DEEP SOUTH Guide to Coping With HUMIDITY & HEAT

[riff]

Virgin travels to this strange part of the world called the DEEP SOUTH are usually marked by comment upon our terriffic humidity and heat (and all the things that go with it).

July and August can be the most punishing months of the year for us- but also the most delicious.

Here are a few tips on how to get the most of the deliciousness in no particular order.

 

[riff]

Accept sweat and persperation.
Embrace it....

 

[modest mouse]

gin & tonic

 

[Guest]

Walk around naked, in the AC, like I do.

Hi riff, Hi MM.

 

[riff]

The evenings are to me where the deliciousness comes the most.

For instance, last night.

After moving around and talking and eating and all of that- I had worked up a pretty good sweat (I was at an outdoor/indoor party). After a while people began to move indoors and I decided to remain outside (last traces of sunlight fading from the sky).

I sat very still. Like the air. Like the leaves of the massive oaks enshrouding the remote deck. It really was nice.... not so hot (upper 80s/low 90s) but very humid. You could see the moisture in the air. I closed my eyes, relaxed and listened. God knows how many locusts were singing their beautiful song, "cree-huh, cree-huh, cree-huh" some in concert but others diverting and yet all in a strange yet sweet rhythym. The sound of firecrackers in the distance and children's voices. A dog barking.

In some places you might add the sound of an air-conditioner humming to the beat of a lawn-sprinkler brushing out "tish-tish-tish" in time.

Then you notice, you are not hot anymore and the humidity does not bother you and a little sweat is not a bad thing at all.....

 

[juicylips]

Skinny dipping works for me.

JL

 

[riff]

mmmmmm-hmmmmmmm....

I like the ocean and gulf for that the most.... but a pool, lake, or river are nice for that too.....

 

[Guest]

riff,
Your thoughts are beautiful.
I pictured myself, right there, with you.

 

[Calamity Jane]

riff,
Your thoughts are beautiful.
I pictured myself, right there, with you.

Me too. Does that make it a beautiful, peaceful threesome?

 

[Guest]

Yes, PCG. The best.

Love that av, by the way.

 

[JazzManJim]

Me too. Does that make it a beautiful, peaceful threesome?

Foursome.

Good stuff, riff.

There's not enough time given to just sitting still and enjoying what's around you.

 

[juicylips]

mmmmmm-hmmmmmmm....

I like the ocean and gulf for that the most.... but a pool, lake, or river are nice for that too.....

When I would spend my summers with my grandparents in Tennessee, they lived close to the Pigeon Forge river. I can still remember rolling down the car window as we drove down a road right next to it and just smelling the coolness of it. Always wanted to run right into it and swim all day.

Good memories.
JL

 

[Guest]

 

[unclej]

the last time i was in new orleans it was august, 98 degrees and 98 percent humidity and i let my then wife talk me into going to the zoo. zoos are good. i like zoos. zoos in 98 degree heat and 98 percent humidity smell really, really bad.

by the way riff, i used to have a friend in dallas that had a holgraphic photo gallery and he had one of your current av. as you walked past it the entire scene unfolded from walking down the tunnel to the shooting..really weird.

 

[Calamity Jane]

Yes, PCG. The best.

Love that av, by the way.

Thanks.

Ya know, I saw George Carlin a couple of years ago at a casino here in town. And he said that he thought it should be part of the school curriculum to send children outside to stare at a tree for 30 minutes a day. The world would be a totally different place.

 

[Guest]

Yes indeed, Jimmie.

We're too busy complaining about the heat to even notice such things.
Another reason I like this place; new perspective.


And you need a swing, under a river birch, with a glass of iced tea.

 

[JazzManJim]

Yes indeed, Jimmie.

We're too busy complaining about the heat to even notice such things.
Another reason I like this place; new perspective.


And you need a swing, under a river birch, with a glass of iced tea.

Excellent. I'm set up at home for the swing and the iced tea.

But I'd take a hammock, too. Mmmmm........hammock.

 

[Guest]

A hammock!
I want one.
Lounging in a warm breeze, under a shady tree- one way to escape the heat.

 

[WriterDom]

It's so hot today, I saw a dog chasing a cat and they were both walking.

The older I get, the more I dislike the midday sun. Evenings are pretty tolerable. Especially with a breeze.

 

[Guest]

It's so hot today, I saw a dog chasing a cat and they were both walking.

Now, that is hot! Hehe. That was funny, too.

 

[Calamity Jane]

A bad old heat related joke...

It's so hot all the corn in the field popped. It blew over the fence, and the cows (being really fucking stupid) thought it was snow and froze to death.

 

[Guest]

heheheheh

 

[LovetoGiveRoses]

Re: A bad old heat related joke...

It's so hot all the corn in the field popped. It blew over the fence, and the cows (being really fucking stupid) thought it was snow and froze to death.

I thought it was a good joke. LOL.

I just went running in the heat. I'm sweating a bit. Had to put a towell down on my chair. When it's hot, you sweat. It's that simple.

It is nice to sit out on the back porch. Back where my parents live, the live oaks are festooned with Spanish Moss. When the breeze blows softly the moss waves to the tall grass in the riverside marshes and the grass waves back. The sound of the small river waves (tidal basin) make a relaxing sound. The biggest excitement is when a dragonfly bursts out from the grass, often chased by another horny dragonfly.

 

[JazzManJim]

A hammock!
I want one.
Lounging in a warm breeze, under a shady tree- one way to escape the heat.

Only the best lounging can be done in a hammock.

Well, that and other shenanegans....

 

[Calamity Jane]

Only the best lounging can be done in a hammock.

Well, that and other shenanegans....

I can barely lounge in a hammock without falling out everytime I turn a page or reach for my drink.

How do you accomplish these 'other shenanegans?