Mixin' it up in the Dot.

I'm always yabbering on about ooh ooh how much I love Fall. But it occurs to me I do the same thing about Spring. And then, a few weeks ago, we had some other weird day that was the first of its kind in Winter. So maybe it's not just Fall that gets me excited. Maybe it's just the change. Fall is beautiful of course, but one of the things that I like about it is the way my body responds to it. I mean, outside smells diferent and the temperature has changed and that makes me change and adapt as well.

When we've got shit weather like this insane cold we have now I get pissy. Because it really is just too cold to do anything. And we say things like wouldn't it be nice if we lived somewhere where it was nice and hot all year round.

But the thing is it wouldn't be. That would be boring. There would be no challenge. There would be no euphoric high when suddenly the damp smell of earth and dogshit hits you for the first time in March. No blinding bitch-slap when you walk out into bright sun and minus 27. I love that.

If your life is in a boring slump, without the weather, it would get so mundane and routine. At least with a change in climate, that part of life gets turn-around. And also, when your life is busy, or you are trying to sort stuff out in your over-active brain, the change in weather can give you that change in perspective you need to solve your current annoying problem.

And granted, if the weather was changing radically on a daily basis, I would be scared. Very scared. Impending armegeddeon scared. I mean, I've been a little freaked out in recent weeks not just by the tsunamis, but all the weird weather stuff that seems to be going on all over the world. No, I think with the four seasons, I have just enough seasonal overturn to keep it interesting, and get it mixed up in the Dot without losing my mind.