An Absolutely True Story
Driving home while, yes, Def Leppard's "Photograph" is playing..
D: Really, 'pod? You think I want to relive this right now?
'pod: Whut? You have a nostalgic love of this song.
D: I'm not feeling nostalgic about getting drunk and hanging on the levee by school when I should have been in Geometry, no.
'pod switches to Bon Jovi's "Livin' on a Prayer"
D: No! No! No!
'pod sighs and switches to Depeche Mode's "Enjoy the Silence"
D: I do move forward with the times you know.
'pod: ???
D: I mean, I know I have some TV on the Radio, New Pornographers, The Clicks...
'pod switches to Nirvana's "Serve the Servants"
D: Ew, I just had dental work done.
'pod: What does that have to do with anything?
D: Well now I'm thinking about shotguns and teeth and the taste of gun oil.
'pod: You're being very difficult, you know.
D: I have 813 songs in you!
'pod switches to Arcade Fire's "Black Mirror"
D sighs
'pod: Oh, what is the fucking problem now?
D: It's just...I'm stuck behind this souped-up ugly as shit truck going fifty for fuck's sake!
'pod nods: I know exactly what you need.
D makes eardrums bleed blaring the Public Enemy/Antrax version of "Bring tha Noise"
Yeah I'm tellin' you...
Fia, thank you for texting and letting me know you're alive. It would have crushed me beyond belief to have found out otherwise.
D: Really, 'pod? You think I want to relive this right now?
'pod: Whut? You have a nostalgic love of this song.
D: I'm not feeling nostalgic about getting drunk and hanging on the levee by school when I should have been in Geometry, no.
'pod switches to Bon Jovi's "Livin' on a Prayer"
D: No! No! No!
'pod sighs and switches to Depeche Mode's "Enjoy the Silence"
D: I do move forward with the times you know.
'pod: ???
D: I mean, I know I have some TV on the Radio, New Pornographers, The Clicks...
'pod switches to Nirvana's "Serve the Servants"
D: Ew, I just had dental work done.
'pod: What does that have to do with anything?
D: Well now I'm thinking about shotguns and teeth and the taste of gun oil.
'pod: You're being very difficult, you know.
D: I have 813 songs in you!
'pod switches to Arcade Fire's "Black Mirror"
D sighs
'pod: Oh, what is the fucking problem now?
D: It's just...I'm stuck behind this souped-up ugly as shit truck going fifty for fuck's sake!
'pod nods: I know exactly what you need.
D makes eardrums bleed blaring the Public Enemy/Antrax version of "Bring tha Noise"
Yeah I'm tellin' you...
Fia, thank you for texting and letting me know you're alive. It would have crushed me beyond belief to have found out otherwise.