JCHSummer, summer, summer.
January 30th 2009 10:09
The promise of returning home to a blistering forty-five degrees celsius day was not something that I was looking forward to in any way, shape or form. However this morning for the first time in a month I turned on the ignition in my car longing for the air conditioner to provide some temporary relief from the blistering heat. Instead I was more taken aback by Ashton Shepherd's "Sounds So Good" as it blurred through the speakers: "We'll ride and watch for lightnin' bugs/We'll ride with the windows let down/There's nowhere else I'd rather be right now." Suddenly, summer was looking good again. Memories of previous summers instantly popped into my mind as I happily recalled seemingly endless nights of driving with my best friend down to the beach at three in the morning with my feet on the dashboard listening to everything from the Dixie Chicks' "Long Time Gone" to Kelly Clarkson's "Since U Been Gone" to Sunny Sweeney's "Please Be San Antone" and Brooks & Dunn's "Red Dirt Road" with the windows rolled down, the sun roof open, the pitch black roads, a maximised stereo system and a minor deficit of petrol.
Summer for me is equated with music and while I have been dreading my return to the heat, I forgot how interwoven country music (sorry, and Kelly Clarkson) is (and will be) with my past, present and future summers.
Summer for me is equated with music and while I have been dreading my return to the heat, I forgot how interwoven country music (sorry, and Kelly Clarkson) is (and will be) with my past, present and future summers.
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