The Gurly Life

Crazy snow!

This from a friend's dad in Alexandria, VA.

 

Long johns!

The last few days have been cold for Los Angeles. In the real world, the weather has been slightly chilly. However, since we are neither used to nor equipped to handle the weather, I've been wearing silk long johns the last couple of days.

And no, long johns are not sexy, but then I've never been sexy, and I'm not about to start now.

An Arctic freeze

A couple of days ago, a baseball game scheduled to be played in Denver, CO, was cancelled due to weather. The "weather" referred to was 17F degree temperatures. 17F degrees is -8C, for anyone who uses the more logical metric system. So it appears that global warming does have its minor setbacks: I think we can anticipate the Maldive Islands being underwater by the end of the century, after which the water will freeze, perfectly preserving the islands for future generations, sort of like a modern day Atlantis.

The cold spell's effect on the So Cal area is that we have temperatures in the 60'sF (15C-20C) instead of the 80'sF (25C-30C). Not exactly the same as Denver's frigid temperatures, but enough for me to wear an undershirt, a cotton knit sweater, a scarf (specifically, my Gryffindor scarf, NOT USC), and my fleece coat. If this is a harbinger of the winter to come, that $30 leather coat I bought from my neighbor will come in quite handy.

It occurs to me, of course, that when I move to Boulder, CO, I shall have to make a significant investment in winter apparel. I might also have the surgery to have the weather-wimp gene removed.

Not everyone appears to be phased by floods

Here are some awesome pics of Venice under water earlier this month. Thanks to Ms. Mouse for the discovery.

RAIN!

We had a brief downpour today, though it has rained fairly heavily the last 24 hours. Turn up the sound (it's only 15 seconds) for the effect. I don't think it plays in high quality here, so if you actually want to be able to see the rain, go here instead and click on the play in high quality link on the bottom right of the video.

The smoke spreads

This morning, the smoke started surrounding us. Here's what it looked like this morning at 8:30. Where I live it was still clear, but not for long.

By 1:30pm, when Brooke, Lenny and I went to Hollywood to scout out lunch places for a Brown Club event, that big cloud had descended upon the city, apparently covering everything from the valley to the beach. We used masks.

Fall is hot in LA

True to form, the weather in LA is just ... hot. It was only last week that the seasons turned and we glided imperceptibly into autumn, only to find ourselves with the hottest temperatures of the year, pretty much. It's about 100F degrees outside right now. 100F is 38C and 311K. But who measures by Kelvin, anyway? My poor little AC unit is doing its very very best, aided by my fan. But we're hot. This would have been a great day at the beach. Sigh...

Loving the weather

Man, it is nice out today. It's maybe 75F degrees, with a lovely breeze, just humid enough to make the skin look its best. I went for a run this morning, but when I'm done working, I'm going for a nice stroll to enjoy the outdoors. I do miss having a patio.

It got cold(ish) again

I've been cold for days. Today I turned my heater on again.

The weather

The last couple of days we have had what I can only describe as oppressive heat. Yesterday it was about 95F and today 91F. In Celsius it's 35 and 33, in case you're curious. Now, that is not horribly horribly hot, usually, unless the humidity is 1000%. Which it isn't, it's been hovering around 10%. And yet it feels like I weigh 30 lbs more than I did on Friday. High atmospheric pressure, or did I, in fact, gain 30 lbs in the last 48 hours? You decide.