*Confirmed by Jim Noble: sidewalks, driveways and any other type of pavement look better wet. So in movies, photo shoots and TV shows (if set in a driveway for example), the pavement will be hosed down for the camera. Once you notice it, you wont be able to NOT notice it. So just know, the sidewalk you walk today looks that much better than it does on a sunny day.
*Rainy day fashion is so much fun - Trench coats, rain coats, wellies (or any other type of boot), fun umbrellas, hats, scarves etc etc. I love it! If I'm wearing boots, I purposefully walk through the puddles. Gotta love that childhood nostalgia.
*If you're late for a class on a rainy day and you walk in looking all disheveled - hair and clothes a little rain-altered - your entrance will not only be a little more epic, people probably wont care as much because its raining....because it really slows you down, right? "I got caught in the rain!" sooo cinematic.
*I've misplaced my umbrella, so I wear a pashmina on my head on days like today...and earlier, I was walking across the street and an East Indian woman was driving and came to an abrupt stop to let me cross. She smiled and waved me across the street from behind her steering wheel. Maybe she's just that sweet to everyone, but I swear, it was the headscarf. Lets be honest - it does make me look a little less "white"....which I love. Not that I do it for that reason, I just don't like my hair wet, I mean who does? ** That being said, if I could be any ethnicity, I would love to be East Indian, a la, Freida Pinto. Now you know.
*Rainy days create the possibility of turning any simple thought into something GENIUS. I bet you J.K Rolling did her best writing on rainy days. And I bet Degas created some of his best ballerinas on rainy days. It just makes sense - your mind is so much more engaged and contemplative. Rainy days cultivate creativity!
*On rainy days, I listen to French music. If you thought you had a good rainy day play list, just add some French stuff and your whole day will be MADE. Anything by Carla Bruni, Edith Piaf, or Madeleine Peyroux will do the job just fine. Even better, just type one of those names into Pandora and you'll be set.
*Today is the best Friday. Not only is it the last day of classes (!!!), but tonight, I get to go see the one, the only, BERNADETTE PETERS LIVE IN CONCERT
Its going to be magical.
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