Michelle is having me watch Crossroads (a CMT show) with her. It’s Dolly Parton and Melissa Ethridge. Its really good, and it brings back memories from elementary school. You know, the joking on the playground about finding part of a voit rubber ball and joking about it being part of a her boob.
Anyway, this was the first time I actually listened to the words of 9 to 5, and I was reminded that life is pretty much the same. Here we are in 2004, still working 9 to 5 lining someone’s wallet. It was odd timing considering the events of the weekend included the passing of former president Ronald Reagan.
I really don’t have very many memories of President Reagan. I remember the Challenger speech, which still brings me to tears, but that’s about it. Most of what I know about the man’s presidency I learned after the fact from music and anecdotal books. So it strikes me as far too ironic that I’m listening to Dolly and wondering what we learned. The amazing thing is we’re still at it.