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silveradept[It's December Days time! There's no overarching theme this year, so if you have ideas of things to write about, I'm more than happy to hear them.]
bethany_lauren wanted to know what my favorite thing to do during a rainy day was.
The truth is that I really like to listen to the rain. My current area varies between light drizzles and sheets of rain that go at strong angles to soak people who have their rain protection on. Strong rain on windows and other surfaces is an exciting sound, even as it makes me feel a bit worried that there will be water dribbling into the basement. The place of my upbringing had rain with an extra quality that my current locale doesn't have - regular thunderclaps. Which, with their lightning flashes, brought an extra visual and auditory dimension that's flat out cool. Even though it makes you worry about power outages. So, six of one, half dozen of the other.
Usually, though, that question is about what happens when your plans are shredded by forces beyond your control. Since much of my life has had things happening that I can't control, much as I want to, I've gotten to be very flexible about plans, and usually have at least a couple writing plots on the fire. Whether essays, the giving of grief, or linkspam. (And I'm totally behind on that again.) Because sometimes the person involved can't get anywhere on time, or has not yet learned the fine art of executive function, or doesn't understand the limitations of their body and how that requires them to not do the thing fully now so that they can do a thing later.
The best thing to do when it rains is listen to the rain. When your plans get wrecked, take it with grace and have a backup ready.
bethany_lauren wanted to know what my favorite thing to do during a rainy day was.The truth is that I really like to listen to the rain. My current area varies between light drizzles and sheets of rain that go at strong angles to soak people who have their rain protection on. Strong rain on windows and other surfaces is an exciting sound, even as it makes me feel a bit worried that there will be water dribbling into the basement. The place of my upbringing had rain with an extra quality that my current locale doesn't have - regular thunderclaps. Which, with their lightning flashes, brought an extra visual and auditory dimension that's flat out cool. Even though it makes you worry about power outages. So, six of one, half dozen of the other.
Usually, though, that question is about what happens when your plans are shredded by forces beyond your control. Since much of my life has had things happening that I can't control, much as I want to, I've gotten to be very flexible about plans, and usually have at least a couple writing plots on the fire. Whether essays, the giving of grief, or linkspam. (And I'm totally behind on that again.) Because sometimes the person involved can't get anywhere on time, or has not yet learned the fine art of executive function, or doesn't understand the limitations of their body and how that requires them to not do the thing fully now so that they can do a thing later.
The best thing to do when it rains is listen to the rain. When your plans get wrecked, take it with grace and have a backup ready.
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Date: 2016-12-10 04:20 am (UTC)Also I love listening to the rain myself.
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Date: 2016-12-10 02:37 pm (UTC)Rain is pretty soothing, when it's not soaking.