it was all a dream...

...and if you don't know, now you know, nigguh

today, it poured. the sun, the clouds, the stars all paused--a brief, fleeting moment of silence--before the heavens erupted with rain. it was grandiose, extravagant, unrelenting. the rain punished the earth with waves after waves of merciless down pour.

you can tell when its about to rain when the air is noticeably still, the humidity weighing you down at the shoulders and ankles. you feel shackled and imprisoned by the stifling heat. walking soon resembles wading through thick, musky paste. the moisture in the air could be cut cleanly by one bolt of lightning and the rain that comes thereafter.

so it rains.

i was caught in the rain. like the stubborn, forgetful idiot i am, i was caught in the rain. stubborn, in that i knew it would rain. forgetful, in that i left my umbrella at jennifer's apartment. regardless, i was forced by mother nature to purchase a shitty, black umbrella for three dollars.

but what i hate about the rain in new york city is that it is never light rain. it is never calm, serene rain, but always unforgiving, determined-to-get-the-bottom-of-your-nice-pants-shit-dirty rain. this is the kind of rain that most can only enjoy from indoors, except for those who lack any tiny bit of their sanity. they may appreciate the hard rain directly from the gods.

after getting caught in the rain god's wrath, i realized i miss the rain in maryland or over any grassy field, for that matter. i miss the fresh cut lawn smell after a hard hour's work of mowing. i miss the slowly rising heat emanating from a 'black top' or driveway after a hot summer's day. i miss the quiet, peaceful scene that a light refreshing rain storm provides. my dad would turn off the television, open the garage door, prop open two lawn chairs for the both of us, and we would sit and watch waves after waves of jovial, carefree rain. the rain, in this case, is therapeutic to our senses, calming and nurturing our tired eyes, strained ears, and unappreciated noses. soothing, sometimes necessary, like a good cry.

however, the rain in the city will lower the humidity and the temperature. but only temporarily.

beautiful weekend coming up.

-andy