So the Friday question is

[LCF]

Open the windows and enjoy the coolness!

[kindlekitten]

Originally Posted by vivaldirules

When the rain comes, I'll run and hide my head. I might as well be dead.



Pretty cool remastered version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

we had quite the gully washer here in New Mexico last night. it was lovely!

oh and what's with the frilly poodle in the avy? has the doggie found love?

[vivaldirules]

I can't help it, kk. Chicks are just attracted to me for some reason.

[kennyc]

Like the ol' Pork Chop Joke....

[Wetdogeared]

Originally Posted by vivaldirules

I can't help it, kk. Chicks are just attracted to me for some reason.

They think you're their mom.

[recluse]

What will you do when the rain comes?

Start hysterically babbling about Global Wetting until someone gives me a book deal and the Nobel Prize.

[Verencat]

Originally Posted by AnemicOak

Sing! (and dance)

Yes YES YES!

Who here did not try a few steps when alone outside on a rainy night? My favourite bit is the sidewalk-street jumps, very easy to do with a little subtlety, extremely joyful and a guaranteed belly laugh. Oh, I wish it was raining now!

[GeoffC]

enjoy the massaging pitter patter on nekid skin ....

[recluse]

Bring along a bar of soap and a washcloth, Geoff.

I wish I could share Verencat's joy and dance in the rain. Sadly, I do not dance and feel no joy. Is one a symptom of the other? Possibly.
I do love the rain, though. A powerful storm does for me what summer days do for others. I must feel the rain, walk through the storm, for it brings me peace in my mind and soul. Night storms are best. The dark comes alive for me in the grip of the storm. I may wander freely, no umbrella to shield me. I've not owned one in 20 years. I do not sing in the rain, the storm sings to me. Sometimes in a voice from my memories. Ronnie Milsap's "Smokey Mountain Rain" is one the storm shares with me alot. When it chooses not to sing, it whispers to me, silencing my fears, easing my heart. "Hush, recluse, hush". These are the good times, for the lost, the lonely and the outsider. Cold comfort, perhaps, wrapped in the embrace of the rain, but comfort nonetheless.
Take a walk with the rain, sometime. Tell me I am wrong. If, some dark and stormy night, you meet a stranger who offers you a nod and a brief smile, say Hello. I don't mind a little company and I'll introduce you to the storm.
I miss it so.
I wish it would rain.

[dreams]

When the Rain Comes
(I think it's soothing.)

Originally Posted by recluse

<snip>These are the good times, for the lost, the lonely and the outsider. Cold comfort, perhaps, wrapped in the embrace of the rain, but comfort nonetheless.
<snip>

{bolded words for emphasis are mine}
Ah, recluse. I learned about the comfort of rain when I was in elementary school. Kids can be cruel if you don't understand them. I hated the school kids. I would sit or walk in the rain to hide my tears and to feel better. It was the best time of the year for me.

The rain is very healing.

What will you do when the rain comes?
Hold my arms out, lift my face to the sky, and spin around in circles. (my favorite thing to do since childhood)

[vivaldirules]

I enjoy rain a lot, except when it is a deluge. But snow is the real treat for me, although hard to imagine or talk about right now.

[kennyc]

Record highs predicted here today.......

[GeoffC]

Originally Posted by kennyc

Record highs predicted here today.......

record highs of rain ?

[kennyc]

Well we do have legal marijuana dispensaries so it could be that...




P.S. what? this isn't the Weather Thread? Dang.....

[glowhappy]

have a cup of hot chocolate...maybe make some beignets, what is my obession with food?!