Surprises Wrapped in Cellophane
Posted on Tuesday, June 6th, 2006 at 21:52.
A few Sundays ago, Arthur and I were watching CBS Sunday Morning. I quite enjoyed my first viewing of the show. One of the stories featured Carole King. Apparently she wrote every song that I associate with an era and I had never before heard of her.
Arthur always has a surprise for me when I travel away from the apartment and leave him behind. He expects the same of me, which works to his favor since he travels solo more often than me, but this is not relevant. I purchased Carole King’s The Living Room Tour
On a tangent, Arthur doesn’t like secrets and can’t hide a surprise himself. He demands that I give him hints about his surprises. My favorite hint this round: She likes to be wrapped in cellophane. (For those who don’t get it, CDs come wrapped in cellophane for some reason that I cannot explain. This is the first CD that I have not purchased from the iTunes Music Store in over a year. DRM has really annoyed me lately, but wasteful uses of plastic don’t make me happy either. Balancing the moral issues of the environment and intellectual property rights can be difficult.)
Carole King is gifted with an earthy, hearty quality in song. The Living Room Tour has a bunch from her Tapestry album; yet, hearing Carole “live” makes for a richer experience. The live audience ignites a spark within her, it seems. Now I shall be listening only to Ms. King for the rest of the week. :)
-Waldo
When I was 16, my mom gave me my own copy of “Tapestry.” It’s still in heavy rotation in my car/stereo/Nano. Yay for you meeting Ms. King. :)
I like how you are adopting the “extreme” babysitter mindset for the environment, in the sense that you must either A) be incredibly vocal about long-term environmental concerns in order to possibly curb the current disasters, or B) decry modern American wastefulness at every opportunity that presents itself. Don’t worry – I do the very same. I hope you hang in there until the guy gets back.