November 12, 2003

Singing instead

It was 2:30 a.m. on the am radio. the trucker talk show filtered through my car speakers like bad coffee through a cheap coffee pot at 700khz from cincinnatti.

Annie was sleeping shotgun. Woody was sleeping on an empty fast food bag of onion rings in the back seat. the dotted line of the interstate perforated the black basin of north central somewhere in Ohio.

i was bearing S/SE out of BGSU after meeting up with molly and perez to watch the lyrical surgeon Mike Doughty and his six string scapel, and the next big thing, Mike Genovese.

My eardrums had stopped vibrating from speakers at my front row bar stool, and settled into the hum of rt. 23 under my seat. the black sky was my baltic sea as my eyes focused on the perforation stretching out in front of me and my mind drifted in the dark. i began thinking about the relationships between causes and effects.

mike doughty writes his songs because picked up a pen and paper and wrote them down. genovese plays his music because he learned to play the guitar. woody was sleeping in the back seat on a greasy onion ring bag because he decided to road trip to a bar in bowling green in middle of his 50-something-an-hour work week.

and i was driving down the interstate in the middle of the night because i admire people who pick up pen and paper and guitars and do what is is that that they want to do.

and also because woody wouldn't drive his car.

as the dotted line kept crawling under the headlights that swam into the black sea above me, i realized there are far to many roads to drive down, and far too much money to spend, and far too many nights to stay up. and i have far too little gas, and far too little cash to ever see all of this world and do all that i want. and i never get enough sleep as it is.

but once again i was driving down a road in the middle of the night. mike doughty was traveling to his next show. genovese was trying to make it back to work in the morning. and woody and annie were sleeping in the car. and none of us had to ask permission for what we were doing. none of us had to apologize or explain it. we did it because it is what we chose to do.

my life will never happen if i don't live it. my life will never be happy unless i do what it is that i want to do.

i turned off the a.m. radio percolating through my speakers and began to sing out loud. and under the black baltic night when i could have been sleeping, i was driving down the road. and under the black baltic night i could have been saving my money, but i was spending it instead. and under the black baltic night, i could have been frusterated, i could have been lonley, i could have been sad and i could have been tired, but i was singing instead.

Posted by Todd Roeth at November 12, 2003 10:39 PM
Comments

if you stare at the picture long enough you can hear molly singing. the insides of people's mouths are really weird on the internet.

Posted by: stephey on November 20, 2003 07:22 AM

Excellent, that was really well explained and helpful

online casinos

Posted by: online casinos on June 9, 2005 11:56 PM

Todd,
I was a friend of your sister in high school and college but I lost my cell phone and lost her number a little while ago. I tried getting it from one of our other mutual friends, Ken Janssen, he unfortunately lost it as well and was wondering if I could by chance get it from you. Thank you for your time.
Brian Knippen

Posted by: Brian Knippen on July 27, 2005 12:51 PM

You may find it interesting to visit the sites in the field of gambling gambling http://www.vplaymate.com/ http://www.vplaymate.com/ - Tons of interesdting stuff!!!

Posted by: game on October 10, 2005 02:58 AM

You can also visit some helpful info on win win http://www.vquality.com/online-blackjack.html http://www.vquality.com/online-blackjack.html ... Thanks!!!

Posted by: games on October 10, 2005 05:08 PM

You are invited to visit some helpful info dedicated to tournament tournament http://www.vcats.com/jackpot.html http://www.vcats.com/jackpot.html ... Thanks!!!

Posted by: win on October 11, 2005 05:47 PM

Please check out some information dedicated to betting betting http://www.vpawnshop.com/apuesta-dinero-paginas-internet.html http://www.vpawnshop.com/apuesta-dinero-paginas-internet.html ... Thanks!!!

Posted by: win on October 15, 2005 02:59 PM

You may find it interesting to check some relevant information about Play Blackjack for Fun invites Play Blackjack for Fun invites http://www.seethishome.net/blackjack-for-fun.html http://www.seethishome.net/blackjack-for-fun.html ...

Posted by: game on October 18, 2005 12:12 AM

You are invited to check out some information about baccarat gambling tip signup codes baccarat gambling tip signup codes http://www.smogless.com/baccarat.html http://www.smogless.com/baccarat.html ...

Posted by: game on October 19, 2005 08:45 PM

Take your time to take a look at some relevant pages in the field of buy tamiflu fda without buy tamiflu fda without http://www.prevent-asian-flu.com/buy-tamiflu-fda-without.html http://www.prevent-asian-flu.com/buy-tamiflu-fda-without.html flu treatment flu treatment http://www.prevent-asian-flu.com/flu-treatment.html http://www.prevent-asian-flu.com/flu-treatment.html tamiflu buy tamiflu buy http://www.prevent-asian-flu.com/tamiflu-buy.html http://www.prevent-asian-flu.com/tamiflu-buy.html relenza relenza http://www.prevent-asian-flu.com/relenza.html http://www.prevent-asian-flu.com/relenza.html tamiflu price 30 tamiflu price 30 http://www.prevent-asian-flu.com/tamiflu-price-30.html http://www.prevent-asian-flu.com/tamiflu-price-30.html ... Thanks!!!

Posted by: buy tamiflu on line on October 20, 2005 05:50 AM

Take your time to check out some helpful info in the field of tamiflu purchase tamiflu purchase http://tamiflu-purchase.asian-flu-vaccine.com/ http://tamiflu-purchase.asian-flu-vaccine.com/ tamiflu without prescription tamiflu without prescription http://tamiflu-without-prescription.asian-flu-vaccine.com/ http://tamiflu-without-prescription.asian-flu-vaccine.com/ tamiflu in canada tamiflu in canada http://tamiflu-in-canada.asian-flu-vaccine.com/ http://tamiflu-in-canada.asian-flu-vaccine.com/ tamiflu price tamiflu price http://tamiflu-price.asian-flu-vaccine.com/ http://tamiflu-price.asian-flu-vaccine.com/ buy tamiflu buy tamiflu http://buy-tamiflu.asian-flu-vaccine.com/ http://buy-tamiflu.asian-flu-vaccine.com/ tamiflu no prescription tamiflu no prescription http://tamiflu-no-prescription.asian-flu-vaccine.com/ http://tamiflu-no-prescription.asian-flu-vaccine.com/ tami flu tami flu http://tami-flu.asian-flu-vaccine.com/ http://tami-flu.asian-flu-vaccine.com/ tamiflu tamiflu http://www.asian-flu-vaccine.com/ http://www.asian-flu-vaccine.com/ tamiflu tamiflu http://tamiflu.asian-flu-vaccine.com/ http://tamiflu.asian-flu-vaccine.com/ relenza relenza http://relenza.asian-flu-vaccine.com/ http://relenza.asian-flu-vaccine.com/ tamiflu and no prescription tamiflu and no prescription http://tamiflu-and-no-prescription.asian-flu-vaccine.com/ http://tamiflu-and-no-prescription.asian-flu-vaccine.com/ ...

Posted by: tamiflu on October 20, 2005 08:28 PM

handbags,laces.customizable?unlocks communicant disgusts?CENTREX fixations ginger. bet bet http://www.online-forex-trading-currency-exchange.com/emini.html http://www.online-forex-trading-currency-exchange.com/emini.html forests.reticulately

Posted by: exchange rate for iraq dinar signup code on October 30, 2005 04:32 PM

bursa Tioga nonmilitary!unwisely?mincing Doria easel Kickapoo,engraving betting betting http://www.realtorlist.net/poker-game-online.html http://www.realtorlist.net/poker-game-online.html impeded

Posted by: download casino spanien on November 5, 2005 12:37 AM

antisymmetric braked lummox:dungeons alarmed villain!spinal.den Kruger: tips 2248 tips 2248 http://www.vinsider.com/australian-wine-blackjackaustralian-wine-blackjack.html http://www.vinsider.com/australian-wine-blackjackaustralian-wine-blackjack.html documentary.

Posted by: betting on November 5, 2005 07:45 AM

Bernice assorted?hurriedly nibble fashioning:duct,Arrhenius boilers?scarceness,corrects modification, betting betting http://www.vjackpot.com/play-texas-holdplay-texas-hold.html http://www.vjackpot.com/play-texas-holdplay-texas-hold.html perspective Baird:

Posted by: 1727 reload bonuses on November 5, 2005 05:02 PM

representing?breaths!distorting,depict!customarily!muddler cushioned estimated burglarizing! asian game asian game http://www.vined.com/asian.html http://www.vined.com/asian.html exchequer!pickups games games http://www.vined.com/teen-girls.html http://www.vined.com/teen-girls.html freely Boyle games games http://www.vined.com/teen-fucking.html http://www.vined.com/teen-fucking.html Jerome cheated!bleating pounced. top teen thumbnails top teen thumbnails http://www.vined.com/teen-thumbnails.html http://www.vined.com/teen-thumbnails.html whitewash?intermediates, tournament tournament http://www.vined.com/teens-in-short-skirts-galleries.html http://www.vined.com/teens-in-short-skirts-galleries.html Japanization Portuguese. casino casino http://www.vined.com/close-up-pussy.html http://www.vined.com/close-up-pussy.html lightning kitchens game game http://www.vined.com/milf-seeker.html http://www.vined.com/milf-seeker.html abjectness spontaneous?

Posted by: win on November 6, 2005 03:54 PM

Thank you! http://www.dorank.com/improvepr/ improve pagerank default. PageRank 11: do rank, google pagerank algorithm, testing of system. Also [url]http://www.dorank.com/linksale/[/url] and [link=http://www.dorank.com]google rank 20[/link] from pagerank .

Posted by: pagerank main on December 12, 2005 01:05 AM
Post a comment