I think I prefer the darkness early in the evening than in the morning. There's something just dismal about going to work when it's still pitch black outside.
Of course, when I lived in China the sun was risen fully by about 4:00 AM and I think that was a bit excessive as well!
then it will be getting dark at 4pm...
Boo! Hiss!
I forgot my allergy pill this morning, which means I am somewhat miserable. Since I was miserable anyway, I paid the nanny taxes.
Of course, when I lived in China the sun was risen fully by about 4:00 AM and I think that was a bit excessive as well!
Was this one of the joys of a single time zone, or just because you were so far north?
I think I prefer the darkness early in the evening than in the morning. There's something just dismal about going to work when it's still pitch black outside.
I agree with that -- and pretty soon, it will be dark when I leave work regardless, so we might as well have some morning light!
Was this one of the joys of a single time zone, or just because you were so far north?
I think the being so far north. Harbin is directly north of Beijing, more or less, and so they would be in the same time zone even if China were divided up.
I *knew* the serial comma was important!
Haha. Excellent! Hooray for the serial comma!
I had a English teacher once who was not a big fan of the serial comma and remember one day just giving her quite the speech on why she was wrong. I was an incredibly precocious middle-schooler, apparently.
This is so interesting! Testing the "McDonald's burgers don't rot because they are poison" canard: [link]
And a happy Diwali to all!