stay awake through summer like we own the heat
Today is June 1st, 2006. Today is the day where many of us believe summer kicks off it's start. If you know me well, you know that I have been infatuated with summer since I was fourteen. Yeah sure whenever someone thinks of summer they think of the awesome parties that are thrown practically everyday, the majority of us that are not taking summer intersession at school, or maybe it's just the fact that it's extremely hot and sunny here in Southern California and more skin is being exposed...where there is flesh, there is outrageous hormones.
Summer means so much more to me. It means trying to find something to do with your friends, driving endlessly for that one party at the one place and never actually finding it. It means going home that same night and realizing that you had fun just being in the car with these people that you call your friends, and you see them smiling and laughing. To me summer is listening to the Smashing Pumpkins' "1979" while driving down the lighted streets of Whittier Blvd. It means sleeping all day and staying up all night. It means hanging out in parking lots and dancing to all the right songs. It means being so lazy from the summer heat and taking naps just to forget about it. It means driving around on empty and not caring. It means reading your favorite book under the trees. It means sleeping in your underwear at night. It means having an excuse to turn on your AC. It means falling in love for those few seconds...most importantly it means after it's all over, learning from your experiences, having no regrets, and never forgetting the memories.
Summer officially started for me last night while my friends and I made our way to Huntington Beach. We went to the shore and saw the waves crash and surprisingly got to see the grunion run. It was about picking up that one person and pretending to throw them in the water with their clothes on. It was about the tides being so high that the waves crept up on all of us and got us wet. It was about the sudden desire to take off our clothes and go in the water because it felt so right and so good. It was about that adrenaline rush we felt as soon as we saw the beach patrol cruiser heading our way. It was about the laughs that followed as we dried up and dusted off the sand from our bodies. It was about the drive home and feeling content. It was all about that moment right there where my bad day turned into a good one. Last night, I haven't felt that alive in a long time.
Summer is here and I feel it, even more than I've ever felt it before. This summer I'm going to make new friends, rekindle old friendships, say goodbye to some, and get to know better, the people who are here with me on this journey called life, my friends. I'm going to break into hotel/school swimming pools, light fireworks in parking lots, listen to 80's music, and quote lines from all those movies that we love. I'm going to drink cherry cokes on rooftops, slow dance under the stars at the local park, and take way to many pictures. I am going to roll down grass hills till I itch, go on roller coaster's till I puke, and hike down to the tide pools in San Pedro to find starfish. This summer I will be an aunt for the 3rd time and I will be expecting babies from my older sister Gina, my brother Michael, and my cousin Jackie. I am going to go to numerous amounts of parties till I get sick of them, countless amounts of clubs till I can't dance anymore, and sleepover my friends' houses till they are fed up with me. I am going to go to too many BBQ's, drink too much strawberry lemonade, and smile way too much.
I am going to laugh, I am going to love, and I am going to live.
This summer will be the best summer of my life, I promise you that.
Summer means so much more to me. It means trying to find something to do with your friends, driving endlessly for that one party at the one place and never actually finding it. It means going home that same night and realizing that you had fun just being in the car with these people that you call your friends, and you see them smiling and laughing. To me summer is listening to the Smashing Pumpkins' "1979" while driving down the lighted streets of Whittier Blvd. It means sleeping all day and staying up all night. It means hanging out in parking lots and dancing to all the right songs. It means being so lazy from the summer heat and taking naps just to forget about it. It means driving around on empty and not caring. It means reading your favorite book under the trees. It means sleeping in your underwear at night. It means having an excuse to turn on your AC. It means falling in love for those few seconds...most importantly it means after it's all over, learning from your experiences, having no regrets, and never forgetting the memories.
Summer officially started for me last night while my friends and I made our way to Huntington Beach. We went to the shore and saw the waves crash and surprisingly got to see the grunion run. It was about picking up that one person and pretending to throw them in the water with their clothes on. It was about the tides being so high that the waves crept up on all of us and got us wet. It was about the sudden desire to take off our clothes and go in the water because it felt so right and so good. It was about that adrenaline rush we felt as soon as we saw the beach patrol cruiser heading our way. It was about the laughs that followed as we dried up and dusted off the sand from our bodies. It was about the drive home and feeling content. It was all about that moment right there where my bad day turned into a good one. Last night, I haven't felt that alive in a long time.
Summer is here and I feel it, even more than I've ever felt it before. This summer I'm going to make new friends, rekindle old friendships, say goodbye to some, and get to know better, the people who are here with me on this journey called life, my friends. I'm going to break into hotel/school swimming pools, light fireworks in parking lots, listen to 80's music, and quote lines from all those movies that we love. I'm going to drink cherry cokes on rooftops, slow dance under the stars at the local park, and take way to many pictures. I am going to roll down grass hills till I itch, go on roller coaster's till I puke, and hike down to the tide pools in San Pedro to find starfish. This summer I will be an aunt for the 3rd time and I will be expecting babies from my older sister Gina, my brother Michael, and my cousin Jackie. I am going to go to numerous amounts of parties till I get sick of them, countless amounts of clubs till I can't dance anymore, and sleepover my friends' houses till they are fed up with me. I am going to go to too many BBQ's, drink too much strawberry lemonade, and smile way too much.
I am going to laugh, I am going to love, and I am going to live.
This summer will be the best summer of my life, I promise you that.