happy summer solstice

this is the first day of summer.  the longest day of the year.  i admit i love me the fall.  but, i must live in this world & at this time & in these seasons too.  holy shit.  this world can be/is a beautiful place.  i am resolved to enjoy the present as it occurs.  right now, it is summer time.  which means many things.  the pool is open.  anna & i love to spend a couple/few hours in the chlorinated waters.  the days are longer.  the nights are shorter.  & when it is night the ambient temperature is pretty damn warm, this is a mediterranean climate, so it is ripe for night time activities.  what sort of activities?  going to the drive-ins, of course.  we have the sac 6 drive-ins one of the 300 drive-in theaters left in the u.s.  times are changing.  we no longer have the car culture of the mid-20th century that gave birth to the drive-in theater.  & yet, some things old stay gold.  the drive-in experience is one of those golden old things.  so happy summer, brothers & sisters.  enjoy the fuck out of life.  read some books.  go to a museum or two.  take those persons you love in hand & remind them how special they are to you.  & for god's sake, go to a movie.  a theater, if you must, or, better still, if you have a drive-in within driving distance, go!  nothing says summer more than watching a flick under the stars, eating junk food, maybe a beer or two, some soda, too, while you & your honey &/or friends let time stretch into the wee hours of the night as the double-feature on the 100 ft wide screen unrolls itself to the very end.  carpefuckingdiem, brothers & sisters, for tomorrow we die.  but before that time occurs let me leave you with this intermission short that aired at theaters & drive-ins across this nation.  i know it's a commercial for coca-cola, yet i love it.  i hope you do too.