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Artist:

R.E.M.

Song:

New Orleans Instrumental No. 1

Album: 

Automatic For The People

Year: 

1992

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sallen77 | MEMORY FROM 1996

Sitting on the carriage stone

LOCATION: outside my house , Upstate NY

YEAR: 1996

TAGS: night, walking, conversation, shooting stars, crushes

PUBLISHED: March 24, 2008

Our group had hung out earlier in the evening - dinner, a movie - the usual summer home-from-college fun. He'd driven me home and we sat in the car talking for a while, not ready to call it a night, something was brewing between us. It was too gorgeous to be in the car so we moved outside, sitting on the old marble carriage stone in front of my house. From the house across the street, Automatic For the People was playing through the open window. He was the ultimate R.E.M. fan, I just loved the album.

When the album finished we went for a walk through the village, spinning tales to make sense of the noises in the tree leaves - faller flies - and the amazing number of cats - after midnight the villagers all turn to cats, I was exempt for the night since I was in the company of a non villager. Ending up at the lake we sat and watched for shooting stars for hours, just talking. We said good night as the sun started to break through the darkness.

 

 

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COMMENTS (12)
sunshinelikeacid said: That is so romantic, a scene out of a movie. (3/24/2008)

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AGBlade2008 said: it's nice to just chill and hang out with friends. (3/24/2008)

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Appelman said: Chilling is nice...meximelt and I should chill more often (3/24/2008)

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Appelman said: Chilling is nice...meximelt and I should chill more often (3/24/2008)

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AGBlade2008 said: i think you and this "meximelt" have a really good relationship if you can mention him publicly on the internet. (3/24/2008)

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Appelman said: we do AGBlade..maybe one day you can have that sort of relationship with somebody (3/24/2008)

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AGBlade2008 said: perhaps. as you can obviously tell, i'm a loser. so oh well. (3/24/2008)

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Appelman said: chin up AGBlade I will be your friend (3/24/2008)

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AGBlade2008 said: really? my life is now complete. (3/24/2008)

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Appelman said: I am glad that I could have helped you in some small way. (3/24/2008)

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AGBlade2008 said: yes, because the completion of my life is certainly a "small" task. (3/24/2008)

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Appelman said: Wow I did not mean to belittle you...still friends? (3/24/2008)

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