Total Eclipse of... Camp?

Two days ago, Mike and I dropped Jackson off at camp for a week.  The same Episcopal Diocesan camp where I was a Counselor-in-Training (CIT) back in 1983 at the age of fourteen.  Yes, I am dating myself tremendously!  Although I have been back for church picnics and the like, I have not been back for camp in twenty-seven years.

As we helped Jackson unpack and make his bed, hundreds of memories flooded back.  Some were of swimming in the lake, others were of working with the campers.  But remember, I was fourteen.  Quite a few were of my first real kiss, the friends that I said I would stay friend with 4+ever, the pig-latin type secret language the female staff members created much to the consternation of the males, and finally the Top 40 songs we listened to on portable radio when we were on Night Duty so that the real counselors could have some down time until 11:00.  I giggle at how those songs were so "meaningful" to us at the time:

• 1999 by Prince
• Sweet Dreams by The Eurythmics
• The ENTIRE Thriller album by Michael Jackson
• Human Touch by Rick Springfield (probably not his most memorable)

But the one I loved, loved, loved so much was Bonnie Tyler's Total Eclipse of the Heart.  So I came home to wax poetic and hopefully watch the video on YouTube. Imagine my delight to find this LITERAL interpretation instead!  I don't care if you don't think you have the time to watch it, you MUST!  You will thank me later!



Oh, and there are plenty of other literal videos out there... you really will laugh until your sides hurt and you spit out your cosmopolitan!