HAPPY JUNE!

Electric Raspberry’s summer 2012 to-do list:

-build a fort in the backyard with a cute boy, eat strawberries dipped in raw sugar

-go boogie boarding, stay late at the ocean, bring blankets and admire the stars

-chase down an ice cream truck for soft serve or Good Humor strawberry shortcake bars

-go through old magazines and tear out pages for inspiration

-host a 7-minutes-in-heaven party, play Twister, hand out LIP SMACKERS

-cut old jeans into shorts, distress them and tye-dye t-shirts

-clean out your closet and have your friends clean out there’s, throw a yard sale

-stock up on ice cream, Maraschino cherries, cold milk, and whipped cream, make milkshakes

-lay out by the pool, wear heart-shaped sunglasses, read a novel while you chew Bubblicious

-invite your friends over for a backyard barbecue, make ambrosia salad, hoola hoop

-download all of the songs you loved as a kid, burn a mix cd, dance dance dance

-stick glow stars to your bedroom ceiling

-put on your cutest swimsuit, play in the hose

-plan a water balloon and shaving cream fight, use Zinka sunscreen as war paint

new crush kisses

One of the best feelings that I can think of is that of a first kiss with a new crush. When you feel the air turn thick between the two of you, and you may as well be facing a wind tunnel. How then, suddenly, the air shifts directions and it seems impossible not to pull directly into that person, like magnets. First kisses with new crushes come on picnic blankets and on long walks. Afterwards you go home and fall onto your comforter with a smile you can’t shake, no matter how hard you try to maintain composure. Your cheeks turn hot and tingle with electric pulses. How, in that moment, there is only possibility with that person. Nothing has been corrupted and no one is hurt. There are only dreams of future secret kisses and you remember the way their hair smells, or how soft their t-shirt was. That’s the moment where the song you’re listening to will become a keepsake box for that memory, and when you play it you feel them with you. That’s the song you’ll hate when things don’t work out, but in that moment you’ll love it as though it’s always been your favorite. Too many people are sad when they aren’t in a relationship. They forget about the promise of new crush kisses.