A love letter to our beloved, turbulent Berkeley weather
Dear Berkeley weather,
There aren’t enough words to express our love for you. You’re extremely emotional, but that’s what we love most about you. You’re the love of our lives, and we don’t know what we’d do without you. We love your constant mood swings. One week, you could be fine, sunny as ever. The next week, you could be the complete opposite: gray and crying your eyes out. On special occasions, we get to experience your multiple mood swings all in one day! Sometimes you’re gloomy in the morning, bright in the afternoon and hailing at night. We just adore you for it.
We also love you in the mornings. We love walking to our delightful 8 a.m. classes with you by our side. We love the fact that even though we wear our coziest sweaters and comfiest sweats, we can still feel you bracing our entire bodies with your cold, cold hands.
Although you may be cold in the mornings, you warm up in the afternoons. Your smile shines brightly at us as we continue with the rest of our days. But we have to admit: Sometimes, you’re too sunny for us. We’re prepared to bear your coldness in the mornings, but your unexpected happiness in the afternoon surprises us, and we’re often not ready for it. However, we still love you for who you are and for all your little surprises.
We also love the way you cry. You express yourself in ways that we’ve never seen before. It’s quite amazing. We love your sudden outbursts of tears. You could be the happiest we’ve seen you all week but then suddenly begin to cry out of nowhere. It may be unexpected, but our love is everlasting, and thus, it endures.
Your family, dispersed all across California, is known to express the most beautiful of emotions. Though everyone always raves about your sister, Los Angeles weather, and how she is the most stunning of the family, we believe they’re wrong. Berkeley weather, you’re gorgeous, charming and enchanting. There isn’t any other place with a climate that we’d pick over yours. You’re just perfect. We love you, Berkeley weather, and all your emotional baggage.
Love,
The Daily Clog
Contact Kelly Fong at kfong@dailycal.org.