22 - I Got Sunshine, In a Bag

I never looked up the lyrics to this song until today.  It's a bit of a turn from the last few.  It was the Fall of 2000 and I was living in my first apartment.  My roommates were Mark and Wes.  And I'm not going to lie, we had the pad.

It was the place for our college friends to come hang out.  And hang out we did.  If we weren't on campus for class or working at ECTV, or out at a movie we were chilling at our place.  One thing we frequently did there was just put on some CDs and just relax.  We had the place decked out in black-lights and all the Marvel superheroes Mark could find in black-light poster form.

So there we would be, the roommates and guests, just comfy in the living room enjoying tunes.  Those were happy days.  Well, despite the whole 9/11 attack.  But as far as college students and college life went, it was good times.  We had a good group of friends, many who we are still quite close with today, even if we don't get to see each other often.

One tune we would listen to on the mixes was:  (be aware, there is a naughty word in this one, my version is 'clean')

Song 22/Day 22
        "Clint Eastwood" off of the album Gorillaz by  Gorillaz

It would later named "Jesse's Happy Song."  I would hear it and just get a soft smile and start bobbing my head to the beat.  Like I said, I never really looked the lyrics up, and I'm still not sure what the song is about.  But that isn't the important thing.

It embodies that Fall.  Life got a lot more "real" after that.  It was, in a way, my last childhood Autumn.  Yes, I know I was a 21 year old adult at that point.  But, it's my memory and that's how I'm viewing it!

Fun with friends in the Fall, that's where this song takes me.  Not an elaborate or detailed post today, but there it is.


"Clint Eastwood" from Gorillaz on their self-titled album.

-Jesse