I drove to pick up dinner after work and, in a flashback to my 80’s louder-the-better listening days, I pulled into the restaurant parking lot with windows shaking from hair-metal band Whitesnake’s “Here I Go Again”. The timing was perfect with the music as I pulled into the parking space. It was a good hair day, I was wearing my cool black coat. I had that slightly unshaven devil-may-care look. I got out of the car and walked through the parking lot nodding my head to the tune still echoing in my ears. It was one of those rare “I’m actually really cool right now” moments. Of course, there was nobody around to see it.
I get out of the restaurant with my take-out order, still feeling pretty studly. A regular midwest Miami-Vice-Era Don Johnson. This time there are people in the parking lot. Pressure. I still managed to keep the cool look as I walked to my car. I might have even swaggered a little. The cool soundtrack was still playing in my head. I got into the car and, before shutting the door, started it up. My radio, still set at I’m-too-cool-to-follow-your-rules-man volume, immediately started blaring. Oh yeah. Everybody would experience my coolness.
As plastic-pop-diva Cher’s “Do You Believe in Love” washed out over the parking lot, I’m sure the horrified look on my face as my hand shot out to turn off the radio and smashed into my two bags of takeout food showed them all exactly how cool I really was.
Radio, you are not my friend.
There are still clubs out there where Cher is cool and probably still played, a lot!!
Yeah, and all the women have adam’s apples. 😉
You could have recovered yoruself shouting, “Hey! Where are the cameras … ha, ha, ha! Very funny Trigger Happy TV”
I’m picturing that short guy who was mostly hat pointing and yelling after Mask Man came out of the closet. “FAAAG!” “FAAAG!”
that totally sucks, but its hilarious. If i was in that parking lot i would have laughed my head off.
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