Life is like a cartoon

“Gandalf would be a cool costume! My boy AJ had a Spongebob-themed barbecue a few weeks back, and I went as Barnacle Boy. Were you there?” He couldn’t remember if he had seen her at that barbecue. The latter half of that night was a blur to him. 

 “Alright, Fanta lemon it is.” Verity walked over to reach for a can of the said drink before handing it to her once she returned. “Oh no!” She chuckled softly. Verity never went to college so she could not relate per se, but she did spend long nights planning looks and such whenever she got into the groove so to speak. “What are you working on at the moment?”

     “Now you made me overthink the situation–maybe both? Who knows, all I know is that something doesn’t seem right and if my little brother is reaching out about it then it’s worth a shot to go back and look.”

“You sound like a wise wizard. Like Gandalf, but a lady and not super old.” Maybe Gandalf wasn’t the best comparison, but it was the first one that popped into his head. “I just haven’t heard that many good new songs lately. Like yeah, there are some, but not many club songs, you know?”

“Me neither, but I think it’s pretty unique!! They honestly look madly in love with each other–wait…” Nova trailed off. “Oh my god, they’re MADLY IN LOVE! That’s why Joker and Harley! That’s their take!!! Ahhhh! I dunno what took me so long to take it!” She shook her head and laughed. “Thank you for your feedback, by the way!” 

“Well I am super glad to hear that they are madly in love and I wish them all of the best in the future. I think if I ever got married maybe an Addams Family theme.” She admitted ruffling her hair with one of her hands. “Hey no problem I think that it’s pretty awesome and you have made it your own for sure.”

     “I think I might make a trip home,” Lydia thought out loud and turned toward the person near by, “How does a family disaster sound? I think it sounds appealing or not…who knows, I just know that my little brother wants me to go back with him to face my parents and all.” 

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“Ah right, cool!” Verity smiled, grabbing a beer for herself and scanning the soft drinks. “Well there is Fanta orange and lemon, Coke, Coke light and zero, Sprite?” She started listing off while scanning the cans on the ice. “I have been good. Very busy with work and such, but other than that it’s been good. What about yourself? What have you been up to?”

“It really is a pain in the ass, having to constantly remind yourself about that, you know? It’s a process, I guess,” Maverick sighed, shaking his head. “A danish, I got you. I’ll be right back,” He quickly scooted from his chair to go order a danish and maybe an extra brownie for himself. Upon returning he slid the danish over to Kyla with a grin. “There you go. Thanks again for the sage advice, by the way.” 

“Do you really mean that?” he asked, perking up. “Man, that means a lot. I’ve been in a musical funk lately. I’ve just been… bored of my club playlist. Tired of hearing the same stuff every night.”

❛ Do you ever think about how if you dive into the ocean and go deeper and deeper you will pass through layers of darker and darker blue until everything is black and cold and the pressure will be so intense that it will kill you without protection but if you keep going you will find little glowing specks of light, and if you go up into the sky and go higher and higher you will pass through layers of darker and darker blue until everything is black and cold and the pressure will be so intense that it will kill you without protection but if you keep going you will find little glowing specks of light? ❜A bout of insomnia had sent Tae scrolling through one social media site or another about a week ago and had lodged the thought exhaustively in his brain after something he had come across and now, in typical Tae-Kyung fashion, he was making sure he wasn’t the only one plagued by it.

“Exactly and like yeah, there are some things that I can change about myself, but I want to do that for myself, you know? This whole life and adulting thing is complicated,” He sighed, shaking his head. “But yeah! Pick a pastry, any pastry and I got you.” 

“It’s a very…um…Suicide Squad themed type of wedding. In which the wife is Harley Quinn inspired and her husband is Joker inspired and I–don’t really know if they have the healthiest relationship, but you know who am I to judge, right?” Nova laughed and sighed. “Let me know what you think of the remix though. I’m open to anything!” 

Vito eagerly and nervously awaited her reaction. As soon as the song was over, however, he got too antsy and asked, “So, what did you think? Do you think it’s club worthy?”

 “Yeah I am not having a jam jar drink ever again in my life.” She chuckled. “So, what is your poison of choice?” She asked her out of curiosity. “And I would love to catch up! It’s been a while!”

“Awesome!” Nova perked up excitedly. Finally she’d have a fresh mind to help her decide on which remix would be right to bring to the table. “Okay, so I should definitely throw out a disclaimer that this is for a wedding…and the couple was like yo, we really want Heathens by Twenty One Pilots to be the song the bride enters to, but we want your spin on it and…I said I mean uh…sure?” She explained as she went to grab the headphones and handed them over to Kyla. “Anyways, before I bore you to death, take a listen.” 

“Deadass? I’ve tried making a few, but I think this one came out the best.” After seeing other DJs on TikoTok do it, he felt a burst of inspiration. He played the song for her and eagerly awaited her reaction. 

“So I’ve been dabbing in mashups lately, and made this,” he stated, actually meaning to say ‘dabbling.’ “Hear me out. ‘Dare’ by Gorillaz and ‘Thos Shit’ by Megan Thee Stallion. I don’t mean to brag, but it’s pretty dope. You should give it  a listen.” He had the song pulled up on his phone, ready to play at any moment. He was proud of himself for making this after a period of not having any inspiration. 

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