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June 04, 2006
Sweatin' to the Oldies
My car AC is broken. Broken.*
Tomorrow I take the car in, thank goodness. Until then, it's HOT in LA. So I've mastered the best "my AC is broken" driving position. Namely, all windows open, pitched forward into the steering wheel (avoiding back contact with seat), arms akimbo (avoiding arm contact with torso, also providing nice airway under 'pits (yes, I am so genteel)). And at every stop light, propelling myself up off the seat as far as possible to ensure some air flow under my ass. Lovely, lovely.
Anyway, I've been driving around, all sweaty-like, fine-tuning my new summer mix, figuring out what songs I skip through and what I hanker for as a replacement. And a fair number are oldies but goodies. Throw-back songs that get you in the mood for a long, hot summer. Not "Gonna Make You Sweat." Not Keith Sweat (egads, no). And definitely not like the actual songs from Sweatin' to the Oldies. But definitely something that makes you want to get your (slow-ish) groove on with a G&T or whatever your summer drink of choice.
So now's your last chance. It's June, as I predicted it'd be before I sent them out. I already received a few e-mails. If anyone else wants a copy, they're going out this weekend. E-mail me at jen@sundayundies.com if you want me to mail you one!
*p.s. Is it wrong after I wrote this I thought of Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman with her opera glasses? I tell you, that movie is haunting me these days for some reason.
Posted by jen at June 4, 2006 10:14 PM
Comments
I want one!
Dude, I feel so bad for your lack of AC, but it's a good thing it's getting fixed soon. I am just hoping that they've finally turned the stupid heat off at school. They hadn't last week.
Posted by: Gloria at June 4, 2006 11:00 PM
Count me in.
I can feel your pain. My car before my current one didn't even have AC and I owned that thing while I was working in Sacramento. Can you say torturous? When I got my current car, the first thing on my list was that it had to have AC.
Posted by: Dagny at June 5, 2006 08:12 AM
I do not have A/C in my car EVER as you know, Miss Jen, so while I do indeed feel bad for you and your sweat situation, your pain ENDS and mine remains ... which is why I love your mad chauffeuring skillz all summer long :)
I want a summer mix! me! me! Of course, you do not have to mail it.
Posted by: laurie at June 5, 2006 01:03 PM
I want a summer mix. But will require air-fare to collect!
Jen: my ass. Lovely, lovely.
I have no doubt.
Posted by: dan at June 5, 2006 02:28 PM
Dan. Indeed!
Posted by: laurie at June 5, 2006 02:45 PM
i am refusing to put the ACs in the apartment windows this early in the summer....but the weather is taunting me!
Posted by: carolyn at June 5, 2006 03:29 PM
;)
Posted by: dan at June 8, 2006 05:09 PM