There is something about Mary

The first crush I ever had on a girl was with a girl named "Mary" from about 8th grade through my senior year in highschool. I lost my virginity to a woman named Mary. The first woman that I actually dated, her name was Mary. The one I lost my virginity to, well, we just had sex. Much to my surprise that was a very unsatisfying and intensly painful relationship. Never-the-less, that time of my life was the most wonderous and most beautiful time of my life.

The song, "Air of December" by Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians reminds me of Mary, My age 25, she 38. What a time. I thougth that one day I would write about it. I have never been able to put into words the time that it was. I listened to "Air of December" compulsively during that time. The words and the music reflect what my head was like at the time. I mean, I swear I remember it that way."

Thursday afternoon
You cast a shadow 'round my room.
The breeze moved the curtains,
and lifted my perfume into the air,
and danced with lazy curls in your hair.

The sun was in the sky like pink champagne,
and it glistened in your eyes all day.
I remember you put a chill across my face
like the air of december,
I swear I remember it that way.
I swear I remember it that way,
I swear I remember it...

Where are you now?(x3)

You stood by the lake,I wanted to take you for granted.
The grass was thin and high.
The water mirrored tiny sparkles to the sky.
I remember you
put a chill across my face
like the air of december,
I swear I remember it that way.
I swear I remember it that way,
I swear I remember it...

Where are you now?(x3)

In the by-myself mornings,
the birds windchime,
the treelimbs crackle
and the sunshine climbs up the sky..
Like the pink champagne that glistened in your eyes all day.
I remember you
put a chill across my face
like the air of december,
I swear I remember it that way.
I swear I remember it that way,
I swear I remember it...

Where are you now?(x3)

March 26th 1989 - (it was a pretty big deal for me because I thought it was never going to happen. I thought that type of activity was only for the pretty people - not me.) So, yes, I remember the date and almost everything about the experience.

These were the really major songs that I obsessively and compulsively listened to during the "Time of Mary"

• Warrant - Where the down boys go, - only because the drummer, Steve Chamberlain, I knew since kindergarten

Steven Sweet (Steven Chamberlain), is a drummer who is most famous for being a member of Warrant. Before Warrant he was in Plain Jane with Jani Lane, who he was also in Warrant with.
Steven Sweet replaced original Warrant drummer Max Asher.
After Warrant's Dog Eat Dog, Steven Sweet was fired from Warrant, though he did continue to record as a drummer on other projects. He has since rejoined Warrant.
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Sweet"

I actually grew up with Steve. His older brother, Dave, still remains a friend from kindergarten. we both went to Valley View Elementary School, then Wadsworth Middle School, then Wadsworth Senior High. Dave owns a production studio called DBW productions in Encino California

• Windham Hill Electronic Sampler - Soul of the Machine.
• Genesis - Home by the Sea - 2nd Home by the Sea.
• Windham Hill Sampler 1981