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WHAT IS UP WITH FALL?

joeyjoey
edited October 2012
Anyone with me?
What is going on?
When will the cold air be here to stay?
I am having seasonal depression, as in, it's too sunny out there and too warm.

I put the heavier blanket on the bed.
I baked (GF) bread pudding. I picked apples and pears.
I put on the nice new cardigan.
What the shit?

Is this the future?
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  • distant_shoedistant_shoe
    i know right?
    i turned the gas heater back on
    i worried about jackets
    i keep putting on sweaters but then taking them off
    81 degrees on october 1st in portland oregon
    not a drop of rain in site

    i like it when the so cal/southwesterners are all like "woo hoo its still sunny i finally feel GREAT i finally feel NORMAL"

    and by i like it i mean i fucking hate it
  • Loose_ThreadLoose_Thread
    We will have the last laugh soon enough....................

    but seriously, weather is...... different.
    Or do I mean Climate?

    I just hope the PNW gets wetter and cooler, not warmer.
  • swamp_knobbler_mahanswamp_knobbler_mahan
    edited October 2012
    What about when all our snow melts :(

    "By 2100, the Northwest will be anywhere from 3-10 degrees Fahrenheit hotter than it is today, and this will have real consequences."

    http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/death-warmed-over/Content?oid=7149949

    Kinda glad I'm not going to be alive to see some of the consequences of flying/driving/making stuff.
  • Loose_ThreadLoose_Thread
    And we won't even have the pleasure of saying I told you so! We will be the only ones to blame.
  • joeyjoey
    I don't mean to be whiny, but it is already too hot as it is now.
    I like my four (or in the PNW more like two) seasons well represented.
    And I hate drying out in the sun.

    I am worried about no rain. What about the plants? The animals?
    Even my cat got dried out!

    Sky gods! Please pee on me!
  • MirandaJulyMirandaJuly
    I am so stoked for tomorrow's rain!!!!! PORTLAND!
  • YoursTrulyYoursTruly
    where's that rain
    GIMME
    yesterday was awesome, so cold and crisp and gray!
    Today rain?/??

    TGIF GIFT

    omg did you ever realize until just then that TGIF and GIFT have the same letters
  • flossy_log_ladyflossy_log_lady
    I hate all of you.
  • Loose_ThreadLoose_Thread
    Last night I took a walk and it was so cold.
  • YoursTrulyYoursTruly
    but Flossy come on, "the driest autumn on record" doesn't give you the heebie jeebies?
    global warming howling fantods

    I just want geographical regions to behave the way they are supposed to
  • Loose_ThreadLoose_Thread
    edited October 2012
    Also things can get warmer in some spots, cooler in others.

    Think about the Mpemba effect, when you put hot water in the freezer, it makes ice cubes faster, because of the steam. More arctic ice maybe a related phenomenon

    It's all a swirlin' and a blowin'.
  • 12341234
    it's raining now.
  • MirandaJulyMirandaJuly
    As of right now, I love it.
  • MirandaJulyMirandaJuly
    I just lol'd thinking of the thousands of conversations about the rain that are going to happen today.
  • YoursTrulyYoursTruly
    IT'S RAINING
    I KNOW

    HEY HOW ARE YOU
    GOOD, IT'S RAINING
    YEAH

  • Loose_ThreadLoose_Thread
    When I saw it outside I announced it like it was Christmas morning

    It's HEEEEEEERE!
  • 000000
    I don't understand what shoes to wear when it rains. Do you have to wear two kinds of shoes? Walking to work shoes and work shoes? Shoes are the most confusing part of seasonal change for me.
  • LelandLeland
    edited October 2012
    What a cute question!

    No, northwest people just wear one pair of shoes and track water into buildings. Wet rubber shoes on linoleum can make a kind of squeak squeak squeak. This is our northwest pedestrian anthem. Let your feet sing it proudly!
  • 000000
    How pedestrian.
  • YoursTrulyYoursTruly
    If it's really coming down I'll wear my wellies and stick my work shoes in my bag
    but for the most part I just get 'em wet, the work shoes
  • lolololo
    I just wear clogs with no socks all summer and cowboy boots all winter.
  • Loose_ThreadLoose_Thread
    My aspiration is to bring my heels in a satchel to work and wear sneakers while in transit.
  • YoursTrulyYoursTruly
    I do that, 80s secretary style.
    It looks really dumb and bad but I do it
  • 000000
    It's definitely fall; I broke down yesterday and bought house slippers. Slippers are hideous, they look like baked potatoes for your feet. I wanted fancy mens slippers:
    image
    but gave in to practicality. Potato practicality.
  • Loose_ThreadLoose_Thread
    edited October 2012
    mine are like this
    image

    twee > ^ x ^ <
  • Loose_ThreadLoose_Thread
    this year, I vow to practice leather care. When I ride moto with bf he makes me wear all gear all the time. The rain is just going to melt it unless I put some kind of weird natural or articifial sealant on it.

    Fall makes me think of SONGS OF ICE AND/or FIRE
  • 12341234
    I think I might need a pair of these:

    image

  • YoursTrulyYoursTruly
    the dog ate my slippers last year. Where can I get a good fuzzy pair of slippers on the cheap???
  • 000000
    Those pom pom slippers are the best, are they felted?! They would look great on my new weird rug image
    Mike: This is a bad idea.
  • Loose_ThreadLoose_Thread
    they are not felted but some kind of a tight knit made of wool. i believe they are primarily distributed by English people who have been visiting Greece.
  • MirandaJulyMirandaJuly
    I just wear shoes that either dry quickly or resist water (leather).
  • zinzin
    Yes, Mike, buy Swims overshoes! Brooks Brothers is even selling them, so you can.

    I have these monstrous ones that are like boots that go over my shoes, for biking. When I get to work, I take them off, and I've got whatever work shoes underneath, dry as a bone.
  • YoursTrulyYoursTruly
    shoes in the house is a mortal and grievous sin


  • YoursTrulyYoursTruly
    oh Zuckerdude did you mean as opposed to wearing wellies and carrying your shoes? I thought you meant as opposed to slippers and I was like OH HELL NO
  • 12341234
    edited October 2012
    "Based on functionality, quality and comfort, these galoshes were designed in Oslo, Norway by SWIMS. Borrowing from the classic, this modern interpretation is easily slipped on and off. With its high-grip sole and quality rubber, the design is lightweight and stylish. Intelligent fit and great stretch ensures a good fit. Unique inner lining serves many purposes: low friction when slipping on and off, moisture prevention, unique polishing action, and insulation to keep feet warm in the cold weather. Extra traction adds better grip on slippery surfaces. Shock absorbing heel. Tear resistant. Waterproof. Molded rubber exterior with felted interior fabric."
  • MirandaJulyMirandaJuly
    Yeah, I was talking about outdoors. I have a pair of slippers for the house.

    I will say tho that I get annoyed when someone has people over to their house for dinner and then makes them all take their shoes off (muddy weather excluded).

    I know that I'm in the wrong, but it just makes me feel awkward to have my shoes off when I'm meeting and socializing with new people. It's like having my zipper down, psychologically. Also, my feet get cold and then I am mostly focused on how cold my feet are.

    Cheers to Mike for allowing shoes at the last Team Video meeting.
  • MirandaJulyMirandaJuly
    (So sometimes I bring my slippers with me)
  • 12341234
    SHOES FOR EVERYONE!
  • lolololo
    I have these rain boots and LOVE them; they're slip on:

    image

    These are my house shoes. Very traditional, I feel:

    image
  • lolololo
    arijkem, that rug is CUTE. I'm on the hunt for another good rug, where'd yours come from? I think I need to go look at Lowell.
  • YoursTrulyYoursTruly
    Zuckerdude, I am really torn because I totally empathize with your plight--just-socks IS kind of awkward, in a zipper-down way, especially with new people, and what if you struggle with foot odor and thus feel socially even more awkward, etc. etc., or like I'm always wearing shitty socks with holes and then I feel embarrassed. and yet I do prefer people take their shoes off in my home. However, I have stopped suggesting this. If people take them off naturally great, if not, fine.

    I also think if you have more than 2 or 3 people over at once, it has become a "party" and you can't expect people to go shoeless. Your floor's gonna be dirty anyway, just mop it the next day!

  • Loose_ThreadLoose_Thread
    SO tell me... do you have like the cleanest house of all?
  • MirandaJulyMirandaJuly
    Yes, the "party" situation is when it bugs me. Not just when I'm over at someone's house alone or with spouse. Still, I don't hold it against the host. "Their house, their rules." I just frown internally.
  • distant_shoedistant_shoe
    i remember how amazed my japanese guests were at the filthy american practice of not taking your shoes off indoors.
    it was almost like they were like "oh yeah, i'm supposed to keep them ON, unless notified" like they were totally kinda grossed out by the floors of american homes because people walk around in their shoes sometimes
    the floors of japanese homes that i have seen are spotlessly clean
    a national obsession with clean floors and shoe/foot-borne filth

    then again, u gotta be clean before you get into the tub so im like WTF bro??????
  • 000000
    edited October 2012
    Lolo: eBay. My roommate and I have been looking everywhere for rugs with no luck. Shipping wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, and I get a weird old rug from Turkey instead of a sad new one!

    I do shoes everywhere, even in bed :/ maybe I should make a change?

    Shoeless at someone else's house would make more sense if everyone touched feet together, otherwise it's like not admitting your naked feet are out there.
  • MirandaJulyMirandaJuly
    Shoes in bed is def over the line.
  • YoursTrulyYoursTruly
    SHOES IN BED? I can only assume this is a joke

    Let me tell you about shoes. You put them on and step outside into the street. You walk all day long, on sidewalks homeless people have pissed on; dogs have shit on; gum has been spit out on; cigarettes have been ground out on. Dirt and leaves and people's old cheetohs bags and spit and phlegm and all manner of other disgusting shit that famously accumulates on the street of a metropolitan area.

    Then you GET INTO YOUR BED with those shoes on???????? I CAN'T

    I am disturbed enough by walking around the house in shoes. This wasn't a problem for me until I got a snoopy, and he has no shoes to take off! So I imagine him tracking crazy filth into my home no matter what I do. He is obviously not allowed in my bed.

    I love the spotless Japanese floor, those people know what they're doing. But how do they keep it so spotless?? In spite of my obsession with no shoes in the house my house is still dingy and covered in dirt and dog hair, I hate it so much

    SHOES IN BED though girl WHAT, like under the covers??? why would you??? Oh god
  • MirandaJulyMirandaJuly
    I've seen a lot of anime recently where a kooky character shows up and then is forced to vacuum the house a lot. So maybe that's how?
  • 000000
    OH. Not under covers; there's no logical situation in which that could be justified. But I will flop on my bed and not be disturbed when heels touch comforter; I don't go out of my way to rub the soles of my shoes on my bed. I'd be disturbed if they were clogs, or boots, or someone else's shoes. Arbitrary rules.

    I like dogs in bed, but I vacuum and wash things often.
  • YoursTrulyYoursTruly
    I was picturing you like clumping into your room after a long day and just crawling in fully-clothed and -shoed, and pulling up the covers! Giving me the howling fantods
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