So it's still hot and sweaty wherever you go these days. Don't get me wrong, it's still fine with me. I just love all these people walking around half-naked and more or less barefoot. It seems so much more natural than wearing socks and boots and an arsenal of underwear. I don't share the opinion of some people around here (blogging and elsewhere) that some sights are a threat to the eyes these days ... I mean, why should big people be expected to suffer more than thin people? Sure they have the same right as anybody else to wear as little as possible in this weather. Quite the reverse, thinking of how much more they tend to suffer in this heat, they should be the first to be excused. I don't care anyway, give me big bellies, wobbly bellies, tattooed bellies, pregnant bellies, skinny bellies, beer bellies, every kind of belly, as long as it's a naked belly.
I like the way people just don't care about looks and ideals anymore. This heat has a really egalitarian effect. A lot of people are starting to become really aggressive though. You realize it in the shops and most of all in the traffic. It's hard to get home alive, no matter if you walk, drive or ride a bicycle. Everybody's quite enervated and the difficulties in concentrating are making it worse. There's a lot of carcrashes and accidents in the city. I'm glad I live alone, in a way, because I can imagine it's harder to remain calm with somebody around all the time, moaning and testy. It's so easy to get sucked into somebody else's mood if you can't just go away or leave. I'm happy I don't have to take my chances on how balanced I am really. I must admit I'm not the most patient if somebody's constantly negative, the way most people are recently. Also I don't exactly like the idea of another sweaty body in my bed ... it's hard enough to find any sleep all by myself in this heat (and don't anybody give me that 'who said you have to sleep' shit - everybody has to sleep sometime). It's been this hot for more than a month in a row now, which is most unusual for local standards. I know it's much worse in California and they're also having trouble in New York from what I read because electricity starts to break down with all the air-conditioning. See, that's one big difference to Germany. Nobody even has an air-condition here, except for some shops or offices. For us it means taking out the old-fashioned cooling fans or simply sweat. It's all very basic. Most people sweat, fan or not. On their way to work, in public transport, at work (happy are those working in the supermarkets, it's cold there!), and of course at home. Everybody's sweating everywhere, all the time.
There's a certain mood in the air and I see a lot of people quarrel and debate now, it reminds me of the tense atmosphere in the film 'Cat on a hot tin roof'. It's a bit like something out of a Henry Miller story as well. The atmosphere is loaded with fatigue and with tension, both at the same time. Very strange feeling. It's like the city is under pressure, steaming ...
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