Its Getting Cold Out Herre

Damn, for the second year in a row I somehow find myself spending January freezing in New York. Love the city too much to come for x-mas and leave. In anycase figured I'd share my cold weather technique for the world. Perception of temperature is mostly psycological, its a relative concept. If you don't think you are cold then you aren't. When heading outdoor the key is to make sure you can forget you are cold.

I use what I call the two option technique, a real simple trick you can play on yourself to stay warm. All it involves is making sure that you have two options to get warmer when you walk out the door. When you walk outside into the freeze the first thing you notice is how damn cold it is. You think its cold therefore you are cold.

If you walk outside completely bundled up, wearing all your gear you are helpless. There is nothing you can do to get warmer except get inside. What you need are options to get warmer, aka options to forget the cold. I always have two, but some people might only need one, others three or more. Generally I leave my coat unzipped and have a hat or scarf in my pocket. Walk a block and if you are still cold employ option one. Hold off on two for as long as possible. Odds are when you finally put on option two you'll feel warm enough to enjoy the crystaline winter beauty.

This trick has weak underbelly, an enemy called wind. Wind slaps you in the face and screams "its fucking cold out". All you need to do is forget the temperature, but the wind keeps reminding you. An unsolved problem so far...

And yes, I promise I won't be talking about the weather anytime soon again, so fear not.

Posted by William Blaze at January 21, 2003 08:22 PM | TrackBack