Here we go again....
The theme to "Gunsmoke".
Damned near every day of my life. I've never been a "gotta watch it" fan of Gunsmoke, but... it's okay.Like Bonanza is.
And, usually, when I hear the theme song of a show and I'm not a "gotta watch it fan", I just aim the remote without really looking and switch to the "other" channel (whatever comes up by pushing the "back" button). But... for some reason... with Gunsmoke, I can't bring myself to actually push any buttons. I hear the theme start and my brain says, "Need to change this..."
My hand grabs the remote and aims it in the general direction of the TV, then, as I'm still hearing it, Rob comes into it and I "see" him watching it, or toddling off to the bathroom during the theme song or being out in his kitchen, hearing it come on and hurrying up so he doesn't miss it and I just can't push the button to make it stop or go away. Then, I glance over in time to see Festus or I hear his voice and that clinches it. I set the remote back down and leave it on. Probably more for Rob than for myself. I may not watch every minute, but it feels right to leave it on. Same way having a ball game on the TV, blasting, can bring my Pop-pop back to me for an afternoon. And, what's this, all of a sudden?
There's no reason for this, now....
My period is gone, my house is clean, everything is at least "okay" if not "right" with my world and.... I'm in tears? Because of "Gunsmoke"? God...
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Ah, it's always the little reminders that get to you. I'll see something in the news I think he would be interested in and think, oh I should send that to Rob. And then I remember... and it still makes me sad too.
Posted by: Libby at August 07, 2006 08:50 AM (DGO1F)
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Do you know why Rob's archives only go back to May 2004?
Posted by: Alaska Kim at August 07, 2006 03:04 PM (27yEv)
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