second nature to most of us. This exercise made me realize that I fully depend on my radio to wake up and stay alert in the morning while I drive to school. It is part of my daily routine and without it I found myself yawning every 5 seconds, becoming more impatient at stop lights, and even feeling more annoyed by the other drivers on the road. In addition I constantly found myself wondering what breaking story I was missing out on from the morning scoop that my favorite radio show gives me day to day. Typically at night I enjoy the silence of my drive home, I listen to the road and the sounds of the night like frogs, owls, other cars and one or two occasional honks. That is the time I use to let my mind clear and enjoy the silence. However that changed after the minor alteration of my routine. Turns out that I am only able to enjoy that silence in my car at night because I feel that I have listened to my favorite songs, daily news scoop and enough noise during the rest of the day, hens by not getting my daily ration of radio listening I felt incomplete. I found myself singing or humming tunes I wished I had heard that day, and I simply felt that I needed the company of my favorite copilot, that is my radio and all the noise that comes with it. It seems safe to say that driving and listening to the radio are like peanut butter and jelly, for some reason they just go together.