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 Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 9:53 pm
I live in Santa Cruz, a self-proclaimed "Beach Bum" town near the ocean, home of the Beach Boardwalk and lots of surfers, beach volleyball, and skateboarding.
But it's COLD here at night in the summer.
I work with an office where people check in from other places in the country and even the WORLD, and everyone always complains and asks for extra blankets.
"Where's the hotness?" they complain, as though they have never heard of a "sea breeze" before.
For discussion purposes:
1) What is surprising about the place that you live?
2) How are summers?
3) Do you ever smirk at the tourists?
4) What else do you find to be "the hotness"?
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Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 10:44 pm
Hmm, well what's surprising to me, is how diverse this place is (allegedly), and summers are the best time to show off what you've scultped with countless sit ups, lifts, squats, and whatnot. Does Bellflower even get any tourists? (like anyone would wanna visit)
And the hotness...hmm...that is a multipronged answer, right there. For me, it could be the insane heat during the daytime, a woman showin' off the goods, food fresh out of the fryer/pan/oven/microwave, or my girlfriend in a fishnet shirt, tanktop, and baggy pants with the Heavy steps for MAX 300 running down the back of the legs(which she really does own, and will rip right off the moment I see her.) <.<
>.>;;
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Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2006 7:07 am
I love it when I go to visit my Dad up in Ohio (I live in Georgia) during the summer. People will be wearing shorts and sandals, complaining about the heat and humidity while I'm in jeans and a black shirt. Sometimes I laugh at them, other times, I just smile.
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Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2006 6:50 pm
Well, that's because sometimes it's as hot as the summers in the north during the winters in the south. Not to mention, consistantly more humid in the south.
Anyways, it's kinda hottish here, sometimes, but it's been raining a lot. I guess what's surprising is...I don't know. Sometimes we have interesting things.
Like this one time, there were these 4 guys who shaved their heads and lived in the display windows (to outside) for a month. It was really weird, because just standing outside the windows, you could see their bathroom, kitchen, bedroom...everything. I don't think I could manage that, yet they go all over the world doing it.
I definitely smirk at the tourists who can't figure out which way is east. It's called looking at the lake, and you're facing it. Oh, wait, I have to smirk at the people who actually live here who don't know that.
I find "the hotness" to be all the arts stuff, like concerts and stuff, that goes on. For free, so I don't have to paaaa-aaay. Musical night! W00t!
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Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 5:40 am
Er... I live out in the backwaters of England, so there really is very little to be surprising. There are two things that have put us on the map: the first is our castle, which was the first one build in Wales by the Normans after their conquest in 1066.
The second is J.K. Rowling, because she lived in my village and attended school thar. But hey, she sucks, I hate her and hope an accident befalls her. mad
Summers in Britain? OH! You're referring to those one or two days where it's not raining, but overcast? That's the usual. This year, though, we've had a pretty awesome few weeks of hot and sticky sun. Working at a leisure centre now pays off, when you get the lovely young ladies passing into the place to play tennis or badminton (bounce-bounce~).
Tourists? Nah. I don't see many of them, and those that do drop by, are usually too preoccupied looking around to need my interference.
As for the fourth question, the main 'hotness' I consider relevant to my town is that it's a crossroad point. From there, I can visit the capital of Wales, Bristol, Newport, or Gloucester -- four major cities at my disposal for shopping.
Also, despite my town being a really small settlement, there's fourteen pubs. Yay. cool
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Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 5:42 pm
Hey, Tally, I think I'll have to come visit you when Marcus and I go visit Europe.
We're hoping to take an "extended" honeymoon next summer instead of a small stupid one this year.
WHOO!
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Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2006 3:31 am
Oni-Angel Hey, Tally, I think I'll have to come visit you when Marcus and I go visit Europe. We're hoping to take an "extended" honeymoon next summer instead of a small stupid one this year. WHOO! You're both more than welcome to come visit. :] I'd be happy for it.
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Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2006 8:12 am
Tailos Oni-Angel Hey, Tally, I think I'll have to come visit you when Marcus and I go visit Europe. We're hoping to take an "extended" honeymoon next summer instead of a small stupid one this year. WHOO! You're both more than welcome to come visit. :] I'd be happy for it. Just remember, hands off the mechandise, unless they(and I do them both of them) give you the go ahead to touch the goods.
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Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2006 12:35 pm
Koiyuki Just remember, hands off the mechandise, unless they(and I do them both of them) give you the go ahead to touch the goods. Hands won't go anywhere boobeh-fondling related. I can't promise anything about the eyes, though. They have minds of their own. Apologies in advance to Marcus and yourself, Oni. ;]
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Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2006 8:18 pm
1) It's NOT like The OC in the countless TV shows.
2) The summers are, well, Californian. Sometimes nice, sometimes hot.
3) I smirk at the waves of crazy Japanese tourists running around the South Coast Plaza.
4) The "hotness" is seeing my car's temperature reader read 113 degrees. Not. Cool.
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Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 1:45 pm
1) There is actually heat during the summer, it's not a permanent cold like some people think.
2) Very hot.....especially since apartment buildings don't come with central air conditioning and we have no "sea breeze" to cool things down neutral
3) Kinda heard to tell them apart from normal people, so much diversity here in Toronto that you just assume everyone's from here.
4) "The hotness" would be all the beautiful ladies I see in the downtown area, they dont necessarily dress skimpy but always a sight for sore eyes razz
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Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 3:59 pm
What surprises me the most is when we get tourists and when it doesn't rain. Mostly the tourists either are obviously foreign and looking at small town life in the USA and take pictures of a giant tree stump someone chopped down and petrified for whatever reason. Or it's for the train station, which only tourists go on. Or it's to look at the Snoqualmie Falls, which is only worth looking at when it's spring and the water is melting off of the river so the falls is going over heavy.
But it's funny when they say it's "amazing" during the summer because that's when it's all wimpy and small. I have to laugh, thinking, "Have they seen it when it rains?"
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