Random Discovery of the Day...

[honeynougat]

Well this may be ignorant of me, but I am 20 years old and I have only just today discovered that some of the world (namely the US but probably more) marks the change in the seasons by the solstices and equinoxes. I cannot believe I didn't know that. I just assumed that everyone did the same as we do in Australia, which is to say that yesterday marked the 1st day of Summer for us (1st Dec 2008).

The extent of my use of the solstice on the 21st, has been, until today, that it is the longest day of the year.

I constantly forget and am subsequently surprised that there are so many differences in the small everyday things we do over the world ^_^

Comments

[bloodyrosered.livejournal.com]

Here the days are short and is winter :D God... I so want to be on your place. Hate winter...

[honeynougat.livejournal.com]

Yuck you seriously don't! Its going to be a scorcher this summer, its too hot and humid to be comfortable already :S

Personally I like Autumn and Spring best, I get too hot in Summer, and I hate when it gets too cold, temperate suits me just fine ^_^

[bloodyrosered.livejournal.com]

Seriously I so hate winter... Snow, cold, wet... I prefer spring and summer.

[honeynougat.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately we don't get snow so I have have no educated decision on that ^_^

I suppose if we did I would probably love winter at least until the novelty wore off!!

[bloodyrosered.livejournal.com]

Well :D You can make a vacation in Bulgaria!

[honeynougat.livejournal.com]

One day!

[bloodyrosered.livejournal.com]

Here is cheep!

[honeynougat.livejournal.com]

Pretty much everywhere is expensive for me at the moment :(

When I finally get out of uni and start working I might stand a chance! I'm having a harf enough time trying to budget in a domestic flight to go to the Aussie SPN Con next year.

[bloodyrosered.livejournal.com]

Well you at least can manage to go to any convention! I can't go to any :(

[honeynougat.livejournal.com]

Yeah I know that feeling, it sucks :(

I never thought they would actually do one here, but there you go, hopefully I can end up going!

[bloodyrosered.livejournal.com]

Make a lot of pictures for people like me stuck in a small country like Bulgaria :D

[honeynougat.livejournal.com]

I don't worry I will be! And taking illegal videos if I can get away with it ^_^

[bloodyrosered.livejournal.com]

You can! *Cheering*

[honeynougat.livejournal.com]

LMAO! Poor boys, it must be hard having to deal with all the crazy ^_~

I missed outon getting photos with them though, they sold out in like a week :(

[bloodyrosered.livejournal.com]

You at least can take a photos with them!

[albeitslowly.livejournal.com]

LOL, well I learned something, too, then, cuz I thought everyone went by the solstices. *g*

This is Texas, though, we don't really have four distinct seasons, more like two. One kinda rainy and occassionally chilly with warm days mixed in, and one dry and hot with relative humidity of 400percent. LOL.

[honeynougat.livejournal.com]

Weird isn't it, the assumptions we make without even realising it!

Yeah its kinda the same here, our seasonal changes are'nt huge compared to some places, and we aren't far enough north to have to deal with monsoon weather! But still when you are climatised to a place that 15 degree difference can seem like a lot!

EDIT: Lmao another difference I just realised 15 degrees celcius, which I have no idea is what converted into F!

[albeitslowly.livejournal.com]

LOL, yeah, I'm no good with the conversion between C and F either. I know there's a 9 in the equation. *squints eyes* LOL. I hear y'all talk about 40degrees, and I'm thinking Brrrr, haha, and then I realize, probably not so much.

I also wonder how I failed to remember you were from Australia. Hmmmmmmmmmmm.

[honeynougat.livejournal.com]

Yeah not so much! 40C is around 104F I think, hot hot hot at any rate. I'm the same but the opposite way! I hear you guys talking about 62 degrees and I'm all 'wtf! Is that even possible!?!?'

And now that you have said that, I feel like I remember that there is a 32 in there somewhere as well *ponders*

Eh, the whole Imperial system confuses, with the exception of height measurements, for some reason I am way better at estimating height in ft and inches, I'm terrible in metric at that, I have to work backwards ^_^