Recollections of My Eurotrash Days

Lately I've been listening to a lot of Europop dance music. You know, the kind with the synthetic voices played over driving bass rhythms and loads of synthesizer that lots of American people think is lame for whatever crazy reason.

Despite the scorn of the uninitiated masses, it always puts me in a good mood and perks my energy level.

Secondly, it reminds me of a few great summers in my life spent in Turkey and Italy, where I loved to go to the local disco.

Here are two photos from the summer of 2000 in Italy (sadly my Turkey pics are all in storage)...

This was taken at a disco along the Costa Smeralda in Sardinia with my Norwegian friend and roommate at the time, Trine. That guy was a bartender she used to work with. He thought I was Norwegian too so I would start talking Swedish Chef-like gibberish to Trine, and he didn't know that it wasn't Norwegian. I think we used to find that amusing.

And here I am with one of my best friends, Kelley, in Como...

... and some Italian guy that I got stuck with most of the night while his chubby chef friend was hitting on Kelley. Might I add that both of those guys walked away empty-handed. But as you can see, it was still a fun night.

And wow, I had a good tan going on. I forgot about that. Maybe I can start working on that again, but then again, maybe not. You know, things like melanoma and looking like an old leather bag when you're 40 are the downsides to getting brown when you should be the color of paste. Darn.

Anyway, if you love Eurodisco like me, here's one of my favorite songs right now, "Come With Me," by Special D, who's really popular in Germany and the Netherlands (yet another reason to hope I get that NATO job!)...

PS - I just realized that this looks like a porn video!