End of the Album Wars

This was the soundtrack to my last semester of college, and the girl that went along with it.  We met during speech class and bonded over my t-shirt accusing George W. Bush of being a terrorist.  Afterwards we sat and discussed just about everything over a couple of fruit smoothies.  I couldn’t have been more excited, and when I reached my car at the end of that night, this cd was in it, and pretty much stayed in it the rest of the semester.

The ridiculously poppy “Skips a Beat (Over You)” seemed to epitomise the beginning of our relationship.  Then things started getting weird.

We were hanging out a good amount together, and everything was going well.  Then I received phone calls at 3am, which was apparently what she liked to do after some good coke.  While it was certainly something I would never touch, I just tried to ignore it.  One day I came to her apartment and we took her dogs to the dog park.  It was a beautiful day and when I was leaving I went to kiss her as normal, but I was met with a fist to hit my fist against.  It was one of the more bizzare moments of my life.  However, the next time I saw her, things were back to “normal.”

As the semester came to a close, I had a birthday party.  She showed up drunk and tried to get me to leave my own party and go to the bars.  After I refused she passed out on my couch.  Soon after she was out, her friends told me she was cheating on me and they wanted me to know.  I had a little fit, but felt better after we wrote things all over her and handcuffed her to herself, which she couldn’t figure out.  I can’t listen to this record without seeing her.  And it’s hilarious.

So wouldn’t it be nice if we could live twice in just one life
and then we’d know what to do when I’m shaking in my shoes
and my heart skips a beat over you…

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