Slog - Comments on I'm So Excited about the Weather I Took a Picture of the Sun (Or, As Brendan Kiley Wishes This Headline Read, I'm So Excited About the Sun I Took a Picture of the Weather)

Comment by max solomon

max solomon — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:19:55 -0800

melatonin good!

Comment by Aislinn

Aislinn — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:32:34 -0800

I'm inclined to agree with Brendan, though I suppose this is more accurately a picture of the sun than the weather.

Comment by Gay Seattle

Gay Seattle — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:46:40 -0800

Let me explain how things work in Seattle. Seattleites think they want sun but actually sunny days create more anxiety than you even realize. First, the very minute temperatures move above 60 degrees natives start to strut around in shorts, start calling in sick, and do anything to get outside; like playing Frisbee in the medians of city streets. This is much to the chagrin of transplants from warmer places (Eastern Washington, California, etc.) who are simply annoyed by this ritual. But what the sun actually does is create the infamous �Seattle Sunny Day Anxiety� about having to somehow get out and enjoy it while you can, unlike the overcast days of winter when you are content to stay at work, school, etc. In Seattle it�s cool to show up to work all red with a sun burn.
Seattleite to sunburned coworker: �Wow, looks like you got some sun this weekend,� said in a jealous tone of voice.
However, in California getting red and burned is viewed as being just plain stupid.
I have felt this Sunny Day Anxiety for decade Seattle and while we all look forward to sun the anxiety about enjoying it is not fun to deal with.

Comment by Mr. Poe

Mr. Poe — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:51:46 -0800

Frisbee!

Comment by Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:54:26 -0800

MT GOD !!!!! What the FUCK IS THAT YELLOW THING IN THE SKY!!??!! WE ARE GOING TO DIE!!!!!!

Comment by some dude

some dude — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:54:32 -0800

from my cube i didn't even know it was sunny out until i saw that picture.

is it better to know you're missing out on a nice day or is ignorance bliss?

Comment by Will in Seattle

Will in Seattle — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:09:41 -0800

I'm melting!

Oh, wait, never mind, it's the sun.

Whew ...

Comment by Super Jesse

Super Jesse — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:10:09 -0800

Enjoy it now, if it's digital, that's probably the last good picture that camera will ever take.

Comment by Dianna

Dianna — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:15:08 -0800

So as a non-Washington state person, I have to ask: is it really as cloudy and rainy as you hear? I've also heard that the rain is wildly exaggerated. But from these comments....

Comment by jhell

jhell — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:16:59 -0800

Is that true about digital cameras? I guess I won't take a digital picture of the solar eclipse this summer then like I was planning.
The weather is truly glorious Christopher...

Comment by sandiegoFrosty

sandiegoFrosty — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:21:00 -0800

@3. I know what you mean, but being in the "indoor job" kind of business, I won't begrudge some people some healthy sun days to enjoy. The more people stay outside, the less people inside making my job harder...but then there's the no customers/time dragging by problem too. Oh well, Happy Sun Day!

Comment by Amy Jo

Amy Jo — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:22:32 -0800

I'm seeing spots now. Not safe for eye balls. NSFEB.

Comment by trent moorman

trent moorman — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:35:30 -0800

Hell yeah. Ahhhhhh.

Comment by Spoogie

Spoogie — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:41:42 -0800

@9: Cloudy, yes. Rainy, no.

Comment by Will in Seattle

Will in Seattle — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:27:22 -0800

Spoogie is right. It's mostly overcast all winter, with spotty rain or mist.

Getting this many days of sunshine is downright strange.

Comment by max solomon

max solomon — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:32:53 -0800

this spate of sun happens regularly in february. after a 3 month run of pure gloom, it makes us (and every animal that lives here, too) crazy. go on a walk about 7:30 a.m. - the birds are hard at it.

my general mood has improved to the point where i would describe myself as "only slightly disthymic". YAY!

Comment by Christopher Frizzelle's Enormous Penis

Christopher Frizzelle's Enormous Penis — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 18:34:40 -0800

The sun rises, and so does...an enormous penis!

Comment by RainMan

RainMan — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 19:40:28 -0800

@9: Summer brings lots of sunny days but it rarely gets to the sweltering inferno point that the rest of the country experiences in July and August. The cloudy, misty drizzle generally starts in early November and lasts to about April.

Comment by RainMan

RainMan — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 19:44:07 -0800

Also, forgot to mention this is western Washington. Eastern Washington has less rain and more extreme temperatures. It also looks like South Dakota. The Cascades form the state's geographic, meteorological and political continental divide.

Comment by Kristin

Kristin — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:25:55 -0800

I like rain.

Comment by Jake

Jake — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 02:09:20 -0800

please let's not pretend that we have no total downpours - some hours, others days

yes it really rains, hard sometimes

the gray sky, misty drizzle is indeed true as well

jul and aug are glory - bright clear, warm, sunny, no rain to speak of, and we all live outside most of the time

I move outside, sleeping on the deck

and the summer skin show is a delight as well, male and female are all on exhibit