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the weather is hot. this is, arguably, the hottest time of the year and we're all suffering from it.

at about 9 in the morning, everything slows down. if you walk outside, you can physically feel the heat pounding on your shoulders. you move at a snail's pace and avoid doing anything unnecessary.

by about 10 in the morning, everyone tries to be inside. if you have to be outside, make sure you have a hat on.

by lunch time, the sky is on fire. we sit in a coffee shop and eat lunch shaded by a tarp. the tarp isn't able to keep the heat from the sun out and we have to move inside where it is much more boring but considerably cooler.

people sleep the first part of the afternoon away.

the evening is cooler but the heat surely doesn't stop. i had chinese class again last night and i sat in a tiny room with about 30 other people. there was a ceiling fan that was blowing down a few feet in front of me and i was sweating all over my books. that was at 8:30.

the rain will come soon and it will be a mixed blessing. on one hand it won't be as intolerably hot. on the other, we'll go everywhere wet and soggy.