Actually, that’s not an appropriate title because “what the fuck” implies some lack of understanding, whereas I perfectly understand that it’s because it’s nearly Summer that I spent today in an oven.
I’m the sort of person that’s extremely sensitive to heat. It makes me agitated. It makes me dehydrated through uncontrollable and copious perspiration. It makes me unproductive which during STUVAC is humbada.
I woke up this morning thinking nothing was going to stop me from spending a whole day in front of the air conditioner. C was supposed to go to uni to study without me because apparently I’m “too distracting”. Then while I’m ravaging a giant bowl of mangoes to House the boy decides he’d like to be distracted after all.
I keep forgetting how hot C’s room is. I tried lying on the bed. I tried sitting with him at his desk. I went to the next room assuming darker meant cooler (it doesn’t). C eventually pulled out a fan but it just blew hot air around. In the end I gave up and sat there sweating myself smelly. On hindsight I did okay. I went through two and a half e-lectures and spend the rest of the time watching bits of House and running to the fridge for ice blocks. If anything at least I was more productive than C, who has an exam tomorrow but spent at least 4 hours playing HoN and I would bet all my eyelashes is at it again right now. Well, if he’s home yet.
B was showing me this video yesterday. It’s a guy, Kevin Richardson, who has an exceptional relationship with lions without using food or other tools to coerce them into friendship. He frolicks around with them like you can see in the video and rolls all over the dirt and in one scene they look like they’re eating him but are in fact just playing. It’s pretty amazing, and just when I became a little worried that one day maybe he’ll look especially tasty in a new burgundy shirt and the lions won’t be able to resist, I look over at the related videos list and see “Goodbye Kevin Richardson” and think “sweet cinnamon buns, he got eaten in the end!” but then click the link to find a tribute to Kevin Richardson from the Backstreet Boys, who, get this, ISN’T EVEN DEAD. A large proportion of comments expressed relief that the lion man was still alive after sharing my own expectations when clicking the video link.
Moral of the story: it was really hot today, and don’t play with lions.
