Teenage Crushes: A Reflection on Aaron Carter's "I Want Candy"

First of all, can you look at Aaron Carter and not think PIMP?... Didn't think so.

Everyone can remember their first teenage crush. The time when they first realized they were actually attracted to a single member of the opposite sex. These crushes are often short lived and based on confusion in understanding the new feelings and emotions that come with a crush. Do you remember your first teenage crush or any teenage crush in particular?

I remember my first teenage crush was during the 6th grade on a girl I attended school with. She was the typical sporty, competitive, tomboyish type of grade school girl. She played football and basketball with the guys everyday during recess, and because of her jump start in the physical maturity category, she was taller, stronger, and beat most of the boys. However, she didn't stand a chance at beating me simply because of the sweet skills and human instinct I was born with. Anyways, that is beside the point. Turns out that I was on her list of people that she liked at the time and before we new it we heard head over heals in a serious grade school relationship similar to Aaron Carters. We sat together at lunch attempting to talk with one another about the nights upcoming homework assignments over the murmurs, giggles, and quick glances towards us by our friends. We would meet together on afternoons during the weekends, always bringing with us the protection of one or more of our friends of the same gender and play basketball on the play ground or attend movies. Than one weekend, I thought I hit the jack-pot. We met at the school playground as we had on numerous other occasions; however, this time we met alone. We decided to go on a real date and walked to the ice cream shop where we ate ice cream. It was amazing.
Unfortunately, a week or to later, we both realized that it was possible to be attracted to other people, and since we had rounded all the bases culminating with the precious ice cream moment and had no where to turn next, we decided it would be best for us to take a break and weigh our other options. Aaron Carter's video reminds me of this. It is fun to remember how thoughts involving pony-tailed girls bouncing around on the playground could have so contently filled my wandering daydreams in grade school. Even more humorous, are the memories of the activities like the movie dates with posses of friends as is seen in "I Want Candy." It is almost a right of passage into life and understanding how to control and find meaning in those crush based emotions while learning how to be the catch for that one lucky person.