Tuesday, November 14, 2006

Bare Quires

Last time I checked, it was still fall here. How bizarre! It's 71 degrees outside, the trees are flaming like drag queens, and students are trudging across the quad in tee-shirts and flip-flops. And the only "bare, ruined quier" I behold is the blank document on my laptop screen. (Check out Flavia's excellent post on "that time of year thou mayst in me behold").

I'm getting a little antsy at all this pleasant weather. Somehow it doesn't feel at all close to the end of the semester to me, because I'm not chilled to the bone. It's disconcerting. It's making it hard for me to write.

More importantly, how can I wear my new lofty merino wool funnel neck and my duffel coat with the red beret if it's 71 degrees outside? How can I feel remotely academic without a turtleneck and a steaming mug of tea? I need the cold to make me stay inside and write for hours on end. As it is, I can't sit still for more than 40 minutes at a time. I keep jumping up and running outside into the sunshine.

3 comments:

Pantagruelle said...

Trade you? I'll take the sun anytime. You'd definitely get a lot of writing done up here these days. Cold, rainy, and grey, day after day.

Pamphilia said...

I'm pretty sure I wouldn't get any writing done up there. But sure, I'll trade you!

Diogenes Teufelsdröckh said...

Global warming is everyone's problem. Gore 2008.