Definitely pinger's summer post on the old board software. It brought back so many excellent memories of summers past and made us all excited about the summer to come. In fact, he found it the other day so i sent it around to all my friends and they all loved it as well. It's summer here in Australia at the moment and the best part of summer (Christmas and New Years) is almost upon us. So now is a good time to repost it. I hope pinger doesn't mind me posting it again....
summer...ahhh
the suns first rays kiss you and you know everything is going to be good for another year. The sun warms your skin and blood, until it feels like a shot of good scotch heading to your belly. your skin tingles like the build of a good roll. you can smell the cut lawns and flowers in the air. people smell like sunscreen. you can hear the cicadas and the frogs celebrating the arriving warmth. everyone is happy. summer is here.
the beach takes on another dimension. previously, what was a desolate patch of dirt intent on finding it's way into your shoes, eyes or underwear, becomes a glorious heated catwalk with a paddling pool at the end. we are blessed in australia with some perfect beaches, thousands of miles of coastline meant we had to get it right in some places. miles of white sand and perfect blue water surround all our coastal cities. at the beach I love spreading coconut oil on the taught tummy of your tanned girl. i know i may as well be spreading cooking oil on a loved one, but it's a funky sexy smell and dammitt if i don't enjoy it. i love wearing thongs and crappy t-shirts and big mexican sombrero's. i love bodysurfing amongst the waves and wonder if anyone else thinks they are a dolphin for a brief second. i love reading a book in the sand, the rays feel like they are infusing your body slowly and lulling you to a trippy, contented state.
i love getting a summer haircut, going to the cricket, moonlight swims, hot feet on asphalt, icypoles, boogie boards, margarita's, bad Hawaiian shirts, singlets, sunscreen, electric fans, paddling pools, waterslides, making hot sweaty love, cold showers, sunshowers.
i love summer for the social facilitator it is. rainy winter weekends spent in front of a fire with a good book by yourself, become barbeques and gatherings at friends houses. bring a salad and some meat, and more beer than you can drink in a week. gather around, catch up on where we were all hibernating all winter, and relax in the warmth of the living. I love going to summer parties, putting on your boardshorts and sunscreen, grabbing a sensible hat and sunglasses. grabbing your water and your pills and heading to a party. i love having a beer at the end of the weekend, and watching the sun descend slowly into the water
and i love summer for how happy it makes people. ever noticed how people seem more relaxed? ever noticed it's easier to get a smile. ever noticed how you've never seen an e called "winter". however, i've seen plenty of "suns" or "summers" or "inca's". that's because the suns makes us happy.
fuck i love summer
pinger
Isn't that amazing imagery? Thanks pinger
miss apple
[This message has been edited by miss apple (edited 20 December 1999).]