No Means No.

To my neighbors downstairs: I apologize. To my neighbors behind me: I loathe you.

I slept on an air mattress for the first week in my new apartment. On the second or third night I was rudely awakened around 2:30 AM by what I thought was my downstairs neighbors booming base. I tried to go back to sleep but to no avail. Being the new neighbor I wanted to avoid rocking the boat so I just waited for it to go off in agony. I was laying on my side with my pillow over my head, which doesn't really do much good when your other ear is being shielded by an AIR mattress. Being the drama-face that I am, at 3:45 AM I rolled onto my other side (to build momentum...rather than just pounding on the side that I was already on), flung my arm over my body and pounded twice on the ground. Really, really hard. Four seconds later, there were three pounds from below in response. Two seconds later the music was off. All this time I've though, "Why on earth would you pound back? Was that an 'I'm sorry pound'? Or a 'I hear you and I'll turn the music off but I'll hate you forever' pound?" The return pound was just so unnecessary. Or so I thought.

Last night the music was back...again at 2:30 AM. Around 3:30 I crawled out of bed and realized that I couldn't tell for sure if it was coming from below me or from the apartment next to me. So I got down on my hands and knees, pressed my ear to the carpet, and although I could definitely feel the base I thought I should investigate further. So I stood up, pressed my ear to the wall, and found that it was much more quiet. So I wandered out into the living room to find the volume dramatically increased. I walked into the dinning room and I could hear every word. Every blasted word of David Archuleta's stupid new song.

Bring on the hate mail. Bring it.

Are you kidding me? At 3:30 in the morning you have to rock out to a song that should only be really loved that much by 13 year old girls. Wow.

Now I know that the response pound was not an effort to acknowledge their mistake, but an effort to say, "Hey crazy lady upstairs, get your behind out of bed and figure out where the sound is really coming from before you wake me up next time." My bad.

Consequently I've had that ridiculous song in my head all day...mostly just the, "But I know this crush ain't goin' away-ay-ay-ay-ayy Goin' away-ay-ay-ay-ayy" part. I don't blame David. He is a good guy with a great voice. I will forever hate this song due to the unfortunate events of last night.

Long story short: I fell back to sleep around 4:30. No pounding on the walls, no knocking on the door, no calling the cops.

So, David if you really want to know how I feel...here is my answer:

Crush
Sung by David Archuleta

I hung up the phone tonight....FINALLY!
Something happened for the first time deep inside
It was a rush, what a rush
'Cause the possibility
That you would ever feel the same way about me
It's just too much, just too much ...what gave you that idea?
Why do I keep running from the truth?
All I ever think about is you
You got me hypnotized, so mesmerized ...I get that a lot.
And I've just got to know
Do you ever think when you're all alone
All that we can be, where this thing can go? No.
Am I crazy or falling in love? Crazy.
Is it real or just another crush? I'm gonna go with crush.
Do you catch a breath when I look at you? Do I what? I don't really get what your asking here. Do I catch my breath...or a breath. How do you catch a breath?
Are you holding back like the way I do? I feel like I've been pretty honest.
'Cause I'm trying and trying to walk away I can call you a cab...
But I know this crush ain't goin' away-ay-ay-ay-ayy
Goin' away-ay-ay-ay-ayy Please go away-ay-ay-ay-ayy
Has it ever crossed your mind
When we're hanging, spending time girl, are we just friends? I don't believe that what you are asking is a complete sentence/thought, but I know what you're getting at...
Is there more, is there more? Still no.
See it's a chance we've gotta take
'Cause I believe that we can make this into something that will last
Last forever, forever ..."for eva, eva?? I'm sorry Mrs. Jackson. OOOhhh! I am for real!"
Do you ever think when you're all alone Yes... I believe most people do think when they're all alone.
All that we can be, where this thing can go?
Am I crazy or falling in love? I feel like we've had this conversation before. Yes. If those are my only options I'm going to have to go with crazy.
Is it real or just another crush? I give up. We are not discussing this any more. End of story.
Do you catch a breath when I look at you?
Are you holding back like the way I do?
'Cause I'm trying and trying to walk away
But I know this crush ain't goin' away-ay-ay-ay-ayy
Goin' away-ay-ay-ay-ayy
Goin' away-ay-ay-ay-ayy
Goin' away-ay-ay-ay-ayy
Goin' away-ay-ay-ay-ayy