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Although I feel uninspired, it seems insane to not put all this free time to good use (in about 25 minutes I'm gonna take off and put it to good use by stopping off at Ollipom and Le Fun on my way home). You may remember if you have seen a little masterpiece called "Meatballs" that it contains a song titled "Are You Ready For The Summer". It is sung by a chorus of kids and it goes "are you ready for the summer, are you ready for the good times?". There are more words but I have scoured the whole internerd and am flabbergasted to find that no one has transcribed them. This is the kind of useful information that it's good for. Oops, I meant to type "useless". Anyways, this is the heckasac version of the crappy SN&R summer issue, or I hope it will be once you write hundreds of pithy comments. I hope I used that word right.
What are you looking forward to this summer? What says summer in sac to you?
Heckamax has said that for him it's going to be the summer of wine. I already had my first Sacramento treat (Miller High Life, ice, lemon) yesterday and I am looking forward to about 15,000 more glasses of this watery delight.
Let's just hope that this is the summer we all get laid.
I believe there's a line about fireflies in the sky and a whole lot of foolin' around.
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I can hear the part about a whole lotta foolin' around, but not the part before.
ReplyDeleteWarning: You guys get no more posts until you tell me about what summer in Sac means to you. Consider it a homework assignment.
Summer in Sacramento:
ReplyDeletethose days where you literally must sit in the bathtub full of COLD water for hours, reading books and waiting for the sun to go down. Then, going out and walking around downtown, listening to some great mix tape and the air feels like perfectly warm water. The air at night! That's the best!
Sleep until it gets too hot and repeat.
e.c.
Bikes, the river, movie sequels, eating ice cream five times a day.
ReplyDeleteswimming, going up to tahoe, staying up super late, drinking beer, dance parties, sleeping on top of the covers, hanging out in the park, taking naps during the day, rafting, finding crawdads at the river, watching movies to escape from the heat, camping.
ReplyDeleteLong sweaty rides on the bike trail. That odd sense of disequilibrium one gets by leaving an air conditioned building into the dry 100 degree heat. Warm nights and BBQ. Windows down on the highway.
ReplyDeleteLangor and skin.
Uh, my spelling is bad. "Languor."
ReplyDeletePretty much what everyone else has said. I love the after work beer on the porch in the summer. I also like meeting people places after work for drinks on some patio and being able to spend so much time outside at night which is good since my apt is like a little oven until about 1:00 in the morning. That's the one good thing about being poor and not having central air. It forces you outside and creates more of a sense of community. Monkey Island is good too. Listening to Mike R Mike complain for the umpteenth time about how hot it is and how it's making him chafe.
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Sac Treat. Coming up with new ways to make the Sac Treat portable. IJQ high on Sac Treat. Rite Aid's 3 month sale on High Life & High Life Light - incidentally, the perfect brew for the Sac Treat.
ReplyDeleteAnd Mike R Mike being the sweatiest. Unfortunatlely, his summer nickname of "The Human Crockpot" never quite caught on.
summerdog
So I guess it's safe to say that summer=beer. I guess using High Life Light would make the Sac Treat even more refreshing. That reminds me, I heard somewhere (NPR?) that most people overhydrate, and that you DO get lots of water from coffee, beer, etc. (minus the minor diuretic effect), and that if your body needs water you will be thirsty. So drink up!
ReplyDeleteGetting WASTED. Its fun when its hot. River dancing. Monkey Island and the New Spot (which one is really better?). Getting tan. Talking shit about tan lines. Unachievable summer goals like becoming a pro roller skater.
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Are you ready for the summer?
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Are you ready for the Bumble Bees
and the apple trees
and a whole lotta foolin around!
There's also the CIT song...
We are the C.I.T.s so pity us
The kids are brats the food is hideous
We're here to drink and smoke and fool around
~We're NOOKIE bound~
We are the Northstar C.I.T.S
Best movie in only the world!
it's "are you ready for the birds and the bees", i believe.
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Are you ready for the summer?
ReplyDeleteAre you ready for the good times?
Are you ready for the birds and bees,
the apple trees,
and a whole lot of foolin around?
Are you ready for the summer?(Ready for the summer.)
Ready for the Nights?(Hot nights.)
Are you ready for the fire flies,
moon lit skies,
and a whole lot of foolin around?
No more pencils.
No more books.
No more teachers dirty looks.
No more math and history.
Summer time has set us free.
Are you ready for the summer?(Ready for the summer.)
Are you ready for the good times?(Good Times.)
Are you ready for some summer fun in the sun,
cause the summer is ready for you.
No more pencils.
No more books.
No more teachers dirty looks.
No more math and history.
Summer time has set us free.
Are you ready for the summer?(Ready for the summer.)
Are you ready for the good times?(Good Times.)
Are you ready for some summer fun in the sun,
cause the summer is ready for you.
listened to the movie and transcribed lyrics
thank thank thank you. I too tried to find on the net and was not having luck. I am about to go to my bliss, a summer resort and my family that I actually get a long with (go ahead, hate on me).
ReplyDeletesummertime in sactown was highlighted perfectly yesterday with the 420 hash at sac marina at miller park. cold beer, good friends, dogs, and the sac river. oh and maaaaaany j's. is it really 100 degrees already?! THATS heckasac.
ReplyDeleteBEST MOVIE EVER! I even named my dog Morty after Morty in this movie. This is an old family favorite. You have to have a certain sense of humor to really get it though.
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