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cblj_backupIt's hot here. Hot as fuck. Hotter than fuck. Fuck can only dream of being this hot. Mum sent me an email saying that she saw a news report about the possibility of rain in Chicago, but I think the rain decided Chicago was too hot and detoured.
There is no breeze, there is no shade, there is no God.
But then I think about the fact that this heat will end by no later than September, while it is a year-round function in Austin, and I'm okay. When I moved to Chicago I noticed that the primary topic of small talk here was the weather, which makes sense in retrospect. There's no point in talking about the weather in Austin (hot) or Oregon (wet) or California (mild) because it's always the same, but here the weather is a neverending variable.
They say the motto of Chicago is "Urbs In Horto" which means "City in a garden" but I suspect the real motto is Et Hoc Transibit: THIS TOO SHALL PASS.
It might be Adfatimne calidus est prote, "Hot enough for you?"
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There is no breeze, there is no shade, there is no God.
But then I think about the fact that this heat will end by no later than September, while it is a year-round function in Austin, and I'm okay. When I moved to Chicago I noticed that the primary topic of small talk here was the weather, which makes sense in retrospect. There's no point in talking about the weather in Austin (hot) or Oregon (wet) or California (mild) because it's always the same, but here the weather is a neverending variable.
They say the motto of Chicago is "Urbs In Horto" which means "City in a garden" but I suspect the real motto is Et Hoc Transibit: THIS TOO SHALL PASS.
It might be Adfatimne calidus est prote, "Hot enough for you?"
Appropriately,
jenna_thorn has tips on how to stay safe and stay cool.
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Date: 2010-07-07 11:31 pm (UTC)I now have to get it back to my dad's house because I'm not taking it with me to Texas.
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Date: 2010-07-07 11:52 pm (UTC)So, a coat of tanooki fur? It never occurred to me. What does it feel like?
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Date: 2010-07-08 12:02 am (UTC)Tanooki fur is not that soft, and it's very, very heavy.
At the risk of sounding both creepy, and going along with your line of thought, it really just "feels like my mom."
It was very surreal wearing it this past winter, because I kept thinking she was behind me, not that I was the one wearing the coat. (She passed away last year, so yeah...surreal.)
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Date: 2010-07-08 12:07 am (UTC)Has having the coat helped you or hindered, do you think?
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Date: 2010-07-08 02:35 am (UTC)Honestly, I don't know how much it's helped or hindered, because I only wore it once this winter. It's been in my front closet ever since.