Memoirs and Visions of Summer - Optimistic Reminiscing (612 hits)
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Submitted by MyNameIsTim (View user info) at 2005-04-19 09:30:40 EDT
I love summers. I love them because they take me back. Summers remind of when I was younger. When I had less responsiblity. When I had fewer worries. Those were the days.
I think that's why people like summer so much. The feeling of sun on the face just makes you think about all the great times you had when you were in the sun. I guess thats what you would call an association.
Here's what I think about...
I think about cruising in my beat up truck with my boys or the old girl. I had "2-50" air conditioning, which frequently led to severe cases of swamp-ass. I miss that.
I think about drinking beers out of the tool box in the back of the truck. Taking the truck down to the beach at night with a grill and some burgers. There's not much that can compare to grilling on an empty beach on a warm summer night; drinking beer with friends.
I think about the times we had at Schwabbie and Jolly's house on the Lake. What an idea - renting a lake house for the school year. We would get drunk, go swimming, fishing, play hockey, drive golf balls across the lake...man that was great. There was a stand down the street that
sold used golfballs. 10 cents a pop for the cheap ones. We'd buy a few dozen, and see who could hit the opposite shore. It was about 250 yards away, so only a perfect drive would make it.
Summers take me back to college. We'd throw forth of July parties on Ramon's roofdeck in Boston. He had an apartment on the top floor of a brownstone in the south end, with a huge deck on the roof. We'd lug a keg up the ladder, and sit in the sun drinking beer, eating hamburgers, and smoking cigars all day. Late night we would take about going to chinatown for some "cold tea" at Imperial. After hours, cold tea meant scorpian bowls served in a tea pot.
This summer takes me back to last summer. I had graduated; my only worry was trying to find a job. I spent my time at the beach, at least once a week, and riding my bike. I did about 200 miles a week on that beat up mountain bike. I lost a few pounds...
This summer makes me look ahead. I'm in a new area, I have some some new friends, and still have some old ones. I may be visiting Atlantic City a few times, and in a few years maybe I'll be talking about how summer takes me back to Atlantic City. Maybe I'll be talking about how summer takes me back to cruisin' down the shore in the G35 with the girl, laughing at the guidos acting tough. Maybe I'll be talking about how summer takes me back to 2005 when I saw my first Bruce Springsteen concert, or my first game at Yankee Stadium.
The first time I slept in the Port Authority building. Thrice. In a month.
You can't help but feel optimistic when summer first starts creeping up. The thermometer will hit 80 again today, and I'm stuck inside. Yet I'm happy. I'm going to go out to dinner tonight with the girl, and I start a new hockey league at 9pm. Maybe I'll make some more friends, Maybe I'll get cross-checked in the neck and die.
Either way, I'm optimistic.
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Submitted by Slash (user info) at 2006-09-27 15:26:24 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Teephphah (user info) at 2005-04-19 14:50:33 (#)
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Fuck the sun. Fuck it right in its fusioney ass.
Itsa murder ona meesa skin.
I'm pasty white and proud. Give me fall or winter any day.
But this did make me think of some good times.
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Dammit Teephphah, i've always pictured you as native american, you just ruined my day.
Submitted by knucklesnelson (user info) at 2005-04-20 08:15:08 EDT (#)
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Submitted by MarthaStewart (user info) at 2005-04-19 15:42:06 EDT (#)
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Using fresh cut flowers as your tabletop centerpiece at least once a week
will keep your home smelling "springy".
Submitted by Teephphah (user info) at 2005-04-19 14:50:33 EDT (#)
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Fuck the sun. Fuck it right in its fusioney ass.
Itsa murder ona meesa skin.
I'm pasty white and proud. Give me fall or winter any day.
But this did make me think of some good times.
Submitted by BLITZKREIG_BOB (user info) at 2005-04-19 13:30:22 EDT (#)
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HAR HAR PEENER!
Submitted by munkeypants (user info) at 2005-04-19 10:41:35 EDT (#)
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The memories of summers past is what keeps me young at heart.
Submitted by MyNameIsTim (user info) at 2005-04-19 10:36:44 EDT (#)
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Submitted by ess-arr (user info) at 2005-04-19 09:51:55 (#)
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l'été, oui!
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el verano, si
Submitted by AwesomeJohnson (user info) at 2005-04-19 10:15:38 EDT (#)
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If this were a song, it'd be by Jimmy Buffett
Submitted by UberGirl (user info) at 2005-04-19 10:07:24 EDT (#)
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Tim, this post reminds me of the time I lost my bathing suit
in the water at the beach and got sand up my buttcrack.
Submitted by ess-arr (user info) at 2005-04-19 09:51:55 EDT (#)
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l'été, oui!
Submitted by TigerLilly (user info) at 2005-04-19 09:49:33 EDT (#)
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This post ruled all over the place and brought me back to so many fun summers that I've had.
Well done Tim.
Submitted by Jeanneee (user info) at 2005-04-19 09:43:52 EDT (#)
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Summer is my favorite season too. I love it when it's so hot that it feels like my eyeballs are baking inside my skull.
Submitted by Pentameter (user info) at 2005-04-19 09:39:00 EDT (#)
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I'm a sucker for anything sentimental.