Have you ever had a moment when you lose your shell for a few minutes? Today, I was in a public speaking class working on a speech outline on my laptop. The speech was coming along nicely, I think it'll go over well. Naturally, I had to be plugged in and listening to AMOK while working- how else would I get shit done? Halfway through the class, the kid behind me tapped on my shoulder and said: "We can hear your music." Being the contrary asshole I am, I just scoffed, "Well of course you can hear it when your head is close to my ear." Prick.
My eyes drift and I see that the headphones aren't plugged in completely. They linger enough to let everyone know what's going on. The whole class listened to at least all of Ingenue and they only know what else. The key to success when losing your shell is to pretend it's still there. A simple and concise plug of the headphones shut up any snide remarks from the heathens with shit taste.
At least it wasn't Pablo Honey
(then later I thought the bzzzzz in Unless was a bug in my ear and I flailed in a dead silent room I have no regrets)
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