When he got back to the apartment complex, the bed of Darius's truck was packed.  Paint, ladder, drop cloth, brushes and rollers, replacement plumbing fixtures, tools, stereo, flat screen tv, groceries and lots of beer.  This looked like a safe neighborhood, but the stereo and flat screen were the first items to be lugged up to the apartment.  Then everything else.<br/><br/>The plumbing fixtures had seen better days, but were functional.  Which meant the apartment maintenance man was unlikely to replace them.  So Darius did it for him.  Replacing the fixtures took most the afternoon.  Then he went for a late dinner at a local Italian restaurant.<br/><br/>Returning from dinner, Darius laid out the drop cloths in preparation for painting.  But it was Saturday, which meant he had to take a break for the British mysteries on PBS, one of his guilty pleasures.  Which meant he didn't get to the paint until around midnight.  And he needed some music to get him motivated to paint, since painting was one of his least favorite activities.  He started with some classical music in the background.  Darius had rather eclectic tastes in music.  But as it got later and he found it harder to concentrate, he decided on something a little more upbeat.<br/><br/><b><span style="font-size: 18px">Ooga Chaka, Ooga Chaka, Ooga Chaka, Ooga Chaka<br/>
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I can't stop this feeling																																	   <br/>
Deep inside of me																																					<br/>
Girl, you just don't realize																																  <br/>
What you do to me <br/>
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When you hold me																																					  <br/>
In your arms so tight																																				<br/>
You let me know																																			 <br/>
Everything's all right</span></b><br/><br/><b><span style="font-size: 18px">Iiiiiiiiiiiii, I'm hooked on a feeling																																	   <br/>
I'm high on believing																																			 <br/>
That you're in love with me</span></b><br/><br/>The same act of violence that had required reconstructive surgery on his face had also left Darius with some hearing loss.  So he didn't realize just how loud he was playing his music while painting.  Or how off-key he was when singing along with Blue Swede.