Another Conversation With Kathy, Deconstructed, As Told to Kathy

How did we get from The Monkees theme song to canned water for tornado victims?

-1. In an earlier conversation, I get the Flintstones theme stuck in Kathy's head.
1. You walk by as I'm singing the Monkees theme song with Brenda, thus getting another song stuck in your head.
2. You put your hands over your ears, feigning agony.
3. I say that if my life was a sitcom, the whole "taunt Kathy with theme songs and jingles" would be the subplot of my day.
4. We talk about my life as a sitcom, and I mention that in therapy this morning, I referred to my first stint with my therapist (2005-2006) as "Season 1."
5. We talk about my writing a real sitcom, and how it could be rooted in all the stupid things I've said to my therapist.
6. I mention that I once mispronounced "cumulative" and she corrected me*.
7. You say that a friend of yours once corrected your pronunciation of "Proust," but that she was wrong.
8. I add that it really annoys me when people pronounce the "Zooey" in Franny and Zooey as "Zoey," because I think it's really pronounced "Zoo-ee."
9. We talk about J.D. Salinger. You bring up a short story I'd like but can't remember the name.
10. I say that I should be reading short stories, since I don't have much of an attention span for full books anymore.
11. I say that I'm reading a book about a devastating blizzard that struck the American prairie in 1888, and I can't get past all the boring weather stuff.
12. You say you had the same problem with a chapter in Moby Dick.
13. I say that after this book, I want to read one on Mail-Order brides, since now I'm in a pioneering/frontier mood.
14. I say, "Did you ever see The Harvey Girls? Judy Garland was a mail order bride in that movie." Then I bring up a scene I really like from said movie.
15. You tell me my memory is way better than yours.
16. I say not necessarily: Someone who was on my youth group trip to Israel in 1992 contacted me via Facebook, and I'm having a hard time remembering who she is.
17. You said that maybe looking at a group picture would help.
18. I say that I spent 6 weeks in Israel and took pretty much no pictures, and my mother was really mad. . . but now that I'm in contact with several other people from the trip via Facebook, I'll finally be able to get some for her.
19. You talk about how great pictures are.
20. I say that I'm not really one for souvenirs anymore; while I like keepsakes, I prefer trying to have a clutter-free life.
21. You tell me how your childhood knick-knacks are at your parents' house, along with many stuffed animals.
22. I say that I had to throw out my favorite stuffed animal due to the unfortunate carpet beetle larvae infestation of last year.
23. I say that I also recently threw out the can of water given out by the fire department near my work after 9/11. (Anheiser Busch sent cans of water to the city, as they often do in times of disaster.)
24. You say that you remember those old commercials where members of a tornado-struck community talk about Anheiser Busch sending them water.
25. It pretty much ended there.

So, Monkees theme to Canned Disaster Water.
*This is at least the third time I've mentioned this incident on the blog. I really need to let it go.