January 7, 2008
People sometimes express surprise that we're able to travel together for so long. It can be hard: we have just each other to talk to, all day, every day. But we manage. Actually, we more than manage: we're quite compatible, all things considered, and when we're not so compatible, well, like most couples we've figured out how to bicker with the best of them. One of the ways in which we are compatible is that we're not terribly sentimental people, so it wasn't until we'd been separated while I was living in Morocco that we came up with "our song." David played it for me when he came to visit one time, and of course I loved it. It just fits us so well. In honor of our 11 years together today (I know, we can't believe it, either!), I highly recommend you find the song online to listen to. But if you can't, the lyrics are below.
Happy anniversary to us!
Since you been gone--Weird Al
(sung a cappella, in the style of a barbershop quartet)
Since you've been gone
Well, I feel like I've been chewing on tinfoil
Since you've been gone
It's like I got a great big mouthful of cod liver oil
Oh well, I'm feelin like I stuck my hand
Inside a blender and turned it on
You know, I've been in a buttload of pain
Since you've been gone
(Since you've been gone)
I couldn't feel any worse if you dropped
A two-ton bowling ball on my toes
(Since you've been gone)
It couldn't hurt any more if you shoved
A red-hot cactus up my nose
Since you've been gone
Well, it feels like I'm getting tetanus shots every day
Since you've been gone
It's like I've got an ice cream headache that won't go away
Ever since that day you left me
I've been so miserable, my dear
I feel almost as bad as I did
When you were still here
