Picnic in the Summertime

We're trippin' on the 90s here at Casa Spookoo... could be my cold/flu in the summertime or the fact that Cat and I went to the Angelika last week and caught The Wackness. A coming-of-age film set against the backdrop of 1994 New York (though the film-makers really only make that awkwardly apparent in the first thirty minutes) about a boy, the hot girl he digs, the hot girl's stepfather who buys weed from the dope-dealing boy, and his mixtapes.

The soundtrack kicked in a kind of rewind of the mind and I was recalling 1994 St. Louis, my apartment behind The Hi-Pointe and Theatre, and my black Honda Civic Hatchback (SI engine) constantly playing Deee-Lite's Dewdrops in the Garden. Having hit my twenties, I no longer belonged to any single scene or clique, I floated along with them all. An afternoon with the punkabillies at Hullabaloo, then up to Chicago with the ravers, or at home chilling with my mutton-chopped hip-hop-centric boyfriend.

I'm still a social floater and I love it. Getting to meet and know all kinds of different folk, getting the opportunity to do diverse things! Me and you! Do something new! Let the silly nostalgic clips inspire and have a great weekend!


Can I kick it? (Yes, you can!)