Ok Jay, you knew this was coming sooner or later, might as well be now. I here record the full shame of the "Tale Of The Joan Jett CD" for all to see. Consider this my apology. It's as close as you're gonna get.
Back near the misty beginnings of time, before cable TV and dinosaurs, Jay loaned me his Joan Jett CD. I can't exactly remember when, but sometime previous to the Russian revolution I think.
He then proceeded to make my life a living hell during the intervening time, badgering me for his shiny disc at every opportunity, until, at long last, I returned it to him on October 21st, 2005.
It wasn't that I didn't want to give it back. It was just very hard for me to locate. First it was packed in a box somewhere, then it was deep inside my old 400 disc CD changer, and not on the catalog - very difficult to locate. Finally one day when I had nothing else to do but prepare for my upcoming wedding, I went through the whole thing and found the disc.
It was another month before I located the jewel case, hidden at the bottom of a very large box in the darkest corner of the basement.
Once I had both pieces of the borrowed music reunited, I decided the best time to give it back would be at my rehearsal dinner at WAB. There would be merriment and celebration.
And more importantly, witnesses.
So ingrained in our collective cultures was this CD thing that I had the event photographed. You can see my witness, Brian, in the background, although he looks a little "out of it" and may not qualify as "reliable" in a court of law.
But the deed was done. Never again will I be burdened with such a longstanding debt. Until Jay loans me another CD, of course.
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Rumor has it that Jay did not start badgering until well after a year had past.
This is a good story and all, but I'm not sure I buy it. There WERE no CDs back before the dinosaurs, only 8-tracks, and then cassettes early on in the Jurrasic age, so I don't know how any of this could have actually transpired. I say take the CD back, as Jay is obviously making the whole thing up.
Bolshevik!?
I'm glad I rescued my iLife CD. Just in the nick of time it seems.
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