365 project:"its so much easier when seafoam green is in fashion"

58.

artist:incubus
album:morning view

i always had a crush on Brandon Boyd, but never really got into incubus until this album. "warning" was in regular rotation at MTV, so i heard it a lot (I'm discovering how much of my life was spent with MTV on...its kind of frightening, actually), especially at the beach house that summer.

i really do like this album, but i don't listen to it very often.

one time in particular stands out in my mind, though. i was talking to my daddy about it today, which is probably why i decided to listen to this album today. it was, once again, the summer that i was interning at MTV. we had an internship class that we had to take along with the actual internship, and that class met like three times all year. one of those meetings was at our professor's house. she didn't live near campus at all, and this was pre-GPS so i had mapquest directions to go by...and we all know how reliable those can be.

i made it there just fine. while we were in class, the Heavens opened up and it rained harder than i could even believe. we couldn't see our cars from the house. it was bad. (this summer featured a lot of rainstorms, actually...including one in which i almost floated away in the ocean...that's a story for another entry, though.) class was over, and i was a bit nervous about driving in that rain, but figured I'm tough and that id be okay. WRONG.

i got back to the parkway entrance, only to find out that it was closed off due to the rain. awesome. now I'm in a town I've never been to in my life and am totally lost. fantastic. this was my first panic attack, and it wasn't pretty.

i drove around aimlessly and totally freaking out for a bit, and then i saw a beacon of light-a wawa. i pulled into the parking lot, calmed myself down, and went in to get some coffee.  i came back out to my car (her name was Rhu and she was the finest collection of metal a girl could ever know. that car got me into and out of a lot of trouble) took my soaking wet, slippery flip-flops off, tucked a foot up under my butt, and searched around for the most mellow CD that i could find. morning view was what i came up with.

i hit play on the CD player, and started driving and concentrating, using my uncanny sense of direction. i know enough about roads and pay enough attention to get myself out of a jam if need be, though i don't really handle being in jams well to begin with. at any rate, i found my way back to the parkway and eventually made it back to the dorm in one piece. to this day, whenever I'm freaking out or am driving around in the rain for extended periods of time (like i was today), i craving nothing more than a cup of wawa coffee and some incubus.