Friday night I experienced one of those fulfilling, this-makes-it-all-worth-it moments. A that's-why-i-first-got-into-this-business feeling, where something you made, something you did, visibly affected someone else.
I made a CD.
It started last week, when my boss at the Creamie's factory - who also runs Charlie's Ice Cream parlor here in Logan - and I got to talking about music. He's a huge fan of The Who and etc classic rock, whereas I tend to keep myself updated on current trends. When he realized that, he said, "Hey, do you think you could make a list, or burn a CD of some of the popular songs that kids are listening to nowadays?"
Um, yes. I mean, that's practically my day job, I do it so much. Ok, besides my real day job.
"Good," he continued. "Then I'll put it in the jukebox in Charlie's."
Right then something inside my soul blew up. A tiny explosion of happy.
So, I bought a bunch of songs off Amazon (I still don't have iTunes), and used some of Alan's stuff from 7th Day of May 2008, and made this sweetawesome mix. Last Saturday, it showed up in the jukebox. CD number 48. 25 cents for one song or 5 songs for a dollar. YES!
We didn't get around to visiting until last night, after Mary Anne's wedding reception in Malad. At 11pm Charlie's is still the "cool" ice cream hangout for high school and some college kids. So there we were, all dressed up, eating baby-scoop ice creams, and listening to Coldplay's Viva La Vida on a jukebox. We realized, once again, that we are so cool.
But the best part was when Pork and Beans by Weezer came up, and I sat there watching the high schoolers in front of us rocking out. I mean, they were loving it! Another group of college-ish aged kids had been heading toward the door, but when that song came on they slowed and lingered. "Are you sure this is the new Weezer?" "I don't know...but that definitely sounds like Rivers Cuomo!" They sat back down and finished the song before they left. And those high schoolers were air-guitaring and singing along.
I sat back in my plastic bench seat and just grinned. Why? Because I CREATED THAT MOMENT.
Best day of my life.
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