It’s the first real cold snap of winter, but that doesn’t mean you have to wilt! Bwog has a whole list of reasons to embrace the freeze. To wit:

• the de-thawing feeling in your extremities when you get back inside
• the bulky clothes that obscure all the weight you’ll gain over the holidays
• the reduction in BO from people not sweating ever
• a reason to stay inside and study rather than get woefully behind by frolicking in the sunshine
• an excuse to wear your kickass boots
• hat hair
• sweaters
• tea
• A Charlie Brown Christmas Album
• “I’ve Got My Love To Keep Me Warm”
• An excuse to drink more hot chocolate
• A reminder that Christmas is right around the corner (before you also remember that exam season will once again ruin your caroling)



• Cracking open your window to chill your room, then falling asleep under layers of heavy, warm blankets.
• Cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger
• Trees with leaves that look like they’re on fire
• Colors like burgundy, ocher, amber, and sienna (both “raw” and “burnt” varieties)
• Finally being able to identify a constellation (Orion)
• The disappearance of distractingly tight tops in class
• an excuse to hole yourself up in Butler/your room so that you never have to see the light of day
• Westside’s chicken noodle soup
• Gingerbread
• Babies in bulky snowsuits
• Fireplaces
• Christmas carols
• Condensation on glass windows
• Finger-painting on the condensation on glass windows
• a reason to hold hands
• thick wool socks
• the guilty pleasure sludge of a Starbucks peppermint mocha
• there’s finally no one on the steps so you can get that picture of Low you’ve always wa
  nted
• The imminent returns of Jack Bauer, Jack Shephard, and Bill Adama
• the 8th (and last?) season of Scrubs!
• 212 serving large iced coffees in paper cups (Yes, the coffee is cold, but they don’t buy large plastic cups–which sweat, a lot–for the wintertime)
• More incentive to quit smoking–who wants to stand outside more than absolutely necessary?