snow! ....and spandex?

for the past couple days, yahoo weather has been predicting snow for today. i didnt really believe it, though. first of all, it hasnt been THAT cold lately. in fact, it was like 50 degrees a couple days ago. not really snow-weather. secondly, last year, my first year here, i watched the weather like a hawk, waiting for that first snow, certain i would freeze and die and it would be wet and gross and horrible. every day when it said i it was supposed to snow, id wake up, and grudgingly look out my window to see if it had snowed. and it never did. in fact, i dont think it snowed here last year until january or something (well, i think it snowed around christmas, but i was in california, so i didnt see it). but, then it snowed, and i survived, and i actually began to kinda like it....sometimes.
THIS year, ive been excited for it to snow! ive decided i do kinda like it a little more than i used to. i mean, dont get me wrong, i love beaches and sand, and 75 degree weather all year long as much as the next girl, but i do enjoy snow. its really pretty.

so, this morning i woke up at 745 on the dot (yay for having my body set as an alarm), and it took me like 5 seconds before i thought, "it was supposed to snow this morning!" so i throw back my curtain, and everything is blanketed in this nice, beautiful layer of snow. and then it was also gently snowing....soooo pretty. i actually laid there in bed for about 5 minutes just staring at the snow. and THEN! to make things even better, i decided not to rush this morning, and decided to watch an episode of gilmore girls, season 1. i started the dvd from where i had left off last night, and you'll never guess which episode came on. the first snow of the season. in this episode, lorelai goes on and on about how magical snow is and how beautiful, etc. and i just laid there with a big goofy grin on my face thinking it IS beautiful! (yeah, i wont go so far as to say "magical," though. i mean, come on...frozen water falling from the sky? yeah, the only magical thing that is going to happen today is that i wont slip and fall...here's hopping!).

so, i get up and get ready to head here to the library (yes, my life is THRILLING), and then i get outside, and it has stopped snowing, which im a little sad about. i mean, everything is still beautiful, and quieter, but i LIKE when it snows! big fluffy flakes... but then, about halfway to school, it starts snowing! and i start grinning like a fool, and start walking slower (partly to enjoy the snow, and partly so i wont fall), and smiling at people on the streets. at 930 am. people must have though i was on something.

so, then i get to school, and the beauty stops. girls everywhere in spandex pants. now, let's ponder this for a moment:
it's finals time. i GET that people are stressed. i do. i get that we all want to be comfortable. but comfort to me includes jeans that are too big for me, a beater, a long-sleeve shirt and a sweatshirt (layer layer layer!). its also SNOWING outside, so i feel that thick pants are a must. but, apparently, spandex pants that suction to one's ass and lets every ounce of cold get through (really, how warm can cotton stretch pants be?) are all the rage.
and every single girl wears the same thing! black spandex pants, fugly ass "furry" boots, and then layers on the top. but when i say layers, they are very purposeful layers. for example, when i wear layers, it is to keep warm, or cool off--depending on the moment. you can rarely see all my layers, however, because...well, thats how it works out. these girls, however, wear the white beater (yes, i KNOW im wearing one, too, but trust me, its different), and then on top of that they wear some other colorful shirt, and then another, different colored, shirt above that. but you can see the couple inches of beater, couple inches of shirt one, and couple inches of shirt two. and then they wear either a gray or black hoodie that only comes mid-torso on top of evrything else. and when i say theyre all wearing it, im really not exaggerating. at any time of the day, you can walk into a given room at the library, and of all the girls there, i would say about 75% at LEAST are wearing this get-up.
sure, i mean, its flattering on SOME girls, but the great majority of girls should NOT be wearing this. and thats purely for body-type! its effing cold outside (and in some areas of the library) what are they THINKING! and please dont tell me, "oh, im stressed and studying, i just feel gross and dont care HOW i look" because, sweetheart, quite a bit of planning went into your outfit there.

the last humorous thing about this, is that ive been feeling this way about girls ever since high school. i look at the great majority, and at their "fashion" choices and i think, "really?" i wonder if i'll ever grow out of it....wait, no, scratch that. i wonder if the great hordes of girls will grow out of it at some point, and start acting and dressing like individuals.
hmmmm, now theres a thought...