Have you ever seen the show Bones? I’m obsessed and I have Wonder Boy hooked on it, too. It’s got many of the same elements that make me like Law & Order SVU so much: grit and violence, good personal back stories, a little nerdiness, strong plot lines. I’m not saying this is true, but maybe Wonder Boy and I subscribed to Hulu for the sole purpose of watching the most recent season of Bones. Maybe.
Right now we are (im)patiently waiting for the next season to start up on network TV, which means we can’t cruise through a whole season in a few weeks. Last week we watched the season finale of last season and in it was a song called The Bowling Song by Raffi. Are you familiar with it? My guess is that very few adults know the song because it’s aimed at little kids and pretty annoying in that it can get caught in your head in no time. But when the song came on the show, I started singing right along. And they played whole song so I was thrilled and I think Wonder Boy was a little alarmed by my off key singing and knowledge of all the words.
So I know this song from working for five years at a local amusement park when I was younger. For three of those years I was in the children’s area and they played two (as in one, two) albums all day every day. That’s not a lot of variety. I don’t remember all of the songs. There was The Bowling Song, Dominic the Christmas Donkey and Octopus’s Garden (not the Beatles singing, I assure you). I’d love it if someone knew the others but I don’t have many people I keep in touch with from that area of the park.
I was trying to explain this to Wonder Boy, who definitely understood the horror of listened to two albums all day, every day for three summers. It got me fondly reflecting on my days at the amusement park. So for the next several days I’ll be sharing stories from then. Sex! (Not me, mom, don’t worry.) Intrigue! The adventures that result from a bunch of teens spending too much time together under the summer sun.
