driving to work one morning from my place on mclendon, as i am sure you've already guessed with ok computer in the cd player, i was harried and fuzzy and running super late and traffic was strangely dense on euclid on a weekday morning. did i mention i was also really late? for work? keeping in mind my incredible impatience as a driver, you can imagine my whizzing around people trying to parallel park, make left turns, what have you... once i reached austin avenue and its many splendored speed-breakers i noticed it. the song was soundtracking my every moment.
listen to paranoid android and it's like one of those crazy queen songs that change tempo so many times it might as well be a medley. the angry "you don't remember my name" verse padded along perfectly to my frenzied jerks around paused vehicles, etc as i rushed along euclid running both red lights i am certain; and just as that first bump came into sight and i gradually pressed on te breaks, the song faded into that pretty "aaaaahhhhh aaaahhhh" section that reminds me of floating. last speed bump coinciding with bass drum and angry johnny guitar part beginning as soon as i was under the last stop light and racing toward the interstate.
it was so bizarre i called justin as soon as i got to work, insisting no it was way cooler than that volkswagen commercial.
i bring this up, not only because it occurred again recently - it's occurred numerous times, each one prompting me to recount this story to whoever in earshot would listen - but because this last one was really lovely. there's truly no better word for it.
leaving mine and meg's apartment tuesday night, headed back to mine and ilya's new place, i was listening to the mix cd i made as a birthday present for justin (and still have failed to deliver to him....hmmm). as much as i know he will scoff at me for it, i included "a movie script ending" by death cab. just at the end of the block were two people locked in a lighthearted embrace, one lifting the other off her feet and twirling her about and then both tumbling to the concrete without harm where they were still frolicking around as i roled through the stop sign.
it totally made my heart flutter.
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