this could be something

[ohgoddontcare]

"The most surprising thing I can tell you about this place," he says, leaning conspiratorially toward me, "is the shrimp cocktail. Because shrimp cocktail is not a thing you think would ever be good, but in fact it's completely ..." He thinks a moment. "It makes you think that shrimp cocktail can be something." I stare at him. It's true. Shrimp cocktail is just shrimp cocktail. "I think you'll be surprised," he says, then looks up toward the ceiling and mutters, "please, God, let it be good."

--an interview with ira glass