Axis Mundi X discussion

So I wake up this morning thinking it is going to be like every other day, Foggy, maybe some drizzling rain. But no thismoring when I walked outside, I walked into a white cold bastard. I quit.

holy crap, Nick. Alaska bites!

Oh, Nick, no one deserves snow in July. It must be tough to have a barbecue.

It is complete crap! I am supposed to have another 5 weeks at lest.

:: stomps off into the ensuing blizzard ::

Nooooo! That sucks, Nick!

Actually, I would looove some snow right now. It's 95 degrees and humid with pounding sun every day. I'd rather bundle up than sweat my skin off.

I'm ready for fall. Snow, not so much. I can wait a little longer for that.

I feel angry when I'm cold. I'll take the southern heat any day!

God damn Goreocale lied to me man. I feel so cheated. Ruined my whole day.

Now, now, Nick. We all know who's really to blame for your early snow. That's right:

COLD MISER!!!

I truly think Cold Miser and his fiery brother are cultural touchstones for our generation. Well done, librarian.

Thanks, RA! And doesn't Cold Miser bear an uncanny resemblance to John Kerry?

Cold Miser = Kerry...who knew? They do look a lot alike.

Snow? What is snow?

I love snow but in the middle of July not so much. We're hot and humid at the moment, which is unbearable - I want some proper sunshine.

Poor Nick, we only ever get a bit of snow and that turns to slush really quickly.

here take some of ours.

::Packs a snowball :: Where do you want it?

in a bucket, we're having a barbecue and I've got some pear cider that needs chillings

Yeah, it's supposed to be HOT right now, not cool and gray. It's July, hello weather gods! Bring on the sunshine and the heat!
I can't make it through the rest of the year without it, I just.... can't!!!

I'm with you, Jackie. I MUST have the hot summer days so my bones can soak in the heat and save it for later.

I just wanna live in Autumn.

*considers bird-style migration*

So a sad update...



Up north it is still snowing and raining temp swinging between 25-45 degrees.



Here in Fairbanks it has rained every day for almost a month now. Overcast and all that droopy depressing shit.



A good example of bad things doing good: The horrible weather we have had this year has driven out all the terrorists. The roads are barren of over sized motor-homes, boats and all that. A few friends have over herd the bastards talking in restaurants about never wanting to come back.. Alaska sucks, this blows, screw this place. Yeah, So I am hoping that the bad weather holds on for a few more days... then tourist season will be over, and we will have successfully stemmed thousands of people from coming next year. This is good because next year I will be sending many heavy things into the air and I need not crush some wandering terrorist.

Nick, you should try living in England - I know you get sub-zero temps but its cold here all year round, at the moment it has rained nearly non-stop for the past 2 weeks and flood warnings have been issued. Its supposed to be summer and I'm already wearing my winter wools:( We had a few days of nice weather last month but it didn't last and not only that I've got a week off soon and the weather doesn't look to be improving.

I don't know, we may not get the sub-zero temps but I can't remember the last time we had a proper summer, I think it was back in 1995 and we actually had a draught - hose pipe bans and everything. Now we having flash flood warnings - I just want to live somewhere that has four distinct seasons.

Alaska has 4 distinct seasons

Cool
cool and wet
straight cold
Fucking freezing!

So you know, just saying... there you go.

I've heard about those Alaskan mosquitoes, and I tremble in fear.

Eh, they are not that bad... as long as you have lived near a commercial airport your whole life, you should have no problem with flying things of that size.

Interesting little tidbit: There are regions of Alaska that are quarantined every summer due to the amount of bloodsucking flying critters. There are confirmed reports of killer mosquito swarms taking down fully grown moose. If they can suck a moose dry just think what they could do to us...

p.s. that is where I send all my midget encounters.

And good morning Nick!

I'm looking forward to winter. Although, uh, I'll take autumn first, thank you very much.

yes autumn would have been nice... of course having a summer would have been pretty sweet as well. it is a bad sign, when you skip summer in Alaska it means you are in for one nasty winter. Much work is to be done, if we are to survive the winter this year.



But the weather has cleared up a bit... still raining every day, still cool, but at lest the sun is coming out a little bit every day.