A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
Bob Dylan knows what's up. But the High Fidelity Soundtrack also goes great with rain.
It started pouring rain about an hour ago, complete with blinding lightening and enormous thunder.
It hasn't stormed since I've been in HK. The heat this weekend has been oppressive. The humidity was nearly unbearable.
The rain was welcome. I ran up to the roof in my jammies and stood in the rain for like 20 minutes. Ali was up there, having a smoke and hiding in a doorway. He apparently has never seen someone just stand in the rain. He said he would have joined me if any piece of my attire had been more transparent when wet.
The rain fell straight down with amazing conviction. No wind, it just streamed down steadily. With all the light pollution, smog and rain everything was blurred and glowing red and orange. The rain was loud enough to silence the traffic and kids canto pop from downstairs and the squealing of girls frightened by the thunder. The lightning wasn't really visible, it was too far away and hidden by the buildings and hills, but it snapped and everything was blue. The thunder was really rewarding too. It didn't rumble in the distance or clap, it just thundered nice and loud and long. Best rain ever.
It took about 34 seconds for me to be soaked through. Once you are that wet, there is no point in rushing in. You can't possibly get more wet, so you lose nothing my staying out. Plus all that time gives you time to consider your options once you do reenter the building. You will be dripping wet for the entirety of the 11 floors you have to traverse to your room, and there is no chance you can shed any of your clothes before you reach that destination.
I finally opted to take the stairs down since no one uses them, and when I got to my floor I was right next to the bathroom. I stripped in the shower and wrung out my clothes and hair and then put the damp things back on for the walk to the room. It worked all right.
:)I miss playing with Dia in the rain.
It started pouring rain about an hour ago, complete with blinding lightening and enormous thunder.
It hasn't stormed since I've been in HK. The heat this weekend has been oppressive. The humidity was nearly unbearable.
The rain was welcome. I ran up to the roof in my jammies and stood in the rain for like 20 minutes. Ali was up there, having a smoke and hiding in a doorway. He apparently has never seen someone just stand in the rain. He said he would have joined me if any piece of my attire had been more transparent when wet.
The rain fell straight down with amazing conviction. No wind, it just streamed down steadily. With all the light pollution, smog and rain everything was blurred and glowing red and orange. The rain was loud enough to silence the traffic and kids canto pop from downstairs and the squealing of girls frightened by the thunder. The lightning wasn't really visible, it was too far away and hidden by the buildings and hills, but it snapped and everything was blue. The thunder was really rewarding too. It didn't rumble in the distance or clap, it just thundered nice and loud and long. Best rain ever.
It took about 34 seconds for me to be soaked through. Once you are that wet, there is no point in rushing in. You can't possibly get more wet, so you lose nothing my staying out. Plus all that time gives you time to consider your options once you do reenter the building. You will be dripping wet for the entirety of the 11 floors you have to traverse to your room, and there is no chance you can shed any of your clothes before you reach that destination.
I finally opted to take the stairs down since no one uses them, and when I got to my floor I was right next to the bathroom. I stripped in the shower and wrung out my clothes and hair and then put the damp things back on for the walk to the room. It worked all right.
:)I miss playing with Dia in the rain.
posted by Abby-Wan Kenobi at 10:09 AM
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