Can someone explain this to me

[cornerofmadness]

Don't get me wrong, I don't care what people wear or try to police it. On the other hand I did my time working in an ER and I don't get this trend of men wearing basketball shorts and short sleeves, no coat, in the dead of winter. It was 19 today and as I'm trying to park at Kroger two men, a few minutes apart come out dressed like this and I used to see this in teens but one guy was 30-40 and the other 50+ For that matter last week I told my students I guess I don't have to tell you no flipflops/slippers in our lab (it's a safety issue) since it's so cold but thursday I had to say okay I guess I DO have to say it because what did I see walking down the hall but a girl in backless flipflop styles slippers. I'm like are you actually serious? You're going to bust your skull open when you fall on the ice but okay you do you

I feel like a crotchety old woman.

Oh wait....

I did get to Jackson. I got to Tractor Supply, to Kroger, to the library and to the coffee shop (had to embed myself in an ice floe for that). Speaking of which I did decide I can't safely do the chocolate walk next Thursday. There's too much ice to do it in the dark. I will die. And I'd have been alone in the cold. two friends didn't want to and I would rather never go anywhere with L again and TH...he couldn't manage this walk. Ah well. I didn't go last year either for pretty much the same reason. This leg, the gift that keeps on giving.


I did start a vampire story I've been wanting to write but I need to keep moving because the deadline (I found yesterday) is in 2 weeks.



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Comments

[the_siobhan]

Some people run hot. I do and I get a lot of side-eye for it.

OTOH, I do believe in wearing appropriate footwear, but then I do fall down a lot.

[cornerofmadness]

oh I do too. I don't have on hat, gloves or my jacket closed but I also tend to find these people are the first ones complaining it's too cold in a room (I get a lot of them in my classrooms like this)

[spikedluv]

I see people walk in and out of stores like that and I'm like, are you frelling nuts?!!

I hope you had good coffee and time to write at the coffee shop.

I'm sorry you have to miss the chocolate walk. It sounds like a lot of fun.

[cornerofmadness]

Chocolate Covered Strawberry Mocha. they only do it around Valentine's day and my lazy ass should just make it at home. I love it that much (yes Dana you need all that sugar)

the chocolate walk is a brilliant idea to get people into historic district shops that otherwise would never go in there

[the_siobhan]

Oh yeah, that's fair.

[e_k_braveman]

There are actual biology-related reasons behind it! From anecdote, I can also tell you that when trans women get on HRT they feel the temperature difference. And you might also feel it if you've gotten/given cuddles to them before and after HRT. XD