Yeah, I was 30, but so what? I called a radio station and asked the DJ to play the teenybopper hit “MMMBop.” And I wasn’t embarrassed.
“Already in the line-up,” he droned.
Mine probably was the one millionth request of the day for that song.
Silly yet catchy, “MMMBop” and those little blond-haired Hanson boys (who looked like girls) brightened up my first summer of sobriety in almost 12 years back in 1997. I was going through an “I’m 30!!!” mini-crisis and wanted to do something bold. Recovering from alcoholism and joblessness, I started planning for the next step. I soon left SC for DC, with no job and no place to live. Just a car full of stuff and a friend with a couch. That was bold.
I associate “MMMBop” with those days. Seems like eons ago. Ten years later, I’ve rediscovered Hanson. It’s a new day now:
Time for another bold moment, I think. Good weekend, all.
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