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melatonin good!

Posted by max solomon | February 22, 2008 2:19 PM
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I'm inclined to agree with Brendan, though I suppose this is more accurately a picture of the sun than the weather.

Posted by Aislinn | February 22, 2008 2:32 PM
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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.

Posted by Gay Seattle | February 22, 2008 2:46 PM
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Frisbee!

Posted by Mr. Poe | February 22, 2008 2:51 PM
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MT GOD !!!!! What the FUCK IS THAT YELLOW THING IN THE SKY!!??!! WE ARE GOING TO DIE!!!!!!

Posted by Andrew | February 22, 2008 2:54 PM
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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?

Posted by some dude | February 22, 2008 2:54 PM
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I'm melting!

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

Whew ...

Posted by Will in Seattle | February 22, 2008 3:09 PM
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Enjoy it now, if it's digital, that's probably the last good picture that camera will ever take.

Posted by Super Jesse | February 22, 2008 3:10 PM
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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....

Posted by Dianna | February 22, 2008 3:15 PM
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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...

Posted by jhell | February 22, 2008 3:16 PM
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@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!

Posted by sandiegoFrosty | February 22, 2008 3:21 PM
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I'm seeing spots now. Not safe for eye balls. NSFEB.

Posted by Amy Jo | February 22, 2008 3:22 PM
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Hell yeah. Ahhhhhh.

Posted by trent moorman | February 22, 2008 3:35 PM
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@9: Cloudy, yes. Rainy, no.

Posted by Spoogie | February 22, 2008 3:41 PM
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Spoogie is right. It's mostly overcast all winter, with spotty rain or mist.

Getting this many days of sunshine is downright strange.

Posted by Will in Seattle | February 22, 2008 4:27 PM
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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!

Posted by max solomon | February 22, 2008 4:32 PM
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The sun rises, and so does...an enormous penis!

Posted by Christopher Frizzelle's Enormous Penis | February 22, 2008 6:34 PM
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@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.

Posted by RainMan | February 22, 2008 7:40 PM
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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.

Posted by RainMan | February 22, 2008 7:44 PM
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I like rain.

Posted by Kristin | February 22, 2008 8:25 PM
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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


Posted by Jake | February 23, 2008 2:09 AM

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