October 06, 2003

Jumping out of windows in expensive clothes

I don't mean to kvetch about "Oh, don't you hate it when X song is used in Y commercial," but c'mon people. Hewlett Packard? Pictures of You? Do they WANT me to associate their brand with being 16, stoned, and completely heartbroken? For the love of Christ. I was watching, like, the Arsenal game on Saturday and said ad came on. Immediately I flashed to a memory of my much younger self, crouched on the floor of my closet, sobbing hysterically, alternating between hits of sativa and Jack Daniels, exhaling into a paper towel tube stuffed with dryer sheets (you laugh, but it worked, I tell you! Remember this when you go home for Thanksgiving.), and emerging only to hit rewind on my stereo. The soundtrack? Pictures of You, of course. The single most melancholy tune ever written. Repeated for 5 hours, until I was called down to dinner. Thank you, HP. I'm going to go cut myself now.

Posted by Dana at October 6, 2003 10:44 AM
Comments

"Remember this when you go home for Thanksgiving."

I don't go home for Thanksgiving, but this tip surely will come in handy when I visit my mother this weekend.

Posted by: Maud at October 6, 2003 12:51 PM

The Arsenal game?!?

Posted by: j-go at October 6, 2003 01:24 PM

Oh, a Liverpool fan, are we? FACE!!!

Posted by: dana at October 6, 2003 01:53 PM

Dammit! Dryer sheets! How could I have forgotten?

This little throwback will prevent me from having to stand on the toilet with a can of Lysol, blowing smoke into the vent in the ceiling.

Dad's house is really boring.

Posted by: brittney at October 6, 2003 01:54 PM

Soccer??

The Chicago Cubs have a chance at winning the World Series (which as we all know is a sign of Armageddon) and you people are watching soccer??

Communists.

Posted by: jonmc at October 6, 2003 02:02 PM

crouched on the floor of my closet, sobbing hysterically, alternating between hits of sativa and Jack Daniels, exhaling into a paper towel tube stuffed with dryer sheets

That sounds just like me after the Bolton vs Arsenal game last year.

Posted by: dmm at October 6, 2003 06:58 PM

Look, at least no one's rooting for Man U here.....

Posted by: Sarah at October 6, 2003 08:56 PM