I'm Gonna Freeze You Limb By Limb, I'm Gonna Knock You On Your Knees...

Patrick Thomas - Metaphor

Patrick Thomas is my boy. I'm a fan of him, and you should be too. He's acoustic rock. Parts of it are almost countryish. Some parts are more folky. And then back to rock. It's tough to say. But I like it a lot, and that's that. And if you'd like more of him, let me know, and I'll send you the mp3s.


So we have yet to finish decorating out apartment. But again, remember, it's going to be so so so epic. It's already epic. And it's going to be epicer.


So there are times in my life, as you may or may not be aware, that I view as monumental, and worthy of telling other people. I like to call these THE GREATEST MOMENTS OF MY LIFE. Today I had one of those moments.

Anyhoo, so I'm walking down the sidewalk, bouncing my bouncy ball, when suddenly it hits a branch and careens out of control, gaining speed as it goes, until it eventually hits a girl in the leg a little way down the sidewalk. So I amp up my walking speed from "mosey" to "saunter," and I approach this girl who has since bent down and picked up my bouncy ball, and is smirking at me.

I say to her, "yeah, I'm pretty sure that's my bouncy ball."

"That's what I figured, judging by the panicked look on your face."

"Well I mean, it's a little embarassing. I'm a sophomore in college getting my kicks from a bouncy ball."

"What? Embarassed?" reaches in her pocket and pulls out a bouncy ball "Don't you know that all the cool kids play with bouncy balls?"

"I think I might love you."

giggle "You know, maybe I could learn to love you too, bouncy ball loving stranger."


So we chatted it up for easily a half hour, thus meaning I had to haul my badunk to get to class on time, and I didn't end up getting lemonade (as my original destination was the coffee shop), but what can you do? I mean, this is a girl who plays with bouncy balls and was totally okay with a stranger saying that he loved her. Did I really have a choice?