#elliott smith reference

Carefully the the joint between her lips was lit as she moved the volume on the speaker a few notches higher. The music blaring from behind the fractured bedroom door dripped into the hall and down to the kitchen. Within a few minutes she cracked another beer and began to think out loud. Joyful sarcasm rolled from cheek to tongue, "Well dammit, I did it again. One more joint to many I suppose. This homework is not getting done. But, to hell with it and another beer for me."  Patiently the song drifted from the vinyl to the screechy speakers while she laid there with the open beer balancing on her stomach. Shifting in bed from side to side in sync with the tune. Word for word running through her head while laughter of the failure bound her to the white walls of the room. Humming aloud for all corners of the fortress to hear -