weird hangup about rain

[summercomfort]

As Chicago people surely know, I hate rain.
- it's wet
- it's heavy
- it goes on and on and on and on
- it follows you. The wetness on your umbrella doesn't go away when you enter a room.

It didn't used to be that way. I used to like rain. Sure, it was annoying that my bike seat always got wet, and I hated wearing a wet soggy helmet, but I liked jumping over puddles, and watching rain drip from the overhangs... But something changed, I think, when I went to Chicago. I went there expecting all the rain of California to be replaced by snow. Imagine the shock when it started raining. And the wind made staying dry almost impossible. And then the roads became lakes, and I'd get stranded on these islands of asphalt with nowhere to go. On the other hand, snow is white and shiny, and descends slowly. You don't get wet as quickly, and you can pat off the excess snow when you enter a room.

Today is the first rain of Palo Alto, and while driving home from class, I just felt my mind shut down. Sure, I was tired of school and tired of being socially inept, but there's something final in the rain that was just... ugh.

I need to change this mentality around, though. Cause there's a lot more rain coming...

Comments

[idothattopeople.livejournal.com]

This rain here in CA has actually been a big topic of conversation today. It was very weird that it hadn't rained in three weeks. I'm used to precipitation more or less year-round... I guess in India it would stay dry for a while.

How do plants survive with no rain for so long? Where do they get their water? Do they go out to the store and buy bottled water?

Snow does have its advantages, but rain can be nice. I think you're already getting half into the mindset that rain can be a good thing.

[summercomfort]

:) Plants often bottle water in their roots. But it's also why the hills turn yellow in the summer.

On the other hand, imagine my surprise in Chicago when it started *raining* in the summer!

Thanks for your cheery words!

[(Anonymous)]

hiiiii, shi jie desu. i'll keep that in mind to ji hua sheng yu, ahahahaha! you miss campus? yes? well then COME BACK!!!! it's weird, man. i feel like undergrad was a looooong time ago.

[kitsuchan.livejournal.com]

I like Atlanta's summer rain: clear skies, then everything gets dark and there's a giant downpour with thunder and lightning and wind, and then it's sunny again. But the constant drizzle I remember from Portland and Chicago was kind of annoying. Just use the rain as an excuse to curl up with a blanket and a book and some tea when you get home.

[dakeeni.livejournal.com]

I like the rain when it's *boom-shish-shoooooooo-woosh-shish* "zomg it's raining!! when the hell did that happen??" and you run for it with your bags flapping all over and the idea of a thing called rain just didn't exist in your mind, so when it's omg-wet-asplody-sky-buckets-of-sheeting-rain all of the sudden your mind is like 'oh... so this is rain" but also "ahhhhhhh! roof, roof, where's a roof, or an eave..or something... nevermind, just run!" and giggling madly but then 5 seconds after get in the door and look out the window the sky's all sunny patches and "doot doo doo doo doooo... what? rain? what rain? I wasn't raining. *cough* *look at the floor, look up and then away* Nobody's raining... I dunno what you're talking about-pffffff *dissolves into smirks and laughter*"

heee

...
um...
yeah. ^^;

[summercomfort]

Haha, that's so your style of rain. It's like ass-banditry, except with more wet.