a fifty-something under-tall half-deaf school librarian in the jersey suburbs with two grown kids and time on her hands

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05.28.2003

9:41 pm

Nothing to write, really, except that I'm happily sitting at my nifty desk, having no idea why the Internet didn't work for an hour or two. I used the time to make some more Musicmatch playlists, and now, as I read diaries and peck away at this one, I'm listening on headphones. I almost never do that; I listen to music in the car, mostly. But I'm going away for a few days next week -- an eight hour bus ride each way -- so music and headphones seem like a good plan. More on my trip in a day or two, perhaps. Anyway, R and K are watching TV behind me, I don't know what. When they're home, they own the remote. I told someone today that having them both home feels like the house is being occupied by an enemy army. Not a hostile enemy, not at all. They just take over.

So I'm listening, listening. This is the playlist I called Romantic.

First up:
Behind Closed Doors, Charlie Rich. My new favorite song.
Next: Through the Years, Kenny Rogers. It makes me cry, because it reminds me of my parents, but it makes me smile, because it reminds me of my parents.
Next: She Sings the Songs Without Words, Harry Chapin
Next: Can't Help Falling in Love, Elvis Presley
Next: Don't Worry, Baby, The Beach Boys
Next; You Send Me, Sam Cooke
Now Playing: Chances Are - Johnny Mathis

Coming Up:
Love Will Keep Us Together - Captain & Tennille
Looking for Love - Johnny Lee
I Know You're Out There Somewhere - Moody Blues
Still the One - Orleans
Pina Colada Song - Rupert Holmes
When A Man Loves A Woman - Percy Sledge
Someone Like You - Rod Stewart
Soul and Inspiration - The Righteous Brothers
Wedding Song (There Is Love) - Captain & Tennille.
Do That to Me One More Time - Captain & Tennille.
I Got You Babe - Sonny and Cher
Dreams Go By - Harry Chapin
Walking in the Rain - Jay and the Americans
Since I Fell for You - Lenny Welch.
Someday We'll be Together - Supremes.

And, yes, I legally own all this stuff. I am officially the only person who ever went into a Barnes and Noble and bought a Captain and Tennille CD. They didn't even know they had one.

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