Ian is out of town so I've been rambling around the house by myself (well, Attila and Bodicea are there but they don't keep me on the straight and narrow) which usually means that I watch sappy chick flicks, or made-for-TV movies on Lifetime, but last night I sunk to a new low.
While channel surfing after watching a god-awful movie on Lifetime, I stumbled upon an infomercial from Time-Life on "Singers and Songwriters". I was all set to just surf right past it but they started playing a snippet of James Taylor's Sweet Baby James, followed by Cat Stevens' Wild World, follow by Paul Simon's Still Crazy After All These Years, followed by Don McLean's American Pie....and what was I supposed to do? How do you turn away from Don McLean and American Pie? I was singing along because I know all the words to all those songs, and I found I couldn't turn the channel...and pretty soon something like 20 minutes had passed and I was still there, singing along with all 150 songs. But wait, there's more! The also had The Classics (free with purchase of Singers and Songwriters) and I knew all of those songs as well.
The sad thing was, there wasn't even any wine involved. I was that pathetic absolutely sober.
Finally, the trance was broken when Margaret and Dave stopped by to return the kayak and I had to hurriedly turn off the TV lest they see what a sad sack I truly am.
In my defense, at least I didn't order anything...
(...but it did cross my mind)
Singers and Songwriters
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