tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14627755.post-32152077885564638292008-05-27T20:01:00.002-05:002008-05-27T20:14:10.011-05:00It seems that with summer now here in South Texas (and thank doG for it!) my mind is tripping backwards. With Indiana Jones and the summer movie season upon me I begin to think about times past. And I know I should probably learn to get into new music and such but hey, this is my life.<br /><br />I got a new CD in the mail, the second 'Miami Vice' tv soundtrack. There was an instrumental I wanted on it plus some other tracks. I have Jan Hammer's (the guy who did the score for the first four seasons of the show) 'Escape From Television' cd on its' way. This was a collection of stuff he did for 'Miami Vice' and yes, I'm back to that again. I used to watch that show on Friday nights and I got into it during summer reruns when I would babysit on Friday nights. Looking back it's a bit dated in spots but I still remember how cool it seemed and how hot it looked. I loved the 'Miami Vice' movie with Colin Farrell and Jaime Fox because it had that same feel- hot and sexy with a dark undercurrent.<br /><br />In the summer it's like there's more color and depth to things. The sky's a bright blue, the sun is blinding, the heat intense and I just feel like my senses are more alive. In the car the a/c's blasting, the music's up loud, and even sitting in traffic I want to move. At times I wish I had a convertible I could put the top down on and run in, or just cruise around at night in (I'd get one if the gas mileage wasn't so bad).<br /><br />As a kid I remember sleeping late, hanging out at the pool or in the backyard, then out at night after dark with the radio on. And then we'd either stay up late watching movies and MTV or playing video games. I really liked hanging out at night playing Frisbee under the streetlights and having the boom box on. After dark you could actually sit outside and not melt and you just remembered to put on some Off! before you sat in grass (I grew up in Houston where the mosquitoes are the size of small cars). But when you heard the mosquito control truck coming you ran back inside. :)<br /><br />The summers since then haven't matched that kind of magic though this could just be nostalgia talking but now... that magic feels like it might be coming back.Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14395738979569634630noreply@blogger.com