it’s time

Whenever I hear “Fred Jones Part 2″ by Ben Folds, I sob. Sometimes there are tears, and sometimes not. Today there were tears. Fred sits alone at his desk in the dark there’s an awkward young shadow that waits in the hall he has cleared all his things and he’s put them in boxes things that remind him that life has been good twenty-five years he’s worked at the paper a man’s here to take him downstairs and “I’m sorry, Mr. Jones, it’s time” there was no party and there were no songs ’cause today’s just a day like the day that he started and no one is left here that knows his first name yeah, and life barrels on like a runaway train where the passengers change they don’t change...

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Posted on 22 Aug 2003 | Comments Off

Marlon Wayans as me!

I find the casting of Denzel Washington as anna to be particularly poignant. My LiveJournal Sitcom portable CD player and muffin (WB, 4:30): cygnoir (Marlon Wayans) burns judiasverdes (Groucho Marx)’s t-shirt. Soon afterwards, pinchme73 (Lucille Ball) and merlaan (Justin Timberlake) buy a Broadway show. Nearby, travellight (Anil Kapoor) draws a picture on randomlife (Kevin Spacey)’s forehead. Then, roadnotes (Gary Cooper) and lunatik (Denzel Washington) try out for a volleyball team. Later, joescales (Jackie Chan) breaks valuren (John Wayne)’s old 100-meter-dash record, but nobody sees it happen. (Part 1 of 2.) What’s Your LiveJournal Sitcom? (by...

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Posted on 22 Aug 2003 | Comments Off