{"id":2397,"date":"2010-10-21T22:22:17","date_gmt":"2010-10-22T05:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/?p=2397"},"modified":"2015-02-20T17:25:55","modified_gmt":"2015-02-21T00:25:55","slug":"lately-ive-had-the-most-deliciously-random-fantasies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/2010\/10\/21\/lately-ive-had-the-most-deliciously-random-fantasies\/","title":{"rendered":"because we danced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been having the most deliciously random fantasies lately.<\/p>\n<p>My favorite involves a big button or switch on the wall in my house. I&#8217;m in control, and I can flip that switch any time I want. The lights go down, a big disco ball descends from the ceiling, and loud, throbbing dance music fills the room. Everyone has to stop whatever it is that they&#8217;re doing and dance for the duration of the song.<\/p>\n<p>When the song is over, the music stops, the disco ball disappears, and the lights go back up. Everyone goes back to normal as if nothing happened: back to the arguments, or feeding, or navel gazing, or research, or contemplation of washing dishes.<a href=\"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/pnw-highland-games-2009\/bird-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8241\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8241\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/28\/pnw-highland-games-2009\/bird-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/bird-2.png?fit=640%2C457\" data-orig-size=\"640,457\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"bird-2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/bird-2.png?fit=640%2C457\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-8241\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/bird-2.png?resize=300%2C214\" alt=\"bird-2\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/bird-2.png?resize=300%2C214 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/bird-2.png?w=640 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/bird-2.png?resize=106%2C75 106w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/bird-2.png?resize=82%2C57 82w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But something did happen.<\/p>\n<p>Everything is better.<\/p>\n<p>Because we danced.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been having the most deliciously random fantasies lately. 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