It's Getting Cold In Lansing
If you are in Lansing between the months of October and December you get to see some pretty funny things. Half the time the response is, "Are you for real?!' and the other half you have no response because your side is cramping up and you can't catch your breath from the fit of laughter you just barely survived. Let me fill you in ....
Walking on campus is always an adventure, but as the mercury drops the adventure gets better. First thing you notice is the way people are dressed. It is an absolute guarantee that the Asians look like you picked them up and dropped them in Siberia. You almost have to be Superman with x-ray vision to tell they are Asian under their parkas. Then you have the punk/hippie/new age people. I'm not sure if they are trying to make a statement or if their internal body temperature is hovering around 210 degrees Fahrenheit, but either way they need to put on more clothes. They rarely wear coats, never wear hoodies, and always wear clothes that look like they are sewn into their skin because they are so tight! I just don't understand how they can walk across campus in that kind of apparel. Maybe I am missing something and they discovered some new kind of clothing that retains all of your body heat and they are actually quite comfortable. By the look on all of their faces, I highly doubt this theory. Then you have the ghetto people. Luckily this can't be pegged to a certain race because I have seen a person of almost every race dressed like this. Why? I have no idea. The concept of a belt is completely foreign to them. A great example of this was a student I saw walking in front of me one day who had atleast an XXL hoodie on, huge sweatpants that he was holding up by the crotch, and a "Spiderman 2" backpack on. The vast majority of the other people on campus are the "normal" students. They all just look alike with nothing unique. If you were asked how many people you saw one day you would say exactly the number minus those normal people because you never really realize they are there.
Then you have the non - campus life. When it gets cold, the ice begins to form. Picture someone walking, they are trying to keep their balance on the ice as they pseudo-skate over it. Now picture if over 85% of their bodyweight was above their waist and you have the Canada geese trying to walk across our lake. It is probably the funniest thing I have seen in a long time.
Jake, I hope you enjoyed this blog. You need to come witness this for yourself and visit your big brother!
