{"id":25563,"date":"2015-10-01T14:53:56","date_gmt":"2015-10-01T18:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/?p=25563"},"modified":"2016-03-29T19:50:11","modified_gmt":"2016-03-29T23:50:11","slug":"the-cold-weather-countdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/2015\/10\/01\/the-cold-weather-countdown\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cold Weather Countdown"},"content":{"rendered":"I was reading \u201cOne Flew Over The Cuckoo\u2019s Nest\u201d today\u2014amid my mountain of course readings, I like to have at least one book of my own choosing on the go at all times\u2014and I stumbled across a quote that really stuck:<\/span>\r\n\r\n
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<\/span> \u201cFall. Right outside here it was spring a while back, then it was summer, and now it\u2019s fall\u2014that\u2019s sure a curious idea.\u201d (One Flew Over the Cuckoo\u2019s Nest, Kesey, 155).<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\nFall really does sneak up on you! It lulls you into a false sense of security\u00a0with its pretty colours and its fancy themed beverages (#PSL), but don\u2019t be fooled. All of a sudden, the trees will be bare, the weather will be too cold to bear, and we will all want to make like bears and hibernate.<\/span>\r\n\r\nFall and winter are great, don't get me wrong,\u00a0but\u00a0there are certain summery things I'll miss doing when the cold takes over. That's why I, your friendly neighbourhood weather girl\/GoT reference, am here to inform you that winter is coming\u2014but we still have time.<\/span>\r\n\r\nInstead of looking at the impending cold as a problem, I take\u00a0it as a challenge. In the few coat-less days that we have left, the race is on. I challenge myself, and you, to do as many of our favourite warm weather activities as we can. Here are some of my ideas:<\/span>\r\n\r\n1. Join the sweet summer children in King\u2019s College Circle<\/strong><\/span>\r\n\r\nRound up some friends for a game of Frisbee, do some cloud gazing, or kick a ball around; we have to make the most of that gorgeous green grass before it becomes a muddy, swampy, icy no-go zone.<\/span>\r\n\r\n
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<\/span> There aren\u2019t too many clouds to gaze at on this particular day<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n2. Study outside<\/strong><\/span>\r\n\r\nI don\u2019t know about you, but I find it a lot harder to flip pages with mittens on. Now is the time to take advantage of all the gorgeous outdoor study spots on and around campus. One of my favourite spots to do a reading or two in between classes is the outdoor market in front of Club Monaco, at the corner of Bloor and Queen\u2019s Park. It has a salad vendor, coffee shop, and bakeshop\u2014the Nutella cookies are amazing!<\/span>\r\n\r\n
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<\/span> This pop-up market will run until sometime mid-fall, depending on the weather<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n3. Take part in an outdoor event<\/strong><\/span>\r\n\r\nCatch some outdoor theatre on campus\u2014the Trinity College quad will play host to \u201cThe Winter\u2019s Tale\u201d October 1st<\/sup>-3rd<\/sup><\/a>, Nuit Blanche<\/a>\u2014the all-night contemporary art event featuring indoor and outdoor installations\u2014will take over the city this Saturday, and the last Pedestrian Sunday at Kensington Market<\/a> is yet to come!<\/span>\r\n\r\n4. Ice cream!<\/strong><\/span>\r\n\r\nDo you hear that sound? That nostalgic, melodious tune is fading\u00a0as the ice cream trucks migrate south for the winter. I think one last cone is in order, with extra sprinkles.<\/span>\r\n\r\n
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<\/span> Why is it that ice cream tastes better out of a truck?<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\nI don\u2019t know about you, but I\u2019m not going down without a fight; the cold weather can pry my iced coffee from my cold, caffeinated hands.<\/span>\r\n\r\nIf you feel the same, let me know what you have on your countdown-to-cold to-do list in the comments below!<\/em><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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