Good Friends Wear Rubber Boots.

P: man I could live for at least FOUR months on ONE paycheck from this time last year. It's crazy.
C: yeah I know, I think about it everytime I buy another dozen mr. noodles.
P: Brutal.
C: I know.
P: What did I do with all the CASH?!
C: I know.
P: I can't IMAGINE Spending all that money!
C: I know.
P: Cabs, Booze, Restaurants, Trips - Poof!
C: We traded it all in for homework and T.V.
P: Brutal.
C: I know.

A pause as we stare off into the parking lot and think about the old days, a little lost in the new.

P: 'If I ever get my hands on a dollar again...'
C: '...I'll hold on to it till that old eagle grins.'

Later that day, I was at my good friend Mairi's for dinner (pronounced 'maddy'), it was a blast (of course) there was eight of us who haven't all been in the same room for a year or so. So much laughter, such a good time, near constant stick-shaking. Then the instruments came out. What's nice about eating, drinking and being merry with a roomful of musicians is you name a song, somebody knows it.

Me: "Hey you know what song has been in my head all day; Nobody knows you when your down and out."

I'm ignored. You know musicians ('wink' to HK). Everyone continues sort of playing there own thing, tuning, yaking, drinking, smoking, laughing. Then I hear it. Slowly, out of the boisterous cacophony comes 'I used to live the life of a millionaire...' perfectly. Sweet. The others' musical spidey-sense starts tingling they turn watch the chords, listening to the melody, the rhythm and one by one pick it up. Two guitars, a mandolin and a fiddle later it's kicked full on into high gear. I'm thinking to myself, well Eric, not only are you totally over-rated, but your wrong again.

Just like kitchen parties, it' must be one of the advantages to living in an economically depressed region of the country. When your down and out, you've re-joined the majority, it's like comin' home. If you want to know where the All-weather keepers hang out, go to the kitchen.


Today's Song of the Day is "Nobody Knows You When You're Down & Out" by Eric Clapton off his 1992 album "Unplugged."

Crazy Fact: George Harrison was in love with Eric Clapton's wife.

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