In Praise Of

Rain - For keeping me: inside, cool, from doing exterior reno work, from mowing the lawn, from squinting into the sun, and from getting out of bed (easily). I love the dark bruised skies, and the upturned silver leaves along the highway, and the bright clean colours, and the dark grey reflection on the surface of the lakes and ocean, frothing chaotically under the bombardment. Cheers to the water cycle! Summer rain, autumn rain - yay. Spring rain, though, you can go pound sand (I hate you and your muddy shoes). "A summer storm / braces all of me" - Smashing Pumpkins, For Martha.

Writing - For: being much easier than speaking, letting me think and rethink what I want to say, edit myself (hard to believe I know), and use words that, if spoken, would probably make me sound like a pretentious douchebag (which might still be the case when written, ha, but at least I have the opportunity to check that I'm using them properly).

10:30 PM - On weeknights, I am usually in bed, reading, resting, or totally asleep by this time. On weekends, I am usually out doing something fun and/or have two or three drinks in me by this time. This is a good hour of the day, unlike, say, 6:35 AM when my damn alarm goes off.

This - Can't. Wait.