tonight i'm gonna be playing on the computer. and tomorrow night? buddy i think i'm gonna be playing on the computer. and the night after that? driving down a long, long stretch of highway. i've long left the city, long left the scattered lights illuminating the road before me. all i can see beyond the glow of my headlights is the inky black sky. the radio is on, but the volume is low; the local djs might as well just be murmuring to themselves. in the rearview, a flash of light - my stomach drops, my pulse quickens, i steel myself for what's to come - but it's gone just as quickly as it came. i relax as best i can, but the feeling in my gut doesn't go away. i roll the windows down, the roaring wind drowning out what little of the radio i could still hear. as the cool night air sends a shiver down my spine, i look up towards the top of the windshield, and see in that enormous void of sky one lonely, shimmering star. then saturday it's back to playing on the computer
