happy summer (one week early. because i can’t wait. because i’m a child like that.)
you’ll never catch me complaining about the heat. i don’t care if it’s 90 degrees and humid. i love summer. it’s the weight of winter i loathe with every bone in my body. but summer puts a spring in my step and lightens my spirit. the warmth of my skin, longer hours of daylight and ease of summer clothes all make me feel like doing a round of motherfucking cartwheels.
so much so, i made a word cloud about all the things i love about summer. so check me out and make sure to tell me how impressed you are with my mad technical/graphics skillz in the comments. yes, i’m joking. of course i realize it doesn’t get anymore amateurish than this. still, it’s about summer so it sure as shit rocks! and it’s an easy read. you’re welcome.


Wait, you scuba too? If you’re taking applications for scuba trip cabana boy I’m sending my resume.
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patty punker Reply:
June 15th, 2010 at 1:06 am
well, only three times but i’m a fan! do you make a good mojito?
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omawarisan Reply:
June 15th, 2010 at 1:41 pm
I don’t but I know where some spectacular ones are.
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I grew up 3 blocks from the beach. We never wore shoes all summer. Shoes were for woosies who couldn’t handle the occasional splinter from the broken up wooden boardwalk. It was only a problem those first few weeks. By midsummer your feet were calloused and hard like shoe leather. Fireworks were every Wednesday out over the water. We never missed it. My sisters and I would have a name for each pyrotechnic design…we would shout, “spaghetti or sunflower,” as the sky lit up. Those were some good times.
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patty punker Reply:
June 15th, 2010 at 1:07 am
see, summer living is the bestest!
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I might love summer if I didn’t live somewhere where the hot weather starts in March and swelters until November or December. It should be nowhere near 80 on Thanksgiving or Christmas, but here in South Texas we get both, more often than not. Love the word cloud, though! Mad skills, girl!
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patty punker Reply:
June 15th, 2010 at 1:09 am
i may move there. don’t know what was up with my word cloud. it looked really small on my home computer. i made it bigger now but hope it doesn’t go off the screen in other browsers. i suck at this stuff. ergh.
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I love it, too! I’d rather be hot than cold- and I feel more frisky and energetic in the summer (if you know what I mean!). Plus, your ART is awesome. You should print and frame that, dude.
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patty punker Reply:
June 15th, 2010 at 3:20 pm
awwww, shucks. you are the sweetest, fo sho.
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Hi, dollface.
I need you to make me one of these shits with the phrases: “hot as fuck”, “sweaty folds”, “Gold Bond Medicated Powder”, “my ass smells like ass”, “boobsweat”, “bacne”, “fattyfatty 2×4″, and “it’s not the heat, it’s the diarrhea”.
Thanks a mil. Love you madly.
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patty punker Reply:
June 15th, 2010 at 1:14 am
boobsweat is hot! hot as fuck. please tell me it is. love you back. hard.
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I want to summon one of these word clouds to drift pleasantly over my head as I walk around town so everyone can see what the hell I’m thinking about.
I’d also like a cartoon bubble to appear with a question mark when I’m confused and BAM! POW! when I’m beating the shit out of people while keeping the world safe.
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patty punker Reply:
June 15th, 2010 at 3:03 am
all you need is a lilliputian christopher walken on your shoulder. then the rest will come. you’re my superhero!
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Oh my, all summer clouds should be that cheery.
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patty punker Reply:
June 15th, 2010 at 3:34 pm
tru dat!
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Pure fucking genius!!! Also, I couldn’t find summer sex?!!! WTF……….
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patty punker Reply:
June 15th, 2010 at 3:35 pm
wtf is right. i’ve been remiss.
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Why we are not mother-fucking BFF’s is beyond me! Winter makes me all pissy and stabby. Summer = YAH! I’ll take a little boob sweat over having my ovaries feeze and fall out of my body, rolling down the sidewalk like marbles. Who cares if it’s heller hot here and my hair is frizzy. It’s summer! There’s fireflies and cold beer on the patio and sunsets and hot bikers with no shirts on. Life is good. heading out in a few days to spend a week enjoying summer in a few other states. But I WILL be checking in, so keep writing! Love you hard.
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patty punker Reply:
June 15th, 2010 at 3:47 pm
we should be besties because you so get it!
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I LOVE LOVE LOVE this! I am sitting here, and it is 3:35 am, and this somehow made me cry.
I would love to be able to wear a sundress soon. I am very self-conscious of my arms… You know what makes summer kind of suck? Work. Having to work. *sigh*
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patty punker Reply:
June 15th, 2010 at 3:48 pm
i can’t bear the thought of you crying! : ( get angry: works sucks donkey dick.
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I am very, very glad that I didn’t spot ‘speedos’ in your stupendously fabbariffic list. My god woman, your talent amazes me. ;0)
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patty punker Reply:
June 15th, 2010 at 3:49 pm
fabbariffic is the new awesome. xoxoxo
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Hoby cats? Is that like the genetic meshing of kitties and hobbits? Cause I want one. Mildred does, too.
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patty punker Reply:
June 15th, 2010 at 4:06 pm
there’s a hybrid i never thought of. and now i’m seeing rainbows and singing “we had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun…”
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There isn’t anything better than a warm summer nights motorcycle ride down a firefly dappled country road. (other than getting home and making that mojito using fresh mint from the garden!)
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damnit, how did i forget fireflies! i can smell the fresh mint now. MMMMMmmmmmm.
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bravo! the word cloud rocks
hope tonight was a blast xo pjk
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thanks shug! the show was cool. though i’m not a huge fan of 70s music. just the late punky stuff and some beatles and stones.
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I love this! I’m all about the summer heat and humidity, too. You should make a t-shirt out of it! But add bikinis, too.
And SUNDRESSES! Yeah for sundresses! One can never have too many. I need more, actually. This weekend I’ll be at a concert in the park, wearing a sundress!
It’s a Billy Joel and Elton John tribute band (I realize I’ve just dated myself *sigh*) and it’s FREE!
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patty punker Reply:
June 17th, 2010 at 4:27 pm
every girl should have a closet full of sundresses and espadrilles and go to outdoor concerts all summer long.
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Wowza, coolo graphics!
I too love summer and will not complain about the heat… we get so much winter up here in the effing great white north, every hot day is a good day!
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patty punker Reply:
June 17th, 2010 at 4:28 pm
every hot day is def a good day. i never question it.
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Okay no lie, you have seriously JUST made me excited about summer. And I’m not really a “summer” person, per se.
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patty punker Reply:
June 17th, 2010 at 4:28 pm
per se is a funny phrase, isn’t it?
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You just reminded me that I need to buy the industrial strength family sized vat of frizz ease to tide me over during those especially humid spells.
There is nothing less attractive than the volume of my follicles during beach week.
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i love beach hair, i should have included that!
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oohh typography. you had me at alfresco, but what the hell is a hoby cat?
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patty punker Reply:
June 18th, 2010 at 1:29 pm
a hobie cat (yes i misspelled it, wtf me) is small sailing catamaran and a total blast. you can do it without knowing much how to sail. holla!
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I am wicked impressed. So creative!! I love it!
And as usual I totally agree with you. I’m cold all winter long. I hate it. Not sure why I live in the Northeast, but I guess I’m stuck here. Maybe the cold makes me appreciate summer that much more.
We read a comment of yours on our latest podcast and gave you some props. Just an FYI.
Take care.
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i can’t wait to leave the northeast someday.
wow, that’s super sweet of you to include me in the podcast. i’ll head over and give a listen now.
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One of The Guys Reply:
June 20th, 2010 at 10:02 am
Ahh…so you’re a northerner too!?
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I LOVE IT!!! I TOTALY LOVE IT!
this is really cool, and you did an impressive job with the graphic part!. Cool!
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Yep I am definitely built for summer with sun burn resistant skin. i love it. The only summers I do not enjoy are Arizona summers. The 125 Degree shit that was too much for even me!
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I hate summer
Well, not really summer, just the whole ‘swimming suit’ in public, and having to keep the old downstairs beaverage trimmed
One day, when I wake up skinny, I’m going to love the shit out of it
One day
Love the graphic btw!
JT
x
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NEED TO KNOW HOW TO MAKE A WORD CLOUD RIGHTHISVERYSECOND
LOVE it!! Sorry. For yelling.
xoxo
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