Oh sure, now you tell me

[avram]

So there I was, getting my workout togs on to go out for a Heavyhands session, when I heard a rain-like rattling on the roof outside my bedroom window. I took a peek, but it didn’t look like rain, it looked like a squirrel. (Must remember to get a screen for my window so I don’t inadvertently invite the wild outdoors indoors.) I checked my WeatherManX menu icon, and it indicated 74°F and cloudy. Nice walking weather.

Cake’s Motorcade of Generosity in the CD player, keys in my pocket, heartrate monitor on my wrist, weights in my hands, out I go, and ... gee, it feels cold out, and the sidewalk looks wet, and that rattling on the awning, yeah, it’s raining, lightly.

Lightly enough that I can take it. Back indoors for a jacket, back outside, start striding and swinging my arms, get about halfway down the block before I realize that the rain is getting harder. OK, I can take a hint. No workout today.

At which point WeatherManX said it was 64°F and raining. Gee, thanks.

And now, and hour later, after I’ve showered and dressed and had breakfast, it’s done raining.

Comments

[marykaykare.livejournal.com]

Really like the art, but have you shaved your head? Or is that artistic license?

MKK

[avram]

Yeah, I shaved it last July. I posted before-and-after ID photos after I joined New York Sports Club last November.

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

I love the drawing, and have really enjoyed the sketches you've been posting. I've pointed my... umm... friend scholargipsy at your LJ as he also does cartooning. (He says I should add "and is brilliant." :)

[dhole.livejournal.com]

I am amused by the way the rain is bouncing off the thought bubble. It's as though you were being protected by your own grumpiness, a non-standard, but no doubt useful, superpower.