{"id":6348,"date":"2013-09-08T14:11:10","date_gmt":"2013-09-08T18:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/abitcoquettish.wordpress.com\/?p=6348"},"modified":"2015-08-18T00:14:17","modified_gmt":"2015-08-18T00:14:17","slug":"rihanna-music-of-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/rihanna-music-of-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Music of the Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/abitcoquettish.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/09\/rihanna.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6349\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/rihanna-music-of-the-sun\/rihanna\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/rihanna3.png?fit=426%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"426,640\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"rihanna\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/rihanna3.png?fit=426%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6349\" src=\"http:\/\/abitcoquettish.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/09\/rihanna.png?resize=650%2C977\" alt=\"rihanna\" width=\"650\" height=\"977\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When you have parents who grew up on an island and are a perpetual sun worshipper yourself, it\u2019s almost impossible <i>not<\/i> to dread the inevitable end of summer to come.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I suppose, then, that Mother Nature was kind to my heart this year: we had all of two\u00a0<em>real<\/em> weeks of summer\u2014hot, sunny, sweaty days that begged to be spent in nothing more than a Brazilian bikini\u2014and the rest of &#8220;summer&#8221; was more like previous Septembers. Just sunny and warm enough for shorts, but required a light leather jacket starting 7 p.m. She\u2014Mother Nature, Universe, whomever\/whatever you wish to call her\/that\/it\u2014et me down easy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Still. I can&#8217;t believe it&#8217;s already September.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Eight days in and I&#8217;m already reaching habitually for my beloved high-waist jeans. Eight days in and I&#8217;ve yet to leave the house without a travel mug of hot tea (I&#8217;m on a coffee cleanse) or leather jacket\u00a0<em>du jour<\/em>. Eight days in and I&#8217;m already autumned-up. Three months of summer vacation and I went to the beach a grand total of\u00a0<em>two<\/em> times. I live on the Jersey shore, for goodness&#8217; sake! What excuse to I have? 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