There is the heat of anger (join the club), and the heat of passion (which seems to grow in unpredictable spurts). There is the heat of the desert sun, and camping and hiking underneath, baking with the ground. (
moth_001 gets blamed for that too, actually, and I get kudos for practising compromise.)
Makes it rather hard to keep my cool. When I manage, apparently more often than not, I feel a little nod of self-congratulations: I am acting like an adult. Seems like something laudable, in this day and age. Of course, given the accessible public figures (politicians, celebrities, or reality show It-Right-Nows), I am adult just for admitting I am wrong.
Occasionally. (But not right now.)
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In other news, there is this:
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/Cascades/CurrentActivity/current_updates.html You thought the LJ username was coincidence? I am fairly certain I am to blame. So are several of my friends, who point to, in order: an earthquake (the typhoon really doesn't seem to count for much) and a hurricane. And that's just in the last month.