It's a Small, Strange World
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So I stepped out of drum lessons today, and I decided to give "This is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About" by Modest Mouse a first spin. "Dramamine" comes on, and I'm hooked. I look to my left, and I notice a huge amount of smoke. Coming from the direction of my house. I start to walk across the desert towards the flames (very Jim Morrisson-esque). All the while, the possibilities are running through my head. Is it my house? A friend's? Maybe the nearby elementary school?Fast forward fifteen minutes, when I'm about half a mile from my house. Smoke fills my lungs, and there's an acrid smell. I start to notice a huge amount of traffic. Like what you'd expect to find on a freeway, not on residential roads. I'm getting a lot of weird looks as the kid holding drumsticks walking down the side of the road TOWARDS the flames. Well, yeah, it might just be MY house.All these cars give an eerie feel, like it might be the end of the world or something. Helicopters are hovering low overhead. Then my own father zooms past me, seemingly without noticing me. All the while, Modest Mouse provides a scarily insane soundtrack.I run into my house, thankfully still standing, and switch on the news. A 3 alarm fire just down the street, house completely destroyed by a propane explosion, though thankfully no injuries. That Modest Mouse album is never going to sound the same.And this image, creepily, also came to mind:
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