{"id":1179,"date":"2008-01-27T15:18:33","date_gmt":"2008-01-27T20:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/2008\/01\/27\/closing-time\/"},"modified":"2008-01-27T15:28:25","modified_gmt":"2008-01-27T20:28:25","slug":"closing-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/2008\/01\/27\/closing-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Closing time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Beloved has resorted to drastic measures.  He leaned in close to my uterus this morning and said, &#8220;We have candy!  We have TV!  We have video games!  Just c&#8217;mon out and it&#8217;s all yours &#8212; follow the light!&#8221;  <\/p>\n<p>We were in the car later, and decided the lyrics of this song are surprisingly applicable right now:<\/p>\n<p><em>Closing time &#8211; time for you to go out, go out into the world.<br \/>\nClosing time &#8211; turn the lights up over every boy and every girl.<br \/>\nClosing time &#8211; one last call for alcohol, so finish your whiskey or beer.<br \/>\nClosing time &#8211; you don&#8217;t have to go home but you can&#8217;t stay here.<\/p>\n<p>I know who I want to take me home.<br \/>\nI know who I want to take me home.<br \/>\nI know who I want to take me home.<br \/>\nTake me home&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Closing time &#8211; time for you to go back to the places you will be from.<br \/>\nClosing time &#8211; this room won&#8217;t be open &#8217;til your brothers or your sisters come.<br \/>\nSo gather up your jackets, and move it to the exits &#8211; I hope you have found a friend.<br \/>\nClosing time &#8211; every new beginning comes from some other beginning&#8217;s end.<\/p>\n<p>Yeah, I know who I want to take me home.<br \/>\nI know who I want to take me home.<br \/>\nI know who I want to take me home.<br \/>\nTake me home&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Closing time &#8211; time for you to go back to the places you will be from&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I know who I want to take me home.<br \/>\nI know who I want to take me home.<br \/>\nI know who I want to take me home.<br \/>\nTake me home&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Closing time &#8211; every new beginning comes from some other beginning&#8217;s end&#8230; <\/em><\/p>\n<p>And yet, like the party guest who won&#8217;t leave long after you&#8217;ve cleaned up the kitchen and washed off your makeup and even put on your fuzzy slippers, he just won&#8217;t leave!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beloved has resorted to drastic measures. He leaned in close to my uterus this morning and said, &#8220;We have candy! We have TV! We have video games! Just c&#8217;mon out and it&#8217;s all yours &#8212; follow the light!&#8221; We were in the car later, and decided the lyrics of this song are surprisingly applicable right &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/2008\/01\/27\/closing-time\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Closing time&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-postcards-from-my-uterus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1179"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1179\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}