{"id":572,"date":"2008-10-23T00:08:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-23T00:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dljones.com\/?p=572"},"modified":"2008-10-23T00:08:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-23T00:08:00","slug":"indian-lake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dljones.com\/?p=572","title":{"rendered":"Indian Lake"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A clue to just how old I am – I remember The Cowsills<\/a> doing that song in my formative years on {*gasp*<\/span>} AM radio around the time of my first love<\/s> crush. For some reason today just felt like that late summer\/fall when the song was big in my teenage\u00c2\u00a0life.<\/div>\n
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I remember my sophomore speech class mime presentation using their version of the song Hair<\/span> as the backdrop. That particular ordeal sticks in my mind even now close to forty years later. It was at the beginning of my metamorphosis from an absolutely shy introvert terrified of being in front of the class to the devil may care extrovert I am today. I had a “very important teacher<\/span>” in my life for that class (Hi Ms. Dolan). The combo of Mr. Blandin from Jr. HS and Ms. Dolan from Sr. HS greatly impacted who and what I am today. Thank you to both of them. I hope that everyone has the good fortune to have had at least one “very important teacher<\/span>” in their life. In honor of mine, I give you a couple of verses of Hair<\/span>:<\/div>\n
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She asks me why<\/span><\/div>\n

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I’m just a hairy guy<\/div>\n
I’m hairy noon and night<\/div>\n

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Hair<\/b>\u00c2\u00a0that’s a fright<\/span><\/div>\n

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I’m hairy high and low<\/div>\n
Don’t ask me why<\/div>\n
Don’t know<\/div>\n
It’s not for lack of bread<\/div>\n
Like the Grateful Dead<\/div>\n
Darling<\/div>\n
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Gimme head with\u00c2\u00a0hair<\/b><\/div>\n
Long beautiful\u00c2\u00a0hair<\/b><\/div>\n
Shining, gleaming,<\/div>\n
Streaming, flaxen, waxen<\/div>\n
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Give me down to there\u00c2\u00a0hair<\/b><\/div>\n
Shoulder length or longer<\/div>\n
Here baby, there mama<\/div>\n
Everywhere daddy daddy<\/div>\n
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Hair<\/b>,\u00c2\u00a0hair<\/b>,\u00c2\u00a0hair<\/b>,\u00c2\u00a0hair<\/b>,\u00c2\u00a0hair<\/b>,\u00c2\u00a0hair<\/b>,\u00c2\u00a0hair<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n

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Flow it, show it<\/div>\n
Long as God can grow it<\/div>\n
My\u00c2\u00a0hair<\/b><\/div>\n
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Let it fly in the breeze<\/div>\n
And get caught in the trees<\/div>\n
Give a home to the fleas in my\u00c2\u00a0hair<\/b><\/div>\n
A home for fleas<\/div>\n
A hive for bees<\/div>\n
A nest for birds<\/div>\n
There ain’t no words<\/div>\n
For the beauty, the splendor, the wonder<\/div>\n
Of my…<\/div>\n
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Hair<\/b>,\u00c2\u00a0hair<\/b>,\u00c2\u00a0hair<\/b>,\u00c2\u00a0hair<\/b>,\u00c2\u00a0hair<\/b>,\u00c2\u00a0hair<\/b>,\u00c2\u00a0hair<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n

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Flow it, show it<\/div>\n
Long as God can grow it<\/div>\n
My\u00c2\u00a0hair<\/b><\/div>\n

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Now all you have to do is picture a 6’5″ 300lbs.+ teenage football player with short hair miming to this while embarrassed to with in an inch of his life in front of a class of {*gasp*<\/span>}, {*choke*<\/span>} girls. Still with me? Hope you are as embarrassed as I was that day!<\/div>\n
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If you feel a sudden wave of nostalgic and need to listen to The Cowsills<\/a> now, scurry on over to\u00c2\u00a0here<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0and listen away. That’s what I’m doing even as I write. Strange how an acid rock aficionado like me has these lapses of good taste to listen to some bubble-gum rock. Oh well.<\/div>\n
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A clue to just how old I am – I remember The Cowsills doing that song in my formative years on {*gasp*} AM radio around the time of my first love crush. For some reason today just felt like that late summer\/fall when the song was big in my teenage\u00c2\u00a0life. I remember my sophomore speech … Continue reading Indian Lake<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[451,595,594,75,596],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dljones.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dljones.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dljones.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dljones.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dljones.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=572"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.dljones.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dljones.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dljones.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dljones.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}