Sittin' Phat Down South

So I’m in New Zealand. For the geographically challenged, it is south-east of Australia. It’s winter here. For those who don’t know, the Southern Hemisphere has opposite seasons from you Northies. I’m here to escape the summer doldrums. “Summer doldrums?” you may ask. Yeah. I’m not too fond of summer. For some reason when its like 90 degrees out, I don’t wanna do anything but crank up the AC, sit in my basement drinking beer, and watch pro wrestling. I find it surprising that more people don’t find the heat as oppressive as I do. On the other hand, the winter is awesome. You get to wear cool snow gear like hats and boots. It gets cold and snows all the time. You get to ski, its sweet! I’ve always liked the idea of hunkering down in some isolated cabin in the woods for the winter. Like in the Shining and being a caretaker for some summer resort. I bet most people would go crazy doing that. I wanna see what happens to me. They always say you shouldn’t drink if you do that, but screw that. If I had nothing better to do, I’d be drinking all the time. It would be the ultimate test of mental endurance, going idle for like 4 months. Yeah…maybe someday I’ll try that. But for now, like I said, I’m in New Zealand.