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By: Cougar

Cougar — Fri, 28 Jan 2005 00:24:27 +0000

I’m confused. You stand around with unzipped jacket in the cold — but you don’t complain about how cold it is and threaten to move somewhere warmer? Then what’s the point of freezing? If you don’t complain why do you bother?

I understand the part about advice though. If you don’t want to ask your friends you can use the Tarot or the I Ching.

By: jo(e)

jo(e) — Sat, 29 Jan 2005 01:15:25 +0000

It was -10 F here today and people kept saying to me, “Zip up your coat!” But I can’t be bothered to zip up my coat if I’m just on a short walk between buildings. If I zip it up, I’ll just have to unzip it again. All that wasted energy. I only zip it up if I am going to be out for hours, like skiing or something like that. I don’t think of myself as lazy, just efficient.

By: aj

aj — Sun, 30 Jan 2005 07:24:51 +0000

I generally don’t zip up my coat either, but then I live in a pretty mild weather region.

In high school I would occasionally let myself get drenched in the rain for no apparent reason. I remember once spending almost the whole break between classes standing outside in a downpour in the space between the building I was coming from and the one I was going to. By the time I ran upstairs to my next class I was absolutely soaked.

When I opened my backpack to take out my notebook one of the students sitting next to me saw that I was carrying an umbrella. She asked me why I hadn’t used it.

To which I replied, with a shrug: I didn’t want to get it wet.