Tuesday, April 12, 2011

im in a band


 

i'm in a band

by Asimplegirl Jones on Tuesday, April 12, 2011 at 3:36pm
simple
@a_simple_girl outside the box, Maine
cleverly disguised as a responsible adult.








1. ANYone on the side of the road (with or without a vehicle) could be a murderer...


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2. http://twitpic.com/4k2i7k I used to LOVE it when my library books had this type of cover. I love the memory of it as a kid by how it FEELS.
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3. http://twitpic.com/4k2k4q this sign right here, that says "no parking anytime," referring only to ONE pkg space... bff parks in it #rebels
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4. http://twitpic.com/4k2lhd (back2book) aw, remember? I often couldn't resist picking at the tape. I had to. The ocd signs were there at 8yrs
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5. & then your finger would either stick to the tape area or you'd get sticky GUCK thru the whole book http://twitpic.com/4k2n1j (corner view)
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6. then by the end of the book, u, the stick area (or tape are, if u didn't pick it - even on the corners!), & have a silent but rythmic bond.
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7. And even though u may never have noticed until you were on to the next book, and one of your fingers starts moving on its own as you read...
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8. And your mind starts to move from comprehension & mental image of words/story, to eyesmovingovertextsomethingfeelsweirdbut
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9. *insert any number of different trails thru which u tread, perhaps re-reading a sentence, paragraph, PAGE bcuz u keep noticing something eh.
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10. And the lucky, ADHD ones like me, DO eventually make it there... you reailze why you can't read...something is missing - you break it down.
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11. the trigger: your hand begins to sink into the comfort of how you hold your book, you begin tapping a rythym that your mind can't hear...
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12. Then on an easy to ignore sentence in a paragraph of the book, you're bored for a milli-fraction of a second & *fade*you hear the tapping...
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13. The story disappears as you realize you've been joyfully tapping away and you shut everything off & listen to hear what the rythym is saying
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14. You listen, silently practice, perfect & begin to mentally & rythmically chant the beat with a voice only in your head...BUM ba bum-bum Bah
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15. *what book?* you continue to chant the rythym (howthefuckdoyouspellrythym), then add a low base line as ur eyes scan the last 2 lines u read


16. no fuckin idea what the lines say bcuz you left off there to discover the tapping, but you might as well keep scanning bcuz you'll be back..
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17. ...but since you ARE scanning, and you can easily make it reduntant & repetitive... buuuuuuh BAAaaam *fingers tapping* buuuuh BAAaaam *same*
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18. And then well the whole band has arrived and everyone is rehearsed and the house is rocking, you remember the last time you rocked the house
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19. Same song, always, bcuz u know it once u get going...sometimes it brings your mind back to the plot of the one you just finished b4 this one
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20. And there is something missing from THIS current funk performance that I loved about that venue that just wasn't HERE with THIS book.
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21. And then it happens.
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22. Could be a minute, could be 3 books & 5 weeks later. But when it happens, the 2 most likely outcomes among MY personalities are as follows:
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23.  You walk by an area of stuff in mudroom where you drop pretty much everything when u get home, u scan, take mental inventory...
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24. Coat, backpack, dirty socks, ew I asked him to put those in the washer 2 pencils, stack of library books, oooh I love that kind of cover....
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25. Instantly the beat begins in my head as the inventory continues...I know it immediately and I jam...I'm rocking
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26. I hesitate. This is it. All of sudden, mid-rock, I'm stuck... ... ... ... Frozen-in-song. I just LOOKED at & spent a moment w that cover...
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27. Therefore, that personality is playing the song with... ... ... wait, wha?... ... ... .. ... ...beep ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... *gasp*
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28. Someone ELSE is singing too and there is NO note in the beat where the mudroom scanner has a note...and better sound & music overall...
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29. Holy shitballs the tape is the missing instrument! I love the tape. Aww? My new band has no tape. Ew and a differnt cover I hate the cover.
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30. I love the tape. sometimes I wanna pick off...stick, gunk, annoying, tap, read, rythym, beat, rock, best cove… (cont) http://deck.ly/~vH8Df
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31. Well I don't remember what 1. Is so I don't know what 2. Was supposed to be so I have to go...
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32.  Oh look, I'm reading...
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