Scene: Driving to Lowe’s in order to buy insulation in a patriotic attempt to defeat the terrorists and reduce my utilities bill. However, someone recently told me that the largest source of our petroleum imports is Canada. Is that who I’m fighting? I love Canadians, so I guess the terrorists win.
/Silence between Alex and I as we pass scenic vistas of Cascade foothills, Tamarack groves cutting yellow lines into the sea of fir and cedar.
/Me, breaking into song:
In time it could have been so much more
The time is precious I know
In time it could have been so much more
The time has nothing to show
Because time won’t give…
/Alex interrupts with question:
Vut kinds of trees are deez?
/Me, answering:
Uh, those are alders. I didn’t know you were interested in trees.
/Silence resumes.
/Me, eventually breaking back into song:
All I wanna take is a night you'll never ever have to compromise
Rosanna, Rosanna
I never thought that losing you could ever hurt so bad
Not quite a year since she went away, Rosanna yeah
Now she's gone and I have to say
Meet you all the…
/Alex interrupts with question:
Deed you remember to call your mother?
/Me, answering.
Uh, yeah. You were right there. You dialed the phone for me.
/Silence resumes.
/Me, glances over at Alex, who absentmindedly looks out the window. Breaks cautiously back into song:
I'm on a ride and I wanna get off but they won't slow down the roundabout
I sold the Renoir and the TV set don't wanna be aro…
/Alex interrupts with question:
Ven are our neighbors moving?
/Me, yelling:
OKAY, I KNOW WHAT YOU’RE DOING, VOMAN! KNOCK IT OFF AND LET ME SING, DAMN IT!
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