have i mentioned how cold it is here. in some areas it reached 0° celsius. it wouldn't surprise me if it snowed here at any time now. besides trying to figure out a new language i also have to contend with the converision from celsius to fahrenhiet. 34 years of nothing but fahrenhiet and now i'm in a nation of celsius. wouldn't it be great if the entire world could use the same measurement. actually if i'm not mistaken i think most of the world except america uses celsius. whenever i want to figure out want the temperature would be back home i now have to do math and use formulas. i knew i should have paid attention in science class. anyway i thought i'd share with you my friends the formula: Celsius = (Fahrenheit - 32) x 5/9; Fahrenheit = Celsius * 9/5 + 32. that's just too much math to remember. why oh why could we not just have one standard unit of measurement. is that too much to ask. perhaps i'll draft a note to our fine president and ask him this very question. i'm going to make it my mission to bring celsius to the states!! as if the temperature wasn't enough. they use the metric system here which means instead of being 5 feet 10 inches i'm 178 cm and my weight is not 165 lbs but 75 kg. i'd much rather say i'm 75kg than 165lbs. again why not have a standard world wide. these are the things that have filling my mind lately. my whole way of thinking about things and their relationship to one another is completely getting turned around. its as if i'm learning them all for the first time. which in a way is actually kind of fun. i can't wait to return to the u.s. and give the dmv my height and weight using the metric system. won't that just piss them off.
the bitter cold has made me think of my favorite christmas cartoon "the year without a santa claus" so i feel its only fitting to end with the snow miser's song. enjoy!
[Snow Miser]
I'm Mister White Christmas
I'm Mister Snow
I'm Mister Icicle
I'm Mister Ten Below
Friends call me Snow Miser,
What ever I touch
Turns to snow in my clutch
I'm too much!
[Chorus]
He's Mister White Christmas
He's Mister Snow
[Snow Miser]
That's right!
[Chorus]
He's Mister Icicle
He's Mister Ten Below
[Snow Miser]
Friends call me Snow Miser,
What ever I touch
Turns to snow in my clutch
[Chorus]
He's too much!
[Snow Miser]
I never want to see a day
That's over forty degrees
I'd rather have it thirty,
Twenty, ten, five and let it freeeeEEEEEEeeze!
[Chorus]
He's Mister White Christmas
He's Mister Snow
[Snow Miser]
That's right!
[Chorus]
He's Mister Icicle
He's Mister Ten Below
[Snow Miser]
Friends call me Snow Miser,
What ever I touch
Turns to snow in my clutch
... too much.
[Everybody]
Too Much!
4 comments:
I'm not sure our lovely president Monkey Bush can do math with formulas and he may take your suggestions as an act of terror so be careful the way your phrase what you want done! Wouldn't want you to be considered the next Osama!
remember when there was a push in the 70's to switch to metric? its greatest effort being in the form of School House Rock. I have an easy if somewhat inaccurate formula for C to F - take the celcius, add 15, and double. do the reverse to get fahrenhiet. its not dead on but if you play the game enough you can start to guess the right degree. as for which is preferable, its better to be 75 kg than 165 lbs... would you rather have a 9 incher or 22 centimeter? you be the judge.
that song sounds like a bad coke trip.
http://www.northpolesantaclaus.com/heat_miser.htm hee hee.
CTF's and FTC's ....hee hee
d-ranged
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