A Euphemism For Impending Disaster
And so it goes... on the outer fringes of the society we call home... a story for the ages. Please wait in the shadows. By the way, S. Regimbald keeps calling me about some 6-wheeled vehicles that he claims I sell. He is not the first to do this, nor is he the last. My radio interview will air soon- check it out here. Now for the main event (as it were and is):
And so it all began as work concluded that Monday evening around 10:34:20 pm CDT. Just recalling it makes me somewhat melancholie, because now the anticipation is gone and the adventure over.
I arrived home and made two calls; one unimportant, the other much more important. I talked to Todd for a couple of minutes, getting all the details squared away for tomorrow. How naive we were, as we had no idea what we were in store for.
The clock indicated some time around 9:41am CDT as sat up in bed. I grabbed my ringing phone and talked to Tony Barnes squaring away more details. I was very productive on this morning, showering, running all of my errands indicated on the list I had made the night before, and making all the calls I needed to make (also from the list). As I was leaving the bank I contacted Todd. After our exchange I contacted Kelly.
My mouth was greeted with warm fruit filling as I bit into a cherry turnover that I had just made (productivity). I talked with Todd and Kelly again, finalizing the deal. Soon, they were both in my apartment and we were ready to proceed. After fueling up we hit the highway; east to Minneapolis. My car lead the way with Todd as passenger, Kelly followed not too far behind.
We hit the traffic as neared our destination at approximately 5:30pm CDT. Weaving our way in and out of congestion we finally found our exit, however finding parking would not be so easy. I made a few bad guesses and we back-tracked, all the way to the interstate only this time going the opposite direction. We exited and pulled over in a church parking lot, saving us all. Kelly (who was still following) parked and jumped into my car. A brief drive on the interstate got us back where we belong; there we found a residential zone with free on street parking.
Autolux took the stage; realistically there was probably nothing they could do to please me as I wasn't here to see them. They same could be said for the next band: Queens of the Stone Age. The lights went up and I knew the time was drawing near. Mesh semi opaque curtains now surround the stage, behind those curtains the final sound checks were being conducted, everything was being tested and prepared.
Sitting in the stands I heard "Pinion" beginning, slowly increasing volume, at first mixed with the music already playing. It was exactly what I was waiting for and I knew my wait was over. Within seconds the lights went out.
Go on to PART II
And so it all began as work concluded that Monday evening around 10:34:20 pm CDT. Just recalling it makes me somewhat melancholie, because now the anticipation is gone and the adventure over.
I arrived home and made two calls; one unimportant, the other much more important. I talked to Todd for a couple of minutes, getting all the details squared away for tomorrow. How naive we were, as we had no idea what we were in store for.
The clock indicated some time around 9:41am CDT as sat up in bed. I grabbed my ringing phone and talked to Tony Barnes squaring away more details. I was very productive on this morning, showering, running all of my errands indicated on the list I had made the night before, and making all the calls I needed to make (also from the list). As I was leaving the bank I contacted Todd. After our exchange I contacted Kelly.
My mouth was greeted with warm fruit filling as I bit into a cherry turnover that I had just made (productivity). I talked with Todd and Kelly again, finalizing the deal. Soon, they were both in my apartment and we were ready to proceed. After fueling up we hit the highway; east to Minneapolis. My car lead the way with Todd as passenger, Kelly followed not too far behind.
We hit the traffic as neared our destination at approximately 5:30pm CDT. Weaving our way in and out of congestion we finally found our exit, however finding parking would not be so easy. I made a few bad guesses and we back-tracked, all the way to the interstate only this time going the opposite direction. We exited and pulled over in a church parking lot, saving us all. Kelly (who was still following) parked and jumped into my car. A brief drive on the interstate got us back where we belong; there we found a residential zone with free on street parking.
Autolux took the stage; realistically there was probably nothing they could do to please me as I wasn't here to see them. They same could be said for the next band: Queens of the Stone Age. The lights went up and I knew the time was drawing near. Mesh semi opaque curtains now surround the stage, behind those curtains the final sound checks were being conducted, everything was being tested and prepared.
Sitting in the stands I heard "Pinion" beginning, slowly increasing volume, at first mixed with the music already playing. It was exactly what I was waiting for and I knew my wait was over. Within seconds the lights went out.
Go on to PART II
posted by fiestawizard at 5:22 PM
1 Comments:
a great story by Ufoid! Too bad about that wreck last Christmas, but he lived hard and died harder. i'm glad he got to see NIN not once but TWICE prior to his demise; did they play 'head lika whole'? now that's not the ONLY i song of theirs that i know, but it is a great song. i'm not kidding, even though i sound sarcastic. people (ok, one person) have informed me that the new NIN album is interesting/good, but i have yet to check it out for some reason.
i think that part about standing in a pool of vomit was my favorite part, also the bum, and also the various people who were encountered who he did not know, and whom i also do not know.
also, the dog.
overall, the best story i've read in a long time, and a classic piece of on-the-road narrative. good job Ufoid... rest in peace(s)!
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