I love storms. I always have. I remember being a kid and getting all excited when I saw dark clouds on the horizon. My parent's farm had an open view of the north and west skies (where the storms came from), so I could watch them approach from a distance (not Kansas distance, but still). There was that great sense of foreboding, even if the storm missed us a bit. The trees with dark clouds behind looked terrific and you could see lots of lightening. It was great.
Well, all that is gone now. Part of the problem is that I live in a big city and you really can't get a good long distance view without a bunch of buildings getting in the way. However, I really blame the easy accessibility to weather radar for ruining storms for me.
It is now way to easy to analyze every aspect of the approaching storm, in real time, while it is still a full state away. If it is clear the storm will not hit us, then I am disappointed early. If the storm looks like it will hit us and never does, I am disappointed later. At least when I was looking at the actual sky, I could still think that storm was going to shoot straight over and I would get a great show. The precision made available to us through technology has killed that little hope.
I suppose it's for the best, but still, I kinda miss the good old days when gauging the weather involved walking outside and ... looking up.
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Umbrella Etiquette II
Umbrella's on the sidewalk are not good, I have covered that. However, I feel I must point out that an umbrella at an outdoor concert is a really bad idea too.
Seriously miss umbrella wielding person, did you consider your actions at all? Not only is the likelihood of you poking or dripping on someone very high in a packed crowd of concert goers, but do you really consider yourself so important that your need to keep your perfect hair dry trumps the desires of the 200 some odd people behind to see the stage?
Could you consider a rain jacket? Perhaps a hat or something with a hood? Those stupid yellow wellingtons were all the rage for a while so certainly you can find some sort of cute water-repellant outer layer that will align with your never-ending conquest to adopt the latest fashion trends (by the way, the strapless top just isn't cutting it, but that should be a completely separate rant).
While we are at it, I would like to point out a few other reminders of concert etiquette. If it ever occurs to you to consider there might be other people around you who would also like to have a good time, please keep this list in mind:
-While it is acceptable to gab with your friends (this is an informal occasion after all), it would be nice to be able to hear the musician as well.
-No, I will not move aside so you can shove your way up as close to the stage as you possibly can. I would like to see too. I don't care if your friends are up there. If you made it to the front, stay there. If you left for some unknown reason, you are just going to have to live with that decision. Stop bumping into me every thirty seconds and getting miffed when I don't move out of your way.
-Yes, your umbrella is blocking my view. No, I don't think you have a right to try to keep dry at the expense of my view. Check the weather next time, this is an outdoor concert and I am sure you can access some sort of radar on your little pink blackberry/iphone-whatsit.
-Yes, I do mind if you spill beer on me. I don't care if it was your friends fault. I am now going to smell like beer and for this reason I am going to glare at you.
Seriously miss umbrella wielding person, did you consider your actions at all? Not only is the likelihood of you poking or dripping on someone very high in a packed crowd of concert goers, but do you really consider yourself so important that your need to keep your perfect hair dry trumps the desires of the 200 some odd people behind to see the stage?
Could you consider a rain jacket? Perhaps a hat or something with a hood? Those stupid yellow wellingtons were all the rage for a while so certainly you can find some sort of cute water-repellant outer layer that will align with your never-ending conquest to adopt the latest fashion trends (by the way, the strapless top just isn't cutting it, but that should be a completely separate rant).
While we are at it, I would like to point out a few other reminders of concert etiquette. If it ever occurs to you to consider there might be other people around you who would also like to have a good time, please keep this list in mind:
-While it is acceptable to gab with your friends (this is an informal occasion after all), it would be nice to be able to hear the musician as well.
-No, I will not move aside so you can shove your way up as close to the stage as you possibly can. I would like to see too. I don't care if your friends are up there. If you made it to the front, stay there. If you left for some unknown reason, you are just going to have to live with that decision. Stop bumping into me every thirty seconds and getting miffed when I don't move out of your way.
-Yes, your umbrella is blocking my view. No, I don't think you have a right to try to keep dry at the expense of my view. Check the weather next time, this is an outdoor concert and I am sure you can access some sort of radar on your little pink blackberry/iphone-whatsit.
-Yes, I do mind if you spill beer on me. I don't care if it was your friends fault. I am now going to smell like beer and for this reason I am going to glare at you.
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