Brandelyn: Lyrical Contradiction

I was going to write about the second half of the Katrina Documentary, but out of respect for my dear friend, who has yet to see it, but reads my blogs, I will refrain. But I will say this…make sure you watch it!!!

Anywho…I woke up this morning and looked out of my bedroom window and saw a vast grayness in the sky. If I didn’t know any better, I would thought we were in the middle of winter instead of the finals days of summer, but then I remembered, oh yes, I live in the bay. I feel like I have gotten jipped this summer! It seems like every year, without fail, I get to experience that one magical summer night. Where the weather is warm and inviting, you are out with friends, or with that summer crush, just being outside, feeling like you are doing something slightly sneaky, just being outside, late at night enjoying the warm weather. Its usually around the fourth of July where you get to sneak kisses underneath the fire works, or an unexpected beach trip that leads to staying up all night and sharing secrets with someone special. I mean one of those nights! I never got one of those!!!!!!!! Yes, I’m upset! As I sit here (in August, mind you) with my chucks, hat, sweater, wishing that I had worn a scarf, I wonder where my summer went. To me, the magic of summer falls as soon as the boiling sun sets and night meanders its way into the darkened equivalent of a warm spring day. Summer is about taking full advantage of as many hours as possible before you are forced to stay inside and protect yourself from the rain and cold. But oh no, not where I live! The Bay area offers you a full array of winter weather year round, with the occasional teaser of warm weather to remind you that, *smacks forehead, oh yeah its summer. LOL! Seriously, no matter how hot it gets during the day, as soon as the sun sets, the temperature drops down to nothing and we are bundled up in sweats and underneath comforters in the middle of August. No chance for summer magic, summer crushes, summer period. Sigh. Well, I have one more shot to just have a fun summer night when I go to Vegas, but that is mostly a business trip, so I’m not holding my breath! Man this sucks! LOL!!!

If you will allow me one more tangent, why are we in such a rush for everything? Last weekend, I went to Bath and Body works get some of my favorite hand soap and the saleswoman told me that I should stock up and give them as Christmas gifts. Homegirl, its August, calm down. I promise, as soon as fall hits, then the Christmas decorations go up in late September. So we jump from back to school to Christmas before we can even bat an eye and for what? When we are young, we want to rush to be old and when we get there, we want to reminisce on our youth. We microwave dinner instead of cooking and depend on Tivo to record our favorite shows so we can do fifty other things and then get back to our shows later. We get magazines a month in advance (which I must say is irritating when there are books and movies that you may want to support, but have to wait an entire month to do so) and get to see videos for our favorite artists, months before the CD even comes out. We watch movies instead of reading books, and send text messages instead of talking on the phone. What is the rush? People hardly even have personal relationships anymore, as technology slowly but surely takes over our lives. I can’t even call it man. I’ll take a warm hug over an e-card any day!

Okay, I’m done ranting! LOL!!! Peace Y’all