"Oh, you're the best friend that I ever had/ I've been with you such a long time/ You're my sunshine/ and I want you to know that my feelings are true/ I really love you (ooh)/ Oh, you're my best friend."
Unfortunately, right now you're all far away!
So I'm going to go hole up in a hole-in-the-wall bookstore with my laptop and just write for a while. Thinking of you, whoever you are (that is, you reading this).
If you get a minute today (or five minutes and fifty-six seconds, to be exact), listen to Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody." Today would have been Freddie Mercury's (the brilliant and incredibly flamboyant front man of the group) 61st birthday. Alas, he died of AIDS in 1991. The death of one of the most brilliant minds in pop music history (the man came up with Bohemian Rhapsody in his head- he was a genius) helped raise global awareness of the disease.
So as a nod to a pop music legend, or a nod to the ongoing battle against AIDS, or in the spirit of rock n' roll, crank up the stereo, bang your head, and belt it out!
"So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye?/ So you think you can love me and leave me to die?/ Oh baby - can't do this to me baby!/ Just gotta get out - just gotta get right outta here!"
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