things i like about warm weather

My current status: @ Starbucks
Current Parenthetical Info: I really, really hate Starbucks, but I had to pee so badly that I was forced to come here, and then, I had to justify my being here, so I paid $3.99 for internet and a seat next to a woman who I waited 10 minutes to use the bathroom after. All this after I was locked out of the boys' apartment pre-the seminal birthday celebration of one AO, who is turning 26 today (Happy Birthday, A). I guess when they said "Arrive at 5:30 PM" they really meant, "Arrive whenever we get here, which is basically Pacific Coast Time."
Why do you hate Starbucks? I'm so glad you asked. I grew up in the Dirty Dirty (New Orleans), where we have a lot of "homegrown" chains. None of this Caribou Macchiato or Mucho Mucho Mocha shit. So when Starbucks moved in, I boycotted until I absolutely couldn't boycott anymore. It's still very much a matter of principle.
Does this remind you of when you would fill out those surveys as a middle schooler? A little bit, yeah, except it's weird that I'm filling it out for myself, by myself. I've never done this before but now it's just happening.
Would you rather be sweating or freezing? Sweating, any day.
But would you rather die of freezing or burning? Weird. The former.
What's happening in that Starbucks, now? Well, I'm also glad you asked. Just now, a lady walked in and made quite a fuss about her entrance. She wished everyone a round of Good Afternoons, which is nice and stuff, and then proceeded to narrate her journey through the 12x12 Starbucks. She spoke at a volume appropriate for a metal concert.
What's on your mind? Food, followed by music. Usually it's just music.

Things I Like About Warm Weather, in no particular order:
1. You get to wear cooler clothes. Literally and figuratively.
2. When people are enveloped in warmth and humidity their outlooks on life dramatically increase.
3. Dark tanning oil.
4. No, seriously, I love smelling like a banana boat.
5. Flowers.
6. Love is in the air. No one breaks up when it's warm, because when it's warm, people wear less clothing, and that makes people think of sex, and there you have it. Go see the movie "Clueless," she explains it better than I do.
7. You can eat ice cream for dinner. When I was in Florida, this old guy came into the ice cream store where there was a wrap-around line and where closing had very clearly already happened. They were basically just serving people who had already arrived before closing and were waiting patiently. This dude looks at the line and then the ice cream lady.
"We're closed," she informed him.
"But...I'm dying."
"We're really closed."
"I only have 12 hours to live!" he declared.
She gave him a sideways look and ushered him in quickly.
"He says that every time. He's a regular," she whispered to a customer.
"I'm a character in a video game," the geezer responded, eavesdropping.
"And what is it that you DO in this video game?" retorted the ice cream lady.
"Die. And eat ice cream."

Following this, the gentleman proceeded to walk around the store and peer over the shoulders of individuals eating their own ice cream, not saying a word.
8. If we were in New Orleans, warm weather - really warm weather - marks the beginning of snowball season. This is what Southerners called shaved ice. But it's better than that crap at Madison Square Garden.
9. SUMMER.
10. And, finally, swimming.

Music coming soon. I kinda wore it out with that last April piece.