i don't know if it's the 91 degree weather, the backyard barbeque with the patio doors thrown wide open, the sonic with the windows down at 10:30 pm, or the making plans about jetting to jamaica for a long weekend - but today was honestly one of those summer days you dream about happening, the ones that all kind of stick together in your memories and blend together in a haze of sunset, car rides, ice cream and facebook photo albums and the ones you look forward to when it's february and snowing outside your window and your whole entire life is covered in stress, school, and snow - the days that start perfect, end perfect, and everything in between is perfect, too.

nevermind the fact that i felt sticky and gross throughout most of it or that i didn't have perfect hair or that i started getting worn out like the old fart i'm becoming before even midnight hit. for once i remembered to charge my ipod for the car and my summer playlist created a nice underlying white noise at pho and laughing at mike when he accidentally mixed up incense with incest and asked carol if she burned an illegal brother and sister relationship at the stake instead of sticks of perfume; browsing for asian movies and hello kitty thrifts and lollipops at modern; eating freshly cut watermelon and watching the boys play smash brothers at teddy's house, and then playing uno for forever with pushups as punishments for the losers, and then drawing <3 teddy on ivo's arm as he slept; watching the lakers vs. celtics game and teddy and ivo's dad grilling absolutely delicious shrimp and chicken and steak outside on the backyard grill between muttering underneath his breath about the referees being biased; rushing to the theatre to watch sex and the city 2 (!!!!) with alex and giggling every three seconds because carrie, miranda, samantha, and charlotte are so, so us; meeting up with daren afterwards to go to sonic again and finally getting totally carried away about weekend plans to jamaica now that they're only $100 a ticket.

i don't even know which part was the best, and i can't describe the feeling. the day is nothing monumental, nothing out of the ordinary, and yet when i look back on the best days of my life ten, twenty, fifty years from now - maybe this day will stick to the next, maybe i won't remember all the details like how hard mike, xiao, ningning and i laughed with sharpies in our hands and a sleeping ivo at our mercy, maybe i won't even remember this day at all - but i'll remember the feeling. the intangible, indescribable feeling of a perfect summer day will stay with me - and this day, with friends, food, laughter, sunshine, and my ipod playing in the car, will definitely be a part of it.

mood_ content
music_ under the sheets - ellie goulding
crave_ nothing. :)

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