Justin Timberlake Already Gave Us Summer Anthem 2016

Justin Timberlake in his "Can't Stop The Feeling"
music video. The song shot to Number One already 

The pop song that you will always associated with the summer of 2016 is already out.

You know those songs. The big hit of the summer, the breezy fun pop fluff that you can't get out of your head when you remember the beach trip or vacation that summer.

This time, it's Justin Timberlake's "Can't Stop The Feeling"  It's a confectionary piece of glee and freedom.

It's not deep. It's not breaking new ground. But gawd that song is catchy! As Slate noted, "Can't Stop The Feeling" is the 2016 version of "Happy"

"Can't Stop The Feeling" has already debuted at Number 1 on Billboard's Hot 100, so you know you're going to hear this song a lot for a long time.

This Justin Timberlake song is from the upcoming DreamWorks animated film "Trolls"

Many of you will get sick of it. Some of you already are.

But kudos to Justin Timberlake for putting out nice Summer of 2016 anthem. Good work by him!

The goofy video, with clips of regular everyday people dancing (they're actors, not everyday people) has already racked up 3 million hits after just two days on YouTube.

Here's the video, but to watch, you'll probably start with a black screen and will have to click "Watch on YouTube"

Some People's Summer Fun Is Wilder Than Yours

Watch what these young women do in a summer
fun edition of "People Are Awesome"  

It's July! Definitely time for summer fun.

For inspiration, the "People Are Awesome" Channel on YouTube has released a video of some people enjoying some summertime activities.

Most of these fall into the "Don't Try This At Home" category, but still, it all looks like a lot of fun, judging from the video.

It's great! Watch:

Dreams of Summer: A Really Cool Firefly Time Lapse Video

Summer will eventually get here, it is alleged, and that will bring out those warm, lazy nights when we sit outside and watch fireflies.

One of photographer Vincent Brady's awesome
firefly images.  

Photographer Vincent Brady did that, night after night in Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri and in Michigan last summer.  The result is the wonderful video you'll see at the bottom of this post.

Brady writes on Facebook:

"I was pretty strung out on fireflies through the hot and humid evenings. Though actually it was a great summer to be cruising Lake of the Ozarks on the pontoon boat under the stars while the firefly disco was absolutely raging. They are just so darn awesom and highly photogenic.

The light of the fireflies is inspiring, wondrous and just simply amazing. It's hard to do them justice trying to capture the magic with a camera, but I tried."

And succeeded.

Music in the video was specially made by Brady's friend Brandon McCoy. 

Heres the awesome video:

Summer Moments, Burlington, Vermont

Beautifully patterned clouds over downtown Burlington, Vermont
Friday evening

A relaxing scene in Burlington's City Hall Park
Friday evening

There was construction near Leunig's
restaurant in downtown Burlington, so wait staff
jokingly wore hard hats
while serving customers

Walking around Burlington, Vermont on a gorgeous Friday evening, I obnoxiously pointed my camera at what I saw, just to capture the moments of a languid mid summer night. What I came up with: