You know what I hate?

So, at FHE on Monday, we all shared pet peeves as a method of growing closer together. I always have a hard time identifying pet peeves to share when people ask me what really annoys me. But, today, two days post-FHE, I realized one of my pet peeves.

I hate those people who don't wear coats in single-digit or below-zero weather. I saw a couple of them on campus today. We all know these people are just trying to look tough so they can feel superior to all the Californians and other people around them.

"Look at me, it's 7 degrees outside, and I'm only wearing a t-shirt and shorts."

Seriously?

You should be wearing a shirt, a sweater, a hoodie, a coat, a scarf, boots, gloves, long pants, two pairs of socks, and thermals like any other normal person (cough, cough, me) would do on a day like today.

You know what I like, though? To end this on a positive note?

I like the people who get it. The people who understand that anything below 10 degrees is seriously and possibly deathly cold, and most of what's above 10 degrees is also pretty darn. The people who make comments like the following (both of which I heard today on campus):

"It's weather like this that makes you think that hell is cold." --Guy to his friend

"Hey, if I don't hang up, my hand is going to fall off." --Girl talking on her cellphone while she walked to campus.

Way to sport some common sense, people. You protect those unmittened hands from this hellish cold!

I don't wanna go to school . . .

when it feels like -9 outside. I hope I live to see this summer.

Southern California is sounding better and better all the time.

P.S. If you decide to make a comment, I'm accepting sympathy only. Please no "well-it-is-way-colder-here" or "it-was-much-colder-in-Canada-when-I-was-on-my-mission,-so-you're-a-wimp" type things. ;) Thank you!

Something is rotten in the state of Denmark

I'm sorry to announce that my poll seems to be mysteriously erasing votes. I do not know why and I'm not sure how to fix it.

Perhaps this is a sign that I shouldn't depend on other people or Internet polls to make major life decisions for me.

Or it's a sign that you should cast your votes in the comments section instead.

You decide, okay?

Vote to decide my new life . . .

because I don't know how to make my own decisions.

Poll to your right. --->

I promise I'll move to wherever gets the highest number of votes! Really!

Maybe.

Polls close in 20 days, so get out there and campaign for your top choice!

Thank you!

(Don't see an option you like? Alternative suggestions may be written in the comments below.)

First draft

I just finished and submitted my first draft of my thesis.

Is it an oxymoron to say you've "finished" a draft?