Slog - Comments on It's Sunny and Hot and You're on an Empty Beach http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_sunny_and_hot_and_youre_at_an_empty Look out the window. It sucks out. It's so bad people are jumping off the West Seattle Bridge. The only thing that makes me happy right now is staring at this picture of the beach in Malibu that I posted on Slog on Monday. Matter of fact I've just made it my computer's wallpaper. I suggest you do the same. To do that, you'll need a bigger version of it. Here you go.... Copyright 2008 Wed, 03 Oct 2007 16:17:04 -0800 Thu, 04 Oct 2007 09:48:58 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Chris in Tampa I vote for more wallpaper versions of neat pictures that are posted on slog.

]]> Chris in Tampa http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_sunny_and_hot_and_youre_at_an_empty#c817491 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_sunny_and_hot_and_youre_at_an_empty#c817491 Life Wed, 03 Oct 2007 16:19:32 -0800 Comment by heh Glad to see that you seem to be posting more as editor

]]> heh http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_sunny_and_hot_and_youre_at_an_empty#c817497 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_sunny_and_hot_and_youre_at_an_empty#c817497 Life Wed, 03 Oct 2007 16:25:32 -0800 Comment by matthew fisher wilder But it's sunny right now in Seattle, at least for the next 3 minutes -- oh woops, sun just went away. Oh wait, there it is again! Why can't they make sun detecting wallpaper?

]]> matthew fisher wilder http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_sunny_and_hot_and_youre_at_an_empty#c817498 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_sunny_and_hot_and_youre_at_an_empty#c817498 Life Wed, 03 Oct 2007 16:26:10 -0800 Comment by matthew fisher wilder There are a lot of New York Reader fans in the Point Dume residential area of Malibu, Christopher, you know.

]]> matthew fisher wilder http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_sunny_and_hot_and_youre_at_an_empty#c817502 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_sunny_and_hot_and_youre_at_an_empty#c817502 Life Wed, 03 Oct 2007 16:27:47 -0800 Comment by jkjk The hail and thunder and lightning was actually pretty cool. And now there is a rainbow.

]]> jkjk http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_sunny_and_hot_and_youre_at_an_empty#c817503 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_sunny_and_hot_and_youre_at_an_empty#c817503 Life Wed, 03 Oct 2007 16:28:45 -0800 Comment by Yogi Jeezus, the weather whining from folks around here is SO tiresome. October is the best month of the year! Bring on the chilly breezes and the drizzle! Woo-hoooo!

]]> Yogi http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_sunny_and_hot_and_youre_at_an_empty#c817506 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_sunny_and_hot_and_youre_at_an_empty#c817506 Life Wed, 03 Oct 2007 16:30:36 -0800 Comment by Fnarf What Yogi said. The leaves are turning. Get a friggin' scarf if you're so cold.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_sunny_and_hot_and_youre_at_an_empty#c817510 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_sunny_and_hot_and_youre_at_an_empty#c817510 Life Wed, 03 Oct 2007 16:34:20 -0800 Comment by Jack Look now! It's nice again! Expect hail in twenty minutes.

]]> Jack http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_sunny_and_hot_and_youre_at_an_empty#c817512 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_sunny_and_hot_and_youre_at_an_empty#c817512 Life Wed, 03 Oct 2007 16:35:49 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle So long as they're not jumping off the Aurora Bridge, I'm fine with that.

Summer? We had a summer? Why did no one tell me?

When was it?

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_sunny_and_hot_and_youre_at_an_empty#c817514 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_sunny_and_hot_and_youre_at_an_empty#c817514 Life Wed, 03 Oct 2007 16:38:01 -0800 Comment by Eric Grandy @3, It's like that comedian said at Bumbershoot: In Seattle, if you don't like the weather, just wait five minutes...and shoot yourself in the face.

]]> Eric Grandy http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_sunny_and_hot_and_youre_at_an_empty#c817515 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_sunny_and_hot_and_youre_at_an_empty#c817515 Life Wed, 03 Oct 2007 16:38:23 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe Looks fine. Meh. Shitty weather rules, anyway.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_sunny_and_hot_and_youre_at_an_empty#c817523 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_sunny_and_hot_and_youre_at_an_empty#c817523 Life Wed, 03 Oct 2007 16:46:13 -0800 Comment by matthew fisher wilder Eric, if you substitute the Mid-west for Seattle, then that's funny!

]]> matthew fisher wilder http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_sunny_and_hot_and_youre_at_an_empty#c817531 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_sunny_and_hot_and_youre_at_an_empty#c817531 Life Wed, 03 Oct 2007 16:54:38 -0800 Comment by Lloyd Clydesdale This is Fall weather. See that first shock of red on that tree? See that traffic? No going back till the first Pineapple Express of the Spring.

]]> Lloyd Clydesdale http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_sunny_and_hot_and_youre_at_an_empty#c817559 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_sunny_and_hot_and_youre_at_an_empty#c817559 Life Wed, 03 Oct 2007 17:21:56 -0800 Comment by mj I'm dying for cold weather! We have too much SUN here! I want to pull out sweaters boots,scarfs,and and sit by a fire place.
FUN......
Slog is so not girly!

Poe, these people need more Gummy Bear clips! That will cheer them up those things are hysterical.

]]> mj http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_sunny_and_hot_and_youre_at_an_empty#c817560 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_sunny_and_hot_and_youre_at_an_empty#c817560 Life Wed, 03 Oct 2007 17:23:11 -0800 Comment by K The worst part of jumping off the West Seattle Bridge is that when you land, you're in West Seattle.

]]> K http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_sunny_and_hot_and_youre_at_an_empty#c817562 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_sunny_and_hot_and_youre_at_an_empty#c817562 Life Wed, 03 Oct 2007 17:25:38 -0800 Comment by christopher I may get to see some aurora jumpers firsthand in the near future- looking at a job at a place under that bridge. As for the weather, I do appreciate a sandy beach on a warm day, but California is way too fucking hot. I was born there and have no plans of moving back, thanks. Fall here is as pleasant as weather gets, for me. But then, I'm not homeless.
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]]> christopher http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_sunny_and_hot_and_youre_at_an_empty#c817568 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_sunny_and_hot_and_youre_at_an_empty#c817568 Life Wed, 03 Oct 2007 17:32:57 -0800 Comment by matthew fisher wilder Christopher, maybe it's you, and if it is, please try it out, but a place where the weather is a mild August 11 months out of the year is not necessarily heaven.

]]> matthew fisher wilder http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_sunny_and_hot_and_youre_at_an_empty#c817571 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_sunny_and_hot_and_youre_at_an_empty#c817571 Life Wed, 03 Oct 2007 17:40:52 -0800 Comment by Kristin Bell I love what you humanoidal creatures define as "shitty" weather. Why am I typing like a star trek freak? No idea. Up too long. Need sleep. Starting to resemble computer. Beep. Bring on the rain, wind, thunder, lightening, sweaters, coats, hats, umbrellas, scarves, gloves, etc.!!! Yah! Yah! Yah!!!

]]> Kristin Bell http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_sunny_and_hot_and_youre_at_an_empty#c817597 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_sunny_and_hot_and_youre_at_an_empty#c817597 Life Wed, 03 Oct 2007 18:22:17 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe I'm so happy cuz I'm a gummy bear! GUMMY BEAR!

AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_sunny_and_hot_and_youre_at_an_empty#c817607 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_sunny_and_hot_and_youre_at_an_empty#c817607 Life Wed, 03 Oct 2007 18:32:24 -0800 Comment by Suz Thank Friz, I like my new wallpaper!

]]> Suz http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_sunny_and_hot_and_youre_at_an_empty#c817658 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_sunny_and_hot_and_youre_at_an_empty#c817658 Life Wed, 03 Oct 2007 20:52:40 -0800 Comment by California With any luck, I'll be surfing that coastline in the next day or two. It all just depends on my work load and whether we get a little SW swell.

]]> California http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_sunny_and_hot_and_youre_at_an_empty#c817660 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_sunny_and_hot_and_youre_at_an_empty#c817660 Life Wed, 03 Oct 2007 21:02:50 -0800 Comment by Matthew I love October. It's February you gotta look out for.

]]> Matthew http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_sunny_and_hot_and_youre_at_an_empty#c817682 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_sunny_and_hot_and_youre_at_an_empty#c817682 Life Wed, 03 Oct 2007 22:33:29 -0800 Comment by mmbb nobody cares what you dream about, frizzelle. stfu and gtfa.

]]> mmbb http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_sunny_and_hot_and_youre_at_an_empty#c817695 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_sunny_and_hot_and_youre_at_an_empty#c817695 Life Wed, 03 Oct 2007 23:24:26 -0800 Comment by old timer It's not always about the weather.

It's always good to have a place in your mind that is not where you actually are.

A place that has good energy to combat the sometimes negative, bitter crap that seems to thrive whenever a bit of genuine humanity is offered.

Thanks for the pics, and those of the other day.
You that don't like it can scroll on by.

]]> old timer http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_sunny_and_hot_and_youre_at_an_empty#c817749 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_sunny_and_hot_and_youre_at_an_empty#c817749 Life Thu, 04 Oct 2007 09:10:24 -0800 Comment by Greg The weather is fine. If it rains heavily, I go inside or keep an umbrella handy. If it blows hard, I pull up my jacket collar. If it's dark, I turn on the lights. If there is lightning, I turn of my computer and read a book. If there is an epic windstorm and the power goes out, I light candles, eat canned food, throw out everything in the fridge, and don't light up a charcoal hibachi with the windows closed.

Really, Puget Sound's weather is about adaptation. If you're not happy with the weather here, if you'd rather be in Malibu where it's warm and sunny and full of silicone, why are you torturing yourself nine months a year by being in Seattle? Do yourself and all of us a favor and take a long vacation somewhere warm.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_sunny_and_hot_and_youre_at_an_empty#c817753 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_sunny_and_hot_and_youre_at_an_empty#c817753 Life Thu, 04 Oct 2007 09:25:07 -0800 Comment by mj Old Timer, that is so true! It's wonderful to always have another place in your mind.
I'm here in the tropics wanting to be cold and by a fire place! I live in the hills so it will get cold one day soon!
It's horribles but I'm sick of the sun....
I want to wear big fluffy sweaters and boots.

]]> mj http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_sunny_and_hot_and_youre_at_an_empty#c817754 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_sunny_and_hot_and_youre_at_an_empty#c817754 Life Thu, 04 Oct 2007 09:29:39 -0800 Comment by Lloyd Clydesdale Old Timer - I agree. I'd add, too, that that place in your mind can have a weather-beating outlet too. It can't be understated that year-round outdoor sports playing / excercise is a top notch way to get from Fall to Summer here.

]]> Lloyd Clydesdale http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_sunny_and_hot_and_youre_at_an_empty#c817761 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_sunny_and_hot_and_youre_at_an_empty#c817761 Life Thu, 04 Oct 2007 09:48:58 -0800