"Baby, I hate days like this"

I know the other day I promised I wouldn't talk about weather, but that was then and this is now. So I have, once again, decided to talk of weather, since it is a very solid thing to talk of whilst in Ithaca.

Today, once again
The sky's gray, the ground is wet,
And I am quite soaked.


Word of advice: bring an umbrella everywhere. No matter how beautiful it may be in the morning, there is always a high probability of rain. If you'd like, you could probably bring your shampoo everywhere and not even have to shower. I do, in fact, bring an umbrella everywhere, but am still quite wet in spite of that, you see:

Why is it that rain
In Ithaca feels compelled
To travel sideways?


That's right, unless you're fully clad in impermeable garb, you are bound to get wet. Sorry to be the harbinger of hellish news (bearer of bad news is an exhausted expression).


The title is from the Mika song "Rain."