Trust Me, I'm A Ginger: January 2013

So, today I was sitting at my computer

laughing at pictures of grumpy cat on pinterest

and I remembered

Blogging.

Yeah....blog.

That's a thing I do....

....sort of....

So I decided to actually do it.

Here goes.

It's a new year now, and we all know what that means!

It means we're all messing up writing "2013" on our assignments because we just barely got the the point where we were used to writing "2012".

I know how you feel guys,

numbers are hard.

Also, it's winter.
I'm not a fan of the winter, but I know a lot of people that are, so to appease them and also to hopefully give myself a better attitude about this season...
I present to you

WINTER!
the pros and also the not pros:
We'll start with the not pros first, because I'm better at those.

Not pros:

When you first step outside, the freezing cold ice-air slaps your face. You haven't even done anything to make it mad, but it just backhands you as hard as it can anyway and then your face is all red and sore for the rest of the day.
Warm feet become a distant memory.
The sun becomes a huge liar. You can see it out your window and it's all like "Oh hey there, look how bright and sunny and warm I am! You're not going to need those extra two jackets under your coat today, I'm being a pal and warming it up a little because I love you!" And you think how much you like the sun, and how maybe this winter won't be so bad. But then you go outside and it's so cold that you're pretty sure your lungs are frozen solid, and you die a little bit on the inside, and also you're a ginger so you get your nose sun burnt, and you just hate life and seriously consider quitting school and hitchhiking to disneyland.
Your hair freezes. This seriously freaks me out, because my hair freezes even when it's dry and so I'm terrified that one day it's just going to break off like an icicle and I'll have no hair. Or I'll walk to close to a pole and my hair will stick to it like that kid in A Christmas Story...
People don't get to hibernate. Really, in what world is this fair? We're humans! We're on the freaking top of the food chain! We are the master commander! And we have to go on with our lives during winter while all the bears and squirrels and crap just get fat and sleep all winter long?!? No. Not okay. I vote the squirrels run the world, and I get to stay in my warm, cozy bed.

See? The squirrels totally want to.

I vote we do this.

Pros:

You can snowboard and ski. If you live in Logan you get an added bonus because you can not only snowboard and ski on the mountains, but also to and from class because there is snow EVERYWHERE and it never melts.
All the bugs are frozen to death. There used to be so many boxelder bugs and grasshoppers on campus that you couldn't take two steps without squishing at least four. Now you can walk wherever you want and not worry about having bug guts on the bottom of your shoe.
It's socially acceptable to wear big, ugly sweaters all the time. Also earmuffs.
Snowflakes are pretty.
You can make snowmen. Now, you can make your normal, run-of-the-mill, generic snowman if that's what you're into. Or. You can make snowmen like this: