i was driving home from visiting angela in sd and suddenly, somewhere between oceanside and san juan capistrano, i was engulfed by darkness and i swear, there were moments my car thumped and flew in the air. it was then that i realized i was driving near 95 miles per hour gunning my soon-to-be senior citizen 4runner and darkness captured me because i had split from the rest of the cars going the legal 70-80 mph. i forgot how great it felt to drive fast without knowing it.

my mom was so overjoyed that pbs had this special on simon and garfunkel and she screamed for me to come downstairs when they were playing "the sound of silence" from the movie, the graduate. i hate to admit, i do like that song - although it usually embarrasses me to the bone admitting i like the same music as my mother does.