Science (non) Fiction

I got a mix CD from a friend this week (thanks Sarah!), and this song is incredibly stuck in my head - I listen to it almost every time I get in the car (this is one of those good times to be single, as I don’t have to worry about driving a spouse/boyfriend crazy listening to the same song over and over ). I have really no idea what the song is trying to say, but it’s really catchy, and Sarah actually titled the mix after a line in the song (’Virginia in my eyes’). Are any of y’all fans of ‘Eddie from Ohio’? I hadn’t even heard of them before this week… I’m debating on getting some more of their stuff, but Sarah thinks that this is pretty much their ‘prettiest’ song, and quite a bit of their other stuff is fun and goofy, so I’m not sure it’s what I’m looking for… anyway, see what you make of it:

The good news out here on the highway
Is the speed limit’s just a suggestion
But the bad news out here on the highway
Is I’m praying for some two-car congestion

It’s the path of least resistance
I can measure my distance by a marathon runner’s nightmare
I’ve got two states behind me,
I don’t need you to remind me I’m still not getting anywhere

And there’s a cold wind blowin’ in Wyoming
‘Cause there’s no-one here to tell it otherwise
And free hot coffee for the number six driver
Virginia in my eyes. Virginia in my eyes.

There are wires in the middle of an ocean
Making static and electric noise
But I can talk to you across an ocean
Making far away human voices

But I cannot see the morning
and the vision I am forming’s of a long-locked, never-ending night
I’ve got two states behind me, and I’m needing you to find me
And deliver me clean and whole, and morning bright

And there’s a cold wind blowin’ in Wyoming
‘Cause there’s no-one here to tell it otherwise
And free hot coffee for the number six driver
Virginia in my eyes. Virginia in my eyes.

Well the good news out here on the highway
Is that everything in life is a suggestion
But the bad news alone on the highway
Is each question just begs another question

And there’s a cold wind blowin’ in Wyoming
‘Cause there’s no-one here to tell it otherwise
And free hot coffee for the number six driver
Virginia in my eyes. Virginia in my eyes.

Also, my darling little brother met me halfway in Salisbury today (ok, it was actually a bit longer for him than me, which I didn’t realize til I got there) - we got to have lunch at O’Charleys, chat a bit, and wrestle with my new car trunk bike-rack, which was then used to transport my bike from his car onto mine and back up with me to Winston! Yay! So I now (finally) have my bike back and am looking forward to getting back to riding it, maybe even to work, since I’m less than 5 miles away (I think…). I even bought a tire pump, helmet and bike lock, so I have no excuses (except my lack of shape) for not riding it ASAP. hehehe. Plus now with the bike rack, I can drive somewhere cool to ride and it won’t involve completely taking apart the bike and/or my backseat to try to shove an adult mountain bike into my tiny Honda Civic