likes wearing candy-apple red ([info]cette_vie) wrote,
@ 2009-01-16 01:52:00
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Current mood:quizzical
Current music:The Postal Service // Such Great Heights // Give Up
Entry tags:swing, uchicago, xkcd

Why ask why?
... well, let's go over this again, Chicago.

I'm sure you've got some rationale or some logical way of explaining this, and I'm just too dumb to understand it, me poor college student with just a high school diploma. But could you reiterate exactly why tomorrow's daytime wind chill is going to be around -35 degrees Fahrenheit?!

Nota Bene: According to xkcd, this is dangerously close to "Spit goes 'Clink!'" temperature. Which... objectively speaking, is kind of awesome; I love when life imitates xkcd. (Subjectively speaking, however... well, let's just not go there.)

Bottom line: aaaaaaah. I have to go dancing. And DJ swing for the night (wtf?!), because everyone else bailed, fuckers. And possibly let a dancer crash on my couch. And work starts Saturday. And I didn't do any of my Chinese homework. And all my personal statements need to be done tomorrow so they can be e-mailed out to my recommenders. And I need to go to sleep now.

I'm going to say this again, because I haven't said it enough this week:

I did not sign up for this, life. You'd better check that clipboard again.


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[info]evanbro
2009-01-16 08:48 am UTC (link)
-35? Damn. I thought it was cold here, but I don't think I own enough clothing to protect myself from that. Have, uh, have fun with that, I guess. And don't, like, die.

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[info]cette_vie
2009-01-16 07:19 pm UTC (link)
Well, it's only like -13 or something, but the wind chill is pretty bad. I was just outside to walk from my friend's apartment (half a block away) to mine, and my fingers are still semi-frozen just after that. It's pretty extreme. I'll try to stay alive. =D

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[info]blackdiamond06
2009-01-16 02:38 pm UTC (link)
It's the wind off the lake. Make sure to bundle up really well, lots of layers, and (I really cannot emphasize this enough), as little exposed skin as possible. If you have a hood with a draw string, you should use the draw string to protect your face. If you have a ski mask even better. It's at those wind chills that skin starts freezing off.

Stay warm, I love reading about the life you didn't sign up for.

Hugs,
blackdiamond

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[info]cette_vie
2009-01-16 07:18 pm UTC (link)
Oh, yeah, I have really warm scarves and hats, so it's not too huge of a problem. Just a bitch.

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[info]blackdiamond06
2009-01-16 07:20 pm UTC (link)
good. It's strange, but I worry more about my e-friends than those I can reach out and touch. :)

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[info]rara_x_avis
2009-01-16 06:22 pm UTC (link)
Oh man... and I thought -6 in Columbus was bad... my mom had to go drive my brother to lab yesterday.

But seriously... this is why I refused my mom point blank when she tried to get me to apply to Northwestern.

Stay warm & good luck!

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[info]cette_vie
2009-01-16 07:17 pm UTC (link)
<333 Thanks! I am staying inside most of the day, so it should be good!

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[info]dyserenity
2009-01-22 03:18 am UTC (link)
It was -47 here, with windchill, last week. D: Silly midwest!

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[info]cette_vie
2009-01-22 03:59 am UTC (link)
Exactly!

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