Busted

Yesterday, while I was waiting for TYM to get ready to go out for breakfast, I popped in The Raincoats "Looking in the Shadows" and proceeded to loudly sing and clumsily dance around the kitchen. And as I was doing so, I remembered this story.

Picture it: Summer, 2000, New York City. I'm cleaning the house, listening to my new Raincoats CD. As I'm jamming and dusting, my roommate, Lee, walks in.

"What are you listening to?" he asks, cocking his head to one side, trying to place the music emanating from my boom box.

"The Raincoats," I say.

Lee starts to laugh. And laugh.

"What?" I ask.

"You totally bought that CD because Julia Stiles' character in 10 Things I Hate About You said it was her favorite band," he says, still laughing.

"Shut up," I say.

He keeps laughing.

"Go ahead and laugh," I say. "I may have bought the CD because of 10 Things I Hate About You, but you're familiar enough with the movie that you know why I bought it. So you should be equally embarrassed."

He agrees, and we spend the afternoon listening to my new Raincoats CD, after which we watch 10 Things I Hate About You. Again.