The object of this game is simple – creative writing. Just let it flow. Come up with the most disjointed logic you can to get to a totally offbeat song that you really want to hear anyway, and do it by writing a special request to Kasey Kasem.
I’ll go first:
Dear Kasey, Last week I was playing ‘go fetch’ with my dog Sinbad. We play in the street here in front of our house in Millard, Arkansas. Sinbad is an Irish Terrier, and I got him for my tenth birthday. He’s ten now, and I’m twenty.
Sinbad enjoys running after the stick – in fact, he’ll do anything to get that stick. He’ll run in front of a truck or go down a sewer drain. One time he even went through the open window of a passing car. Boy was that scary. The driver stopped and threw Sinbad out and then said some very bad words before driving on.
Yesterday we were playing fetch. I had a new stick, maple. It had just come in the mail. Sinbad was anxious, like something was wrong. I threw the stick, but he didn’t run after it. I went and got it myself, and threw it again, and he still didn’t go after it. I thought something was wrong. I looked into his mouth, checked his paws. Nothing. I sniffed around his rear end. Nothing unusual. Then I heard it. Next door at the Hamilton’s, there was a loud pop.
Sinbad barked and went running off, and I followed. He went to the front door of Mrs. Hamilton’s house and barked some more. No one answered. I knocked. Nothing. I opened the door. There on the floor was Mrs. Hamilton, covered with blood. The back door was open. The garage door was too. I heard a car speeding off. Sinbad went to the body and sniffed around her face, and sure enough, Mrs. Hamilton was alive! I called 911, and the ambulance came and took her to the hospital. She’s recovering now, and is going to be all right. And we owe it all to Sinbad.
Kasey, would you play “Lady Godiva’s Operation” by the Velvet Underground? It’s for Mrs. Hamilton, who’s lying in her bed today recovering from her wounds. I think she’d really like it.
And Sinbad is fetching again, just like before. Sinbad, go fetch!
Piece of Mindful 