2/12/2023 0 Comments Elliott smith either or ipodThe eastern one-eighth of the state is lush and hilly the rest is flat and endless. By mile 65, the euphoria has worn off, to be replaced by the mind-numbing rhythm of the highway. (If you knew my brother, you'd know that last one would be the most difficult to conjure.)Īll road trips bring with them an early sense of excitement. And then imagine that the music selection was left entirely to me. Imagine that my brother's car has space enough for 16 CDs. MP3 players are a thing of the future, like the Oklahoma City Thunder and black presidents. Today, we're going to engage the pretend machine for the next few minutes. No more hurried burning of mix CDs, no more searches for lost cases, no more groans of exasperation when the driver exercised his God-given right to veto Milli Vanilli. Then came the iPod, and the good/bad old days came to an end. It used to be that one had to do some planning if he wanted to bring the right music for a road trip. And, while I'm sad that my brother is leaving, we're going to need some music if we're going to survive the trip with no instances of siblicide. In order to get Matt to California, he and I are making a cross-half-country road trip. Mostly, though, I'm going to miss my brother. I feel like a parent facing empty nest syndrome I don't know how I'm going to handle the solitude. And I'm excited for Matt, of course, but I'm nervous. The first one did OK - he's a doctor in Denver now. This is the second brother I've helped nurture under my roof. If it ticks off your brother, then slide in some Bon Jovi. Although I'm sure Israeli women are nice. He's had enough of Kansas City's unpredictable weather and predictable women and so is setting out for the Promised Land.
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