When I write I tend to do so from strong emotion and/or an intense focus on a memory. Writing about LSD was painful because to a certain extent I had to "relive" it. I didn't enjoy writing about it but glad I did. Writing about having a knife pulled on me and also the experience of being in a psychiatric hospital keep being delayed for a reason. The latter will be an exhausting exercise. Stay tuned.
Now about the funny slice of life.
Well, back in the days of marriage to my first wife we had some next door neighbors we occasionally saw outside. Lawn mowing and whatnot. They were an extremely quiet and reserved couple and without sounding too judgemental I must say they were quite nerdy looking in appearance. Quite nerdy. I think he was a computer guy of sorts. Maybe IBM. I really don't remember.
One day Mr. Nerd came over after work in his nerdy suit and nerdy tie and asked us if we could watch their house while they went on vacation for a week? Would only entail feeding and watering the dog and bringing in the mail. Well, dogs aren't watered but you catch the drift. Of course we said yes.
On that first day I grabbed the mail and entered the house. Fed and watered the dog. Yes I did. Not wanting to leave the lonely dog so quickly I found myself sitting down on Mr. and Mrs. Nerd's couch. Looking at the television set and stereo next to it I spotted a vertical CD rack with some CDs in it. Not many, maybe ten or eleven, twelve.
Curiosity may have killed the cat but the dog said go check out the CDs. So I did.
There in release date order was the complete catalog of Led Zeppelin! And there were no other CDs, just the Zep. Yep.
Mr. and Mrs. Nerd(or at least one of them) were(was) closet fans to the Zep!
My face would have cracked off my head if my smile had gotten any bigger.
Great taste in music but this left me Dazed and Confused. Heehee.
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