LJ: Ode to Banality, Chapter 4,103,229

When the revolution comes and goes, and we are all old, gristled warriors, and the children of New ask us what life was like in Old, remember this story:

I just spent the past fifteen minutes pacing around the store popping bubble wrap and being utterly transported out of my other troubles because of it.

So when the children ask, "How did you spend the time Before?", remember my words.