Wednesday, August 06, 2003
In honor of the alleged possibly hottest day in London ever , I thought I'd regale those of you sweating it out in non-air conditioned or poorly air conditioned offices with a few of my recently discovered ways to enjoy the heat wave.
1): say as often as possible: "It's not the heat, it's the stupidity."
2): Sing "heat"-related songs around the office. I reccomend Nelly's "Hot in Here." Really all you have to do is kind of wail "I AM/ so hot in HEEAAYAH!" You probably won't gain adoration, but you might find a way to distract yourself from the fact that you work in a hotbox from hell.
Finally, a word. I don't understand why people and offices in England doesn't just bite the bullet and buy a fan and an air-conditioning unit, for Pete's sake. OK, I KNOW it doesn't get hot often but it DOES happen, and with global warming it's only gonna get worse. So why NOT invest in a cooling system? You'll sleep better, your employees will work better, etc. etc.
Also, nobody seems prepared for heatwaves here. There are no cooling centers for the elderly, and don't tell me there aren't 90-year-old grandmas sweating it out in places that are dangerous for them, there's no one telling you to drink a lot of water and (my personal favorite in Chicago when it gets this hot): "If you don't have to go outside, DON'T!"
Maybe Americans just do it differently. Or maybe England really does just normally not get that hot, and so nobody knows what to do.
I dunno.
1): say as often as possible: "It's not the heat, it's the stupidity."
2): Sing "heat"-related songs around the office. I reccomend Nelly's "Hot in Here." Really all you have to do is kind of wail "I AM/ so hot in HEEAAYAH!" You probably won't gain adoration, but you might find a way to distract yourself from the fact that you work in a hotbox from hell.
Finally, a word. I don't understand why people and offices in England doesn't just bite the bullet and buy a fan and an air-conditioning unit, for Pete's sake. OK, I KNOW it doesn't get hot often but it DOES happen, and with global warming it's only gonna get worse. So why NOT invest in a cooling system? You'll sleep better, your employees will work better, etc. etc.
Also, nobody seems prepared for heatwaves here. There are no cooling centers for the elderly, and don't tell me there aren't 90-year-old grandmas sweating it out in places that are dangerous for them, there's no one telling you to drink a lot of water and (my personal favorite in Chicago when it gets this hot): "If you don't have to go outside, DON'T!"
Maybe Americans just do it differently. Or maybe England really does just normally not get that hot, and so nobody knows what to do.
I dunno.
Tuesday, August 05, 2003
So, you ask, what is oldcore? It is truly not the enemy of joycore, and I don't really think it's borecore. I don't really hate the kids, for one day they too might be oldcore.
Oldcore was rather born out of my increasingly boredom and irritation with young Ms. Hinewater and her "LOOK AT ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'M YOUNG AND SUBVERSIVE!!!!!!!!" tactics that only serve to leave the same pictures, not that they're not necessarily nice pictures but the same pictures all over the place.
I don't really want to be a hater,though, so I thought a dose of old and subversive might be the way forward.
But what do YOU think?
Oldcore was rather born out of my increasingly boredom and irritation with young Ms. Hinewater and her "LOOK AT ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'M YOUNG AND SUBVERSIVE!!!!!!!!" tactics that only serve to leave the same pictures, not that they're not necessarily nice pictures but the same pictures all over the place.
I don't really want to be a hater,though, so I thought a dose of old and subversive might be the way forward.
But what do YOU think?
In spite of the Episcopalian church delaying the vote on the first openly gay bishop, all is not gloom and doom among gay rights activists today: Brazilian couples today staged a kiss-in as a protest for the right to kiss their partner in public.
Me, I'm all for kissing in public. Always have been. And even more for kissing!! Mmmm!
More kissing for people of all sexualities, I say!
So, Britain is having a heat wave, and even I must admit the weather is actually hot. It's not quite as humid as Chicago, but the temp is supposed to hit the upper 90s today and tomorrow, and Britain just really isn't equipped to deal with hot weather. No air-conditioning, no fans for less than I think about £20. Which I guess makes sense considering it rarely gets above 72 degrees here, but it makes this weather quite unpleasant.
I wonder too if it's all an excuse for tube bosses and their ilk to shut and slow down their systems - just like last winter during the "inclement weather" of a few snowflakes shut down nearly all of London's transport system...
Of course, it is an old system, and I am actually talking about the weather in my blog as if anyone cares.
*yawn*
Me, I'm all for kissing in public. Always have been. And even more for kissing!! Mmmm!
More kissing for people of all sexualities, I say!
So, Britain is having a heat wave, and even I must admit the weather is actually hot. It's not quite as humid as Chicago, but the temp is supposed to hit the upper 90s today and tomorrow, and Britain just really isn't equipped to deal with hot weather. No air-conditioning, no fans for less than I think about £20. Which I guess makes sense considering it rarely gets above 72 degrees here, but it makes this weather quite unpleasant.
I wonder too if it's all an excuse for tube bosses and their ilk to shut and slow down their systems - just like last winter during the "inclement weather" of a few snowflakes shut down nearly all of London's transport system...
Of course, it is an old system, and I am actually talking about the weather in my blog as if anyone cares.
*yawn*
Monday, August 04, 2003
Someday soon, there's going to be a weekend where I have absolutely NOTHING to do and I can just lie on my bed, cuddling my sweetie occasionally and reading Saturday's Guardian and the Observer cover to cover. But not any weekend I can foresee soon.
That said, woohoo! Another whirlwind of a time, weeee! Up to Manchester, saw my aunt and two of my cousins. Saw the Jodrell Bank radio telescope. Not my first choice for fun but it was still nifty. Had the most gorgeous hotel room EVER in Manchester, which totally made up for the room that was "too small to swing a cat in" (note: direct quote from the Brighton B&B operator, not me, I don't know why you'd want to go around swinging cats). But over all too brief, and never ever any time for sleeping in.
Also super news in that due to BA's embarrassing strike action they've SLASHED their fares for four days and yours truly is most certainly going to nab a £216 (plus tax) roundtrip to Chicago.
Sweet home, here I come!
That said, woohoo! Another whirlwind of a time, weeee! Up to Manchester, saw my aunt and two of my cousins. Saw the Jodrell Bank radio telescope. Not my first choice for fun but it was still nifty. Had the most gorgeous hotel room EVER in Manchester, which totally made up for the room that was "too small to swing a cat in" (note: direct quote from the Brighton B&B operator, not me, I don't know why you'd want to go around swinging cats). But over all too brief, and never ever any time for sleeping in.
Also super news in that due to BA's embarrassing strike action they've SLASHED their fares for four days and yours truly is most certainly going to nab a £216 (plus tax) roundtrip to Chicago.
Sweet home, here I come!
