Anyway, this week's favorite thing is sleeping in a tent. This past weekend was the culmination of staff training for my summer job (yay no more subbing!) and we went on a camp out to Ekluta Lake, just north of Anchorage.
I've spent a lot of time in my tent, and I think it's pretty great. I can set it up in under 5 minutes, it's bright, sunny orange and waking up in the morning is a lot like waking up inside a sunrise (which I both love and hate), it has a window that looks like a port hole, and I can stretch all the way out. All important characteristics.
I feel like most of the time, if you wake up in a tent you know it's going to be a good day. (Exceptions include: waking up in a tent that's iced over on the inside, and if that tent is your permanent residence)
When I was little we took a lot of camping vacations (See Long Drives). In fact, I can't really remember any vacations that didn't involve camping. Maybe one? Anyway, "back in the day" my family didn't have a fancy waterproof nylon tent. Oh no, we had a 7000 pound canvas Boy Scout tent that had to be waterproofed every year before we went out. It was green and giant and awesome. I'm pretty sure they don't make those anymore, I just tried to find a picture of one, but didn't have any luck. My favorite time of year was when my dad set the tent up in the backyard to re-waterproof it for the the summer. Have you ever run around inside a big tent in the backyard? I love the way the grass feels underneath the tent floor.
If you've never been camping or haven't been recently, get on that. It's refreshing.
Hot jam of the week is I Wanna Sex You Up by Color Me Badd. I Wanna Sex You Up was released in 1991 as the first single of Color Me Badd's debut album. What a choice! They were certainly not messing around when they picked that one.
The song starts with nice romantic lyrics, "Come inside/take off your coat/I'll make you feel at home" but quickly turns more direct when the chorus starts, "I wanna sex you up/all night/you make me feel real good/I wanna rub you down/I wanna sex you up" Way to get right to the point, Color Me Badd. (Does anyone else love that they spelled Badd with 2 b's? I know I do)
My favorite line, by far, is, "We can do it 'til we both wake up." Um what? You were asleep? What does that even mean?
The frankness of Color Me Badd and I Wanna Sex You Up makes it a hot jam. I chose this live version for a couple reasons: it's from The Arsenio Hall Show (so it's automatically awesome), the suits, the sweet dance moves, and the lead singer's overly tweezed eyebrows.
Also, please take a moment to notice the wide variety of hairstyles represented by the CMB members. My personal favorite is the bob. Enjoy!
Fun fact: Some radio stations edited out the word sex and replaced it with love. I Wanna Love You Up just doesn't have the same ring to it.
You know I think if they said "we can do it till we both pass out" might have made them sound a little cocky.
ReplyDelete