{"id":194,"date":"2009-09-14T20:16:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-14T20:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theutahhostage.com\/?p=194"},"modified":"2009-09-14T20:16:00","modified_gmt":"2009-09-14T20:16:00","slug":"dancing-in-the-street-maybe-not-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/theutahhostage.com\/?p=194","title":{"rendered":"Dancing in the street? Maybe not today."},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"justify\">It&#8217;s raining. The first big fall rain of the year.<\/p>\n<p>Not that sprinkly shit that decides to tease everyone with the possibility of a temperature drop, but then says &#8220;PSYCH!&#8221; and stops leaving us hot AND wet. Not from the rain, though, but from the following muggi-ness that hangs afterwards.<\/p>\n<p>Afternoon rain reminds me of another afternoon, a freakin&#8217; million years ago (a.k.a. high school). I can&#8217;t remember what time of the year it was (cuz it was a freakin&#8217; million years ago. What part of that did you NOT get?). My friend Robyn and I were at my house and it started to rain. Only it was still sunny outside. So what did we do? We went outside and danced in the rain. In the middle of the street. True story. Cars drove by and we waved. WAVED. We waved at them and kept dancing. After, we went back in the house, soaked and laughing.<\/p>\n<p>There are times when I miss those days. Like today. The first big fall rain. And I would love nothing more than to go outside and dance in the rain. Maybe not in the middle of the street. I&#8217;m not crazy. I AM NOT!<\/p>\n<p>Ok, so I just looked out the window. It&#8217;s raining REALLY hard. And it&#8217;s REALLY windy. And there&#8217;s thunder and lightning. I think I will have to postpone my rain dancing for now.<\/p>\n<p>Fuck. My car windows are open.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s raining. The first big fall rain of the year. 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