sarahcentric

You know what sucks most about the days and DAYS of rain we have been getting in New York City? Not the frizzy hair, ruined outfits, or slimy flip-flops. No. It’s the LAME conversation. We are so completely unnerved by these consecutive days of cloud cover, there is nothing else to do but obsess about it.

“Oh My God…when will it stop?!”
“I’m never going to get to the beach!”
“Ummm… WHEN DID WE MOVE TO SEATTLE?!”

In an effort to open the rain conversation up a little, I think now is as good a time as any to tell you a very important Sarah fact; My very first concert was Milli Vanilli with opening performances by Young MC and Sweet Sensation. When the lights went down, I very clearly remember looking at my younger sister and saying “I CAN’T BELIEVE ROB AND FAB ARE IN THE SAME BUILDING AS WE ARE!”

What does this have to do with rain? Follow my train of thought here..

Rain… Rain… “Blame it on the Rain”…ROB AND FAB!…youtube…”Girl, You Know it’s True”…ooo, what about Debarge? The Jets?

Why is this bit of Sarah trivia so crucial? Because I loved them…I LOOOOVED them with my whole being. It was the first CD I bought when I got my Sanyo boombox with the top loading CD player that you had to pop open for Christmas. Before that, I bought every single that Sam Goody had on cassette. (Let’s not think about the millions of dollars I wasted on cassette singles. I just wasn’t as patient as the other kids who listened to Z100’s Top 40 and recorded it from the radio!)

Was it there Benetton bi-raciality that I so identified with? Maybe it was there old world European flair that I found so impressive? Could it be an admiration for simple, yet powerful choreography that anyone could master? Who knows. The map of a young girl’s heart, as she sways to “Bust a Move” waiting for the Big Act, is another one of life’s great mysteries.

Yes, my heart was broken once I finally accepted the truth. But I choose to remember Milli Vanilli as they once were. Our connection is stronger than lip syncing charges! It can withstand Rob and Fab’s creative fashion choices from the late 80s! And in the end, it will chase this New York City rain away.
As Rob and Fab say in their classic, “Baby, Don’t Forget My Number”…

Love is stronger than thunder.