Dancin’ in the Dark
-Springsteen
I get up in the evening
and I ain’t got nothing to say
I come home in the morning
I go to bed feeling the same way
I ain’t nothing but tired
Man I’m just tired and bored with myself
Hey there baby, I could use just a little help
You can’t start a fire
You can’t start a fire without a spark
This gun’s for hire
even if we’re just dancing in the dark
Message keeps getting clearer
radio’s on and I’m moving ’round the place
I check my look in the mirror
I wanna change my clothes, my hair, my face
Man I ain’t getting nowhere
I’m just living in a dump like this
There’s something happening somewhere
baby I just know that there is
You can’t start a fire
you can’t start a fire without a spark
This gun’s for hire
even if we’re just dancing in the dark
You sit around getting older
there’s a joke here somewhere and it’s on me
I’ll shake this world off my shoulders
come on baby this laugh’s on me
Stay on the streets of this town
and they’ll be carving you up alright
They say you gotta stay hungry
hey baby I’m just about starving tonight
I’m dying for some action
I’m sick of sitting ’round here trying to write this book
I need a love reaction
come on now baby gimme just one look
This line (Man I’m just tired and bored with myself) keeps going through my head. It has for weeks and weeks. I have about 12 million things to do at home and do I do them? No. Do I want to do them? No. Are they continuously hanging over my head? Yes. Does that seem to make any difference? No.
Work has slowed down a bit and that’s a good thing. It affords me precious goof off time to entertain various and sundry gentlemen who wish to “chat me up”.
(Click on the box below for actual conversation (and this time I’m not even adding any extra snark. Just pretend you hear my voice adding the heaping helping of you know what)).
No wonder I’m just “tired and bored with myself” eh?
(and yes, I left the original lack of punctuation intact so you get a full sense of what kind of education Radford College offers its students)
Studboy: i was reading your profile
Me: I gathered. Some dont bother so it’s nice that you do!
Studboyy: i didnt read all of it, but some of it, haha
Studboy: where in fairfax r u from
Me: Um, it’s not like it’s a book or anything that requires much brainpower
Studboy: ok ok ok i just read it all
Studboy: hahaha
Studboy: what r u up to today?
Studboy: u there?
Me: Im here, yes. Im working. And you?
Studboy: ummm just going shopping at dulles town center and washin my car i guess and workin out at lifetime. r u busy?
Me: off and on
Me: how old are you?
Studboy: 21 i go to radford university
Studboy: do u have a pic?
Me: No I dont …
Studboy: well what do u look like? Bein italian i would say sexy as hell, but i gotta hear this
Me: Im pretty normal looking – 5’5, short dark hair, hazel eyes
Studboy: sounds sexy to me – i can send u a shitty ass pic of me
Me: and why would I want a “shitty ass” pic?
Studboy: haha well its a pic, its just the only one i have till i get to school
Studboy: its a web cam pic – want it?
Me: sure: why not
Studboy: ok sent, but i dont have that beard anymore
Studboy: u see it?
Me: I got it … yep, you look 21!
Studboy: lol whats that supposed to mean?
Me: Nothing … You just look young (of course, Im old so what do I know)
Studboy: ya but you like it, dont lie
Me: like what? my age?
Studboy: how young i am, u know u love it and yes i love your age too
Me: And I would love a 21 year old why?
Studboy:b/c ive got a hard body and everything else is as well
Me: Im not sure how I would benefit from that – I am married, after all.
Studboy: ohhh u still could benefit from it very well, im just full of energy
Me: energy w/o knowledge and experience isn’t all its cracked up to be, dear one.
Studboy: well i do believe im in college, and i do go to radford
Studboy: so thats knowledge and experience right there
Studboy: i had enough experience by the time i was 18 i promise
Me: Oh okay. Well, my loss, I guess.
Studboy: why would that be your loss, could be your gain???
Studboy: ok ok ok ill stop
Studboy: but when i get to college, i can still send u pictures of u know what
Studboy: and i know u will love it
Me: what are you babbling about?
Studboy: haha i have pictures of down there
Me: Here’s a tip for you: best not to send them to anyone who doesnt ask for them
Studboy:lol i know, i was hopin u would want them, guess not
That song sounds precisely like my life. Good ol’ Bruce. And I hope that rocket scientist from Radford gets a venereal disease and someone takes pictures of all the oozing sores DOWN THERE and posts them all over the Internet. Hey, that gives me an idea. E-mail me his ID… >:) [jk, kinda]
Are you as glad as I am that this week is over???
ttyl….schlumbaaay
Oh dear Jesus … “down there.” You mean, “down there” where he makes sissy? “Down there” where his wee-wee is (all of his self-description to the contrary) … please.
Pass me a Pamper … this one’s full of shit.
You must be very bored to chat with THOSE dweebs.
When I have YIM on, which is rarely, I stay in hidden mode.