I loathe the darkness of winter.....

[LynzM]

Snow, I can live with. Cold, I can dress for that. But dammit, I hate it when it gets dark earlier and earlier... it saps my energy, affects my mood, makes me reclusive. Give me June, any day. *sigh*

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

1. Same here.

It sucks.

[LynzM]

4. Yeah, it really does.

*sigh* :hug:

[matcom]

2. i'm with you 100%

except for the snow part x(

when I am King, i'll make it snow 4 feet the week of Xmas and then be 70 degrees and sunny on Dec. 27.

don't EVEN get me started on Daylight Savings Time :eyes:

[LynzM]

6. Dude, I'll take snow....

As long as it's light out until 8 or 9 at night. But 70, two days after Christmas, well that sounds damn good, too!! :hi:

[trof]

3. And just wait until we go back on 'standard time'.

jeez
:-(

[LynzM]

8. I know, dude.

Sunday. :scared: Yuck.

[Oeditpus Rex]

5. Three words and a hyphen

Full-spectrum lamp.

I just got one for the same reason. Love it. :bounce:

http://www.fullspectrumsolutions.com/



Oh... and :hug:

[LynzM]

9. Thanks, Oeditpus!

Think I can mount one outside each of my windows? :rofl:

Thanks for the hug, and back at ya! :hug:

[some guy]

7. I agree

here, just for you:



welcome to the Lesbian Mafia, you June lover, you! :P

:hi:

[LynzM]

11. LOL, thanks!!

Sounds more impressive than the bi-girls mafia, doesn't it... :rofl:

Welcome back, btw :hi:

[some guy]

13. thanks for the welcome!

it's fun to be back.

Bi-girls mafia, hmmm. Charter members: Bi-Baby & Mrs Sniffa - it could be the next happening thing!!!

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

14. Eh, we even have a straight chick in it.

[LynzM]

17. well ok, then....

How does one apply for membership? :evilgrin:

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

20. The process is pretty much like...

"Dude, you're in the Lesbian Mafia. Congrats." Boring, I know.

[LynzM]

22. LMAO

Sah-weet! :rofl: Does that mean I can wear a pinstripe suit and carry a gun now, or what? ;)

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

25. Only if you have a CCW permit. We don't actually condone any criminal

behavior. Feel free to wear a pinstripe suit though.

[LynzM]

28. Ok...

I'll just carry a toy gun, then.

I want a purple pinstripe suit. I'm thinking I'd have to go back to NYC to find that, though!

[Reverend_Smitty]

10. Me too

I like the change in temperature but by January it gets old and snow is good as long as I don't have to shovel it, but I think the darkness affects my mood more than I thought because I essentially spent the whole day wrapped up in a fleece blanket, not wanting to do anything other than play on the computer. I guarantee my dad will not turn the heat on until Thanksgiving...because he's cheap despite the fact that it is 60 degrees in my room right now

[LynzM]

12. Ugh, that sucks, dude...

:hug: You need a good hat and some sheepskin slippers...

You hit the nail on the head, though... it's the urge to hibernate, or something. To curl up and be warm and hide. I don't get that usually until mid-October, and it goes away again in about mid-March...

[Reverend_Smitty]

15. Once we push the clocks back...it's all over

I think this week sucks for me because it has been unusually cold this week so my system is in a bit of shock

[joneschick]

26. I recommend

http://image.restorationhardware.com/is/image/rhis/prod1190002_HOL06?$mn$

[LynzM]

29. Erm, bad linkage?

Try again? Now I'm curious!!

[joneschick]

49. dagnabbit!

go to www.restorationhardware.com then search for foot duvet or lap duvet. comfy stuff!

[wildhorses]

16. me too *sigh*

I am solar powered --

[LynzM]

18. Oy, dude...

Double whammy in your case. Yikes. :hug:

[wildhorses]

21. aww thanks--I needed that

[bridgit]

19. that's a great opening line for a Dickens-esque novel...

:headbang:

[LynzM]

27. LOL, good point.....

Maybe I'll have to work on that, in my free time... :rofl:

[Left Is Write]

23. I don't mind it. I'm more of a homebody in the winter -

the early dark gives me an excuse to curl up with a quilt and a good book or watch a movie, or bake something.

[LynzM]

30. Mmm... those *are* good winter activities

I guess maybe part of my problem is that I don't tend to give into those urges and just roll with it... my crazy life goes on. Maybe I should take note! :)

[RevolutionaryActs]

24. Let's go to Australia.

B-)

[LynzM]

33. Ooh, good plan!!

I'll just keep swapping halves of the world every 6 months. That'll work, right? ;)

[RevolutionaryActs]

35. Yes! Eternal summer.

:bounce:

[LynzM]

37. Fan-fucking-tastic.

Who's funding this sanity-saving adventure? :bounce:

[RevolutionaryActs]

38. You won the lotto, didn't you?

:think:

[LynzM]

50. Oh, shit, I forgot to check

I'll get right on that...

[RevolutionaryActs]

52. That's a good girl.

:rofl: :P

[Rabrrrrrr]

31. The darkness is the best part! You sunlight people piss me off.

You get far, far, far more sun during the year than I ever get darkness.

it fucking sucks.

[LynzM]

34. Hey Rabrrrrrr

.... bite me! :P

[Rabrrrrrr]

39. I would, but I can't see you now that it's dark.

:rofl:

I'm too fucking funny sometimes.

:hi:

[LynzM]

51. LMFAO

OMG, I'm dyin' over here! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

:hi:

[bigwillq]

32. Me too!

I HATE IT! :mad:


:hug: :hi:

[LynzM]

36. heya bigwill!

:hug: :hi: How's life, dude?

[bigwillq]

42. It's going well.

Busy with work as always but I find time to have fun! :beer:

:hi:

[LynzM]

53. Glad to hear that....

Fun time is important!! :toast:

[mduffy31]

40. I am a night nurse

...and now the sun has left my life until the spring.

[LynzM]

56. Oh wow, dude....

I couldn't handle that. Wowza.

[crim son]

41. I don't care for the darkness, and I don't like snow either.

Naturally, I live in Maine! By mid winter I don't even open my curtains... unless I'm out in the weather I just pretend it's summer outside. Some day I will move back west to Oregon or Washington, where I can grow roses and cherries. Until then...like you...sigh...

[LynzM]

57. Oh yeah, it gets awfully dark up there!

Hugs to you, crim son... :hug: Sorry about your flowers...

[GOPisEvil]

43. Thank goodness we get lots of sun during the 'winter' here.

Otherwise, I'd go nutso.

[LynzM]

58. Lucky man...

Winter. Pfiddle. :P

[GOPisEvil]

73. One caveat. El Nino winters, like this year.

They tend to be wet, sorta like Seattle. Last year's winter was like an extended spring. :)

[bleedingheart]

44. oh ...I get the luxury of working in a gulag like environment

it is such an awful work environment...makes me depressed.

[LynzM]

59. Iiiew, that sucks, dude.

What kind of field are you in?

[bleedingheart]

77. I am an engineer

and the building is this "modern" architectural wonder that is actually very dismal and poorly lit.

[catmandu57]

45. So do I

and it's already started, when I get up in the morning I have to feel my way through to the bathroom, then to the kitchen where I can turn a light on.

[LynzM]

60. Yick...

I hate getting up in the dark... :hug:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

46. I'm a perpetual darkness kind of guy.

:shrug:

[LynzM]

61. That's cool....

I definitely know there are people who enjoy it, and if you're one of them, cool on you! :)

[Starbucks Anarchist]

76. I'm also not visible in the darkness.

:D

[u4ic]

47. I can sympathise

I'm quite far up north (north-central Alberta), and it's pretty much bankers hours for daylight.

As we're warming due to climate change, it's getting greyer. It used to be that it was -20 and very bright, but now that the winters are much milder, we have much less sun. :-(

[LynzM]

62. Wow, dude, I can't even imagine

That sucks about there being less light due to the climate change... an effect I'd never heart of. :(

[flamingyouth]

48. Me too.

I also hate the cold. We don't get much snow, but I hate the cold and dark. :(

[LynzM]

63. Yeah, the cold is not so fun, either

Now there's a question, if you could keep just the warmth or just the light for the whole year round, which would you prefer? Does that make sense?

[flamingyouth]

65. Hmm - probably the light.

I could always turn up the heat. But the darkness is depressing, and all I want to do is sleep.

[LynzM]

67. What a weird thing....

I'm trying to conceptualize more hours of "warm dark" like you have on summer nights... somehow, that doesn't make me as sleepy. Maybe 'cause I'd have the windows open? Maybe it's more a matter of feeling cooped up, in the house, in lots of clothes, that gets me, instead of the actual lack of light. Hrm.

[RiffRandell]

54. I love it.

Curl up by the fire in your jammies with a glass of wine and watch tv....go to bed with flannel sheets.......

[LynzM]

64. Ooh, that does sound nice....

If we had a fireplace and flannel sheets, that'd be fantastic... some year!

[Lady Freedom]

55. HEY NOW!!!

We Dark lovers need some time/season for us to ya know!:evilfrown:

[LynzM]

66. I know!!

I definitely realize that there are people who are the complete opposite; they revel in the longer nights and less-bright days, and that's cool for you! :)

[Shine]

68. The shift you feel is all part of the natural turning of the seasonal wheel...

we are moving into the darkness, when we get to shift our energy inwards, towards introspection and stillness.
Embrace this time for the Wisdom it brings. Take long candlelit baths, read a good book curled up by the fire, write your dreams and visions for your life in your journal, drink tea, meditate, be renewed by your OWN inner light...

:hug: :loveya: :hi:

[LynzM]

71. Hi Shine!!

Thanks for the fantastic perspective! If any of the things you mentioned were feasible, time and life-wise right now, I would do them!! I take that back... I *do* drink tea, and I do have meditation as part of yoga :hi: :loveya: :hug:

[Shine]

75. There ya go, sister!

ya gotta make the time for yourself. :hug: :loveya: Good to see you too! :hi:

[The Brethren]

69. i know what you mean

except i really like the snow...i just hate the cold weather.

[LynzM]

72. Hrm....

Some crack physicist needs to work on the "warm snow" business... :rofl:

:hug:

[The Brethren]

79. now's that a thought

or I can pay someone to do a weather snow dance with some extra warm wiggles.

[pink-o]

70. Sunlight and heat for me, too!

I spent 2 winters in the Caribbean where it's always 12 hours of daylight and about 80 degrees. We had reggae Xmas Carols on the CD player, and drank Pina Coladas instead of Egg Nog.

Best. Winters. Ever.


I also spent 5 winters in London, England. It turns dark there at about 3:30 pm by the middle of December, absolutely hateful!! But the summers are awesome (when it's not raining that is!) because it's light until 11pm.


So with knowledge of both extremes, I say go for the tropics! However, the Caribbean has bad hurricanes in the fall, so now my goal is to live in the Med--either off the coast of Italy or Greece.

No more vampire winters for me, Folks!!!

[LynzM]

74. Ooh, that 12 hours of daylight and 80 degrees....

Man, that sounds absolutely fantastic. I might even be willing to deal with bad hurricanes, in trade. Wow.

Italy or Greece along the coasts would be nice, for sure! :bounce:

[C_eh_N_eh_D_eh]

78. I hear you.

It's the same every year, but I never, ever get used to how quickly it gets dark in the winter. So depressing.

[LynzM]

81. Yup, you'd think eventually we'd acclimate....

:hug:

[Phillycat]

80. Me too.

I hear wonderful things about those lamps that mimic sunlight. I just can't afford one. :shrug:

[LynzM]

82. The full-spectrum lamps?

I've heard good things about them, too... :shrug:

[ThomCat]

83. I rarely see the sun for 4 months every year.

My office doesn't have windows, and I don't leave until after dark. So I agree with you entirely. x(

We need a DU group vacation to a tropical island somewhere. Any suggestions?
:hug:

[LynzM]

86. Oh ugh, dude, that sucks.....

:hug: :hug: :hug:

I agree, tropical island sounds nice....

[El Fuego]

84. I loathe the time change that makes me drive home in the dark.

:(

[LynzM]

87. I know... Sunday.

:hug:

[bikebloke]

85. The dreaded half of the year

Hot and sunny is my time of the year.

I don't like pulling on layers of clothes for the commute on my bike. Then coming home in the dark. Though after 14 years I've had to buy a new light (they stopped making the bulbs, and the only place I could find them is from the UK). The new illumination is brighter and should allow me the pedal harder (for heat) through one dark stretch. I hate riding in the dark with my hands out in front of me. ;-)

[LynzM]

89. Oy, that must make it extra-fun

Or not. :hug: Glad to hear you were able to find a new, good, light, though!

[La Lioness Priyanka]

88. me too

its oppressive

[LynzM]

92. Yup.

:hug:

[bigtree]

90. That must be why I crave my fireplace

[LynzM]

93. Mmm.... fireplaces are fantastic

I so wish we had one, or a wood stove! Eventually, that will happen. Enjoy it! :hug:

[1gobluedem]

91. I'm weird; I love it

I find it cozy. Plus I have a large office on the fourth floor with three windows that face east and south and heat I can't regulate (work on a college campus; all heat is regulated at the power plant). It can be very uncomfortable on sunny winter days and would be even worse if I couldn't open the windows.

I don't think I'd like it all year but I really don't mind it when it gets dark earlier.

[LynzM]

94. That's cool... I don't think you're weird

I think that for some people, it definitely is comforting and cozy! I'm glad that you can enjoy it! :)

[BarenakedLady]

95. I hear you

I have seasonal affective disorder too. Rainy, dark days just get me sooooo down. It's like the black clouds just invade my brain.

[LynzM]

96. Ooh, I'm sorry to hear that....

I'm very affected by the weather, but I've never had it diagnosed as anything. What do you do to treat it? Full-spectrum lamps and the like? :hug: