Last year’s hot vax summer was a bust for most of us (thanks a lot, delta) but now that we’re all pretending that covid is over, surely there’s some new hot whatever meme floating around out there. But just in case there’s not, here are some random suggestions:
Hot centipede summer (obviously been looking at too much Arcane Bullshit, and also just found of those creepers lurking around the bottom of a shopping bag I had hoped to fill with DVDs on their way to the Goodwill drop-off, now I just have to incinerate it because it’s unclean, possibly in the biblical sense, maybe I need to call an exorcist, please send help)
Hot pretzel summer (maybe I’m just craving mustard? I ate some Twizzlers yesterday for the first time in a literal decade and they were amazing, so maybe even a mall kiosk pretzel would be good, I don’t know)
Hot rerun summer (it’s too damn hot to go outside, and it’s way too much work to watch something new, “The X-Files” contains adequate Scully for maximum comfort, let’s settle in under a ceiling fan)
Hot regret summer (I figure we’ve all got a few)
Hot egret summer (Caw! Or whatever noises egrets make, I’m not a bird expert, don’t ask me)
Hot Pinterest summer (this one’s just for me and my bizarre decorating schemes, brb gotta search up “elfin grotto bathroom”)
Hot elfin grotto summer (why not??)
Hot nihilism summer (order the pigs in blankets and focus on the meaninglessness of it all)
Hot pre-existing condition summer (insurance has to cover that kind of summer now)
Hot soybean summer (show those soybeans some love, they’re a staple crop, make great plant milk, are delicious when dry roasted like peanuts, which isn’t as weird as it sounds, as peanuts are also beans, people forget that)
Hot hallucination summer (I started hallucinating from sleep deprivation once as a child, and I saw a tiny mouse band playing jazz in the corner by my grandma’s sofa, true story, who needs hallucinogens when you can just go without sleep for 36 hours)
Hot haunted summer (why wait for Halloween, ghosts don’t care about the calendar, let’s go get some EVPs in the cemetery)
Just pick one, I guess? Happy summer.
Addendum:
I found 5 (FIVE) giant tree roaches in our apartment on the summer solstice. These weren't the little, horrible, unhygienic ones that infested our flat last year, but those enormous primeval looking tree roaches. I usually see fewer than five of those all summer, let alone on a single day! Anyway, it looks like "hot cockroach summer" is the real winner this year.
Further Addendum:
I don’t currently have the emotional reserves to write anything about today’s Supreme Court business. Suffice to say that I’m mad as hell and putting my money and mouth where they can (hopefully) do some good in the future.
mini-post: what hot [noun] summer is it this year? (21/52)
That's what's up Sarah!
Both! I love that :-)
I like that you debunked it, but that heart-pounding in between, nice. You usually pick up on paranormal activity pretty quickly. It would have been a surprise if you had missed that pre-closing.