Response to the Gorgeous Weather

I find that my emotional happiness varies directly with the temperature outside.

That's probably a bad thing right? I should definitely NOT live anywhere in the north in my future life. California's probably the way to go. Texas gets a little *too* hot (and the whole southern thing ain't my thang), and Florida has too many critters and crawlies. And Arizona? Too dry, the landscape's too boring. Same goes for New Mexico. So Cali it is!

Personally, I believe this whole "being happy" vs. "being depressed" thing is all very silly. Now, some people are actually clinically depressed and actually have a medical problem (which may or may not be genetic or otherwise, something they probably can't change without a hormonal fixing), but most people who claim to be "depressed" are probably just saying that and trying to change up their lives somehow. Sure, there are serious times in life, and one should certainly recognize those times and slow the fuck down, but honestly, life isn't so bad for most people. And they just psych themselves out. They find the need to balance out their lives with something sad. Maybe they're attention whores and want the pity from people, maybe they guilty about being happy and automatically check themselves into depression. One shouldn't be ignorant of sadness (those mindless ones who live for the present and think life is one big joke come to mind), but one shouldn't bring sadness onto themselves. Life isn't so bad, life is actually pretty nice most of the time, and really really nice some of the time.

Ah, Spring time! It brings about the same emotions in me as Christmas does. That uplifting happy feeling when people around me are happy and I feel warm both inside and out.