so back in the day... when i was about 19 or so and a full time nanny for a beautiful baby girl named sammy, i grew quite a crush on this guy from one of her favorite shows... blues clues. his name is Steve Burns. i liked that he said stuff like "cool" on a kids show... something about him was just different.

anyway... a few years later when i met mike he played this song off of his itunes called troposphere. he said it was by "that guy from blues clues"... i couldn't believe it. the song was amazing. i checked out his website and saw this totally honest looking guy... all scruffy and unshaven... he seemed so goofy but completely down to earth.

i couldn't believe that the guy i was looking at and listening to was the same guy from the kids show. i craved more. i tried to download more songs online but couldn't find any. i checked his website periodically but it never seemed to change.

over time it was just this 2:30 song i fell in love with.

recently the adorable baby boy i currently watch has gotten into blue clues and we watched a video together. it got me all inspired again to track down this mysterious children's icon. i tried to search for free downloads again... nothing. i revisited the website... it appeared to be the same. so i broke down and bought the CD off of amazon. it only took a couple of days. i got it on saturday and my life will never be the same.

the best damn $11.58 i ever spent.