IT'S STILL COLD

(Whose "home sweet home" are we referencing? Because if it's the any of the Kardashian homes, then I'm not interested in a candle that smells of cocoa butter and tears.)

Here's a little something I thought about today: The smell of cold is way better than the feel of cold. It's still in the forties range every day here in Chicago, and let me tell you something...I CRY ABOUT IT EVERY NIGHT *Scroll down for a fun side note about crying at night* It always hits me this time of year that I am so exhausted with piling on clothes every day before I leave my apartment. I can't lift another finger to put on another circle scarf! I can't do it! But, alas, something I do appreciate about the chill in the air is its welcoming, I want to jar this, sell it to Yankee Candle Co., and make a candle out of it, scent.

Actually, I think Yankee Candle Co. has already beat me to the punch. I remember going over to a girlfriend's house in high school and being befuddled by her "Winter" scented candle. EVERYONE'S WINTER IS DIFFERENT, YANKEE...suburban white people profiling at its finest? Here's the thing though, I could totally bottle up the scent I'm thinking of. I'd call it "Generic Cold". Imagine the possibilities. It doesn't matter where I am in the world, if it's below forty-five degrees some sort of molecular collision occurs in the atmosphere making everything smell like wet wood chips and maybe a tinge of singular pork chop on the grill. Breathe it in next time. Go on, try it. I've never seen the movie "Snow Falling on Cedars", but I can imagine that if we had smellivision, it might smell something like "Generic Cold" (copyright 2012 Molly Rosenberger).

*One night, my really awesome friend Liz and I were at work and she was talking astrology. Here's the thing, she's either talking astrology or talking burritos, AND THAT'S WHY I'VE DUBBED HER "REALLY AWESOME". Our conversation:

                                LIZ
Molly, I bet you're a Pisces.

                                ME
 Hell yeah!!! Duh. I'm ALWAYS somewhere else when I should be right here, ya know? Pisces girl problems.

                                LIZ
Yeah, figures. Pisces cry alone in the dark a lot.

                                ME
...that's not true...it's truuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuue.

Admittedly, that dramatic "it's truuuuuuuuuuuuuuue" part was just for the sake of dramatic effect due to being bored at work. I can't even remember the last time I enjoyed a good cry in the dark. However, I have ZERO problems crying in broad daylight. I cried at around three in the afternoon a couple of weeks ago watching the One Tree Hill series finale.